Journalists’ responses: Case studies comparative report
Authors of the Report: Jacopo Custodi (SNS), Hans-Joerg Trenz (SNS) and Martin Moland (ARENA)
This report presents and analyses the comparative results of an investigation conducted in late 2023 and early 2024 on journalism and its relationship with the issue of dis/misinformation in 7 different countries – Poland, Norway, Croatia, …
Post-Truth Populism: A New Political Paradigm
Editors: Saul Newman and Maximilian Conrad
Project: RECLAIM
This open access book analyses the convergence between ‘post-truth’ political culture and the politics of populism. The premise is that there is an intrinsic link between post-truth discourse (referring to mis/disinformation, ‘alternative facts’, ‘fake news’, conspiracy theories and the general distrust of …
Post-truth politics as discursive violence: Online abuse, the public sphere and the figure of ‘the expert’
Charlotte Galpin and Patrick Vernon, University of Birmingham
British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 2023
Project: Post-Truth
Public opinion survey: Country comparative reports and Citizens’ experiments: Data report
Authors: Martin Moland (ARENA), Asimina Michailidou (ARENA), Jacopo Custodi (SNS) and Hans-Jörg Trenz (SNS)
This report begins by presenting country-level responses to questions regarding journalistic characteristics, functions, their perceived importance and fact-checking (D4.3). Subsequently, we present the results of our survey experiment (D4.6).
The European approach to online disinformation: geopolitical and regulatory dissonance
Authors: Andreu Casero-Ripollés, Jorge Tuñón and Luis Bouza-García
Project: RECLAIM
The COVID-19 health crisis and the invasion of Ukraine have placed disinformation in the focus of European policies. This article aims to analyze the emerging European policy on counter-disinformation practices and regulations. To this end the article examines developing European …
Regulating Disinformation and Big Tech in the EU: A Research Agenda on the Institutional Strategies, Public Spheres and Analytical Challenges
Authors: Luis Bouza García and Alvaro Oleart
Project: RECLAIM
The growing influence of social media platforms, and the disinformation that circulates in them, has transformed the public spheres. How to deal with disinformation is an open normative, empirical and political question in contemporary democracies. This article, outlines an agenda on …
Economic Adaptability in the Absence of Democratic Corporatism: Explaining Lithuania’s Export Performance
Vytautas Kuokštis and Ramūnas Vilpišauskas - Vilnius University
Project: NAS
Rethinking journalism standards in the era of post-truth politics: from truth keepers to truth mediators
Asimina Michailidou, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo & Hans-Jörg Trenz, Scuola Normale Superiore
Politics and Governance, 2021
Project: Post-Truth
Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics
Maximilian Conrad, Guðmundur Hálfdanarson, Asimina Michailidou, Charlotte Galpin, Niko Pyrhönen (Editors)
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)
Project: Post-Truth Politics
Communication, politics and COVID-19 in Iceland: The small state dimension
Jón Gunnar Ólafsson - University of Iceland, Faculty of Political Science
2021
Nordic Solidarity and Covid-19
Pia Hansson and Auður Birna Stefánsdóttir - University of Iceland, Centre for Small State Studies
2021
Ireland and NATO: Challenges and Opportunities
Steven Murphy - University of Iceland
Project: SSANSE
Friends With Benefits: NATO and the European Neutrals in an Uncertain World
Steven Murphy - University of Iceland
Project: SSANSE
Small States and the New Security Environment
This book examines the security, defence and foreign policy choices and challenges of small states in NATO and its small partner states in the new security environment.
Iceland and Arctic Security: US Dependency and the Search for an Arctic Identity
Iceland and Arctic Security: US Dependency and the Search for an Arctic Identity
On Thin Ice? Perspectives on Arctic Security
On Thin Ice? Perspectives on Arctic Security
Superficial, shallow and reactive: How a small state news media covers politics
This article illustrates how the crisis of the news media is impacting political coverage in Iceland. Perceptions of routine political coverage in the Icelandic media have not been studied before, and this article fills this research gap and situates the Icelandic case within the wider news media crisis literature.
