Baldur Thorhallsson
Professor at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Iceland. Baldur is also the Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies and Programme and Research Director at the Centre for Small States at the University. His research focuses primarily on small state studies, European integration and Iceland’s foreign policy. He has published extensively in international journals. He has contributed to several academic books and written two books on small states in Europe, Iceland and European integration – On the Edge and The Role of Small States in the European Union. He holds a PhD (1999) and MA (1994) in Political Science from the University of Essex in England. In 2002, Baldur established the Centre for Small State Studies at the University of Iceland in association with colleagues from around the globe and re-established the Icelandic Institute of International Affairs. He was Chair of their Board until 2011. Baldur has taught on small states at several universities and was the ‘Class of 1955’ Visiting Professor of International Studies at Williams College (MA, USA) in 2013 and Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Queen Mary University of London in 2017. Baldur is currently working on a number of research projects related to Iceland’s external affairs, small states in European integration, and theories on small states, as well as teaching two courses on small states in Europe.
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University of Iceland
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IcelandOffice in Oddi 223
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
An installation in my office
At the first day of term, my colleagues and I presented 'a personal item' in our office to each other. I made an installation: a piece of the Berlin Wall which I broke from it in spring 1990, a Soviet … Continue reading
Small states are taking over in the autumn
The autumn semester is about to start and the first classes in the Faculty of Political Science will take place on Monday 1 September. I am looking very much forward to the meet all the enthusiastic students who want to … Continue reading
Upcoming lecture on Scotland as a new independent small state
My colleague and I will hold lectures on Scotland as a potential new small independent state Wednesday 10 September at the Centre for Small States Studies at the University of Iceland. Alyson Bailes will talk about the latest developments in … Continue reading
Forsetinn á hálum ís, lýðskrum og lekamálið
Skemmtilegt spjall um fréttir vikunnar í Vikuloknum hjá Hallgrími Thorsteinssyni
Small State Studies Research Team, Summer 2014
This is the small state studies research team for the summer of 2014. From the left: Þorsteinn Kristinsson, Tómas Joensen, myself, Sverrir Steinsson and Dan Devine As in the previous summers, we have been conducting research on Iceland's external relations … Continue reading
Bakaríið - Gleðigangan
Gleðilega Hinsegin daga - Skemmtileg stund með Jóa og Rúnari í Bakaríinu á Bylgjunni.
Kúgun og kossaflens: Frá fordómum til frelsis
Hvernig var mögulegt að breyta einu hómófóbískasta samfélagi heims í eitt það frjálslyndasta? Tilraun til skýringar. Framlag mitt til Hinsegin daga þetta árið er grein sem birtist í Kvennablaðinu í dag. Hún byggir á ræðu sem ég hélt á ráðstefnu í … Continue reading