Laufey

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Laufey

Axelsdóttir

Iceland

Area of expertise, interest, main activities...: 

gender quotas, career development, organizational culture

About you (please use English): 

Axelsdóttir's research focuses on labour market issues such as: leadership; gender quotas; recruitment policies; networking; career progression; and gendered work.

Scientific discipline: 

Educational sciences, Other social sciences

Stakeholder group: 

Gender equality stakeholders

Contact details

Spoken languages: 

English

Icelandic

City: 

Kópavogur

ZIP: 

203

Phone: 

+354 8939895

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Would you like to form part of the GenPORT Gender Expert database?: 

Yes

Area of Gender Expertise: 

Gender in business and management

Gender in education

Gender research

Women and gender studies

Country coverage: 

Iceland, Norway

Skills and track record: 

BA in Education (2008) MA in Gender Studies (2013) PhD degree in Gender Studies from the University of Iceland (2019) Part-time teacher in Gender Studies at the University of Iceland (2017 - ongoing) Post doctoral researcher in Gender Studies (2019 - ongoing): https://english.hi.is/staff/laa CoP facilitator in the project “ACT Communities of Practice for Accelerating Gender Equality and Institutional Change in Research and Innovation across Europe”, supported by the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme ACT project. See: https://www.act-on-gender.eu/genbudget-gender-budgeting-research-organisations See also: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-6703 and