From 2022: Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences hjá University of Bifröst

From 2023: Deputy Rector hjá Bifrost University

2015 - 2016: Member of Parliament hjá Parliament of Iceland

2009 - 2013: Member of Parliament hjá Parliament of Iceland

2001 - 2006: Rector hjá Junior College of Ísaförður

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• 2000: Ph.D. in Icelandic litterature and folklore at University of Iceland
• 1992: MA in Icelandic litterature and folklore at University of Iceland
• 1985: BA in Icelandic litterature and philosophy at University of Iceland

• Folklore
• Icelandic studies
• 17th century witch-persecutions
• Icelandic language and culture