Skáldaskil/Poets Apart
An epic trilogy in six acts, which deals with the tumultuous friendship between two Icelandic poets, Einar Benediktsson og Thorsteinn […]
Tímamót/Watershed
This roman à clef by Thorsteinn Gíslason, poet and editor (1867-1938), describes Iceland around 1900, when the country began its economic and […]
Assar Lindbeck: An appreciation
To remember a colleague and a friend, who passed away 28 August 2020.
Democracy under Stress: The Case of Iceland
Presentation at Zoom webinar on Why Democracy Matters – A Collective Response to Reform, Unlock Democracy, London.
The Anatomy of Constitution Making: From Denmark in 1849 to Iceland in 2017
In Gabriel Negretto (ed.), Redrafting Constitutions in Democratic Regimes. Abstract This paper reviews aspects of the constitution making process in […]
Individual Behavior and Collective Action: The Path to Iceland’s Financial Collapse
With Gylfi Zoega, in Luigi Paganetto (ed.), Capitalism, Global Change and Sustainable Development, Springer 2020. Abstract Unsustainable accumulation of debt […]
Svífandi fuglar/Soaring Birds
Fifteen songs by Thorvaldur Gylfason for high/low voice, piano, and cello set to poems by Kristján Hreinsson and arranged by […]
Diversification, Social Capital, and Economic Growth
Work in progress, intended for Ekonomicheskii zhurnal Vysshei shkoly ekonomiki (Economic Journal of the Higher School of Economics), Moscow. This […]
Too closed for comfort
The Covid-19 pandemic raises several vital questions. Why has Sweden thus far suffered so many more deaths relative to population […]
Reversing the retreat of democracy: The case of Iceland
In recent decades, the decay of social capital in its several manifestations has become a serious, evidence-based concern, brilliantly captured […]