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Thamar Melanie Heijstra - Professor

Thamar Melanie Heijstra

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School of Social Sciences

Thamar Melanie Heijstra

Professor

Director of Academic Development in Social Sciences

Location
Oddi / O-328
Phone
525 - 4371
Email
thamar [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics

Consultation hours
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7947-3035
Research portal – Thamar Melanie Heijstra

Published works

2023

“Kannski hefði ég átt að spyrja um þetta”: Þörf nýráðinna lektora við Háskóla Íslands á stuðningi við kennsluÞjóðarspegillinn 2023
Barriers to academic collaboration with industry and community: Individual and organisational factorsIndustry and Higher Education
Capturing Dis/Comfort and Navigating Transformation in the Gender Studies ClassroomTeaching Sociology
Women’s dress and success in the Icelandic banking systemFashion, Style & Popular Culture
„Áfram í gegnum þennan brimskafl“: Greining á tilkynningum rektors Háskóla Íslands á tímum COVID 19Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun

2022

„ÁFRAM Í GEGNUM ÞENNAN BRIMSKAFL“: GREINING Á TILKYNNINGUM REKTORS HÁSKÓLA ÍSLANDS Á TÍMUM COVID 19
Feminist academics in Iceland staying under the radar and causing a ripple effect
Feminist Academics Strategically Playing Offense/Defense in Pursue of Academic and Societal ChangeNORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Functional and flexible learning spaces
Power Dynamics within Icelandic Nursing: Walking the Fine LineNordic Journal of Working Life Studies
Þriðja hlutverk háskóla í íslensku samfélagi: Greining á umfangi og áherslumTímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
‘‘We are to weather this storm“: Analysis of announcements of the Rector of the University of Iceland during Covid-19
Cultivating critical minds
"There is so little that I can leave to chance": Feminists in pursue of academic and societal change
Femínískir aktívistar í akademíu taka þátt í leiknum og leitast við að breyta leikreglunum
Assessing academics’ third mission engagement by individual and organisational predictorsAdministrative Sciences
Þriðja hlutverk háskóla í íslensku samfélagi: Greining á umfangi og áherslumTímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál

2021

Sisterly advice for feminists in academia when playing the game and working the cracksGender and Education
Surfing a Steep Learning Curve: Academics’ experience of changing teaching and assessment due to COVID-19Netla
"Nothing happens in a vacuum here": university-industry collaboration in IcelandInternational Journal of Knowledge-Based Development
“This Would Never be Possible if Not for Our Team Play”Journal of Family and Economic Issues
"Nothing happens in a vacuum here"International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development

2020

Mixed Approaches to Learning in the Flipped Classroom: How Students Approach the Learning EnvironmentCanadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

2019

Gender budgeting to expose inequalities in a precarious academia - and redistribute resources to effect change
Follow the money. Gender budgeting to expose inequalities in a precarious academia - and redistribute resources to effect change

2018

Gender budgeting in Iceland
The flipped classroomActive Learning in Higher Education
The politics of diversity: Social and political integration of immigrants in IcelandIcelandic Review of Politics & Administration

2017

Academic career making and the double-edged role of academic houseworkGender and Education
Testing the concept of academic housework in a European setting: Part of academic career-making or gendered barrier to the top?European Educational Research Journal
Female entrepreneurs in the making: Perceptions of the glass ceiling, entrepreneurship and themselves
Testing the concept of academic housework in a European settingEuropean Educational Research Journal
Academic career making and the double-edged role of academic houseworkGender and Education
The Making of the ‘Excellent’ UniversityTheory & politics in organization

2016

Money TalksStjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
„Geturðu ekki bara sagt mér hvernig þetta á að vera?“ Upplifun kennara af ólíkum viðhorfum nemenda til námsIcelandic Journal of Education

2015

Work-related health
Predictors of gender inequalities in the rank of full professorScandinavian Journal of Educational Research

2014

Púsluspil án mynsturs?Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Averting burnout in academia: Parenting as lightning rod

2013

Health and well-being among ageing academics and corporate executives
Seeking Balance: A study of gendered life within Icelandic academia
Balancing Work-family Life in AcademiaGender, Work and Organization
Explaining gender inequality in IcelandEuropean Journal of Higher Education

2011

Autonomy and well-being among nordic male and female hospital physiciansWork

2010

The Internet and Academic’s Workload and Work-Family BalanceThe Internet and Higher Education
The Internet and academics' workload and work-family balanceInternet and Higher Education

2009

Work-related health

2008

Work family - family work conflict and the well-being of hospital physiciansRannsóknir í félagsvísindum

Keywords for Specialisation:

Gendered Power Relations

Gender equality

Qualitative research methods

Quantitative research

Organizational culture

Sociology of work

Work-related Well-being

Academic teaching