Flexibility as Small State Strategy: Explaining Lithuania’s Adjustment Successes
Vytautas Kuokštis, Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, Algirdas Bieliūnas - Vilnius University
Project: NAS
Small States and the European Migrant Crisis: Politics and Governance
Editors: Tómas Joensen, University of Iceland and Ian Taylor, St. Andrews University
Project: NAS
An Insight Into Potential Fiscal Implications of the Great Lockdown from the Perspective of Small States
Primoz Pevcin - University of Ljubljana
Project: NAS
Factoring Size into the Equation: Media studies, politics, and small states
Jón Gunnar Ólafsson, Goldsmiths - University of London, UK
Nordic Journal of Media Studies
Small States in International Relations
Ritstýrt af Christine Ingebritsen, Iver B. Neumann, Sieglinde Gstöhl og Jessica Beyer
Strategy Papers on the Arctic or High North: A Comparative Study and Analysis
Alyson JK Bailes & Lassi Heininen
2013
Chinese Chess in the Wild West: How Icelanders view the growing Iceland-China relationship
Jesse Hastings, Edward H. Huijbens, Gustav Pétursson and Jennifer Smith
2015
Public management and policy-making in small states
Külli Sarapuu og Tiina Randma-Liiv - Tækniháskólinn í Tallinn, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance
Verkefni: NAS
Small States and the Big European Migration Crisis: The Open Borders Challenge
Đana Luša - Háskólinn í Zagreb
Verkefni: NAS
Public governance in small states: from paradoxes to research agenda
Tiina Randma-Liiv og Külli Sarapuu - Tækniháskólinn í Tallinn, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance
Verkefni: NAS
An Examination and Evaluation of Multi-Level Governance During Migration Crisis: The Case of Slovenia
Danila Rijavec og Primož Pevcin - Háskólinn í Ljubljana
Verkefni: NAS
Forerunner, follower, exceptionalist or bridge builder? Mapping Nordicness in Danish foreign policy
Anders Wivel - Háskólinn í Kapmannahöfn
Verkefni: NAS
A Theory of Shelter: Iceland's American Period (1941-2006)
Baldur Thorhallsson, Sverrir Steinsson og Þorsteinn Kristinsson - Háskóli Íslands
Verkefni: NAS
A small state in world politics: Iceland’s search for shelter
Baldur Þórhallsson – Háskóli Íslands
Verkefni: NAS
Report of Midterm Conference
The RECLAIM midterm conference, hosted on 13 March 2024 by IIR Prague, focused on the role of journalism and regulation in addressing post-truth politics and reclaiming liberal democracy. Recording from the conference can be found on the RECLAIM website, reclaim.hi.is.
Report of Belgian Pre-Presidency Panel, November 2023
Report from the RECLAIM panel "Building Democratic Resilience in Europe" at TEPSA's Belgian Pre-Presidency conference in November 2023.
Report: Pre-Presidency Conference 2023
Panel at TEPSA’s Spanish Pre-Presidency Conference “Reclaiming Public Debates as an EU Response to Post Truth Challenges: Deliberation, quality information and citizen education”, Madrid, 1 June 2023
Report: Pre-Presidency Conference 2022
Panel at TEPSA’s Swedish Pre-Presidency Conference “The Future of the Union and its Fundamental Values”, Stockholm 1 December 2022
Leaning into Cooperation: Changes in Icelanders' Perspectives on International Politics after Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Author: Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir
This report summarizes the main findings of the second iteration of a survey of Icelanders’ attitudes towards foreign affairs and international cooperation. The findings reflect a changed reality, as Russia’s war against Ukraine has shaken belief in the sanctity of borders and respect for international law. …
Report: RECLAIM Kick-Off Conference
The following report summarizes the main themes and discussions of the RECLAIM kick-off conference in Reykjavík.
Greining á þjónustu við flóttafólk
Vorið 2016 var leitað til Alþjóðamálastofnunar og Háskóla Íslands í gegnum átakið Fræði og fjölmenning
um gerð heildstæðrar greiningar á gæðum aðlögunar flóttafólks og innflytjenda að íslensku samfélagi.
Verkbeiðendur voru innanríkisráðuneytið og velferðarráðuneytið.
Lilliputian Encounters with Gulliver: Sino-Icelandic Relations from 1995 to 2021
Skýrsla um samskipti Íslands og Kína frá 1995-2021. Höfundar skýrslunnar eru Baldur Þórhallsson, prófessor í stjórnmálafræði, og Snæfríður Grímsdóttir, aðjúnkt í kínverskum fræðum.
