Árdís Kristín INGVARSDÓTTIR

Short biographical note:

Dr. Árdís K. Ingvars is a specialist on gendered displacement, masculinities, queer studies and ableism . Her research in Iceland, Greece, Italy, Germany and France, has focused on the construction of masculinities among refugee men participating in No Border activism, LGBTQI+ refugees who have been Dublin regulated, and people with neurodiversity involved in (dis)abled activism. She has been affiliated with department of Anthropology at Panteion University in Greece, GEXcel program at Karlstad University in Sweden, Migration and Diversity at Tübingen University in Germany, and RIKK at the University of Iceland. She currently sits on the board of NFMM (Nordic Association for Research on Men and Masculinities).

EDUCATION                                                                                                                   

2019 PhD. in Sociology. University of Iceland in association with Panteion University, Greece.

2014 MA in Anthropology. University of Iceland.

2013 Diploma in Globalization, migration and cultural studies. University of Iceland.

2010 BA in Anthropology. University of Iceland.

1994 BA in Education. School of Pedagogy (ísl. Fósturskóli Íslands), Iceland.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2022 - Adjunct professor in Sociology. Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics. University of Iceland

2023-2024 Adjunct professor in Disability Studies. Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics. University of Iceland.

2021-2024 Researcher, RIKK, Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference, University of Iceland.  

2018-2020 Post-doctoral research fellow, Center for Disability Studies, University of Iceland. Iceland. 

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 

2025- "Co-creating sustainable care and social services for LGBTI plus older people in the Nordic countries". Collaborator and senior researcher in Iceland. 

2025- “Facing Hate: Racialized Migrant Men in Visible and Invisible Laboring Spaces of Europe.” Collaborator and senior researcher in Iceland. 

2021-2024 "Queer Refugees in Queer Utopias: Inclusions and Exclusions: SOGIE refugees' experiences of deportation from queer utopias". Funded by Rannís: The Icelandic center for research. Senior researcher in Italy and Greece. 

2022 "Moral autonomies: Exploring gendered subjectivities among activists and refugee men in Germany". GExcel research project, Karlstad University.

2018–2020 "Rethinking work inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities in Iceland". Center for Disability Studies, University of Iceland. Funded by Research Council of Norway. Postdoctoral research fellow in Iceland. 

2018-2019 "Balconologues". Collaborative project with Dr. Kontantina Isidoros, University of Oxford.

2014–2019 "Border masculinities: Emergent subjectivities through humanity, morality and mobility". PhD research project. Supervised by dr.Ingólfur V. Gíslason, University of Iceland and dr. Aliki Angelidou, Panteion University, Greece.

2015–2018 "Masculinities and paternity leave"; "Ethnic fatherhood"; "Benevolent gender discrimination"; "#Metoo movements in Iceland". Projects supervised by dr. Ingólfur V. Gíslason, professor in sociology, University of Iceland.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2023– Adjunct professor in charge of Qualitative methodology (FÉL430G). University of Iceland.

2023- Adjunt professor in charge of Sociology of migration: Youth on the move (FÉL034G). University of Iceland.

2022 Acjunt professor in charge of of Men in migration: Positionality, sexuality, and morality. Department of Sociology. Tübingen University.

2021- Acjunt professor in charge of Theories in Social and Human Sciences (FMÞ102F). University of Iceland.

2020- Acjunt professor in charge of Men and Masculinities (FÉL209G). University of Iceland.

2019- Adjunct professor in Sexualities and bodies: Pleasure and Pain (FÉL302G). University of Iceland.

2019- Adjunct professor in Social psychology (in charge 2022). Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics. University of Iceland.

2015– Adjunct professor in Qualitative methodology I (FMÞ103F) (in charge 2023). University of Iceland.

2023 Adjunct professor in charge of Qualitative methodology II (FMÞ201F). University of Iceland.

2020- Lecturer in Images, power and orientalism (MAN101F). University of Iceland.

2015–2018 Lecturer in Ethnicity, migration and transnationalism (MAN403G). University of Iceland.

2018–2022 Assistant teacher in Classical theories in Social Sciences (308G). University of Iceland.

2015 Assistant teacher in Icelandic society (106G) University of Iceland.

2014 Lecturer in Anthropology of Modern Greece. Department of Social Anthropology. Panteion University, Greece.

2024- Co-Supervising Sigurrós Alice Svöfudóttur, PhD candidate in Philosophy, School of Humanities, University of Iceland.

2019- Supervising BA and MA thesis. 

COLLATERAL ACTIVITIES

2023-           Icelandic represenative and a board member in NFMM (Nordic Association for Research on Men and Masculinities).

2022-           Interrogating Bordering in Qualitative Research: Self-Identified Female Scholars Working on Migrant Men and Masculinities. Co-editor.

2022            Visiting scholar, Migration and Diversity at Tübingen University. Germany

2020            Visiting scholar, Center for Gender Studies at Karlstad University. Sweden.

ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

2024 “Queer Utopias: Imagining Futures without Borders.” Collaborative seminar between RIKK, University of Iceland and FAC (Feminist Autonomy Centre) for research in Athens, Greece. FAC, Athens, 28-29th of November.

2023 NFMM (Nordic Association for Research on Men and Masculinities) General assembly, 28th of December, Online.

2022 "Researching Migrant Men & Masculinities: Unpacking "Female" researcher identity in known production". International seminar. Department of Sociology and Social Research. University of Trento. 1-3 December, 2022. 

2022 "Bordering regimes and Transitioning Masculinities of Racialized Migrant Men". International seminar, RIKK and Department of Sociology, University of Iceland. 20-21st of April.

SCIENTIFIC REVIEWER

Referee for the following scientific journals and publishing series: Men & Masculinities; NORM; Journal of Refugee Studies; Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies; Journal of Asian and African studies; Íslenska þjóðfélagið; Cultures Unbound; Ethos; Global Society; Geoforum; Cultural Anthropology; Civil Society Review; Bristol University Press.

PRIZES AND AWARDS  

2022 Fellowship grant. Equal Opportunity Fund. Tübingen University, Germany. Visiting scholar.

2022 Erasmus+ staff exchange grant. Between University of Iceland and Tübingen University, Germany.

2020 GEXcel grant, Center for Gender Studies, Karlstad University.

2019 Valedictorian speech award. Received from the Rector of University of Iceland.