Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir

Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir (Personal number: 180744-2239).
Born: 18 July 1944 in Reykjavík.

Education:

1998 Dr. philos. University of Oslo.
1971 Cand. polit. University of Oslo.

Professional experience:

2001- Consulting Criminologist/Social Scientist and member of the ReykjavikAkademy.
1980-2000 Researcher at Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital.
1995 Research course director (with Jussi Simpura) at Nordic Research Course organised by NAD & SRCC
1994 Visiting scientist at National Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research, Oslo and at Institute for Criminology, University of Oslo, Oslo (NorFa scholarship).
1992 Visiting scientist at Addiction Research Foundation (ARF),
Prevention Health Promotion, Research and Department,Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1972-1981 Consultant, report making and info research at the Department of Child Psychiatry and at the University Hospital Administration Office.
1972- Part-time lecturer at the University of Iceland.
1972-1974 Criminologist at the Reykjavik Social Services Office working on a study of adolescents’ drinking habits.

Other professional services:

2004- Member of Scientific Board NAD Nordic Council on Alcohol and Drug Research.
2001-2004 Executive board member of the ReykjavikAcademy.
2000-2001 Project director Control and treatment for drug abusers (NAD & SRCC).
2001 Guest editor, Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2001 Vol.18, Nr. 2. Theme: Treatment.
1999- Editorial Board member Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (Nordic Journal on Criminal Sciences).
1997-2000 Coordinating committee member, CEARC Consortium of European Alcohol Research Centres.
1995-1997 President, The Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol.
1995-1997 Chair, Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology (office in Reykjavik).
1995 Temporary advice WHO Conference: Health, Society and Alcohol, Dec. Paris.
1992-1994 Vice-chair, Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology.
1991-1993 Chair NAD Nordic Council on Alcohol and Drug Research.
1989-1991 Board member Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology.
1988-1990 Board member NAD Nordic Council on Alcohol and Drug Research.
1986-1992 Editorial board member (chair 1988-1992) Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Main research projects after 2000:

2005- The history of the State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland
2004-2005Crime and criminal policy in Iceland
2001- Drinking places, culture and alcohol policy.
2000-2001 Treatment as an alternative to punishment for young drug users.
1999-2002 Sentencing decisions for violent offences.
1989-2000 Icelandic alcohol policy.
1988-2002 Effects of the legalisation of beer.
1987-2000 Alcoholics Anonymous in Iceland.
1982-2000 Treatment institutions for alcohol- and drug users.

Participation in international research projects after 2000:

2006- Formative moments in the history of the Nordic alcohol and drug treatment systems
2006- Nordic alcohol monopolies
2005- Development of alcohol related damages - DAD
2002-2005 Cross-Country Comparative Trend Analyses of Drinking Patterns in the Nordic Countries
2001- Nordic research project on restaurants, alcohol culture and alcohol policy
2001- GENACIS Gender, Alcohol, and Culture: An International Study
2000-2001 Kontroll och behandling av narkotikabrukere (Control and treatment of drug abusers) (project director with Petra Kouvonen)
1999-2001 Nordic Collaborative Reanalysis Project: Whose Drinking Changes How Much When Policies Change

Grants received after 2000:

RANNÍS-The Research Fund, The Prevention Fund, The Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology.

Selected publications (1999-2006)

63. Alcoholics Anonymous in Iceland: From Marginality to Mainstream Culture. Avhandling levert til bedømmelse for graden dr. philos. ved Juridisk fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo. 1999.
65. Den islandske alkoholpolitikkens nedtrapping. Fra styring til behandling og forebyggelse (The concession of the Icelandic alcohol policy. From control to treatment and prevention) . Nordisk Alkohol- och Narkotikatidskrift. 1999, 16, 2:116-127.
67. Risikosamfunnet (Risk Society). Materialisten.1999, 27, 3:35-53.
68. The Entrance of Beer into a Persistent Spirits Culture. Contemporary Drug Problems 1999, 26Winter, 4: 575.
69. Alcoholics Anonymous in Iceland. From Marginality to Mainstream Culture. Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press. 2000.
74. Skyldig eller sjuk? Om valet av påföljd för narkotikabruk (Guilty or sick? On the option of reaction to drug use) Helsingfors. NAD-publikation Nr. 40. 2001. (Editor.).
75. Introduksjon (Introduction). Í Skyldig eller sjuk? Om valet av påföljd för narkotikabruk (Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir redaktør). Helsingfors. NAD-publikation Nr. 40. 2001, s. 5-12.
76. Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir og Erlendur S. Baldursson. Behandling av rusmiddelbrukere som alternativ til straff – lov og praksis i Island (Treatment of drug users as an alternative to punishment – law and practice in Iceland). Í Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir (red.) Skyldig eller sjuk? Om valet av påföljd för narkotikabruk. Helsingfors. NAD-publikation Nr. 40. 2001, s. 49-58.
77. Börje Olsson, Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir og Robin Room. Introduction. Nordic traditions of studying the impact of alcohol policies. Í Robin Room (Ed.)The Effects of Nordic Alcohol Policies. What Happens to Drinking and Harm when alcohol controls change? Helsingfors. NAD Publication No. 42. 2002, pp. 5-16.
78. Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir & Håkan Leifman. Legalizing beer in Iceland: its effects on alcohol consumption in times of recession. Í Robin Room (Ed.) The Effects of Nordic Alcohol Policies. What Happens to Drinking and Harm when alcohol controls change? Helsingfors. NAD Publication No. 42. 2002, pp. 95-116.
79. Sigurður Tómas Magnússon & Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir. Ákvörðun refsinga. Rannsókn á refsiákvörðunum vegna manndrápa, rána og líkamsmeiðinga, 1951-2000 (Sentencing. A study of sentencing decisions for homicides, robberies and assaults). Reykjavík. Bókaútgáfa Orators. 2003.
80. Óregla á almannafæri (public disorder). In Páll Björnsson (Ed.) Borgarbrot. Sextán sjónarhorn á borgarsamfélagið. Reykjavík. Borgarfræðasetur og Háskólaútgáfan. 2003, bls. 119-134.
85. Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir og Ragnheiður Bragadóttir. Crime and criminal policy in Iceland: Criminology on the margins of Europe. European Journal of Criminology, 2006, 3, 2:221-253.