Professor at the University of Iceland – School of Education (on sabbatical leave 2025) Head of department – Education and Diversity (on sabbatical leave 2025) Fulbright Scholar – Columbia University NYC (spring 2025) RESEARCH PILLARS Sociology of Education Bourdieusian research on identity formation through educational transitions, and choices as a student and a parent. Politics of Education Local and comparative education policies and governance Sociology of Love Studies on love and relations. During Covid in 2020 I started to read a lot on love and relations, when relations were only available in cyber spaces.