Teaching

Teaching experience

Current teaching within the faculty of Sociology at the University of Iceland:

  • Almenn félagsfræði - Introduction to Sociology
  • Aðferðafræði: Rannsóknaraðferðir félagsvísinda - Methodology in the Social Sciences
  • Íslenska þjóðfélagið - Icelandic Society
  • Félagsfræði íþrótta - The Sociology of Sports
  • Meira en leikur: Fótbolti frá mann-, félags- og þjóðfræðilegu sjónarhorni - Soccer and Society
  • Félagsfræði dægurmenningar: Kvikmyndir, tónlist og annað afþreyingarefni - The Sociology of Popular Culture
  • Sjálfið mætir samfélaginu: Félagssálfræði hversdagslífsins - The self meets society: Social psychology of everyday life.

PhD. students

  • Saeed Shamshirian (2019 - )
  • Marcello Milanezi (2021 - )

Other taught courses:

  • Kenningar í félagsfræði - Classical Sociological Theories
  • Samtímafélagsfræði - Contemporary Sociology
  • Heimur íþrótta - The World of Sports from a Sociological Perspective
  • Þroska- og íþróttasálfræði - Developmental and Sport Psychology
  • Vinnulag í háskólanámi - Methods for studying in higher education

Advisor – Masters dissertations:

  • Guðjón Ólafsson (forthcoming 2021). Upplifun ungra knattspyrnumanna af atvinnumennsku erlendis [The experince of young Icelandic football players of playing professional football abroad]. MA in Sociology. University of Iceland.
  • Muhammed Emin Kizilkaya (2021). "The smartphone is my hope: " Asylum seekers´ travel and experience of Iceland. MA in Methodology. University of Iceland.
  • Júnía Sigurrós Kjartansdóttir (2019). CrossFit á samfélagsmiðlum [CrossFit on social media]. MA in Sociology. University of Iceland. (with Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen).
  • Arnór Maximilian Luckas (2018). Meira en bara leikur: Félagsfræðileg greining á EVE Online tölvuleikjasamfélaginu [More than a game: A sociological analysis of EVE Online virtual society]. MA in Sociology. University of Iceland.
  • Silja Runólfsdóttir (2017). Draumur án skilyrða. Viðhorf til meiðsla og þess að spila meiddur í fótbolta á Íslandi [Playing through pain]. MA in Sociology. University of Iceland.
  • Pétur Einarsson (2016). “Menn væru ekki í okkar liði ef áfengisneysla væri stór þáttur af þeirra rútínu” [Alcohol use in sport]. MA in Sociology. University of Iceland.
  • Margrét Harðardóttir (2014). Home advantage in Icelandic basketball. MSc. in Sport and Health. University of Iceland.

Other:

  • Advisor for Zeinab Nasser (2017). Knotting the peace and gender lace: Public co-educational sport zones in EEH Palestinian Refugee Camp- Lebanon. United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training (UNU-GEST) Programme Háskóla Íslands.

Other teaching:

  • The sport success of Iceland (guest lecturer at UCS/FIFA Masters, from 2018 -)
  • Umhverfisþættir í íþróttum - The Social Environment of Sports (guest lecturer at Reykjavik University, from 2020 -)
  • The social environment of Icelandic sports (guest lecture at Northwestern University, USA - Fall 2017)
  • The Icelandic Sport and Olympic Association (ÍSÍ) (2015 - ). Sociology of Sport session at ÍSÍ Coaching seminar (B.III).
  • The Icelandic Football Federation (KSÍ) (2017 - ). Sociology of Sport session at KSÍ Coaching seminar (IV B).
  • University of Iceland Continuing Education (2016). Popp og rokktónlist í fræðilegu ljósi [Pop and rock music from an academic stance]. With Arnar Eggert Thorodddsen.
  • Reykjavik Universities Open Univeristy (2011). Taktu flugið: Listin að ná árangri [The art of success]. With Gudrun Hognadottir.
  • The Icelandic Handball Federation (HSÍ) (2007). Sociology of Sport session at HSÍ Coaching seminar (A).