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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 instituions 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 instituions 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