About Us
The role of the Institute of International Affairs (IIA) is to provide education, promote research, and carry out service projects in the field of international relations.
Research Centres
The Centre for Small State Studes, the Centre for Arctic Studies and Höfði Reykjavík Peace Centre are all run under the auspices of the Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland.
Projects
The IIA aspires to serve both academic and professional needs and stimulate a general discussion on subjects relating to international affairs. To this end, the Institute plans and carries out a variety of different projects, conducts research on various subjects and hosts conferences, seminars, and lectures concerning international affairs. It offers various services to both the private and public sector.
Publications
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
Integration of Refugees: Opportunities for Improvement
In the spring of 2016, the Institute of International Affairs and the University of Iceland were commissioned to work on a comprehensive analysis of the quality of integration of refugees and immigrants into Icelandic society by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Welfare. This is an abstract …
Lilliputian Encounters with Gulliver: Sino-Icelandic Relations from 1995 to 2021
Report by Baldur Thorhallsson, Professor of Political Science, and Snæfríður Grímsdóttir, Adjunct in Chinese Studies, on Sino-Icelandic Relations from 1995-2021
The Grand Strategies of Small States
Anders Wivel - University of Copenhagen
Project: NAS