Ambassadøren

Curriculum Vitae

Sigríður Dúna Kristmundsdóttir

Education:

1975  B.Sc. in Social Anthropology, The London School of Economics and Political Science.

1976-1977   Studies in Social Anthropology at L´Université de Paris Vll.

1980   M.A. in Social Anthropology, University of Rochester, New York.

1990   Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, University of Rochester, New York.

Employment and positions:

1980-1984   Part-Time Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Iceland.

1983-1987   Member of the Althing, the Icelandic Parliament.

1990-1994   Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Iceland.

1994-2000   Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Iceland.

2000-2006   Professor of Anthropology, University of Iceland.

2006-2008   Ambassador of Iceland to South Africa and also to Angola, Benin, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and the African Union, with residence in Pretoria.

2008-          Ambassador of Iceland to Norway

Activities:

1985-1987   Parliamentary Council of the Faeroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland.

1985-1992   Constitution Committee of the Republic of Iceland.

1987-1990   Board of the Greenland Fund.

1989-1993   Board of the Icelandic International Development Agency, ICEIDA.

1997-2001   Chair, Board of the Icelandic Anthropological Institute

1989-1991   The Icelandic Film Fund Awards Committee, also 1996.

1991           Chair, The Icelandic National Literature Prize.

1991-1995   Editorial Board of NORA, Nordic Journal of Women´s Studies.

1991-1998   Expert Committee on Social Science Research of Environmental Policy Issues, The Nordic Environmental Research Programme (NERP).

1991-1993   Chair, Public Relations Committee, University of Iceland.

1994-1997   UNESCO´s Consultative Committee on Women.

1997-1999   Consultative Committee on Equality, The Church of Iceland.

1997-1999   Icelandic Research Council Awards Committee.

1999           Chair, Conference on Women and Democracy at the Dawn of the New Millennium, held by the Governments of Iceland and the United States of America and the Nordic Council of Ministers.

2000-2005   Trustee of the Leifur Eiriksson Foundation.

2004-2006   National Committee on Women and Science.

2005-          Editorial Board of The Centennial History of The University of Iceland 1911-2011.

Honours and Awards:

1989   Susan B. Anthony Honorary Fellowship, University of Rochester.

2000   Order of the Falcon, Republic of Iceland.

2001   Icelandic National Literature Prize for Non-Fiction.

Dr. Kristmundsdottir is married to Mr Fridrik Sophusson, CEO of the Icelandic Power Company and former Government Minister.