Research Professor.
Head of Language Planning Department. Advice on language usage. Research on the Icelandic language, language use, and language policy. Editor of the journal Orð og tunga 2015–2018.

Employment history: 

Director of the Icelandic Language Institute 1996–2006
Language consultant at RÚV Broadcasting Service 1993–1996
Linguist at the Icelandic Language Institute 1990–1992
Upper secondary school teacher 1984–1990
Other former responsibilities include:
Vice Chairman of The Language Council for Icelandic Sign Language 2011–2015
Chairman of the Icelandic Place Names Committee 1998–2006
Chairman of the Icelandic Linguistics Society 1995–1997, and 2013–2015

Education: 

Ph.D. in Icelandic Linguistics 2009
Cand. mag. in Icelandic Linguistics 1987
Certificate in Pedagogy and Educational Theory 1987
BA in Icelandic and General Linguistics 1982


Other studies include:

Linguistics at University of Oslo 1999

Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute Michigan 2003

Publications 

Recent publications:

2018. Ed. Orð og tunga 20. ISSN 1022-4610.

2018. (U)forståelige love, domme og digital formidling. [(In)comprehensible law, judgements, and digital communication.] (Co-authors Sigrún Steingrímsdóttir, Birgitta Guðmundsdóttir & Olga M. Cilia.) Sprog og kommunikation i digital borgerbetjening. Rapport fra Nordisk klarsprogskonference København, 4.–5.maj 2017. Eds. Anne Kjærgaard & Johanne Lauridsen. Copenhagen: Nätverket för språknämnderna i Norden. Pp. 25–32. ISSN 2246-8919.

2017. Terminologiske oplysninger som en del af det almensproglige: webportalen málið.is. [Terminological data presented as part of LGP information: The web portal málið.is.] (Co-authors Halldóra Jónsdóttir & Steinþór Steingrímsson.) Hvem er brukerne av terminologiske ressurser – og hvordan når vi ut til dem? Rapport fra NORDTERM 2017 Kongsberg, Norge 12.–15. juni 2017. Eds. Marianne Aasgaard & Ole Våge. Oslo: Språkrådet i Norge. Pp. 90–96. ISBN: 978-82-93424-07-9.

2017. Málheimar. Sitthvað um málstefnu og málnotkun. [Worlds of language. On language policy and language use.] Reykjavik: Háskólaútgáfan [University of Iceland Press]. 214 pp.
ISBN 978-9935-23-150-5.

2017. Ed. Orð og tunga 19. ISSN 1022-4610.

Selected publications APK.pdf