by Elín Björk | Oct 1, 2020 | News
What is often termed ‘Nordic Noir’ has dominated detective fiction, film and television internationally for over two decades. This volume, edited by Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir Professor at the University of Iceland, investigates the parameters of this...
by Elín Björk | May 15, 2020 | Events, News
Political Agency after COVID-19: Representation, Power, Constitutions is an online conference on the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic presents and its consequences that are bound to be enormous: Economies may collapse, political leadership will come under extreme...
by Elín Björk | Mar 5, 2020 | News
The persistent lack of trust in politics and politicians in many well-established democracies has led to increased calls for new and meaningful ways for citizens to participate in democratic decision-making beyond elections. The Democratic Constitutional Design (DCD)...
by Elín Björk | Oct 14, 2019 | Events, News
People who flee persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression (SOGIE) constitute a particularly vulnerable group of migrants in both asylum and integration processes. On October 11-12, the GEST programme launched a two-day workshop...
by Sveinn Jóhannesson | Jul 29, 2019 | Events, News
A group of 23 students from Iceland, Russia, Canada, Argentina and the UK took part in a week-long summer school organized by EDDA in cooperation with Democratic Constitutional Design and the Escapes from Modernity project. The group discussed democratic theory, both...
