New Director at GRÓ LRT
Dr Sjöfn Vilhelmsdóttir is the new Director of the GRÓ Land Restoration Training Programme as from 1 May 2020.
Sjöfn has over 20 years of professional experience in the field of international development, working both in Africa and in Iceland for government and non-governmental organizations. She served as the Director of the Institute of Public Administration and Politics with the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Iceland from 2015 to 2020. Her research background includes studying political trust, social capital, and democracy, as well as gender and development. Sjöfn has taught and supervised numerous Fellows at GRÓ LRT since 2008 and served on its academic committee since 2016. She holds a doctorate degree in Political Science from the University of Iceland, an M.A. in International Studies from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Iceland.
Sjöfn takes over the position from Dr Hafdis Hanna Ægisdottir who served as the Director from 2008. As we warmly welcome the new Director, we thank Hafdis Hanna for her leadership and dedication for the last 12 years.