School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Guðmundur Heiðar Frímannsson

Professor emeritus

Location

  • F203
  • Sólborg

Specialisation

Civic education Political philosophy Democracy Autonomy Academic freedom
Research portal - Guðmundur Heiðar Frímannsson 

General information

Education

1992
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Doktorspróf Philosophy Ethics
1992
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Ph.D. Philosophy
1987
University of St. Andrews, Meistarapróf Philosophy
1976
University of Iceland, BA Philosophy psychology

Research

2022
Akademískt frelsi, ábyrgð og hömlur: sjónarmið háskólakennara á Íslandi
2021
Aristotelian and Kantian Virtues and Education
2019
Family Caregivers’ Satisfaction With Specialized End-of-Life Care Provided at Home
2019
Is ethics for business an oxymoron?
2018
Epilogue
2018
Skólar og lýðræði. Um borgaramenntun
2018
Power and democracy in Iceland: An Introduction
2017
Moral and historical consciousness
2016
A review of Ulf Blossing, Gunn Imsen & Lejf Moos (eds.), The Nordic Education Model. ´A School for All´ Encounters Neo-Liberal Policy (Dordrecht: Springer, 2014)
2016
Views of learning and a sense of community among students, paraprofessionals and parents in developing a school culture towards a professional learning community
2015
Teamwork in Establishing a Professional Learning Community in a New Icelandic School
2015
Jón Ólafsson (ed.), Lýðræðistilraunir. Ísland í hruni og endurreisn Democratic experiments. Iceland in collapse and renaissance] (Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan, 2014)
2015
Lýðræði sem þekkingarleit
2015
Reasons and Normativity in Critical Thinking
2014
Hannele Niemi, Auli Toom and Arto Kallioniemi (eds.), Miracle of Education. The Principles and Practices of Teaching and Learning in Finnish Schools (Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2012)
2013
Brian Lucey, Charles Larkin and Constantin Gurdgiev (eds.) What if Ireland defaults? (Dublin: Orpen Press, 2012)
2013
Einstaklingsmiðun sem markmið lærdómssamfélags: Reynsla af starfendarannsókn í einum grunnskóla
2013
Narrative: A Brief Introduction
2013
Raddir nemenda og lýðræði í skólastarfi (Pupils' voices and democracy in schools)
2013
Uppeldi og menntun í Menóni og Ríki Platons
2012
Academic freedom Akademískt frelsi
2012
Maurice Hamington and Maureen Sander-Staudt (eds.) Applying Care Ethics to Business (Dordrecht: Springer, 2011)
2009
Niall Scott and Jonathan Seglow. Altruism. (Maidenhead, Open University Press, 2007)
2007
Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson og Þórunn Sigurðardóttir (ritstjórar): Samfélagsleg áhrif verkalýðshreyfingarinnar á 20. öld - framtíðarsýn á 21. öldinni
2006
Introduction: Is there a Nordic model in education?
2005
Háskólar, kreppa og vísindi
2005
Kosningar, almannaviljinn og almannaheill
2002
Robert Nozick: Lífsferill hans og heimspeki
2001
Civic education and the good
1997
Forty Years of the Philosophy of Education in the Nordic Countries
1989
Inngangur að Undirstöðum reikningslistarinnar
1987
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