Faculty of Social Sciences

Þóroddur Bjarnason

Professor
661 6099

Location

  • A116
  • Sólborg

Office hours

By appointment

Specialisation

Sociology Regional development Rural sociology Regional impact of universities Social impact of road infrastructure Globalisation Children and youth
Research portal - Þóroddur Bjarnason 

General information

Courses

SKI1106200
Fisheries in Iceland
ÍLB0176190
Rural communities in Iceland: An international perspective
LOK0772150
B.A. Thesis in Social Studies

Education

2000
University of Notre Dame, USA, Ph.D. Sociology
1995
University of Essex, M.A. Social Science Data Analysis
1991
University of Iceland, B.A. Sociology

Career

2004
University of Akureyri, Professor of Sociology
2000 - 2004
University at Albany - State University of New York, Assistant Professor
1995 - 1996
Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology, Director
1993 - 1994
Icelandic Institute for Educational Research, Head of Research Department
1991 - 1992
Icelandic Institute for Educational Research, Researcher

Research

2024
Closest family in the household or in the community? The role of family in residential satisfaction among intended stayers in Iceland
2023
Migration and partisan identification as British Unionists or Irish Nationalists in Northern Ireland
2021
At the intersection of urbanisation and counterurbanisation in rural space: Microurbanisation in Northern Iceland
2021
Is internal migration declining in Iceland? Intensities, geographical patterns and population composition 1986–2017
2021
What's love got to do with it? Love-life gossip and migration intentions in rural Iceland
2021
Jacks (and Jills) of all trades: the gentle art of policing rural Iceland
2021
Tunnelling the Peninsula of Trolls: A Case Study of Road Infrastructure Improvement and Demographic Dynamics in Northern Iceland
2021
Individual residential mobility, immobility, and political attitudes: The case of Brexit voting intentions in the 2016 UK EU Referendum
2021
The impact of school bullying on adolescent migration expectations in Iceland
2021
Geography, psychology and the ‘Big Five’ personality traits: Who moves, and over what distances, in the United Kingdom?
2021
The COVID-19 International Student Well-being Study
2020
Félagsleg staða og áfengisneysla unglinga 1999-2019.
2020
Sexual orientation and migration intentions among rural, exurban and urban adolescents in Iceland
2020
Spatial mobility and tolerance towards immigrants: the case of Northern Iceland
2020
Iceland as a microcosm of the effects of educational reforms on police students‘ social background
2020
The Changing Youth Population
2020
The Myth of the Immobile Rural: The Case of Rural Villages in Iceland
2019
Íslenskar landsbyggðir og byggðafélagsfræði
2018
The Effects of Regional and Distance Education on the Supply of Qualified Teachers in Rural Iceland
2018
The Problem with Low-Prevalence of Bullying
2018
Adolescent alcohol and cannabis use in Iceland 1995–2015
2018
Innfæddir og aðfluttir andskotar: Áhrif uppruna og staðarsamsemdar á búsetuánægju á Norðurlandi
2018
Staðsetning háskóla og menntabil í háskólamenntun
2018
Vinnusókn til höfuðborgarsvæðisins frá öðrum byggðarlögum á Suðvesturlandi
2017
Sjálfsvígshætta ungra gerenda eineltis
2017
Social justice, access and quality of healthcare in an age of austerity: Users’ perspective from rural Iceland
2017
Time trends of technology mediated communication with friends among bullied and not bullied children in four Nordic countries between 2001 and 2010
2017
University pathways of urban and rural migration in Iceland
2017
Yndislestur á uppleið? Breytingar á lestrarvenjum drengja og stúlkna
2017
Þróun og sérsvið íslenskrar félagsfræði
2016
Svæðisbundin áhrif íslenskra háskóla
2015
Heilbrigðisþjónusta Fjallabyggðar: Viðhorf íbúa í kjölfar mikilla samfélagsbreytinga
2015
Predictors of gender inequalities in the rank of full professor
2015
Samgöngur og byggðaþróun: Samfélagsleg áhrif Héðinsfjarðarganga
2015
Suicidal risk and sexual orientation in adolescence: A population-based study in Iceland
2014
Adolescent migration intentions and population change: A 20‐year follow‐up of Icelandic communities
2014
Skammtímaáhrif Héðinsfjarðarganga á mannfjöldaþróun í Fjallabyggð
2014
Stefna íslenskra stjórnvalda og vöxtur ferðaþjónustu á jaðarsvæðum: Áhrif Héðinsfjarðarganga í Fjallabyggð
2014
The effects of road infrastructure improvement on work travel in Northern Iceland
2013
Cross-national variation in socioeconomic status and delinquency: A comparative study of adolescents from 26 European countries
2013
Individual and country-level effects of cannabis-related perceptions on cannabis use. A multilevel study among adolescents in 32 European countries
