Date of Birth: 3 October 1964 Nationality: Icelandic Home Address: Sólvallagata 53, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland Work address: University of Iceland, Veröld #335, Brynjólfsgötu 1, 107 Reykjavík E-mail: jonolafs@hi.is Employment University training and graduate work Publications Books Articles and Book chapters Translations Academic and Public Service Grants and Awards  Employment 2015- Professor, University of Iceland, School of Humanities 2011-2013 Provost, Bifröst University. 2006-2011 Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Bifröst University. 2005-2014 Professor of Philosophy, Bifröst School of Business/Bifröst University. 2003-2005 Part time lecturer, University of Iceland, Reykjavik University, Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Technical University of Iceland and Bifröst School of Business; Research fellow, Reykjavík Academy. 1999-2002 Director, Center for Research in the Humanities, University of Iceland. 1995-1999 Instructor, Columbia University. 1998 Civil Affairs Officer, United Nations Peacekeeping (Republic of Georgia). 1989-1992 Editor and Correspondent, Icelandic National Broadcasting. 1988-1989 Teaching Assistant, University of Iceland. 1985- Contributor to various newspapers and broadcast media in Iceland. University training and graduate work 2000 Ph.D. (Philosophy) Columbia University. Dissertation: Conflict and Method: An Essay on Dewey. Advisor: Isaac Levi. 1998 Certificate (Russian Studies) Columbia University Certificate Essay: The Comintern Experience. Advisor Mark von Hagen. 1994 M.A. (Philosophy) Columbia University 1989-1990 Visiting scholar, Moscow State University. 1989 B.A. University of Iceland. 1986-1987 Independent studies, Free University Berlin, Ludwig–Maximilian University, Munich. Publications Books Þroskasaga Haís Ibn Jaqzan (Ibn Túfaíl). Editor of the Icelandic translation and introduction by Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2022. Hvað er lífið? (Erwin Schrödinger). Editor of the Icelandic translation and introduction by Guðmundur Eggertsson. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2021. Vísindafyrirlestrar handa almenningi (Hermann von Helmholz). Editor of the Icelandic translation by Sigurður Steinþórsson and Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir and introduction by Sigurður Steinþórsson. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2021. Minnisblöð Maltes Laurids Brigge (Ranier Maria Rilke). Editor of the Icelandic translation and introduction by Benedikt Hjartarson. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2020. Dýralíf (J.M. Coetzee). Editor of the Icelandic translation by Gunnar Sigvaldason and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, with introduction by Gunnar Theodór Eggertsson. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2020. Formáli að fyrirbærafræði andans (G.W.F. Hegel). Editor of the Icelandic translation by Skúli Pálsson with introduction by Björn Þorsteinsson. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2019. Fædros (Plato). Editor of the Icelandic translation and introduction by Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2019. Lýðræðistilraunir. Ísland í hruni og endurreisn (Democratic experiments. Iceland in Crisis and Recovery). Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press, 2014. (Other authors: James Fishkin, Helene Landemore, Tom Ginsburg, Zachary Elkins, Paolo Spada, Giovanni Allegretti and Kristinn Már Ársælsson). Appelsínur frá Abkasíu. Halldór Laxness, Vera Hertzsch og hreinsanirnar miklu [Oranges from Abkhazia. Halldór Laxness, Vera Hertzsch and the Great Purge]. Reykjavík: JPV 2012. Andóf, ágreiningur og áróður. Greinar um heimspeki. [Dissent, Conflict and Propaganda. Philosophical Papers]. Reykjavík: Bifröst University, 2009. Rationality in Global and Local Contexts. Proceedings of the Research Project. Turku: University of Turku, 2007. Coeditor with Juha Räikkä. Ekkert orð er skrípi ef það stendur á réttum stað. Ævi og verk Halldórs Laxness [No word is ridiculous when put in its right place. Halldór Laxness’s Life and work]. Editor. Reykjavík: Hugvísindastofnun 2002. Conflict and Method. An Essay on Dewey. Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, 2000. Kæru Félagar. Íslenskir Sósíalistar og Sovétríkin 1920-1960 [Dear Comrades. Icelandic Socialists and the Soviet Union 1920-1960] Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 1999. Articles and Book chapters Can the decolonial be deliberative? Constitution-making and colonial contexts: Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands (M. Reuchamps and Y. Welp (Eds.), Deliberative Constitution-Making: Opportunities and Challenges, Routledge, 2023 Forthcoming) Renegotiating democratic engagement: Participation, deliberation, dialogue (In progress) Politicians behaving inappropriately: What behavior can parliaments regulate and why should they do it? (In progress) The Case Against Leaders: A Moral Reading of Geir Haarde's Conviction for Negligence of Ministerial Duties. Frontiers in Political Science, 3 2021, DOI=10.3389/fpos.2021.619719 The Icelandic Constitutional Process, 2010–2020. Polski Instytut Praw Człowieka i Biznesu, Report Series 1/2021. Co-Author Salvör Nordal Regulating the conduct of elected officials. A comparative study commissioned by ODIHR and completed in December 2020. Public engagement: an outline of a critical conception. Valur Ingimundarson, Sveinn Jóhannesson, eds. Liberal Disorder, States of Exception, and Populist Politics (Routledge Studies in Anti-Politics and Democratic Crisis). London: Routledge, 2020. When Experts and Crowd Disagree. In Icelandic Constitutional Reform: People, Processes, Politics (2010-2017), Á.Th. Árnason and C.Dupré (eds), London: Routledge, (in press) 2020. Deliberative Poll. Public Consultation on the Revision of the Icelandic Constitution. Final report. With Guðbjörg Andrea Jónsdóttir, Guðný Bergþóra Tryggvadóttir, Guðný Gústafsdóttir, Hafsteinn Birgir Einarsson, Helgi Guðmundsson, Hrafnhildur Snæfríðar- og Gunnarsdóttir, James Fishkin and Stefán Þór Gunnarsson. https://felagsvisindastofnun-verkefni.hi.is/heim_en/ So Strong – Yet so Weak. In Protest Publics: New Actors of Social Change and Civic Participation. Nina Belyaeva, Dmitry Zaytsev & Victor Albert eds. Berlin: Springer publishers, 2019. A report on measures to increase Trust in Politics and Public Administration. Coauthors Páll Þórhallsson, Ragna Árnadóttir, Sigurður Kristinsson, Ólöf Eyjólfsdóttir and Oddur Þorri Viðarsson. The Prime Minister’s Office, 3 September 2018. Althingi must act on the new Constitution. In The Icelandic Federalist Papers. Berkeley: Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2018 (https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3zs7k040) Introduction. With David Carrillo and Thorvaldur Gylfason. In The Icelandic Federalist Papers. Berkeley: Berkeley Public Policy Press, 2018. Rússneska byltingin fyrr og síðar. Inngangur að þema [The Russian Revolution earlier and later. Introduction to a theme]. Ritið:3/2017 17 p. 5-15. Служить стране и партии. Казус исландских социалистов. Золото из Москвы. Финансирование компартий стран Северной Европы, 1917–1990 гг. Под ред. Мортена Тинга. Москва: Издательство «Весь Мир» 2017 г. Skilled rhetoricians, experts, intellectuals and inventors – Kitcher and Dewey on public knowledge and ignorance. Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 53 (2) 2017, p. 167-188. Þekkingarmiðað lýðræði – þegar þekking lýðsins ræður [Epistemic Democracy – Following the crowd's knowledge]. Icelandic Review of Politics and Administration 12(2) 2016. The Constituent Assembly: a study in failure. Iceland’s Financial Crisis. The politics of blame, protest and reconstruction. Valur Ingimundarson, Philippe Urqualino and Irma Erlingsdóttir eds. London & New York: Routledge 2016. Spilling í stjórnmálum [Corruption in Politics]. Tímarit Máls og menningar (77) 1 2016. A Witness to an Accident. Reconfiguring a Stalinist Experience. Nordic Cold War Cultures. Rósa Magnúsdóttir og Valur Ingimundarson eds. Helsinki: Aleksanteri Institute, 2015. Lost in Transition: Puzzles of reconciliation. Res Cogitans. 11 (1) 2015. A Special Issue in honor of Juha Räikkä. In open access at: https://tidsskrift.dk/index.php/res_cogitans/article/view/71435 Democracy and the Problem of Pluralism: John Dewey revisited. In Action, Belief and Inquiry: Pragmatist Perspectives on Science, Society and Religion. Ulf Zackariasson Ed. Nordic Studies in Pragmatism 3. Helsinki, 2015. Viðbrögð lýðræðis við hruni. Mat lagt á íslensku reynsluna [Democracy’s Response to Disaster. Assessing the Icelandic experience]. In Jón Ólafsson (ed.) Lýðræðistilraunir: Ísland í hruni og endurreisn [Experiments in Democracy: Iceland in Crisis and Recovery]. Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press 2014. Rökræðulýðræði verður stofnanalýðræði: Er hættulegt að færa vald til almennings? [Deliberative Democracy becomes Institutional Democracy. Is it dangerous to give power to the public?]. Tímarit um stjórnmál og stjórnsýslu 10 (1) 2014. Deweyan democracy: The epistemic context. Nordicum-Mediterraneum. Icelandic e-journal of Nordic and Meditarranean Studies 9 (2) 2014. Open Access: http://nome.unak.is/nm-marzo-2012/vol-9-no-2-2014/64-conference-paper/423-deweyan-democracy-the-epistemic-context. Landráðakenning Þórs Whitehead: Nokkrar athugasemdir við ritið Sovét–Ísland óskalandið [Þór Whitehead’s treason theory: A few comments on Dreams of a Soviet Iceland]. Bifröst Journal of Social Science — 5-6 (2011-2012). Open Access: http://bjss.bifrost.is/index.php/bjss/article/view/85/71. An experiment in Iceland. Work in progress. Draft published 2011 at http://www.yale.edu/polisci/conferences/epistemic_democracy/03.html. Umburðarlyndi [Toleration]. Siðfræði og Samfélag. Ritstjórar Salvör Nordal og Vilhjálmur Árnason. Reykjavík: Siðfræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2011. Sannleikur og lygi [Truth and lies]. Glíman, 8. árg. 2011. Róttækur háskóli – tvíræður háskóli [Radical university - ambiguous university]. Ritið:1/2011, 11. John Dewey og heimspekilegur pragmatismi [John Dewey and Philosophical Pragmatism]. John Dewey. Greinasafn í tilefni 150 ára afmælis hans. Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan 2010. Var Gúlagið hér? [Was the Gulag here?] A short Reflection on Catherine Merridale’s Night of Stone. Saga XLVIII (2) 2010. Review of Pétur Gunnarsson’s Biography of Þórbergur Þórðarson. Saga XLVIII (1) 2010. Nokkur orð um ályktanir og túlkun heimilda [On inferences and the interpretation of sources] Saga XLVIII (1) 2010. Protest for Protest’s Sake. Rearticulations of Reason. Leila Haaparanta ed. 2010. Rationality and Resistance. A review of Judith M. Green: Pragmatism and Social Hope. Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. Transactions of the Charles Peirce Society. 46 (4) 2010. Innri þroski, ímynd og samfélagssáttmáli – Gagnrýni á tímum góðæris og samstöðu [Inner growth, image and a social contract – Social criticism in times of wealth and solidarity]. Tímarit Máls og menningar 70 (4) 2009. Raunveruleiki fortíðar og eitt minnisblað. [Historical Reality and a Memorandum. An Answer to Þór Whitehead] Saga XLVII (1) 2009. Austur, vestur og ógnin af fjölmenningu [East, West and the Multicultural “Threat”]. Ritið, tímarit Hugvísindastofnunar, 7 (2) 2007. Defiance. A Comment on the Logic of Protest. Trames. Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 11 (4) 2007. Decomposing Capitalism. Socialists in power, Iceland 1956-1958. Bifröst Journal of Social Science I 2007. Komintern gegn klofningi. Viðbrögð Alþjóðasambands kommúnista við stofnun Sósíalistaflokksins [Comintern against the Split. Reaction to the 1938 Founding of the United People’s Socialist Party]. Saga XLV (1) 2007 p. 93-111. Heilagt stríð [A Holy War]. Lesbók Morgunblaðsins 3.3 2007. The propagandist revisits himself. Laxness about Laxness in the Soviet Union. Stefanie Würth og Benedikt Hjartarson (ritstj.). Halldór Laxness und die europäische Moderne. Tübingen: Francke Verlag, (expected). Siðfræði andstöðunnar og ævintýrið mikla. Um siðferðilega gagnrýni á framferði og ákvarðanir stjórnmálamanna [Ethics of Resistance and the Great Plan. On moral criticism of the conduct and decisions of politicians]. Skírnir, 180. ár. Haust, 2006. Raunveruleiki hins ímyndaða [The reality of the imagined]. A review article on Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. Óvinir ríkisins. Ógnir og innra öryggi í kalda stríðinu á Íslandi. Morgunblaðið 23.12. 2006. Er heimspekin leið sjálfshjálpar? [Philosophy as Self-help]. A review article on Róbert Jack, Hversdagsheimspeki. Upphaf og endurvakning. Morgunblaðið 23.12. 2006. Hryllingur stríðsins og hryllingurinn eftir að því lauk [The Horrors of War and the Horrors after the War]. A review article on Antony Beevor, Fall Berlínar, 1945. Jón Þ. Þór transl. Morgunblaðið, 7.11. 2006. Kommúnistar og stjórnskipulagið [Communists and the Constitutional Order]. Lesbók Morgunblaðsins, 18.11. 2006. Voru íslenskir kommúnistar hættulegir? [Did Communists present a threat to the Icelandic government?]. Lesbók Morgunblaðsins, 7.10. 2006. Siðferðileg andstaða og pólitísk stimplun [Moral resistance and political libelling]. Lesbók Morgunblaðsins, 12.8. 2006. Lögmæti og traust [Legitimacy and Trust]. A review article on Jean Jacques Rousseau: Samfélagssáttmálinn. Már Jónsson og Björn Þorsteinsson transl.. Hugur, 17 2005. Hvað er svona merkilegt við vísindi? Um vinsældir vísinda, vísindagagnrýni og vísindafælni [What is remarkable about science? On the popularity of science, critical science and science-phobia]. Ritið, 5 (3) 2005. Hvers konar bylting var vísindabyltingin? [The scientific revolution – what kind of revolution was that?]. A review article on a monograph by Andri Steinþór Björnsson,Vísindabyltingin og rætur hennar í fornöld og á miðöldum. Tímarit Máls og menningar, 65 (3) 2005. Fölsuð fræði: Stuldur, svindl og uppspuni í vísindasamfélaginu [Fake science: Theft, fraud and fantasy in the scientific community]. Ritið, 4 (2) 2004 (Published in 2005). Frjálsir andar fljúga hátt [Free spirits flying high]. A review article on the essay collection Frjálsir andar. Ótímabærar hugleiðingar um sannleika, siðferði og trú by Róbert Haraldsson. Lesbók Morgunblaðsins 26 februry 2005. Og forða oss frá illu [But deliver us from evil]. A review article on the essay collection Mannkostir by Kristján Kristjánsson. Hugur 15 2003 (published in 2004). Njósnir [Espionage]. Engill tímans – rit til minningar um Matthías Viðar Sæmundsson. Reykjavík: JPV, 2004. Conflict as a Way of Life Or the Irony of Conflict Resolution. Reading Globalization: Politics – Culture – Language. Eds. Valur Ingimundarson & Irma Erlingsdóttir, Háskólaútgáfan, 2004. Sjónhverfingar syndir og hverfull veruleiki [Illusions, sins and a transitory reality]. Um bækur Svörtu línunnar. Ritið:3/2003 3. árg. (Dauðinn). Freud um siðmenningu og samfélag [Freud on Civilization and Society]. Ritið 3 (2) 2003. Myndir áróðurs [Images of Propaganda]. Ritið 3 (1) 2003. Áróðursmaðurinn mikli [The great Propagandist] Ekkert orð er skrípi ef það stendur á réttum stað. Ævi og verk Halldórs Laxness. Reykjavík: Hugvísindastofnun 2002. Menntun, Reynsla og þekking [Education, Experience and Knowledge]. Skírnir 176 spring 2002. Dauði og ótímabær upprisa staðleysunnar [On the Death and untimely Resurrection of Utopia]. Ritið 2 (1) 2002. At tjene landet – og partiet [Serving the Country – and the Party]. Guldet fra Moskva. Morten Thing ed., Copenhagen: Forum, 2001. Lífsgildi og orðræða siðfræðinnar [Values and the Discourse of Ethics]. Hugur 12-13 2000-2001. Sovéttengsl sósíalista. Hverjir voru hagsmunirnir, hvaða staðreyndir skipta máli? [The Socialists’ Ties to the Soviet Union. Which were the Interests, what Facts are Relevant?] Skírnir 174 spring 2000. Í læri hjá Komintern [Comintern Training] Ný saga X 1997. The Nature of Friendship. Sovjetunionen och Norden: Konflikt, kontakt, influenser. Sune Jungar and Bent Jensen eds., Helsinki: Conference Proceedings, SFH, 1997. Translations Andrei Kurkov. „Hve langur er skuggi fortíðarinnar?