The 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...
RESEARCH & PUBLICATION
The EDDA Research Center promotes research projects and publications that align with the center’s research program.
VIÐBURÐADAGATAL
Tasa-arvopäivät 2024 (02.10.2024 - 03.10.2024, Helsinki)
Ajankohta: 2.–3.10.2024 Paikka: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos THL (Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki)
2024 ATGENDER conference: Gender studies and the precarious labour of making a d...
The 2024 ATGENDER conference aims to explore the theme of Gender Studies and the Precarious Labour of Making a Difference: (Un)paid Jobs, Internships, and Volunteering in the Worlds of Activism, Profit, and Non-profit.
EGSC 2024: 7th European Geographies of Sexualities Conference (02.09.2024 - 04....
Theme: Uncomfortable Spaces At this conference, we’re interested in comfort – and discomfort. We want to take seriously the emotional and affective qualities of comfort and discomfort. We aim to explore their shifting meanings and practices, the...