Iceland and the European Union: Arctic Security and Great Power Interest
Report on Iceland, the EU, and Arctic seucurity, conducted by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, written by Pia Hansson and Guðbjörg Ríkey Th. Hauksdóttir.
COVID-19 Island Insights Series - Iceland
The COVID-19 Island Insights Series is an initiative spearheaded by the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law & Governance (SCELG) and the Institute of Island Studies (IIS) at the University of Prince Edward Island in collaboration with Island Innovation. The initiative brings together critical assessments of how specific islands around the …
Baltic and Nordic Responses to the 2020 Post-Election Crisis in Belarus
Report on Baltic and Nordic Responses to the 2020 Post-Election Crisis in Belarus. This policy brief assesses the reactions of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden in light of the Belarus post-election crisis. The reaction of liberal democracies to popular uprisings in authoritarian countries of today echoes …
Pragmatic and Wary of Change: Icelanders' Views on International Cooperation
This report provides an insight into the Icelandic people’s attitudes towards security and foreign affairs. The responses indicate a largely pragmatic view to economic cooperation, not necessarily challenging trading partners on political grounds when it might risk economic interests. This pragmatism also appears in attitudes towards the great powers, although …
Geopolitics and Neglected Arctic Spaces: Three Northern Perspectives on Balancing External Interests
Finding a Niche for Iceland in the Post-Cold War Era
Margrét Cela and Pia Hansson
While the Arctic has been characterized more by cooperation than competition, recent events indicate that the tides may be turning. As attention turns north and the Arctic reenters the strategic calculations of great powers, spaces …
Uppbyggingasjóður EES
Skýrsla þessi felur í sér ítarlega greiningu á þátttöku, áskorunum og tækifærum íslenskra aðila innan samstarfs á vegum Uppbyggingarsjóðs EES. Skýrslan er unnin fyrir Alþjóðamálastofnun Háskóla Íslands, en starfandi forstöðumaður hennar og verkefnisstjóri fóru með umsjón verkefnisins í samstarfi við utanríkisráðuneytið og Rannís sumarið 2020. Jafnframt var verkefnið styrkt af …
Aðildaviðræður Íslands við ESB
Á haustmánuðum 2013 var leitað til Alþjóðamálastofnunar Háskóla Íslands um úttekt á aðildarviðræðum Íslands við Evrópusambandið. Verkbeiðendur eru Alþýðusamband Íslands, Samtök atvinnulífsins, Félag atvinnurekenda og Viðskiptaráð Íslands. Markmið verkefnisins er að leggja mat á stöðu aðildarviðræðna Íslands við Evrópusambandið, að greina þau álitaefni sem eru til staðar og þá kosti …
Greining á þjónustu við flóttafólk
Vorið 2016 var leitað til Alþjóðamálastofnunar og Háskóla Íslands í gegnum átakið Fræði og fjölmenning
um gerð heildstæðrar greiningar á gæðum aðlögunar flóttafólks og innflytjenda að íslensku samfélagi.
Verkbeiðendur eru innanríkisráðuneytið og velferðarráðuneytið.
10 years on Reassessing the Stoltenberg Report
In this review, we revisit these thirteen proposals and ask: How important was the 2009 Stoltenberg Report for boosting Nordic foreign and security policy cooperation? What progress can we observe in the decade that has passed since the report was released?
Er friðurinn úti? 5. þáttur: Friður, flótti og loftslagsbreytingar
Hvernig geta afleiðingar loftslagsbreytinga leitt til ófriðar og átaka? Hvernig getur almenningur og grasrótarhreyfingar unnið gegn loftslagsbreytingum og þeim ófriði sem þeim getur fylgt? Erum við að gera nóg?
Í þessum þætti ræðir Margrét Marteinsdóttir við Hafdísi Hönnu Ægisdóttur, verkefnastjóra hjá Stofnun Sæmundar fróða um sjálfbæra þróun, Þorgerði Maríu Þorbjarnardóttur, …
Er friðurinn úti? 4. þáttur: Rödd Íslands á alþjóðavettvangi
Hefur Ísland rödd á alþjóðavettvangi? Getur Ísland haft áhrif í alþjóðakerfinu þegar kemur að því að sporna gegn ofbeldi og stuðla að friði á heimsvísu?
