Curriculum Vitae

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Education
  • Ph.D. in Economics, Ohio State University, 1972
  • B.A. (honours) in Economic and Social Studies,
  • University of Manchester, 1964

Current/Recent Positions
  • Professor of Economics, University of Iceland, 1980– (lector 1973, docent 1978)
  • Adjunct Professor, Hertie School of Governance Berlin, 2011–
  • Global Distinguished Professor of Politics, New York University,
    2005–2010
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External Service and Assignment (select)
  • Chair, External Board of Advisors, Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2015-2022
  • A member (in 2015 chair) of a committee of three members appointed by the Minister of Finance and Economics, to comprehensively revise the laws governing the Central Bank of Iceland, 2014-2015.
  • A member of a committee of four appointed by the Minister of Finance and Economics to advice the Minister on economic policy, 2013-14.
  • Selection committee (one of three members) of the Ása Wright Prize Fund of the Icelandic National Academy of Sciences to nominate the outstanding Icelandic scholar of the year
  • President International Society for New Institutional Economics. Board member of ISNIE, 2005-2008
  • Board of Trustees Leifur Eiríksson Foundation. Chair 2008-2010. Joint USA-Iceland graduate, 2007-2008
Current Research and Interests
  • Politics and Economics of Institutions
  • Economics of Knowledge
  • Law and Economics
  • Economic History
  • Industrial Organization

Honors and Awards
  • Knight, The Icelandic Order of the Falcon, 2006
  • Member Icelandic Academy of Science, 2003–
  • Ása Wright Medal of the Icelandic Academy of Science, 2001