Researchers at the School of Education at the University of Iceland, the University of Iceland\u2019s Research Centre in \u00deingeyjarsveit and Brunel University in London recently received a \u00a3294,842 grant from the British Academy for studying the role of Icelandic families in climate action.<\/p>\n
Verkefni\u00f0 nefnist F\u00f3kus \u00e1 fj\u00f6lskyldur \u00ed r\u00e9ttl\u00e1tum umskiptum (Centring Families in Iceland\u2019s Just Transition). Utsa Mukherjee, d\u00f3sent \u00ed menntav\u00edsindum vi\u00f0 Brunel-h\u00e1sk\u00f3la, st\u00fdrir ranns\u00f3kninni. Verkefnisstj\u00f3rar h\u00e9rlendis eru Au\u00f0ur A\u00f0alsteinsd\u00f3ttir, ranns\u00f3knarlektor og forst\u00f6\u00f0uma\u00f0ur Ranns\u00f3knaseturs H\u00cd \u00ed \u00deingeyjarsveit, og Au\u00f0ur Magnd\u00eds Au\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, lektor \u00ed uppeldis- og menntunarfr\u00e6\u00f0i \u00e1 Menntav\u00edsindasvi\u00f0i.<\/p>\n
The Icelandic government aims to make Iceland a carbon-neutral country by 2040. Internationally, the main focus has been on ensuring a just transition where the costs and benefits of climate action are not unequally distributed. Actions often overlook the key role of he family unit in society. The research project explores this important factor in climate action in Iceland from an interdisciplinary perspective.<\/p>\n
In this project humanities and education sciences join forces to create new knowledge. On the one hand, Icelandic literature and films from 1944 to the present will be analyzed with the aim of exploring ideas about the interaction between families, nature and environmental protection. On the other hand, this same interaction will be examined in the present with 50 families with children from all over the country. The data collection will include family interviews, creative writing by children and young people and the use of family photographs to create discussions about just transitions and the family unit. Data will be collected with families across the country, as the researchers expect that families\u2019 approaches to environmental protection and sustainability may differ somewhat depending on where in the country they live.<\/p>\n
The grant comes from the British Academy\u2019s Knowledge Frontiers programme and makes it possible to recruit two additional researchers: Rannveig \u00c1g\u00fasta Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, a postdoctoral fellow in childhood, youth and education studies, and Sigr\u00fan Alba Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, a PhD student of cultural studies.\u00a0Knowledge Frontiers<\/em> \u00e1\u00e6tlun Bresku akadem\u00edunnar og gerir \u00fea\u00f0 kleift a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0a tvo rannsakendur til vi\u00f0b\u00f3tar. Annars vegar Rannveigu \u00c1g\u00fastu Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttur, n\u00fddoktor \u00ed uppeldis- og menntunarfr\u00e6\u00f0i, og hins vegar Angelu Sn\u00e6fellsj\u00f6kuls Rawlings menningarfr\u00e6\u00f0ing.<\/p>\n Knowledge Frontiers aims to strengthen the participation of British scholars in international projects in the humanities and social sciences under the auspices of just transitions. Special emphasis is placed on supporting projects that strengthen the connection between expertise, general knowledge and policymaking at the international level.<\/p>\n A special emphasis will be placed on introducing the results to policy-makers in the field of just transitions in Iceland, and therefore local governments and other policy-makers have been contacted. These connections will be cultivated in parallel with the research work to ensure dialogue between researchers and those working in the field of just transitions.<\/p>\n The project leaders in Iceland are Au\u00f0ur Magnd\u00eds Au\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, Assistant Professor of Education, and Au\u00f0ur A\u00f0alsteinsd\u00f3ttir, Research Lecturer and Director of the University of Iceland Research Center in \u00deingeyjarsveit. Utsa Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Education at Brunel University, leads the research. Two additional researchers have been hired for the project: Angela Sn\u00e6fellsj\u00f6kuls Rawlings, Postdoctoral Researcher in Cultural Studies, and Rannveig \u00c1g\u00fasta Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, Postdoctoral Researcher in Education.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fr\u00e6\u00f0imenn vi\u00f0 Menntav\u00edsindasvi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, Ranns\u00f3knasetur H\u00cd \u00ed \u00deingeyjarsveit\u00a0og Brunel-h\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00ed London hlutu \u00e1 d\u00f6gunum 50 millj\u00f3na kr\u00f3na styrk fr\u00e1 Bresku akadem\u00edunni\u00a0til ranns\u00f3kna \u00e1 hlutverki og afst\u00f6\u00f0u \u00edslenskra fj\u00f6lskyldna gagnvart loftslagsa\u00f0ger\u00f0um. Verkefni\u00f0 nefnist F\u00f3kus \u00e1 fj\u00f6lskyldur \u00ed r\u00e9ttl\u00e1tum umskiptum (Centring Families in Iceland\u2019s Just Transition). Utsa Mukherjee, d\u00f3sent \u00ed menntav\u00edsindum vi\u00f0 Brunel-h\u00e1sk\u00f3la, st\u00fdrir ranns\u00f3kninni. Verkefnisstj\u00f3rar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frett"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2212,"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions\/2212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fokus.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}