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Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir - Professor

Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir

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School of Social Sciences

Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir

Professor

Professor of anthropology

Location
Oddi / O-110
Phone
525 - 4516
Email
unnurd [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics

Consultation hours
Please send e-mail to scedule a meeting
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8350-3898
Research portal – Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir

Published works

2021

(Im) mobility Patterns among Polish Unemployed Migrants in Iceland Navigating Different Welfare RegimesMigration to and from Welfare States
Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in IcelandMigration Studies
Reproduction of marginality: The labour market position of unemployed foreign citizens during economic recession in IcelandMigration Studies
Adult immigrants’ perspectives on courses in Icelandic as a second language: Structure, content, and inclusion in the receiving societyJournal of Language, Identity & Education

2020

Mobility and Transnational Iceland: Current Transformations and Global Entanglements
Re-creational travelling: Polish migrants visiting their families in PolandEmotion, Space and Society
Re-creational travelling: Polish migrants visiting their families in PolandEMOTION SPACE AND SOCIETY
The intersection of childhood disability and migration in family livesScandinavian Journal of Disability Research
On the move: migrant workers in icelandic hotelsTourism Employment in Nordic Countries
Samfélag fjölbreytileikans: Samskipti heimamanna og innflytjenda á Íslandi

2019

Transnational practices and migrant capital: The case of Filipino women in IcelandSocial Inclusion
Sveigjanlegur vinnumarkaður og harkvinna erlends starfsfólks á ÍslandiÍslenska þjóðfélagið
INNFLYTJENDAFJÖLSKYLDUR MEÐ FÖTLUÐ BÖRN: REYNSLA FORELDRA.Icelandic Journal of Education/Timarit um Uppeldi og Menntun
Chapter 1 Narrations of Homogeneity, Waning Welfare States, and the Politics of Solidarity
Byggðafesta og búferlaflutningar: Bæir og þorp á Íslandi vorið 2019
Íslenskur vinnumarkaður--erlent starfsfólkÍslenska þjóðfélagið
“I'll Always Be a Refugee”: The Lived Experience of Palestinian Refugee Women of Moving to a Small Society in IcelandJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Undoing homogeneity in the Nordic region: Migration, difference and the politics of solidarity

2018

Gendered labor in the Icelandic fish processing industryMaritime Studies
Seawomen of Iceland: survival on the edge
Borders, Boundaries, and Exclusion in the Icelandic Asylum SystemRefuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees/Refuge: revue canadienne sur les réfugiés

2017

Migrating within “the gender-equal nordic region”: Icelandic migrants in Norway and the gendered division of work and careNORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
„Stundum finnst mér þeir horfa á mig eins og ég sé geimvera “: Upplifun flóttakvenna í litlu bæjarfélagi á ÍslandiÍslenska þjóðfélagið
LGBQ Migrationslambda nordica
Immigrant experiences of learning Icelandic and connecting with the speaking community
Icelandic for adult foreigners: Effects of imposing an Icelandic language testCurrent Issues in Language Planning
Migrating Within “the Gender-equal Nordic Region”: Icelandic Migrants in Norway and the Gendered Division of Work and CareNORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Icelandic for adult foreigners: effects of imposing an Icelandic language testCurrent Issues in Language Planning

2016

The tourist and the migrant worker: Different perceptions of mobility in IcelandMobility to the edges of Europe: The case of Iceland and Poland
“I want a normal life like everyone else”: Daily life of asylum seekers in IcelandScandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
“I want a normal life like everyone else”: Daily life of asylum seekers in IcelandScandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Mobility to the edges of Europe: the case of Iceland and Poland
Introduction: blurring boundaries in mobility studies
Women and men on the move: From the Philippines to IcelandRemapping Gender, Place and Mobility
Labour migrants negotiating places and engagementsMobility and Place

2015

What happened to the migrant workersGambling debt: Iceland’s rise and fall in the global economy

2014

What happened to the migrant workers?Gambling Debt: Iceland's Rise and Fall in the Global Economy

2013

Gendered migration in turbulent times in IcelandNorsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography
Gendered migration in turbulent times in IcelandNorsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

2012

Labour migrants negotiating places and engagementsMobility and Place: Enacting Northern European Peripheries

2011

The context of Polish immigration and integration in IcelandIntegration or assimilation
The participation of immigrants in civil society and labour market in the economic recessionReykjav́ık: Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Iceland. http://mark. hi. is/sites/mark. hi. is/files/filepicker/17/wojtynska_skaptadottir_olafs_participation_of_immigrants. pdf
Polish construction workers in Iceland: Rights and perceptions of inequalities at building sitesÞjóðarspegillinn: Rannsóknir ́ı félagsv́ısindum XII: Félags-og mannv́ısindadeild

2010

Integration and transnational practices of Filipinos in IcelandE-migrinter
Komið til móts við fjölbreytileika: Fullorðinsfræðsla fyrir innflytjendur og samþætting
Alþjóðlegir fólksflutningar á t́ımum efnahagslegs samdráttar

2009

Cultivating culture? Images of Iceland, globalization and multicultural societyImages of the North

2008

Labour migrants negotiating places and engagementsMobility and Place: Enacting Northern European Peripheries
Gender migration from Poland to Iceland: Women’s experiencesNew subjectivities: Negotiating citizenship in the context of migration and diversity
Að læra ́ıslensku ́ı fjölmenningarlegu samfélagiLearning Icelandic in a multicultural society]. Hrafnaþing

2007

Óĺıkar raddir: Afstaða innflytjenda til ́ıslenskrar tungu
Social changes and culture in Icelandic coastal villagesArctic and Antarctic International Journal of Circumpolar Sociocultural Issues
Innflytjendur: viðurkenning og virðing ́ı ́ıslensku samhengi

2006

The Role of Municipalities in Innovation: Innovations in three sectors of society in two municipalities in IcelandInnovations in the Nordic Periphery
Valkyrjur samt́ımans: veröld kvenna frá Aśıu á Íslandi

2005

Global processes, localities and gender identities: A feminist perspective on changes in Icelandic FisheriesChanging Tides: Gender, Fisheries and Globalization

2004

Fjölmenning á ferð og flugi
Responses to global transformations: Gender and ethnicity in resource-based localities in IcelandPolar Record
Responses to global transformations: gender and ethnicity in resource-based localities in IcelandPolar Record
Innflytjendur á Íslandi
Mobilities and cultural difference: immigrants' experiences in Iceland

2003

Coping with social capital? The cultural economy of tourism in the NorthSociologia Ruralis
Social capital and community capacity buildingSocial and Environmental Impacts in the North: Methods in Evaluation of Socio-Economic and Environmental Consequences of Mining and Energy Production in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic
Coping with social capital? The cultural economy of tourism in the northSociologia Ruralis

2002

Coping Strategies and Regional Policies-social Capital in the Nordic Peripheries: Country Report Iceland

2001

Overcoming сrisis: Coping strategies in fishery based localities in Iceland, North-Western Russia and the Faroe IslandsTransforming the local

2000

Gender construction at work in icelandic ? Sh plantsNORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Women coping with change in an Icelandic fishing community: A case studyWomen's Studies International Forum
Coping strategies in an Icelandic coastal villageCommunity viability, rapid change and socio-ecological futures. University of Akureyri and Stefansson Arctic Institute, Akureyri
Gender construction at work in Icelandic fish plantsNora: Nordic Journal of Women's Studies
Women coping with change in an Icelandic fishing community: A case studyWomen's Studies International Forum

1998

Verkaskipting kynja og vinnuskipulag ́ı fiskiðnaði
Coping with marginalization: Localization in an Icelandic fishing community

1997

Breytingar ́ı sjávarbyggðum: S̀yn kvenna
Hnattræn og staðbundin menning

1996

Gender construction and diversity in Icelandic fishing communitiesAnthropologica
Housework and wage work: Gender in Icelandic fishing communitiesImages of contemporary Iceland: Everyday lives and global contexts

1995

Fishermen's wives and fish processors: Continuity and change in women's position in Icelandic fishing villages, 1870-1990

1993

Continuity and Change in Women's Position in the First Stages of Industrial DevelopmentFiskerisamfund-hvilke veje?:--en antologi

Keywords for Specialisation:

Work related mobility

National identity

Multicultual society

Economic anthropology

Transnationalism