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Eyrún María Rúnarsdóttir - Associate Professor
–
School of Education
Eyrún María Rúnarsdóttir
Hún/Hennar
Íslenska
Associate Professor
Location
Skipholt 37
Phone
525 - 5527
Email
emr [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of education and diversity
Consultation hours
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7738-6971
Research portal – Eyrún María Rúnarsdóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
UME203M - Children‘s rights and contemporary challenges
Education
2019
,
Doktorspróf
,
University of Iceland
,
PhD degree
2002
,
MA
,
MA degree from the University of Iceland
,
University of Iceland
1996
,
BA
,
BA degree from the University of Iceland
,
University of Iceland
Professional Experience
2021 -
,
Assistant professor,
University of Iceland
2019 -
2021,
Adjunct,
University of Iceland
2016 -
2019,
PhD Student,
University of Iceland
2014 -
2016,
Adjunct,
School of Education, University of Iceland
2012 -
2013,
Adjunct,
University of Iceland
1999 -
2009,
Adjunct,,
University of Iceland
2004 -
2006,
Researcher for a European research network,
Published works
2023
Styrkur í smæðinni
Íslenska þjóðfélagið.
Táknræn eða raunveruleg þátttaka grunnskólabarna: Sýn barna á réttindi og lýðræðislega þátttöku í skóla
Netla
2022
Intergroup friendships: The different and the other.
European Association for Research of Adolescence
Vinatengsl unglinga og stuðningur vina eftir uppruna
Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
Alþjóðlegur bakgrunnur, skólasókn og brotthvarf úr íslenskum framhaldsskólum 2001-2021
Netla
Fullgildi leikskólabarna í fjölbreyttum barnahópi
Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
2021
„Börn eru framtíð jarðarinnar“. Barnvænt sveitarfélag: Sjónarmið og vitneskja barna um Barnasáttmálann og réttindi barna
Menntakvika 2021
Missing out? Constraints and participation of immigrant youth in structured leisure activities in Iceland.
WERA-IRN Extended Education Conference
Gildismat og sýn starfsfólks leikskóla á fullgildi í fjölbreyttum barnahópi
Netla
„Þetta eru bara krakkar, bara eins og við eiginlega.“ Tækifæri og áskoranir vinatengsla unglinga af óíkum uppruna.
Íslenskar æskulýðsrannsóknir
Öðruvísi eða eins og við? Sýn unglinga á samskipti og tengsl á milli unglinga af ólíkum uppruna
Menntakvika 2021
School as a social springboard to Icelandic society
3rd Cultural Diversity, Migration, and Education Conference
2020
„Þeir halda bara áfram að eiga samskipti sín á milli.“ Vinir eða kunningjar?
Félagsvísindatorg Háskólans á Akureyri
Ethnicity and the Perceived Support of Adolescent Friends in a Society with Rising Immigration
EARA - Europian Association for Research of Adolescense
Skólasókn og samstarf við foreldra leikskólabarna með fjölbreyttan bakgrunn á tímum COVID-19
Netla
„Ég á ekki enn Íslendinga að vinum“ Reynsla ungmenna af erlendum uppruna af vinatengslum
Menntakvika 2020
2019
Vinatengsl í fjölmenningarsamfélagi
Ethnicity, immigration, and adolescent well-being in the context of sociodemographic background and social support
Stuðningsrík tengsl: Líðan og lífsánægja unglinga eftir skólahverfum
Menntakvika 2019
Stuðningur vina á unglingsárum eftir þjóðernisuppruna
Þjóðarspegillinn 2019
„Þeir leika saman og eru glaðir, það er bara svo gott“: Félagsleg tengsl og vinátta leikskólabarna af erlendum uppruna
Netla
Ethnicity and adolescent well-being in the context of families, friends, and neighborhoods
Journal of Youth Studies
2018
Vinatengslanet unglinga í fjölmenningarsamfélagi. Hverjir, hvar, hvernig?
Íslenskar æskulýðsrannsóknir
Vinatengsl í fjölmenningarsamfélagi
A little help from my friend: Immigrant adolescents’ perceptions of social support
44th Annual Association for Moral Education Conference
Að gefa ráð eða halda í hönd: félagslegur stuðningur og ungt fólk af erlendum uppruna
Menntakvika 2018
2017
Vinir hlusta, hjálpa og gefa góð ráð: Félagslegur stuðningur og ungmenni í nýju landi
Þjóðarspegilinn 2017
„Traustur vinur getur gert kraftaverk.“ Um vináttu á unglingsárum með hliðsjón af uppruna
Menntakvika 2017
2015
Ethnic differences in youth well-being
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
2014
Púsluspil án mynsturs?
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
2007
Skyggnst inn í skólastarf
Bekkjarumræður og sýn kennaranna Hilmars og Sigþórs
2006
Intercultural Education
A leader's experiences of intercultural education in an elementary school
Theory into Practice
2005
Teaching new citizens
Fjölmennningarleg kennsla
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
National policy and practitioner practice in multicultural education in Iceland
2003
Towards equality and positive identity
„Ertu frjáls?“
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Educational aims in a changing society
2000
“Who wants to employ a bossy loudmouth?”
"Hver vill kjaftforan frekjudall í vinnu?"
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
1997
Áhættuhegðun reykvískra unglinga
1996
Námsbókin
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