Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir

Thematic expertise:  Professional experience with development cooperation; strategic partnerships and human rights; gender research and contemporary critical theory

Geographic expertise:  Europe, Africa

Languages: French, English and Icelandic

Dr. Irma Erlingsdóttir is a professor at the University of Iceland and Director of the UNESCO- affiliated Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GRÓ GEST); RIKK — Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference; and EDDA Center in Contemporary Critical Research at the University of Iceland. She holds a PhD from the Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Dr. Irma Erlingsdottir has led several large-scale academic projects in the fields of gender studies, globalization, contemporary politics and critical theory, and has wide-ranging experience in cooperating with government ministries, public and private organizations on policy-relevant gender and equality research. As a specialist in gender studies, literature and critical contemporary philosophy, she has published articles and book chapters in these fields. Among her publications are The Handbook of the Politics of the MeToo movement (Routledge, 2020) and Iceland’s Financial Crisis: The Politics of Blame, Protest, and Reconstruction (Routledge, 2016).