EDDA – Research Center at the University of Iceland is an interdisciplinary center in critical contemporary research, with emphasis on (in)equality and difference; societal and political ruptures; the welfare state; and security and development.
International Conference: Democracy in a Digital Future
The digital era is changing the terms on which democracies operate. The Prime Minister’s Office of Iceland hosts an international conference on the challenges of digital technologies for democracy, equality and the rule of law in cooperation with the EDDA Research...
How the Icelandic Pension Funds Have Performed
Report by Stefán Andri Stefánsson and Stefán Ólafsson The report is a part of a larger study of the Icelandic pension system, which consists of a public social security system and occupational pension funds, in addition to individual pension savings accounts. ...
Book Publication: Liberal Disorder, States of Exception, and Populist Politics
Liberal Disorder, States of Exception, and Populist Politics has been published by Routledge. The book is edited by Valur Ingimundarson, University of Iceland and Chair of the EDDA Board, and Sveinn M. Jóhannesson, University of Edinburgh. The edited volume focuses on...
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EDDA – Research Center promotes research projects and publications that align with the center’s research program.
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Save the date - Att forma en hoppfull framtid i tider av osäkerhet: genusforskn...
Konferensen ”Att forma en hoppfull framtid i tider av osäkerhet: genusforskningens möjligheter och utmaningar” går av stapeln den 26-28 Oktober 2022 och kommer att hållas på Karlstads universitet.
Gendering Transformations (28.10.2021 - 31.10.2021, Taipei )
The National Central Library of Taiwan, the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association organize a conference on the strategies for and complexities in feminist transformative practices at local, regional, national a...
Course: Body, Culture, Materiality (10.10.2021, Zoom)
Based on discussions of studying culture, technology and affect, and the material turn in feminist theory, the course discusses bodily transformations of the present.