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Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir - Professor
–
School of Social Sciences
Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
in Disability Studies
Location
Oddi / O-214 - fundarherbergi
Phone
525 - 4344
Email
hbs [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
Website
http://uni.hi.is/hbs/
Published Work
Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir - published work
Curriculum Vitae
Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4498-6214
Research portal – Hanna Björg Sigurjónsdóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
FFR102M - Disability in Contemporary Culture
FFR201F - Seminar on Research for MA students
FFR205F - Independent study in disability studies
FFR102F - Theories and Perspectives in Disability Studies
FFR302M - The Life Span, Self and Society
FFR103F - Research Seminar for MA students
ÞRS119G - History and disability
FFR110F - Independent study in disability studies
FFR039F - Independent study in disability studies
Collaboration
,
The Brocks University
,
The University of Sydney
,
The University of Edmonton
,
Ministry of Welfare
,
National federation in the aid of people with disability
,
The self-advocacy movement in Iceland
,
The University of Sheffield
Education
2005
,
Ph.D.
,
The University of Sheffield
,
Disability Studies
1999
,
MA
,
University of Iceland
,
Education
1997
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
Education
Professional Experience
2016 -
,
Full Professor,
University of Iceland
2010 -
2016,
Associate professor,
University of Iceland
2004 -
2010,
Assistant professor,
University of Iceland
Published works
2024
Safeguarding Families and Rights of Parents with Intellectual Disability Involved in Child Protection The Role of Rights Protection Officers
International Journal of Disability and Social Justice
Independent But Alone? A Story of Discrimination and Ableism within the Icelandic Child Protection System
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
2023
“Alleged Disabilities”: The Evolving Tactics of Child Protection in a Disability Rights Environment
Laws
2022
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Disability in Iceland (Late 9th–Early 20th Century)
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Understanding Disability Throughout History: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936
Weapons and tactics: A story of parents with learning disabilities maintaining family integrity
British Journal of Learning Disabilities
Understanding Disability Throughout History: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Iceland from Settlement to 1936
Weapons and tactics
British Journal of Learning Disabilities
Incorporating a Reflexive Ethnographic Sensitivity in Child Protection Work
2021
Introduction
Child protection, disability and obstetric violence
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Grunduð kenning í anda félagslegrar mótunarhyggju
2020
Disability before disability
Scandinavian Studies
The weight of history
History of the Family
2019
Serving neglect
Food and Foodways
Balancing the scales
International Social Work
2018
‘Evidence’ of Neglect as a Form of Structural Violence
Social Inclusion
Notifying neglect
Human Organization
‘Evidence’ of Neglect as a Form of Structural Violence
Social Inclusion
2017
‘Framed’: An analysis of terminating parenting right of parents with ID in Iceland.
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
2016
Stigmatic representation of intellectual disability and termination of parental custody rights
Stigmatic representation of intellectual disability and the termination of parental custody rights.
2015
Cultural Representation of Disability in Children’s Literature
2014
Behind the quest for tales, stories and lives
Uppeldi og menntun
2013
Fötlunarlist
Inngangur
Fötlun og menning : Íslandssagan í öðru ljósi
The Internet’s Empowering and Disempowering Qualities: Online (Re)presentation of Disabled Parents
Disability Studies Quarterly
Disability Studies in Iceland
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Spegill, spegill herm þú mér: Fötlun í barnabókmenntum.
Analysing care-related decisions in parents of congenitally deaf children
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
2012
Náms- og starfsráðgjöf fyrir nemendur með þroskahömlun
Glæður: Fagtímarit F.Í.S.
2011
Congenitally deaf children's care trajectories in the context of universal neonatal hearing screening
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Congenitally deaf children's care trajectories in the context of universal neonatal hearing screening: A qualitative study of the parental experiences
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Deaf parents and pediatric cochlear implantation
American Annals of the Deaf
From screening to care
Volta Review
Óhreinu börnin hennar Evu um „skóla án aðgreiningar“ og ADHD
Nýr mannréttindasáttmáli fyrir fatlað fólk
2010
Fatlaðir háskólanemendur óskast! Þróun rannsókna á aðgengi fatlaðra nemenda að námi á háskólastigi.
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Family Within a Family
Parenting and Resistance
Conclusion: Taking stock and looking to the future
Að alast upp með fötlun
Uppeldi og menntun
Becoming a Mother - Becoming a Father
Introduction
Caught in the Child Protection Net
Óvenjuleg skynjun
Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
2009
Mannréttindi, fötlun og fjölskyldulíf
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Velgengni fólks með þroskahömlun á almennum vinnumarkaði.
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
2008
The 'mother' behind the mother
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
Orðræða um seinfæra foreldra í netheimum.
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Að losa sig við umskiptinginn
Skírnir
2007
Níu spurningar um fötlun og fjöldamenningu
2006
Völd og valdaleysi: Hugleiðingar um siðferði og ábyrgð rannsakanda.
Valdefling: Glíma við margrætt hugtak
Samskipti fagfólks og seinfærra foreldra: Hvað hjálpar - hvað hindrar?
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
2005
Adult children of mothers with intellectual disabilities: Three life hiistories.
2004
Tre generationer utvecklingsstörda mödrar og deras familjenätverk.
Intellectually limited fathers, their families and formal support services.
2003
Rannsókn um seinfæra foreldra: Hugleiðingar um siðferði og ábyrgð rannsakenda.
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Sanngjarnt tækifæri: Fjölskyldustuðningur og seinfærir/þroskaheftir foreldrar.
2001
The possibility of choice: Women with intellectual disabilities talk about having children.
Ósýnilegar fjölskyldur: Seinfærir/þroskaheftir foreldrar og börn þeirra
2000
Motherhood, family and community life
1998
Umdeildar fjölskyldur: Seinfærir/þroskaheftir foreldrar og börn þeirra
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