Dr. Edward Hákon Huijbens

Address: Kringlumýri 35, 600 Akureyri, Iceland
e-mail: edward@unak.is
phone: +354 466 2575, mobile: +354 847 4104

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Marital status: Domestic partnership
Children: 3
Nationality: Icelandic
Age: 30

CURRENT POSITION

Director of the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre
Borgir v/Norðurslóð
Akureyri, Iceland
www.fmsi.is

EDUCATION

2001-2005 University of Durham
Durham, England
Awarded ORS scholarship plus full departmental studentship for a Ph.D. (degree awarded 10th January 2006)

2000-2001 University of Durham
Durham, England
MA in Human Geography

1997-2000 University of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland
B.Sc. in Geography
Graduated First Class grade

1992-1996 Menntaskólinn á Akureyri
Akureyri, Iceland
Major in natural science
Graduated First Class grade
Rewarded for achievement in Biology and History

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Huijbens, E. and Benediktsson, K. forthcoming: Geared for the Sublime. In Images of the North Conference Proceedings.

Huijbens, E. forthcoming: Making Place – Making Self. Travel Subjectivity and Sexual Difference – book review. In European Spatial Research and Policy.

Huijbens, E. and Benediktson, K. forthcoming: Practising Highland Heterotopias: The transformative power of automotive travel in the Icelandic highlands. In Mobilities.

Huijbens, E. forthcoming: Í jöklanna skjóli. Hugleiðingar um steinvölur. In Landabréfið.

Huijbens, E. under review: BECOMING-REFLEXIVE: Questions on methodology in human geography. In Geografiska Annaler B.

Huijbens, E. 2006: Social Perspective on Mobility, book review. In European Spatial Research and Policy.

Huijbens, E. 2006: The analysis of the multiple co-existing timespace trajectories in the multipolis. In Wastl-Walter, D., Staeheli, L. and Dowler, L. (eds.) Rights to the City. Home of Geography, Rome.

Huijbens, E. and Jónsson, Ö.D. 2005: Félagsvist Heita Vatnsins. In Rannsóknir í Félagsvísindum VI. Félagsvísindadeild Háskóla Íslands, Reykjavík, pp. 577-591.

Huijbens, E. and Valfells, Á. 2005: Stjórnendur og nýsköpun: In Rannsóknir í Félagsvísindum VI. Félagsvísindadeild Háskóla Íslands, Reykjavík, pp. 75-86.

Huijbens, E. (with Örn D. Jónsson) (eds.) 2005: Technology in Society/Society in Technology. Háskólaútgáfan, Reykjavík.

Huijbens, E. 2005: Void Spaces. Apprehending the use and non-use of public spaces in the urban. Department of Geography, University of Durham (Ph.D. thesis), p. 302.

Huijbens, E. 2004: Þúsund fleka fasaflétta – verðandi ‘rými’ í fjölvídd. In Landabréfið. Vol. 20, nr. 1, pp. 37-49.

Moore, S; Faulconbridge, J; Blake, C; Westhead, D; Slater, T; Brown, G; Davidson, M; Huxley, M; Huijbens, E 2003: Reflections on current developments in contemporary urban geography. In Area. Vol. 32, nr. 2, pp. 217-219.

Huijbens, E. 2002: The Analysis of the Multiple Co-Existing Timespace Trajectories in the Multipolis. In J. Timár and G. Nagy (eds.) Conference Proceedings from the 3rd International Conference of Critical Geography. 25th – 30th June 2002, pp. 120-134.

Huijbens, E 2001: A Sense of Place. The rhythmic practice of everyday life, the symphony of life unfolding. Department of Geography, University of Durham (MA thesis), p. 65.

Huijbens, E. and Benediktson, K. 2000: Iðnaður og þjónusta á Íslandi. In J. Helgason (ed.) Landafræði. Mál og Menning, Reykjavík, pp. 261-266.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Benediktsson, K. and Huijbens, E. 2006: Grant from ‘The Research Fund of The University of Iceland’ for the project Íslensk bifreiðamenning: Jeppaferðamennska á hálendi Íslands. (Icelandic automobiles: The Icelandic Highlands as ‘Jeepspace’). Grant amount: 450.000 ISK (6.100 EUR).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Spring 2005 and 2006: Course Convenor and teacher: Innovation and Product Development. Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Iceland.

Spring 2005 and 2006: Course Convenor and teacher: Space and Culture. Department of Science, Faculty of Geography, University of Iceland.

Spring 2005 and 2006: Course Convenor and teacher: Philosophy and Geography. Department of Science, Faculty of Geography, University of Iceland.

6th-7th October 2005 Field trip co-ordinator to London with graduating students from the Department of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Iceland.

Spring 2005: Course Convenor and teacher: Culture and Market. Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Iceland.

4th - 15th October 2004: Nordplus course teacher: New Dynamics of Ethnic and Regional Politics in the Nordic Periphery. Tornio, Finland.

Winter 2003-2004: Running a tutorial group for first year undergraduate students from Durham University, England.

Winter 2003-2004: Marking of 1. level student essays for academic staff at Durham University, England

18th-28th May 2003: Fieldtrip leader to Cuba with graduating students from the University of Iceland. Course preparation and organisation January-May 2003.

Spring 2003: Fieldwork with first year undergraduate students from Durham University in Lancashire, England.

Spring 2002: Fieldwork with first year undergraduate students from Durham University in Lancashire, England.

Winter 2001-2002: Running a tutorial group for first year undergraduate students from Durham University. Durham, England.

Spring 2000: Assistant lecturer at the University of Iceland.

6 PLANNED FUTURE PUBLICATIONS

16 PRESENTATIONS AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE