Ingólfur V Gíslason
Biographic Data
| ID | 282671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ingólfur V Gíslason |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ingólfur V |
| FAMILY NAME | Gíslason |
| SIGNATURE | GÍSLASON I V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8206-446X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
They’re Doing Their Own Kind of Nursing”: Challenging the Gender Bias
Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers’ participation
This chapter is about the design of Parental Leave policy and its relationship to leave-taking by fathers and gender equality more generally. The Nordic countries have historically emphasised gender equality in policymaking and have been in the forefront for introducing policies that encourage mothers and fathers to share responsibility for the care of children. Parental Leave is considered to be one such policy as it secures fathers’ rights to p…
Constructing parenthood in times of crisis
Iceland was hit by a financial crisis in October 2008 and in the following year the ceiling on parental leave benefits was significantly lowered. The subsequent drop in fathers’ uptake of parental leave raises questions on whether the crisis endangered gender equality when it comes to how parents arranged care for their new-born. The article explores changes in how parents arrange childcare with the use of paid parental leave and unpaid time off …
Mothering and Gender Equality in Iceland: Irreconcilable Opposites
Iceland enjoys a reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. It has also received much attention for an innovative approach to parental leave where fathers have three months of non-transferable leave, thereby encouraging active involvement of fathers in the caretaking of their children. This article focuses on the discrepancy between on the one hand the goals of the state of drawing men, particularly fathers, into tradition…
When breast is not best: Opposing dominant discourses on breastfeeding
Dominant discourses on breastfeeding as the optimal feeding method for infants and a way for mother and child to develop a strong bond are widely promoted and the message of 'breast is best' has been internalized by mothers around the world. Breastfeeding rates in Iceland and the other Nordic countries are among the highest in the world and the cultural and societal expectations for women to successfully breastfeed are therefore very high, as bre…
Moral Mobility: Emergent Refugee Masculinities among Young Syrians in Athens
In 2014, a group of male Syrian refugees organized a sit-in protest in Greece. They demanded and gained permission to travel further into Europe. In a world where mobility has become a marker of men's success, Europe's border regime tests 'other' men's aspiration for mobility through images of good morality and provider's capability. Within this system, male asylum seekers tend to be rejected as too pitiful, as not real men, or as dangerous disto…
Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities
Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarded as a common goal and a behavioral norm. The analysis, based on qualitative interviews, shows that the men in the study are heavily influenced by gender equality discourse and welc…
Gendered Solutions to the Care Gap Issue in Iceland
Iceland has for some years enjoyed an international reputation as one of the most gender-equal societies in the world. It has also received a fair amount of international attention for an innovative approach to making parental leave compatible with gender equality by dividing the period into three equally long parts with non-transferable periods reserved for both parents. Still, there is a fairly long period that needs bridging from when parental…
Trends in parental leave in the Nordic countries: Has the Forward March of Gender Equality Halted
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the development of parental leave in the Nordic countries in the last decade or so and explain the different roads taken by individual countries in this regard. Focusing on the recent development, mainly on father’s quota, we discuss whether we are witnessing a paradigm shift in some of these countries, away from an emphasis on gender equality to a more traditional family approach, with the mot…
Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States: Comparing care policies and practice
The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are well-known for their extensive welfare system and gender equality which provides both parents with opportunities to earn and care for their children. In this topical book, expert scholars from the Nordic countries, as well as UK and the US, demonstrate how modern fatherhood is supported in the Nordic setting through family and social policies, and how these contribute to…
Parental leave, childcare and gender equality in the Nordic countries
De nordiske lande anses ofte for at være foregangslande inden for ligestillingsområdet. Det er sandt at kvinder generelt har en stærkere position i de nordiske samfund end i resten af verden. Der er en utvetydig vilje i de fleste – eller måske i alle – områder af samfundet med henblik på at fremme og styrke ligestillingen mellem kvinder og mænd. I de senere år er der sket nogle betydelige forandringer i familierne hvor mændene nu i højere grad ta…
Making Social Science Matter. Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again
Trends in parental leave in the Nordic countries: Has the Forward March of Gender Equality Halted
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the development of parental leave in the Nordic countries in the last decade or so and explain the different roads taken by individual countries in this regard. Focusing on the recent development, mainly on father’s quota, we discuss whether we are witnessing a paradigm shift in some of these countries, away from an emphasis on gender equality to a more traditional family approach, with the mot…
Making Social Science Matter. Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again
Moral Mobility: Emergent Refugee Masculinities among Young Syrians in Athens
In 2014, a group of male Syrian refugees organized a sit-in protest in Greece. They demanded and gained permission to travel further into Europe. In a world where mobility has become a marker of men's success, Europe's border regime tests 'other' men's aspiration for mobility through images of good morality and provider's capability. Within this system, male asylum seekers tend to be rejected as too pitiful, as not real men, or as dangerous disto…
Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities
Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarded as a common goal and a behavioral norm. The analysis, based on qualitative interviews, shows that the men in the study are heavily influenced by gender equality discourse and welc…
Mothering and Gender Equality in Iceland: Irreconcilable Opposites