Í þessum þætti ræðir Margrét Marteinsdóttir við Piu Hansson, forstöðumann Höfða friðarseturs og Alþjóðamálastofnunar Háskóla Íslands, um stærstu áskoranirnar sem framundan eru í friðarmálum og …
Er friðurinn úti? 3. þáttur: Börn á íslenskum átakasvæðum
Ríkir friður inni á heimilum barna á Íslandi? Hvaða úrræði eru fyrir börn sem búa við óöryggi, ofbeldi eða vanrækslu? Hvaða áhrif hefur COVID-19 haft á öryggi barna á Íslandi? Hvernig getur fólk hjálpað?
Í þessum þætti ræðir Margrét Marteinsdóttir við Birnu Þórarinsdóttur, framkvæmdastjóra UNICEF á Íslandi, Hlín Sæþórsdóttur, félagsráðgjafa …
Er friðurinn úti? 2. þáttur: Ófriðurinn heima
Hverjar eru birtingarmyndir kynbundins ofbeldis? Hverjir eru gerendur og hvernig er hægt að stuðla að opinskárri umræðu við þá? Ríkir friður inni á íslenskum heimilum?
Í þessum þætti ræðir Margrét Marteinsdóttir við Stellu Samúelsdóttur, framkvæmdastýru UN Women á Íslandi, Örnu Hauksdóttur og Unni Valdimarsdóttur, prófessora við Háskóla Íslands og rannsakendur …
Er friðurinn úti? 1. þáttur: Hvað er friður/ófriður?
Hvað er friður? Hvernig tengist hugtakið okkur sem einstaklingum og hvaða merkingu leggjum við í það hér á Íslandi? Hvernig tengist friður umræðu um ofbeldi og mismunun?
Í þessum þætti ræðir Margrét Marteinsdóttir við Guðrúnu Sif Friðriksdóttur, doktor í mannfræði, Stefán Pálsson, sagnfræðing og Jökul Inga Þorvaldsson, ungmennafulltrúa Íslands hjá …
Media and Migration in the Age of Post Truth Politics
Authors: Gwenaëlle Bauvois, Niko Pyrhönen and Suvi Keskinen, The Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN), Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
Solidifying the democratic role of journalism is essential in the EU’s efforts to fight post-truth
Authors: Asimina Michailidou (ARENA, University of Oslo); Hans-Jörg Trenz (Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy)
Social media arenas are key to understanding the post-truth delegitimation of European Integration
Author: Maximilian Conrad, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland
Post-truth politics as online abuse: How gender, race, and sexuality shape perceptions of the expert
Authors: Charlotte Galpin and Patrick Vernon, University of Birmingham
The US-Iceland 2006 Defence Negotiations: The Sources of Iceland Conduct
Gustav Petursson - University of Iceland
Project: SSANSE
Small State’s Use Of The Military In Foreign Policy: The Case Of Baltic States
Margarita Šešelgytė - Vilnius University
Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017
Re-Calibrating New Zealand’s Congressional Outreach Strategy in the Days of Trump
Alan Tidwell - Georgetown University
Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017
A China’s Expanding Antarctic Interest: Implications for New Zealand
Anne-Marie Brady - University of Canterbury
Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017
A Small State Seeking Shelter: Iceland’s Search For Shelter
Baldur Thorhallsson - University of Iceland
Presented at the conference: ‘Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future’ at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-4 June 2017
Small States Seeking Influence in the European Commission: Opportunities and Constraints
Caroline Grön - Háskólinn í Kaupmannahöfn
Nordic and Arctic Affairs: Small States in the Arctic: What Impact From Russia-West Tensions?
Alyson JK Bailes - Háskóli Íslands
South Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh Between a Contested Territory and a Small State
Urban Jaksa - Háskólinn í York
Brexit – Looking Forward
Samantekt frá lokaráðstefnu PELEEA verkefnisins sem haldin var í Reykjavík 29. ágúst 2019
Verkefni: PELEEA
Brexit and the future of the EEA
Christian Frommelt, Forstöðumaður Liechtenstein Institut
Verkefni: PELEEA
Brexit, the EEA and debunking myths about the Norway model
John Erik Fossum og Hans Petter Graver, ARENA Centre for European Studies, Háskólinn í Osló
Verkefni: PELEEA
Module 5: Small State Foreign Policy - Taking Leadership in International Diplomacy
This module offers a comprehensive introduction to small state leadership in international diplomacy. The module will introduce students to the literatures on foreign policy analysis and small state foreign policy and build on these general insights when zooming in on small state leadership in foreign policy and diplomacy
Module 4: Small State Leadership in Gender Policy
This module provides students with an understanding of how small states perform and profile themselves on normative leadership in gender equality. Students are presented with research from and on various small states, who have found a niche in international relations where they can excel and lead by example.
