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Conference of PhD students at the School of Social Sciences

Friday, October 3. 2025, at 12:30-17:00

Veröld 007

 

12:30-12:40 Conference opening: Þorgerður Einarsdóttir, chair of the Science Committee at the School of Social Sciences.

12:40-13:10 Yixuan Lu, PhD student in Museum Studies. Framing Icelandic Culture: Museum Encounters of Chinese Tourists in Iceland Main supervisor: Guðrún Dröfn Whitehead, lecturer in Museum studies.

13:10-13:40 Saeed Shamshirian, PhD student in Sociology. The Wrestling Mat, Threaded by Society: A Mixed-Methods Investigation into the Meaning-Making Processes Behind Iranian Olympic Wrestlers’ Success Main supervisor: Viðar Halldórsson, Professor in Sociology.

13:40-14:10 Jón Karl Stefánsson, PhD student in Sociology. Institutional Logics and Everyday Power: Mental Health Service Users’ Experiences of Constraint and Possibility in Iceland Supervisor: Sigrún Ólafsdóttir, Professor in Sociology

14:10-14:40 Pétur Berg, PhD student in Political Science. Joined-Up Government in Iceland’s Post-Crisis Reform Trajectory Main supervisors: Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson, Professor of Political Science.

14:40-15:00 Coffee break

 15:00-15:30 Björg Jónsdóttir, PhD student in Business. From Voluntary to Mandatory: Defining Conditional-Mandatory Instruments in Sustainability Governance. Supervisor: Þröstur Olaf Sigurjónsson, Professor in Business,

15:30-16:00 Elizaveta Petrovskaia, PhD student in Business. SLR about Mission Drift in Social Enterprises Main supervisor: Magnús Þór Torfason Professor in Business.

16:00-16:30 Ana Orelj, PhD student in Business Friendship as Strategy: Designing Co-Creation with Communities and Lead Users; The Case of CCP Games and EVE Online. Main Supervisor: Magnús Þór Torfason, Professor in Business.

16:30-17:00 Eugenia Santoro PhD student in Environment and Natural Resources. SLR about Social Performance, Transparency and Scaling Main supervisor: Lára Jóhannsdóttir, professor in Business.

17:10 Refreshments in Oddi Coffee Room, 2nd Floor

Chair of the conference: Guðrún María Þorsteinsdóttir, PhD student in Anthropology.