Education & Positions

For a complete list of my current and former positions, including academic committees and councils as well as supervised (PhD) students, please get in touch with me.

  • Academy Member
    • Academy of Sciences and Letters, Agder, Norway since 2021
  • Dósent/Senior Lecturer/Associate professor in medieval Iceland studies
    • Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, since 2021
  • Postgraduate Diploma: Teaching Studies for Higher Education
    • University of Iceland, School of Education, Iceland, 2019-2021 (read more)
  • PhD Supervisor Course 1, 2 & 3 (Centre for Teaching and Learning & The Graduate School)
    • Regulations and Standards for Doctoral Education (2020)
    • Roles and Interactions of Supervisors and Doctoral Students (2020)
    • Challenges in Interaction of Supervisors and Docotral Students (2021)
  • Lektor/Lecturer/Assistant professor in medieval Iceland studies
    • Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland, 2019-2021
  • Habilitation (Dr. phil. habil.)
    • Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany, 2018-2020 (read more)
  • Canvas Teacher
    • University of Iceland, School of Education, Iceland, 2019-2020
  • Project manager: Viking and Medieval Norse Studies (VMNS/MIS)
    • University of Iceland, 2018
  • Non-tenured teacher
    • 2015-2018: Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Iceland
    • 2012-2013: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (Recruitment Fund)
    • University of Iceland & Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, 2014-2017
  • Dr. phil. (1. Scandinavian Studies; 2. Prehistoric and Early Historical Archaeology)
    • Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany, 2009–2012
  • PhD-Fellow
    • Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, 2010-2012
  • Magister Artium (1. Scandinavian Studies; 2. Prehistoric and Early Historical Archaeology; 3. Cultural Geography)
    • Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany, 2004–2009
  • MA-Fellow
    • Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, 2007-2009
  • Erasmus-Fellow
    • Uppsala Universitet, Sweden, 2006-2007