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| Gissurarson, Hannes | |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Academic title | Prof. Dr. |
| (Other) employerNot all of the people we document here at TTNI are employed at the Think Tank: typically members of advisory boards for example wont get paid. The term (Other) employer is therefore a bit misleading. | School of Social Science of the University of Iceland |
| Advisory Board member in | Centre for Social and Economic Research (RSE), Icelandic Research Centre for Innovation and Economic Growth |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Subject of study | Political Science |
| Topics | |
Hannes Gissurarson is member of the advisory board as well as academic director of the Icelandic Research Centre for Innovation and Economic Growth.During is time at Oxford University Gissurarson co-founded the Oxford Hayek Society. He is friends with former Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson, who later became Chairman of Central Bank.
Notes
In this section we list interesting things that still have to be researched further, or that do not fit into the other sections.
A critical article on influential men in Iceland, including Hannes Gissurarson, appreared in The Independent[1].
Influence fields of Person
In this section we try to document where the person has which influence.
Leading employee in Think Tank
- Jon Thorlaksson Institute, predecessor of the Icelandic Research Centre for Innovation and Economic Growth
Author in the media sphere
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/, The Globe and Mail
- http://blogs.wsj.com/, The Wallstreet Journal
- http://global.nytimes.com/?iht, The International Herald Tribune
- http://hannesgi.blog.is/blog/hannesgi/, Author of his own blog.
Membership in Think Tank sphere
- Libertarian Association in Iceland, Gissurarson co-founded the think tank in 1979
Membership in the politics sphere
- http://www.cb.is/, Board member of the Central Bank of Iceland
Notes on the influence fields
Often people are present in various fields, but there presence can't be connected to specific actors (e.g. it is often senseless to connect the media presence of politicians to particular newspapers). We use this section to document these unspecific, but nonetheless important presences.
Publication by Hannes Gissuarson in English:
- <bibtex>@article{gissurarson2009iceland,
title={Iceland Turns Hard Left},
author={Gissurarson, H.H.},
year={2009},
publisher={The Wall Street Journal}
};</bibtex>
In 2010 and 2011 Gissuararson published books on communism in Iceland. Furthermore, he eduted the 2009 Blackbook on Communism and translated it into Icelandic.
References