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Jónína Einarsdóttir - Professor
–
School of Social Sciences
Jónína Einarsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
Location
Oddi / O-112
Phone
525 - 4508
Email
je [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
Website
http://starfsfolk.hi.is/simaskra/303
Published Work
Jónína Einarsdóttir - published work
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Jónína Einarsdóttir - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5868-4615
Research portal – Jónína Einarsdóttir
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2022 - 2023
MAN005F - Readings in a specific area
MAN015F - Reading Course in Development Studies
MAN429G - Assignment in anthropology
MAN561L - Ph.D. Thesis in Anthropology
MAN004F - Readings in a specific area
MAN006F - Reading Course in Development Theories
MAN326G - Assignment in anthropology
MAN095F - Globalization
Collaboration
network European Universities
,
Member of the ERASMUS network European Universities on Professionalization on
,
ERASMUS network European
with Instituto Nacional
,
Collaboration with Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa (INEP) in Guinea-Bissau on
,
(INEP) in Guinea-Bissau
of the Nordic
,
Member of the Nordic Network of African Childhood and Youth Research (NoNACYR). A
,
Youth Research (NoNACYR
,
Education in Guinea-Bissau
with The Centre
,
Collaboration with The Centre for Social Research and Analysis (ICSRA), Reykjavík
,
Analysis (ICSRA), Reykjavík
with National Institute
,
Collaboration with National Institute of Public Health (INASA), Guinea-Bissau, on the
,
Health (INASA), Guinea-Bissau,
coalition of Nordic
,
coalition of Nordic researchers and students financed by NordForsk grant
,
financed by NordForsk
,
Trafficking in Guinea-Bissau
of the Bamako
,
,
the Bamako Initiative
,
Humanitarian Action (EUPRHA
Education
,
,
University of Iceland
,
Spænska
,
,
University of Iceland
,
Teacher Credentials
2000
,
Ph.D.
,
Stockholm University
,
Social Anthropology
1998
,
BA
,
Stockholm University
,
Social Anthropology
1987
,
,
Uppsala University
,
Þróunarfræði (eins árs nám),
1978
,
BS
,
University of Iceland
,
Chemistry
Professional Experience
2001 -
2004,
Researcher,
Funded by the Icelandic Science Foundation
2000 -
2004,
Part time Lecturer,
Iceland University
1998 -
2000,
Postgraduate Studies,
post funded by the Department of Social Anthropology Stockholm University
1993 -
1998,
Anthropologist,
Regional Health Board Biombo region Guinea-Bissau
1994 -
1995,
Gender Officer,
Swedish Embassy Bissau Guinea-Bissau Sept
1988 -
1993,
Documentalist,
Development Studies Unit Department of Social Anthropology Stockholm University
1982 -
1985,
Co-ordinator of Studies and Teacher,
The School for Laboratory Technicians The National Public Health Laboratory (LNSP) Bissau Guinea-Bissau
1980 -
1981,
Teacher,
Heppuskóli Höfn (Secondary School)
1978 -
1979,
Teacher,
Menntaskólinn við Sund (Junior College) Reykjavík Iceland
Published works
2023
The Emergence of the Bissau-Guinean Fula Cernos
Journal of Religion in Africa
“Just Standing Still”: A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Experiences of School Closures Due to Emerging COVID-19 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2022
Adolescents amid emerging COVID-19 pandemic in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative study
BMJ Paediatrics Open
2021
Social Determinants of Narcotics Use Susceptibility among School-Attending Adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Adolescents
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life of Bissau-Guinean religious (Quranic) schoolboys during a state of emergency: a qualitative study
BMJ Paediatrics Open
Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
International Journal of Educational Research
2020
Use of digital technology among school-attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. International Journal of Environmental Research
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Maternal grief in cross-cultural context: Selective neglect, replaceable infants and lifesaving names
Death Studies
Hardworking, Adaptive, and Friendly: The Marketing of Volunteers in Iceland
Tourism Employment in Nordic Countries. Trends, Practices, and Opportunities
"Not like every other tourist with a selfie stick”: Voluntourism in Iceland.
Mobility and Transnational Iceland: Current Transformations and Global Entanglements
Use of Digital Technology among Adolescents Attending Schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Public Opinion in Iceland on Aid During the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
Forum for Development Studies
2019
Heiðarlegir vinnuþjarkar, hreinlátir og fljótir að læra: Um sjálfboðaliðastörf á Íslandi
Íslenska þjóðfélagið
Send í sveit: Súrt, saltað og heimabakað
Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag
Ósýnileiki barna sem leita alþjóðlegrar verndar á Íslandi í fylgd foreldra [ Invisibility of children of asylum-seeking families in Iceland]
Nordicum-Mediterraneum
Send í sveit: Þetta var í þjóðarsálinni
Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag
2018
Iceland and development aid in the era of the MDGs: a case study of an Alma Ata inspired primary healthcare project in southern Malawi
Development Studies Research
„Allt sem ég þrái“: Menntun og skólaganga barna sem leita alþjóðlegrar verndar á Íslandi
Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
Iceland and Foreign Aid: From Recipient to Donor
No one is an island. An Icelandic perspective
Review shows that Icelandic society is taking firmer steps to tackle the diverse forms of child abuse and neglect that its children are exposed to
Acta Paediatrica
“A vicious circle”: Repatriation of Bissau-Guinean Quranic Schoolboys From Senegal
Journal of Human Trafficking
Donor dilemmas in a fragile state: NGO-ization of community healthcare in Guinea-Bissau
Development Studies Research
2017
Infant Mortality in a Global Context
Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets
2016
‘All’s well in Iceland?’ Austerity measures, labour market initiatives, and health and well-being of children
Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research
Becoming somebody: Bissau-Guineantalibésin Senegal
The International Journal of Human Rights
‘Vulnerable’ girls, education and non-governmental organisation sponsorship programmes in Kampala
Childhood
Applied ethics and allocation of foreign aid: disparity in pretensions and practice
Development Policy Review
Iceland’s Involvement in the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
2015
"We are like the Poles": On the ambiguous labour market position of young Icelanders
Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
20 years of the ICRC Code of Conduct for Disaster Relief: what do we need to improve?
The Lancet
2014
The Palermo Protocol: Trafficking Takes it All
Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
2013
Guinea-Bissau
Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets
The surrogate mothers: free and altruistic women
Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
2012
Happiness in the neonatal intensive care unit: Merits of ethnographic fieldwork
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
Seasonal rural residence of Icelandic children
Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
2011
Intrafamilial conflict and emotional well-being: A population based study among Icelandic adolescents
Child Abuse & Neglect
2009
Emotional Experts:
Medical Anthropology Quarterly
2008
Henrik Vigh, Navigating Terrains of War: youth and soldiering in Guinea-Bissau. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books (pb £15.00–978 18454 5149 3 and hb £45.00–978 18454 5148 6). 2006, 268 pp.
Africa
Transferring Anthropological Skills to Applied Health Research
Anthropology in Action
2006
Child Survival in Affluence and Poverty: Ethics and Fieldwork Experiences from Iceland and Guinea-Bissau
Field Methods
2005
T-Shirt Travels: Cast-Offs for Africa
Visual Anthropology Review
International aid, partnership, and child survival
The Lancet
2004
There's Many a Slip between Chocolate and Lip
Anthropology News
2001
Health education and cholera in rural Guinea-Bissau
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2000
Epidemic cholera in Guinea-Bissau: The challenge of preventing deaths in rural West Africa
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
1999
Corpses and the spread of cholera
The Lancet
1993
Colostrum and ideas about bad milk: A case study from Guinea-Bissau
Social Science & Medicine
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