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Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir - Professor

Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir

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School of Social Sciences

Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir

Professor

Professor of anthropology

Location
Oddi / O-110
Phone
525 - 4516
Email
unnurd [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics

Consultation hours
Please send e-mail to scedule a meeting
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8350-3898
Research portal – Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir

Published works

2024

Migrants’ Inclusion in Rural CommunitieSocial Inclusion
Differentiated Borders of Belonging and ExclusionSocial Inclusion

2023

Mobilizing and practicing remoteness in Iceland's westfjords
„Ég fann að hún treysti mér ekki“. Áskoranir hjúkrunarfræðinga frá Filippseyjum á íslenskum vinnustað
“You Don’t Want to Be One of Those stories” Gossip and Shame as Instruments of Social Control in Small CommunitiesNORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Iceland

2022

2021

Construction of Childcare Practices Among Icelandic and Polish Parents Living in IcelandJournal of Comparative Family Studies
Adult Immigrants’ Perspectives on Courses in Icelandic as a Second LanguageJournal of Language, Identity and Education
(Im)mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare Regimes
Reproduction of marginalityMigration Studies

2020

Staða innfllytjenda á vinnumarkaði.
Becoming an Immigrant Country: The Case of Iceland 1990-2019
On the Move: Migrant Workers in Icelandic Hotels.
Migrant Families with Disabled Children: "I came here to make my family situation better."
Mobility and Transnational Iceland
Samfélag fjölbreytileikans: Samskipti heimamanna og innflytjenda á Íslandi
The intersection of childhood disability and migration in family livesScandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Re-creational travellingEmotion, Space and Society

2019

Íslenskur vinnumarkaður – erlent starfsfólkÍslenska þjóðfélagið.
Transnational practices and migrant capitalSocial Inclusion
Undoing homogeneity in the Nordic region
Narrations of homogeneity, waning welfare states, and the politics of solidarity
“I'll Always Be a Refugee”Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Sveigjanlegur vinnumarkaður og harkvinna innflytjenda á Íslandi.Íslenska þjóðfélagið.
Innflytjendafjölskyldur með fötluð börn. Reynsla foreldra.Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun
Byggðafesta og búferlaflutningar

2018

Gendered labor in the Icelandic fish processing industryMaritime Studies
Borders, boundaries, and exclusion in the Icelandic asylum systemRefuge
LGBQ Migrations: Racialization and (Un)belonging in IcelandLambda Nordica

2017

Icelandic for adult foreignersCurrent Issues in Language Planning
Migrating Within “the Gender-equal Nordic Region”: Icelandic Migrants in Norway and the Gendered Division of Work and CareNORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Immigrant Experiences of Learning Icelandic and Connecting with the Speaking CommunityNordic Journal of Migration Research
„Stundum finnst mér þeir horfa á mig eins og ég sé geimvera“: Upplifun flóttakvenna í litlu bæjarfélagi á ÍslandiThe Icelandic Society

2016

Introduction: Blurring boundaries in mobility studies
The tourist and the migrant worker: Different Perceptions of Mobility in Iceland
Inngangur: Ísland í heiminum og heimurinn í Íslandi
Flóttafólk á Íslandi
“I want a normal life like everyone else”Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Women and Men on the Move

2014

Mótun landamæra og mæra: Upplifanir og ólík staða innflytjenda
What happened to the migrant workers?

2013

Gendered migration in turbulent times in IcelandNorsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

2012

Þátttaka innflytjenda
Labour migrants negotiating places and engagements
Innflytjendur og velferðarkerfið
Our home is our kingdom: Examination of the integration of Palestinian refugees to Icelandic society

2011

Polish construction workers in Iceland. Rights and perceptions of inequalities at building sites.
Icelanders
Iceland
The context of Polish immigration and integration in Iceland.
Kontekst Imigrancji I Interachi PolaKów w Islandii.
Integration på Isländska.Invandrare & Minoriteter
Hvar fá innflytjendur aðild og hvar er þeim haldið utan við þátttöku í bæjar- og þorpslífinu á Vestfjörðum?

2010

Komið til móts við fjölbreytileika.
Alþjóðlegir fólksflutningar á tímum efnahagslegs samdráttar.
Integration and transnational practices of Filipinos in Iceland.E-migrinter

2009

Aðlögunarferli í fjölmenningarlegu samfélagi.
Cultivating Culture? Images of Iceland, Globalization and Multicultural society
Gender Migration from Poland to Iceland. Women’s Experiences.

2008

Ólíkar raddir: Afstaða innflytjenda til íslensks máls.Ritið
Að læra íslensku í fjölmenningarlegu samfélagi.Hrafnaþing: ársrit íslenskukennara í KHÍ
Labour migrants negotiating places and engagements

2007

Líf á tveimur stöðum: Vinna eða heimili. Reynsla fólks sem hefur komið til starfa á Íslandi.Ritið
Innflytjendur: Viðurkenning og virðing í íslensku samhengi
Social Changes and Culture in Icelandic Coastal Villages.Arctic & Antarctic: International journal of circumpolar sociocultural issues

2006

Valkyrjur samtímans: Veröld kvenna frá Asíu á Íslandi.

2005

Global processes, localities and gender identities. A feminist perspective on changes in Icelandic Fisheries.

2004

The Role of Municipalities in Innovations: Innovations in three sectors of society in two municipalities in Iceland.
Responses to global transformationsPolar Record
Mobilities and Cultural Difference: Immigrants' Experiences in Iceland.
Fjölmenning á ferð og flugi.

2003

Vestfirsk fjölmenning: Um menningarlega fjölbreytni í sjávarþorpum.
Social Capital and Community Capacity Building.
Mótun margbreytileikans á tímum hnattvæðingar.
Coping with social capital? The cultural economy of tourism in the NorthSociologia Ruralis

2001

Kyngerfing vinnunnar.
Staðbundin viðbrögð við hnattrænum breytingum: Kynning á samanburðarrannsókn í þremur sjávarbyggðum á norðurslóðum.
Overcoming crisis: coping strategies in fisheries based localities in Iceland, Northwestern Russia and the Faroe Islands.

2000

Coping strategies in an Icelandic Coastal Village.
Gender construction at work in Icelandic fish plantsNORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Women coping with change in an Icelandic fishing communityWomen's Studies International Forum

1998

Sæmd er hverri þjóð að eiga sægarpa enn. Hafið í sjálfsmynd Íslendinga.
Verkaskipting kynja og vinnuskipulag í fiskiðnaði.
Hnattræn og staðbundin menning
Áherslubreytingar í rannsóknum á kynferði

1997

Birting margbreytileikans í íslenskri sjávarbyggð
Arbetsnorm, kön och kunskap inom fiskerietSociologisk Forskning
Breytingar í sjávarbyggðum: Sýn kvenna.

1996

Housework and wage work. Gender in Icelandic fishing communities
Gender Construction and Diversity in Icelandic Fishing CommunitiesAnthropologica

1995

Konur við sjávarsíðuna

Keywords for Specialisation:

Work related mobility

National identity

Multicultual society

Economic anthropology

Transnationalism