Sigurður Ingi Jóhannesson is the new chairperson of the Progressive Party, replacing Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson. This is likely to enhance the prospects of the Progressive Party in the upcoming parliamentary election, but it is crucial for the party to settle internal disputes (see Morgunnblaðið and DV).
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.
Faculty of Political Science
School of Social Science
University of Iceland
101 Reykjavik
Iceland
Office in Oddi 223
E-mail: baldurt@hi.is
Tel: +354-525-5244