2013
Útgjöld ríkisins í Norðausturkjördæmi og tekjur ímyndaðs „Norðausturríkis“
2012
Bóklausir og bókaormar: Tengsl menntunar og efnahags foreldra við yndislestur unglinga í alþjóðlegu ljósi
2012
Early risk behaviors and adolescent injury in 25 European and North American countries: A cross-national consistent relationship
2012
Hagsmunir íslenskra sjávarbyggða við endurskoðun fiskveiðistjórnunar
2012
Life satisfaction among children in different family structures: A comparative study of 36 western societies
2012
Líkamsmynd íslenskra ungmenna í 6., 8. og 10. bekk
2012
Multiple substance use and self-reported suicide attempts by adolescents in 16 European countries
2012
Slys á hættulegustu vegum landsins
2012
The 2011 ESPAD report: Substance use among students in 36 European countries
2011
Ferðavenjur íbúa í Ólafsfirði og á Siglufirði fyrir opnun Héðinsfjarðarganga
2011
Framtíðarbúseta unglinga af erlendum uppruna
2011
Fólksfjölgun á landsbyggðinni?
2011
Joint physical custody and communication with parents: A cross-national study of children in 36 western countries
2011
The cultural context of adolescent drinking and violence in 30 European countries
2011
Towards a digital adolescent society? The social structure of the Icelandic adolescent blogosphere
2010
Bóklestur íslenskra unglinga í alþjóðlegu ljósi
2010
Cannabis supply and demand reduction: Evidence from the ESPAD study of adolescents in 31 European countries
2010
Fjallabyggð fyrir Héðinsfjarðargöng: Samgöngur, samfélag og byggðaþróun
2010
Health and well-being among child immigrants in Europe
2010
Heilsa og lífskjör skólanema á Norðaustursvæði 2006-2010
2010
Heilsa og lífskjör skólanema á Norðvestursvæði 2006-2010
2010
Heilsa og lífskjör skólanema á Suðursvæði 2006-2010
2010
Heilsa og lífskjör skólanema á höfuðborgarsvæðinu 2006-2010
2010
Lífsánægja samkynhneigðra unglinga í 10. bekk
2010
Migration intentions of rural youth in Iceland: Can a large-scale development project stem the tide of out-migration?
2010
Screen-based activities and physical complaints among adolescents from the Nordic countries
2010
Áhrif efnahagsþrenginga á fólksflutninga til og frá landinu
2009
Addressing the socioeconomic determinants of adolescent health: Experiences from the WHO/HBSC Forum 2007
2009
Anomie among European adolescents: Conceptual and empirical clarification of a multilevel sociological concept
2009
Að heiman: Munur á skráðri og raunverulegri búsetu á Íslandi
2009
Einelti og samskipti við fjölskyldu og vini meðal 6., 8. og 10. bekkinga
2009
London calling?: Preferred emigration destinations among Icelandic youth
2009
Lýðfræði Fjallabyggðar, 1928-2028
2009
The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study: methodological developments and current tensions
2009
Vímuefnaneysla íslenskra unglinga í alþjóðlegum samanburði 1995-2007
2009
Þyngd, líkamsmynd og lífsánægja íslenskra skólabarna
2008
Egalitarian attitudes towards the division of household labor among adolescents in Iceland
2008
Framtíðaráform unglinga í evrópskum eyjasamfélögum
2008
Inequalities and social cohesion in psychosomatic health: Individual and community processes
2008
International migration expectations among Icelandic youth
2008
Jafnt til skiptis? Tvískipt búseta barna og samkipti þeirra við foreldra
2008
Og seinna börnin segja: Þetta er einmitt sú veröld sem ég vil...? Breytingar á viðhorfum 10. bekkinga til jafnréttismála, 1992-2006
2007
Individual and community processes of social closure: A study of adolescent academic achievement and alcohol use
2007
Rannsóknir og rask á skólastarfi
2007
Religion: soutien divin et tension psychologique
2007
Risk factors in adolescent drug use: Evidence from school surveys and application in policy
2007
Virðing og umhyggja. Ákall 21. aldar
2007
Á leið af landi brott? : framtíðaráform íslenskra unglinga vorið 2007
2007
Þjóðernisstolt ungra Íslendinga
2007
Þáttur áfengis í komum unglinga á slysa- og bráðadeild Landspítala
2006
Aðstæður íslenskra skólanema af erlendum uppruna
2006
Heilsa og lífskjör skólanema 2006: Landshlutaskýrsla
2006
Heilsa og lífskjör skólanema 2006: Niðurstöður fyrir landið í heild og samanburðartölur fyrir Breiðagerðisskóla, Fossvogsskóla, Hvassaleitisskóla og Réttarholtsskóla
2006
Heilsa og lífskjör skólanema 2006: Niðurstöður fyrir landið í heild og samanburðartölur fyrir Breiðagerðisskóla, Fossvogsskóla, Hvassaleitisskóla og Réttarholtsskóla
2006
Heilsa og lífskjör skólanema 2006: Niðurstöður fyrir landið í heild og samanburðartölur fyrir Vestfirði
2006
Nonmarital fertility and the effects of divorce rates on youth suicide rates
2006
