Faculty of Social Sciences

Sunna Kristín Símonardóttir

Assistant Professor
460 8661

Location

  • Utan skólans / Off Campus

Specialisation

Parenting Sociology Gender equality Fertility rate
Research portal - Sunna Kristín Símonardóttir 

General information

Courses 2025 - 2026

KYN0176210
Gender Studies
LOK0772150
B.A. Thesis in Social Studies
LOK1182210
B.A. Thesis in Journalism and Media Studies

Education

2017
University of Iceland, Doktorspróf Sociology
2008
University of Leeds, Meistarapróf Gender Studies
2005
University of Iceland, BA Literature and Gender Studies

Career

2025
University of Akureyri, Assistant Professor
2020 - 2025
University of Iceland, Post doctoral researcher
2017 - 2025
University of Iceland, Adjunct and sessional lecturer
2012 - 2017
University of Iceland, PhD Student
2009 - 2011
University of Iceland, Project Manager

Research

2026
Parenthood in the Nordic Countries: Imaginaries, Politics and Practices. Journal article
2025
The 2021 Baby Boom in Iceland: Exploring the Role of a Parental Leave Reform and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal article
2025
“Now We Just Have to Take a Step Back”: Media Portrayal of Cash‐For‐Childcare Benefits in Iceland. Journal article
2025
"Ég held að þetta hafi alltaf byrjað sem leið til sparnaðar og svo fegrað með hvað er best fyrir börnin". Report
2024
“Unless I could be like the typical dad”: Exploring parenthood through the perspective of the voluntarily childfree. Journal article
2024
Excluding the Involved Father: Having a Child During the COVID Pandemic in Iceland. Journal article
2024
Að verða venjulegt fólk: Viðhorf Íslendinga til samkynhneigðar frá 1984 til 2017. Book chapter
2023
Menntun eða þjónusta? Journal article
2022
„Manni líður eins og maður sé alltaf að stara í ginið á ljóninu“ Viðhorf ungra kvenna til barneigna. Journal article
2021
“We at least say we are equal”: Gender equality and class in healthcare professionals’ discursive framing of migrant mothers. Journal article
2020
The “good” epidural: Women’s use of epidurals in relation to dominant discourses on “natural” birth. Journal article
2020
„Ég var að feila á því eina sem kona á að geta gert“ Orðræðugreining á frásögnum kvenna sem áttu í erfiðleikum með brjóstagjöf. Journal article
2018
Mothering and Gender Equality in Iceland: Irreconcilable Opposites? Journal article
2018
When breast is not best: Opposing dominant discourses on breastfeeding. Journal article
2016
Constructing the attached mother in the “world's most feminist country”. Journal article
2016
Getting the Green Light: Experiences of Icelandic Mothers Struggling with Breastfeeding. Journal article