“ (How long is the shadow of the past? A chapter from Diary of an Invasion (London og Sidney: Mountain Leopard Press, 2022) published on https://ukraina.hi.is/sites/ukraina.hi.is/files/2023-03/Kúrkov%20þýðing%20jó.pdf. J.M. Coetzee, Dýralíf. Reykjavík: HÍB, 2020. Icelandic translations of three of four replies to Coetzee (Marjorie Garber, Wendy Doniger and Barbara Smuts) Richard Rorty. Einkaíronía og von frjálslyndisins (Private Irony and Liberal Hope). Ritið 15(1) 2015. Øyvind Kvalnes. Siðfræði og Samfélagsábyrgð (Etikk og samfunnsansvar). Reykjavík: Háskólaútgáfan, 2016. Mikhail Bakhtin. Orðlist skáldsögunnar. Selections from his works. Benedikt Hjartarson ed. Reykjavík: Bókmenntafræðistofnun, 2005. Elisabeth Bronfen. Allra ljóðrænasta viðfangsefnið; Arnar Pálsson, Sölvi Björn Sigurðsson, Guðni Elísson og Jón Ólafsson transl. (A chapter from Over her dead body). Ritið 3(3) 2003, p. 183-206. Stuart Hall. Menningarfræði og kenningaarfur hennar. Ritið 2(3), p. 169-186. Robert Nozick. Reynsluvélin (Úr fyrsta hluta bókarinnar Anarchy, state and utopia). Hugur 2002 14, p. 149-152. Robert Nozick. Umgjörð um staðleysu (from Anarchy, state and utopia). Ritið 2(1) 2002, p. 143-154. Academic and Public Service 2020-2022 Council member, University of Iceland University Council. 2018 Main editor of the series Lærdómsrit Hins íslenska bókmenntafélags. 2018 Organized and Co-hosted a conference on Democratic Constitutional Design (University of Iceland, EDDA Research Center, 27-29 September) 2018 Chairperson of the Prime Minster’s working group on trust in government and public service. 2018- Chair of the University Council Quality Committee. 2018 RIKK – Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference, University of Iceland. Chairman of the board. 2017 Organized and co-hosted a workshop entitled Democracy faces climate change: Prospects and consequences (University of Iceland EDDA Research Center, 19-21 October). 2017 Co-hosted a series of radio programs (November through December) on the Russian revolution. The programs consisted of interviews with on the one hand scholars and on the other with individuals who lived under Communist rule for longer or shorter periods. 2017- University of Iceland Press, board member 2016 Organized and co-hosted two workshops/conferences as a part of the Exploratory workshop series “Democratic Experiments”: (1) The Future of Democracy (University of Iceland EDDA Research Center 20-21 May); (2) Epistemic Democracy (Turku University 28 October). 2016 Co-hosted a series of one hour radio interviews (May through July) on political challenges (title: „Art of the Possible“). 2016- Member of RUV – The Icelandic National Broadcasting – board of directors. Appointed by Althingi. 2015-2016 Member of an interministerial working group on corruption prevention in the public sphere. 2015- Member of the University Council Quality Committee, University of Iceland (chairperson from 2018). 2015 Special editor of Ritið, Journal in the Humanities, published by the Centre for Research in the Humanities, University of Iceland. 2015 Co-hosted a series of one hour radio interviews (February through May) on political and social change (title: „What is to be done“). 2015-2016 Regular contributor to Stundin, magazine of current events. Political and social analysis. 