Tímarit um menntarannsóknir - 01.01.2005, Blaðsíða 83

About the authors
Ásta Bjarnadóttir is Assistant Professor and Director of B.Sc. studies in Business Administration
at Reykjavik University. She graduated in psychology from the University of Iceland and then
completed her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. Prior
to joining RU she worked as Director of Human Resources at Baugur Retailing and deCODE
Genetics. Research areas are human resource management and industrial and organizational
psychology. E-mail: asta@ru.is
Börkur Hansen is Professor at the Iceland University of Education. He has a Ph.D. in Educational
Administration from the University of Alberta, Canada. Research fields: School management,
decentralization of schools, teachers’ views towards their profession, school development, school
history. E-mail: borkur@khi.is
Jóhanna Einarsdóttir is Associate Professor at the Iceland University of Education. She received
a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 2000. Her professional interests include early childhood
education. She is currently conducting research on children’s views on their environment. E-mail:
joein@khi.is
Kristín Karlsdóttir is Assistant Professor at the Iceland University of Education. She received an
M.Ed. in 2001. Her professional interests are in the field of early childhood teacher education and
early childhood education. She is currently conducting research on the influence of Reggio Emilia
in Icelandic preschool education. E-mail: krika@khi.is
Kristjana Stella Blöndal is Deputy Director at the Social Science Research Institute, University of
Iceland. She has an M.A. degree in Education from the University of Iceland. Her research field
has mainly been school achievement and persistence among Icelandic students, with an emphasis
on dropout at secondary school level. E-mail: kb@hi.is
Ólafur H. Jóhannsson is Assistant Professor at the Iceland University of Education. He has
an M.Ed. in Educational Administration from University of Bristol, England. Research fields:
School management, decentralization of schools, teachers’ views towards their profession, school
development, the effects of in-service education, school history. E-mail: ohj@khi.is
Sigrún Aðalbjarnardóttir is Professor of Education in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University
of Iceland. She has a doctoral degree from Harvard University. Her main research fields are:
Risk-taking behaviour (substance use, education) of young people in relation to various social
and cultural factors, as well as educational and psychological factors; young peoples’ social and
moral awareness; citizenship education; teachers’ pedagogical vision and life stories; school
development. E-mail: sa@hi.is
Sigurgrímur Skúlason heads the Department of National Testing at the Educational Testing
Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland. He completed his M.A. in Educational Measurement and Statistics
and Ph.D. in Educational Measurement and Evaluation at the University of Iowa. In addition
to psychometric work for the national assessment, he has worked on research in test validity,
translation/adaptation, gender differences in achievement, and recently on the effect of teacher
strikes on students. E-mail: sigsk@namsmat.is
Steinunn Helga Lárusdóttir is Assistant Professor at the Iceland University of Education. She is
a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Education, University of London. She received a Diploma in
Self-evaluation from the Institute of Education, University of London and an M.Ed. in Educational
Administration from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. Research fields: School
management, decentralization of schools, teachers’ views towards their profession, and values and
leadership. E-mail: shl@khi.is
Tímarit um menntarannsóknir, 2. árgangur 2005