Faglige interesser/Research interests
Digitalisation, future of work, financial crisis, the Nordic/Norwegian model and gender.
Undervisning/Teaching
- European Economic Integration, master level, Bifrost University
- Macroeconomics, bachelor level, Bifrost University
- Globalisation, bachelor level, University of Iceland
- Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, bachelor level, Reykjavík University
- Macroeconomics and Microeconomics, bachelor level, University of Akureyri
Veiledning/Supervision
- Ph.D. thesis
- Master's theses
- Bachelor's theses
Bakgrunn/Background
I am a senior policy advisor at the Association of Social Scientists (Samfunnsviterne) in Norway and a professor ll (20%) at University College Østfold. Earlier, I was a professor in the business administration department at Bifrost University in Iceland and a senior researcher at University of Iceland and Fafo. From 2009 to 2013, I was a member of the Icelandic parliament and chaired the business and the finance sector committee and the Icelandic Delegation to the Council of Europe.
Utdanning/Education
1993- 1999 Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) from the University of Manchester, Management School (UMIST), Manchester, England.
1987-1988 Master of Arts (MA) in Development Economics from Department for Economics at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England.
1982-1984 Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the Business College at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, U.S.A.
Pedagogisk utdanning og undervisnings-ansvar/Pedagogic education and teaching responsiblities
I have one year of teacher’s training from Philipps-Universitat, Marburg, Germany
2002-2007 responsible for subject content development of the courses taught in economics and business administration at Bifröst University. I also participated in the development of a master programme.
2000-2002 responsible for subject content development of the courses taught in economics and business administration at Reykavík University.
1989-1991 responsible for subject content development of the courses taught in economics at the University of Akureyri.
Ekstern finansiering av prosjekter/External financing of projects
- The Research Council of Norway
- European Commission
- European Trade Union Institute
- The Research Council of Iceland
- The Nordic Council
Verv/Member of commissions and boards
- 2015- member of the committee for the self-employed who are members of the Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations (Akademikerne)
- 2009-2013 Vice-chairman and a member of the Committee on Economy and Taxation, The Icelandic Parliament
- 2009-2011 Chairman of the Committee on trade and the financial market, The Icelandic Parliament
- 2010 The vice president of the Council of Europe.
- 2009-2011 Chairman of the Icelandic delegation to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly in Strasbourg during 2009-2011. The vice president of the Council of Europe 2010.
- 2008-2013 member of the board of Nordregio, Stockholm.
- 2003-2004 member of the board of the fishery company Guðmundur Runólfsson hf
- 2003-2008 co-advisor of Ph.D. thesis at University of Tampere, Finnland.
- 1997-2009 member of the Group of Scientific Experts on Gender and Employment for the European Commission
- 2004-2006 external evaluator in EU´s sixth research framework program
- 2003-2004 member of the Icelandic Research Council on Humanities and Social Sciences
- 2002-2005 scientific, administrative and financial coordinator of the EU funded research project on the Knowledge Based Society