2014- Member of RIKK (Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference). Chairperson since 2017. 2014- A member of the board of Gagnsæi – a non governmental organization committed to providing critical discussion and knowledge about corruption and corruption prevention (Chairperson from 2017). 2013-2017 Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð (Hamrahlíð junior college). Member of the advisory board. 2012 Co-hosted a series of one hour radio interviews (June through August) on political culture (title: „Always fighting“). 2012 Special Advisor to the Icelandic Financial Services Association on guidelines for ethical codes in the finance sector. 2012 Organized and co-hosted the conference “In/Equalities, Democracy and the Politics of Transition.” (University of Iceland EDDA Research Center). 2010-2013 Chairperson of the Coordinating Committee for Public Administration Ethics, appointed by the Prime Minister’s Office. 2009 Member of a Governmental Commission asked to create an Ethics code for members of the Icelandic government and public servants working in ministries. 2009 Member of a Working group created by the Icelandic Minister for Education and Culture to lead policy-making in higher education and research. 2009-2017 Landakotsskóli (Indpendent Reykjavík Elementary School) Board member. 2007 Member of a Committee created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland to evaluate risks and threats relevant for Iceland’s future defense and security policy. 2006-2012 Chairperson of the board of Snorrastofa Medieval Centre, Reykholt, Iceland. 2006-2009 Representative of the Icelandic Research Council to the ESF standing committee in the Humanities. 2006-2008 Associate member of the Icelandic National Committee on Science and Technology. 2005-2006 Member of the peer review committee (fagráð) for Humanities and Social Sciences, Icelandic Research Council. 2005-2008 Member of consulting group for the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Russia program. 2004-2006 Chairperson of the Reykjavik Academy, board of directors. 2004-2006 Director of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bifröst School of Business. 2001-2004 Editor of Ritið, Journal in the Humanities, published by the Centre for Research in the Humanities, University of Iceland. 2001-2003 Editor of Hugur, Annual journal in Philosophy, published by the Reykjavik Philosophical Association. Grants and Awards 2021-2025 Participant member PHOENIX, The Rise of Citizens Voices for a Greener Europe, Horizon 2020 research grant. 2020-2024 Participant member, FEINART, Marie Curie Innovative Training Network. 2019-2023 Project leader Rannis Grant of Excellency 2019-2021 for the project “Democratic Constitutional Design: Negotiating Civic Engagement, Institutional Control and the Common Good”. 2015 NOS HS grant for Exploratory Workshops for the project “Democratic Experiments” 2014 Recipient of the Jón Sigurðsson Gift Fund, award. 2013 November-December, residence in Jónshús, Copenhagen. 2013 Winner of the price for the best work of non-fiction in Iceland in 2012, for Appelsínur frá Abkasíu. Awarded by Hagthenkir – the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland.nNominated for the DV annual cultural award for Appelsínur frá Abkasíu. 2012 Nominated for the Icelandic literary price for Appelsínur frá Abkasíu. 2009-2010 Rannís research grant for the project “The Gulag Trail” 2004-2007 Rannís research grant for the project “Philosophy, conflicts and Communism in the 20th Century” 2003 Participant in the NOS-H funded project “Rearticulations of Reason” (Leila Haaparanta Tampere University led the project). 2000-2004 NORFA grant for the project “Rationality in Local and Global contexts”. Led the project with Andrei Rodin, Kaliningrad University. Professor Jón Ólafsson Comparative Cultural Studies, Russian Studies University of Iceland