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Jónína Einarsdóttir - Professor

Jónína Einarsdóttir

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School of Social Sciences

Jónína Einarsdóttir

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

Curriculum Vitae
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

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

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 CernosJournal of Religion in Africa
“Just Standing Still”: A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Experiences of School Closures Due to Emerging COVID-19 in Bissau, Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

2022

Adolescents amid emerging COVID-19 pandemic in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: a qualitative studyBMJ Paediatrics Open

2021

Social Determinants of Narcotics Use Susceptibility among School-Attending Adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: A Cross-Sectional AnalysisAdolescents
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life of Bissau-Guinean religious (Quranic) schoolboys during a state of emergency: a qualitative studyBMJ Paediatrics Open
Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Educational Research

2020

Use of digital technology among school-attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. International Journal of Environmental ResearchInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Maternal grief in cross-cultural context: Selective neglect, replaceable infants and lifesaving namesDeath Studies
Hardworking, Adaptive, and Friendly: The Marketing of Volunteers in IcelandTourism 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-BissauInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Public Opinion in Iceland on Aid During the Ebola Epidemic in West AfricaForum for Development Studies

2019

Heiðarlegir vinnuþjarkar, hreinlátir og fljótir að læra: Um sjálfboðaliðastörf á ÍslandiÍslenska 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 MalawiDevelopment Studies Research
„Allt sem ég þrái“: Menntun og skólaganga barna sem leita alþjóðlegrar verndar á ÍslandiTímarit um uppeldi og menntun
Iceland and Foreign Aid: From Recipient to DonorNo 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 toActa Paediatrica
“A vicious circle”: Repatriation of Bissau-Guinean Quranic Schoolboys From SenegalJournal of Human Trafficking
Donor dilemmas in a fragile state: NGO-ization of community healthcare in Guinea-BissauDevelopment Studies Research

2017

Infant Mortality in a Global ContextOxford Bibliographies Online Datasets

2016

‘All’s well in Iceland?’ Austerity measures, labour market initiatives, and health and well-being of childrenNordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research
Becoming somebody: Bissau-Guineantalibésin SenegalThe International Journal of Human Rights
‘Vulnerable’ girls, education and non-governmental organisation sponsorship programmes in KampalaChildhood
Applied ethics and allocation of foreign aid: disparity in pretensions and practiceDevelopment Policy Review
Iceland’s Involvement in the Anti-Apartheid StruggleVeftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla

2015

"We are like the Poles": On the ambiguous labour market position of young IcelandersVeftímaritið 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 AllVeftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla

2013

Guinea-BissauOxford Bibliographies Online Datasets
The surrogate mothers: free and altruistic womenVeftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla

2012

Happiness in the neonatal intensive care unit: Merits of ethnographic fieldworkInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being
Seasonal rural residence of Icelandic childrenVeftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla

2011

Intrafamilial conflict and emotional well-being: A population based study among Icelandic adolescentsChild 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 ResearchAnthropology in Action

2006

Child Survival in Affluence and Poverty: Ethics and Fieldwork Experiences from Iceland and Guinea-BissauField Methods

2005

T-Shirt Travels: Cast-Offs for AfricaVisual Anthropology Review
International aid, partnership, and child survivalThe Lancet

2004

There's Many a Slip between Chocolate and LipAnthropology News

2001

Health education and cholera in rural Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases

2000

Epidemic cholera in Guinea-Bissau: The challenge of preventing deaths in rural West AfricaInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases

1999

Corpses and the spread of choleraThe Lancet

1993

Colostrum and ideas about bad milk: A case study from Guinea-BissauSocial Science & Medicine

Keywords for Specialisation:

Medical Anthropology

Development studies

Higher education

Children and youth