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Rannveig Traustadóttir - Professor Emerita
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Rannveig Traustadóttir
Íslenska
Professor Emerita
Director of the Centre for Disability Studies
Location
Gimli / G-319
Phone
525 - 4523
8470728
Email
rannvt [at] hi.is
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School of Social Sciences
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http://www.fotlunarfraedi.hi.is/en/english
Curriculum Vitae
Rannveig Traustadóttir - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
Please make an appointment
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8388-0917
Research portal – Rannveig Traustadóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
FFR205F - Independent study in disability studies
FFR110F - Independent study in disability studies
Collaboration
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Education
1992
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Doktorspróf
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Syracuse University
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Disability Studies
1992
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Viðbótardiplóma
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Syracuse University
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Diploma in Women's Studies
1985
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BA
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University of Iceland
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Sociology and Philosophy
1982
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Grunndiplóma
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Socialpædagogisk Højskole
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Diploma in Education and Administration
1981
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Icelandic College of Social Pedagogy, Iceland
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Social Pedagogue
Professional Experience
2003 -
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Professor,
University of Iceland
2006 -
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Director of the Centre for Disability Studies,
University of Iceland
2020 -
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Professor Emerita,
University of Iceland
2004 -
2006,
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences since,
University of Iceland
1996 -
2003,
Associate Professor,
University of Iceland
1995 -
1996,
Assistant Professor,
University of Iceland
Published works
2024
Disabled people's mobilization around a human rights approach to enhance their participation in law and policy making in Iceland
‘They Guarantee Understanding Both Ways’: Rights Protection Officers as Facilitators of Access to Justice for Disabled Women
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Editorial
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
2023
Through an Intersectional Lens: Prevalence of Violence Against Disabled Women in Iceland
Violence Against Women
'We Got Lucky with the Judge': Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland
Laws
2022
Afterword
Disabled People’s Mobilization Around a Human Rights Approach to Enhance Their Participation in Law and Policy Making in Iceland
2021
Rethinking practices by rethinking expertise
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Foreword
2020
Implementing article 19 of the CRPD in nordic welfare The culture of welfare and the CRPD
2019
Shifting the Balance of Power
Laws
Shifting the Balance of Power
Laws
2018
“Being Number One is the Biggest Obstacle”
Nordic Welfare Research
L'autonomie négociée. Les perceptions des usagers et des prestataires de services pour personnes handicapées en Islande
Alter
Social networks, recruitment strategies and the ambiguities of employment activation programmes
Disability Human Rights Law 2018
Working relationally to promote user participation in welfare services for young disabled children and their families in Iceland
Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research
Family-centred services for young children with intellectual disabilities and their families
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
Achieving Disability Equality
Social Inclusion
2017
Spiritual well-being and quality of life among Icelanders receiving palliative care
European Journal of Cancer Care
‘I am stronger now’
How can states ensure access to personal assistance when service delivery is decentralized?
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Kosningar, lýðræði og fatlað fólk
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
The Inclusion of the Lived Experience of Disability in Policymaking
Laws
2016
Negotiating independence, choice and autonomy
Disability and Society
Are Cutbacks to Personal Assistance Violating Sweden’s Obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?
Laws
2015
Concluding Remarks
Introduction
Perspectives on Childhood and Disability
Life histories as counter-narratives against dominant and negative stereotypes about people with intellectual disabilities
Disability and Society
Childhood Disability, Identity and the Body
Familier med funksjonshemmede barn: Dagligliv in en sosial kontekst
2014
In the shadow of death
The journal of pastoral care & counseling : JPCC
Out of the depths
Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology
2013
Disability Studies in Iceland
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
"To Cherish Each Day as it Comes"
Supportive Care in Cancer
Analysing care-related decisions in parents of congenitally deaf children
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Support for children with physical disabilities
2012
Thinking relationally: Disability, families and cultural-historical activity theory
BARN - Forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Normalization Fifty Years Beyond-Current Trends in the Nordic Countries
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
2011
The inclusion of marginalized social groups: The link between disability studies and democratic theory
Fátækt, fötlun og velferð
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
2010
Fatlaðir háskólanemendur óskast! (Disabled students in higher education wanted!)
Stuck in the land of disability? The intersection of learning difficulties, class, gender and religion
Disability and Society
Parenting and Resistance
Family Within a Family
Þjónusta og þarfir
Introduction
Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
Fatlaðir háskólanemendur óskast! Þróun rannsókna á aðgengi fatlaðra nemenda að námi á háskólastigi.
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Conclusion: Taking stock and looking to the future
Að alast upp með fötlun
Uppeldi og menntun
2009
Assistance to pupils with physical disabilities in regular schools
European Journal of Special Needs Education
Mannréttindi, fötlun og fjölskyldulíf
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Theoretical perspectives and childhood participation
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Disability studies, the social model and legal developments
Participation of students with physical disabilities in the school environment
American Journal of Occupational Therapy
2008
Work, disability, and social inclusion
The 'mother' behind the mother
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
2007
Research with people with intellectual disabilities
2006
Learning about self-advocacy from life history
British Journal of Learning Disabilities
Resilience and resistance in the life histories of three women with learning disabilities in Iceland
Disability and Gender
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
2005
Adult children of mothers with intellectual disabilities: Three life hiistories.
2004
Tre generationer utvecklingsstörda mödrar og deras familjenätverk.
2001
Ósýnilegar fjölskyldur: Seinfærir/þroskaheftir foreldrar og börn þeirra
Research with others
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
The possibility of choice: Women with intellectual disabilities talk about having children.
2000
Motherhood, family and community life
1998
Umdeildar fjölskyldur: Seinfærir/þroskaheftir foreldrar og börn þeirra
1991
Mothers Who Care
Journal of Family Issues
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