Teachers

Einar Svansson, academic director of the summer school, is an associate professor at the Faculty of Business at Bifröst University, Iceland. Has lectured on business ethics and sustainable management in Iceland, Finland, Spain and Austria. His emphasis in the last years has been on the Nordic Leadership model with research projects on women leaders, good and bad management and the sutainability pyramid. He is currently a censor in the Icelandic Climate Fund, that evaluates new startups, business projects funding for the green economy.

Einar holds two master degrees, in Strategic Management and Business Administration, and Marketing and International Business. Best paper award in the Tourist and Travel Research Association (TTRA) conference in 2011. Has recently published a paper about the Blue Lagoon in Iceland from the Social entrepreneurs perspective.

Previous professional carrier was 20 years (1981-2000) in the food production industry. CEO in two of Iceland´s biggest seafood organizations. In the year 1997 he implemented the first green strategy in the Icelandic seafood industry. Was a senior business consultant for ParX, the IBM business partner. 

Dr. Auður H. Ingólfsdóttir (Audrey Ingolfsdottir) overseas the second part of the program (sustainability and CSR). She is the owner and manager of Transformia, an educational platform focusing on self-empowerment, sustainability and social responsibility.  She has a Bachelor and a master’s degree in international relations from University of Washington and Tufts University (USA), graduate diploma in journalism from University of Iceland and a PhD in international relations and gender studies from University of Lapland (Finland) and University of Iceland.

Audrey has over twenty years of experience in academia (teaching, research and administration), including 8 years as an assistant professor at Bifröst University. Courses she has taught include courses related to international politics, peace and conflict studies, natural resource management, gender and environment and on sustainability and social responsibility. 

In addition to teaching, she is currently involved in several climate related project both with government agencies and the NGO sector in Iceland. She also severs as the chair of the board of Vatnajökull National Park, the largest national park in Iceland.