Hanna Ragnarsdóttir is the academic leader of this project. Ragnarsdóttir is a Professor of Multicultural Studies at the School of Education, at the University of Iceland. She completed an M.sc.degree in Anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1986 and a dr.philos in Education from the University of Oslo in 2007. Her research has mainly focused on immigrants and refugees (children, adults and families) in Icelandic society and schools on different levels, including universities, multicultural education and school reform.