Iceland enjoys a reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. It has also received much attention for an innovative approach to parental leave where fathers have three months of non-transferable leave, thereby encouraging active involvement of fathers in the caretaking of their children. This article focuses on the discrepancy between on the one hand the goals of the state of drawing men, particularly fathers, into tradition…
Gendered Solutions to the Care Gap Issue in Iceland
Iceland has for some years enjoyed an international reputation as one of the most gender-equal societies in the world. It has also received a fair amount of international attention for an innovative approach to making parental leave compatible with gender equality by dividing the period into three equally long parts with non-transferable periods reserved for both parents. Still, there is a fairly long period that needs bridging from when parental…
Constructing parenthood in times of crisis
Iceland was hit by a financial crisis in October 2008 and in the following year the ceiling on parental leave benefits was significantly lowered. The subsequent drop in fathers’ uptake of parental leave raises questions on whether the crisis endangered gender equality when it comes to how parents arranged care for their new-born. The article explores changes in how parents arrange childcare with the use of paid parental leave and unpaid time off …
When breast is not best: Opposing dominant discourses on breastfeeding
Dominant discourses on breastfeeding as the optimal feeding method for infants and a way for mother and child to develop a strong bond are widely promoted and the message of 'breast is best' has been internalized by mothers around the world. Breastfeeding rates in Iceland and the other Nordic countries are among the highest in the world and the cultural and societal expectations for women to successfully breastfeed are therefore very high, as bre…
Making Social Science Matter. Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again
Parental leave, childcare and gender equality in the Nordic countries
De nordiske lande anses ofte for at være foregangslande inden for ligestillingsområdet. Det er sandt at kvinder generelt har en stærkere position i de nordiske samfund end i resten af verden. Der er en utvetydig vilje i de fleste – eller måske i alle – områder af samfundet med henblik på at fremme og styrke ligestillingen mellem kvinder og mænd. I de senere år er der sket nogle betydelige forandringer i familierne hvor mændene nu i højere grad ta…
Fatherhood in the Nordic Welfare States: Comparing care policies and practice
The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are well-known for their extensive welfare system and gender equality which provides both parents with opportunities to earn and care for their children. In this topical book, expert scholars from the Nordic countries, as well as UK and the US, demonstrate how modern fatherhood is supported in the Nordic setting through family and social policies, and how these contribute to…
Trends in parental leave in the Nordic countries: Has the Forward March of Gender Equality Halted
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the development of parental leave in the Nordic countries in the last decade or so and explain the different roads taken by individual countries in this regard. Focusing on the recent development, mainly on father’s quota, we discuss whether we are witnessing a paradigm shift in some of these countries, away from an emphasis on gender equality to a more traditional family approach, with the mot…
Gendered Solutions to the Care Gap Issue in Iceland
Iceland has for some years enjoyed an international reputation as one of the most gender-equal societies in the world. It has also received a fair amount of international attention for an innovative approach to making parental leave compatible with gender equality by dividing the period into three equally long parts with non-transferable periods reserved for both parents. Still, there is a fairly long period that needs bridging from when parental…
Young Icelandic Men’s Perception of Masculinities
Iceland enjoys an international reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. This article analyses how young men in Reykjavík, the country’s capital, perceive masculinities as they orient themselves in surroundings where gender equality is regarded as a common goal and a behavioral norm. The analysis, based on qualitative interviews, shows that the men in the study are heavily influenced by gender equality discourse and welc…
Mothering and Gender Equality in Iceland: Irreconcilable Opposites
Iceland enjoys a reputation as one of the most gender equal countries in the world. It has also received much attention for an innovative approach to parental leave where fathers have three months of non-transferable leave, thereby encouraging active involvement of fathers in the caretaking of their children. This article focuses on the discrepancy between on the one hand the goals of the state of drawing men, particularly fathers, into tradition…
When breast is not best: Opposing dominant discourses on breastfeeding
Dominant discourses on breastfeeding as the optimal feeding method for infants and a way for mother and child to develop a strong bond are widely promoted and the message of 'breast is best' has been internalized by mothers around the world. Breastfeeding rates in Iceland and the other Nordic countries are among the highest in the world and the cultural and societal expectations for women to successfully breastfeed are therefore very high, as bre…
Moral Mobility: Emergent Refugee Masculinities among Young Syrians in Athens
In 2014, a group of male Syrian refugees organized a sit-in protest in Greece. They demanded and gained permission to travel further into Europe. In a world where mobility has become a marker of men's success, Europe's border regime tests 'other' men's aspiration for mobility through images of good morality and provider's capability. Within this system, male asylum seekers tend to be rejected as too pitiful, as not real men, or as dangerous disto…
Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers’ participation
This chapter is about the design of Parental Leave policy and its relationship to leave-taking by fathers and gender equality more generally. The Nordic countries have historically emphasised gender equality in policymaking and have been in the forefront for introducing policies that encourage mothers and fathers to share responsibility for the care of children. Parental Leave is considered to be one such policy as it secures fathers’ rights to p…
Constructing parenthood in times of crisis
Iceland was hit by a financial crisis in October 2008 and in the following year the ceiling on parental leave benefits was significantly lowered. The subsequent drop in fathers’ uptake of parental leave raises questions on whether the crisis endangered gender equality when it comes to how parents arranged care for their new-born. The article explores changes in how parents arrange childcare with the use of paid parental leave and unpaid time off …
They’re Doing Their Own Kind of Nursing”: Challenging the Gender Bias
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Gender equality (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)