Nuorten Islantilaisten Alkoholinkulutuksen Polarisoituminen, 1995–2003
2006
Polarisering i Alkoholkonsumtionen Bland Isländska Unga, 1995–2003
2006
Polarization in alcohol consumption among Icelandic adolescents, 1995–2003
2006
Should I stay or should I go? Migration expectations among youth in Icelandic fishing and farming communities
2005
"But everybody does it...": The effects of perceptions, moral pressures, and informal sanctions on tax cheating
2005
Contrast effects in perceived risk of substance use
2005
Familial and religious influences on adolescent alcohol use: A multi-level study of students and school communities
2005
Rannsóknir bannaðar án leyfis? Fagmennska og faglegt eftirlit háskólakennara
2005
Umfang áfengisneyslu íslenskra unglinga : breytingar á neyslumynstri 1995-2003
2004
Father knows best: Parishes, priests, and American Catholic parishioners' attitudes toward capital punishment
2004
Fræðigrein skýtur rótum: Áhrif þjóðfélagsafla á þróun íslenskrar félagsfræði
2004
Leiðin að heiman ... Forspárgildi viðhorfa unglinga fyrir búsetuþróun á Íslandi
2004
Norræn áhrif í birtingum og tilvitnunum til tímaritsgreina í sextán norrænum félagsfræðideildum
2004
The 2003 Icelandic school survey project on alcohol and other drugs: Technical report
2004
The effects of changes in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases on suicide rates in 71 countries, 1950-1999
2004
Íslensk félagsfræði við upphaf 21. aldar
2004
Íslensk félagsfræði: Landnám alþjóðlegrar fræðigreinar
2003
Alcohol culture, family structure and adolescent alcohol use: Multilevel modeling of frequency of heavy drinking among 15-16 year old students in 11 European countries
2003
Family structure and adolescent cigarette smoking in eleven European countries
2003
Hate crime reporting as a successful social movement outcome
2003
Hvítaruslið: Stéttvís blóraböggull fjölmenningarvitanna
2003
Psychological distress during unemployment and beyond: Social support and material deprivation among youth in six northern European countries
2003
Íslenskar unglingarannsóknir 1991 -2002 : Viðauki : Athuganir á íslenskum unglingum 1970-1990, rannsóknir, greinar, ritgerðir o.fl.
2002
Nordic Impact: Article Productivity and Citation Patterns in Sixteen Nordic Sociology Departments
2002
Sjálfsvíg og sjálfsvígstilraunir meðal íslenskra ungmenna
2000
Adolescent substance use: A study in Durkheimian sociology
2000
Anonymity and confidentiality in school surveys on alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use
2000
Grooming for success? The impact of adolescent society on early intergenerational social mobility
2000
Umfang ofbeldis meðal íslenskra unglinga og félagslegir skýringarþættir þess
1999
Human agency, capable guardians, and structural constraints: A lifestyle approach to the study of violent victimization
1999
The ESPAD study: implications for prevention
1999
Þróun vímuefnaneyslu íslenskra unglinga: Yfirlit yfir niðurstöður íslenskra rannsókna á vímuefnaneyslu nemenda í 10. bekk grunnskóla 1995-1999
1998
Fathering over time: What makes the difference?
1998
Modeling Durkheim on the micro level: A study of youth suicidality
1998
Parents, religion and perceived social coherence: A Durkheimian framework of adolescent anomie
1997
The 1995 ESPAD report: Alcohol and other drug use among students in 26 European countries
1995
Administration mode bias in a school survey on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use
1995
Hvað einkennir unglinga sem beita ofbeldi?
1995
Ideologi og empiri i kriminologien
1994
Bókhneigð og læsi íslenskrar æsku
1994
Establishing a discipline: The impact of society on the development of Icelandic sociology
1994
Manifest predictors of past suicide attempts in a population of Icelandic adolescents
1994
On the structure and effects of family integration and parental regulation within the framework of Durkheim's social theory : A study of youth
1994
Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a population of Icelandic Adolescents
1994
The influence of social support, suggestion and depression on suicidal behavior among Icelandic youth
1994
Trends in Icelandic suicide rates 1951-1990
1994
Vímuefnaneysla framhaldsskólanema 1992-1994
1994
Vímuefnaneysla íslenskra ungmenna er að aukast
1993
In defense of a folk model: The “Skipper Effect” in the Icelandic cod fishery
1993
Tómstundir íslenskra ungmenna vorið 1992
1993
Umfang námsaðgreiningar á unglingastigi í grunnskólum Reykjavíkur og nágrennis veturinn 1992-1993
1992
Rannsóknir á hassneyslu Reykjavíkuræskunnar
1991
Aflamunur og aflamenn
1991
Athuganir á íslenskum unglingum 1970-1990
1991
Aðgát skal höfð ... Um sjálfsvígsbylgjur unglinga