Module 3: Small States Leadership in Foreign and Security Policy
The main aim of this module is to give a concentrated overview of the small states’ foreign and security policy characteristics while revealing the importance of the leadership component in it.
Module 2: Leadership in Public Administration and Governance
This is the second module of the course “Leadership in Small States”. The module concentrates on leadership issues from the perspective of public administration and governance.
Module 1: Introduction to Leadership in Small States
This module is an introduction to the course Leadership in Small States. It aims to give a brief introduction to both small state studies and leadership studies, while also offering an insight into how these two academic standpoints interact
Small States and Migration
Fólksflutningar hafa lítið verið rannsakaðir út frá sjónarhóli smáríkja. Námskeiðið býður upp á þverfræðilega nálgun á þetta efni.
Verkefni: TCDA
Governance of Small States
Markmið námskeiðsins er að framhaldsnemendur öðlist skilning á stjórnsýslu og stjórnarháttum í smáríkjum.
Verkefni: TCDA
International Law and Small States
Markmið námskeiðsins er að framhaldsnemendur öðlist skilning á sérstöðu smáríkja með tilliti til alþjóðalaga.
Verkefni: TCDA
Small State Foreign Policy
Markmið námskeiðsins er að framhaldsnemendur öðlist alhliða skilning á sérstæðum einkennum utanríkisstefna smáríkja.
Verkefni: TCDA
Annáll Alþjóðamálastofnunar 2022
Líkt og undanfarin ár bauð Alþjóðamálastofnun Háskóla Íslands upp á fjölbreytta fræðslu og upplýsta umræðu um alþjóðamál eins og sjá má í samantekt yfir starfsemi stofnunarinnar árið 2022 sem fylgir hér með í viðhengi.
Importance of Nordic Research Cooperation
Nordic research cooperation is more important than ever in a rapidly changing world. This article by the directors of the Nordic Institutes of International Affairs offers concrete proposals for developing cooperation.
Loftslagsbreytingar valda flótta og neyð og við erum ábyrg
Þorgerður María Þorbjarnardóttir, formaður Ungra umhverfissinna skrifar grein í tilefni af Friðardögum í Reykjavík
Getur Ísland orðið leiðandi í mannréttindamálum?
Grein eftir Baldur Þórhallsson prófessor í stjórnmálafræði við Háskóla Íslands
Börn á íslenskum átakasvæðum
Steinunn Jakobsdóttir, kynningarstjóri og fjölmiðlafulltrúi UNICEF á Íslandi skrifar grein í tengslum við friðardaga í Reykjavík
Ófriðurinn heima
Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, framkvæmdastýra UN Women, ritar grein í tengslum við friðardaga í Reykjavík
Ríkir friður á Íslandi
Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, prófessor við Stjórnmálafræðideild Háskóla Íslands skrifar grein í tengslum við friðardaga í Reykjavík
Er friðurinn úti?
Grein skrifuð í tengslum við friðardaga í Reykjavík, sem fram fara á netinu í ár í formi hlaðvarpsþáttaraðar undir yfirskriftinni: Er friðurinn úti? Í þáttunum verður fjallað sérstaklega um hugtakið frið og hvernig það tengist okkur sem einstaklingum og samfélagi.
Áhrif COVID-19 faraldursins á friðarhorfur
Grein eftir Jón Atli Benediktsson, rektor Háskóla Íslands og Dagur B. Eggertsson, borgarstjóri Reykjavíkur, í tilefni af alþjóðlegum degi friðar
Að halda friðinn?
Grein eftir Brynju Huld Óskarsdóttur, nemanda í ACONA, í tilefni af alþjóðlegum degi friðar
Kominn tími til að ræða gereyðingarvopn?
Grein eftir Álfrúnu Perlu Baldursdóttur, nemanda í ACONA
Coronakrisen illustrerar den postfaktiska politiken
Maximilian Conrad on the importance of studying post-truth politics in the context of the ongoing Corona crisis (in Swedish).