Research projects

European and international research co-operation

• Member of Management Committee. Cost Action 23102 – Linking euroscepticism and populism: causes and consequences (EUPopLink). 2024-2028.

• Member of the board. The Nordic Disinformation Resilience Network (NORDREN). Academic network funded by NordForsk. 2025-2026.

• Member of Excecutive Board. CONNOR – Nordic Network of Conspiracy Theories Research. Since 2024.

• Member of Management Committe and Working Group Chair. COST Action 22121 – Rising nationalisms, shifting geopolitics and the future of European higher education/research openness (OPEN). 2023-2027.

• Member of Scientific Committee. Supranational Democracy Dialogue. A Dialogue among Scholars, Civil Society and Creative Thinkers. International project led by the University of Salento, Italy. Since 2017

• Member of Management Committee. COST Action 20123. Intergovernmental Coordination from Local to European Governance. 2021-2025

• Member of Advisory Board. Populism and Conspiracy Theory (PACT). Research Project funded by the European Research Council (ERC), led by University of Tuebingen. 2020-2025

• Member of Advisory Board. REDACT: Researching Europe, Digitalisation and Conspiracy Theories. Research Project funded by CHANSE, led by Kings Colleage University of London. 2022-2024

• Member of Management Committee. COST Action 17135. Constitution-making and deliberative democracy. 2018-2022

• Member of Management Committee. COST Action IS1501. Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories (COMPACT). 2016-2020

• Member of Management Committee. COST Action IS1308. Populist Political Communication in Europe: Comprehending the Challenge of Mediated Political Populism for Democratic Politics. 2014 – 2018

• Member of research project Women@IR – We Bind

• Country Expert (Iceland). Varieties of Democracy-project (V-Dem). 2013 – 2015

• Country Expert (Iceland). Immigration Policies in Comparison-project (IMPIC). Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung. 2012 – 2015

• Member og Management Committee. COST Action IS 1003: International Law Between Constitutionalisation and Fragmentation: the role of law in the post-national constellation. 2011 – 2015

• Participant in Menu for Justice – The EC Network in European legal studies Among 50 universities and academic institutions in 30 European states. Supported by the European Commission through the ERASMUS program. 2010 – 2013

• Participant in SENT – The EC Network in European studies
  Among 66 universities and academic institutions in 30 European states. Supported by the European Commission through the ERASMUS program. 2008 – 2011

• Administrative project manager. ELSAGEN. Project funded by EUs 5th RTD framework programme.  (Partners in 5 European countries).  2002 – 2004
• Administrative project manager. VMART. Project funded by EUs 5th RTD framework programme.  (Partners in 6 European countries).  2001 – 2003
•  Partner. IDEALIST. Project funded by EUs 5th RTD framework programme. (Partners in 31 European countries).  2002 – 2004

• National Contact Point. Iceland. Sience and Society (Part of the EU’s RTD programme.). From
• National Contact Point. Iceland. Priority 7, Knowledge based society. (Part of the EU’s RTD programme).  2003 – 2005
• National Contact Point. Iceland. IST. (Part of the EU’s RTD programme). 1999 – 2001