Background
He was born in Reykjavik in 1969.
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Eirikur Bergmann
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Bergmann studied political science at University of Iceland and Copenhagen University.
Career
Eirikur Bergmann is Professor of Politics and Director of Centre for European Studies at Bifröst University in Iceland. He has been visiting fellow at many academic institutions around the world. Professor Bergmann has written mainly on Iceland"s foreign relations.
He is author of nine books and number of academic papers.
His work has been published in English, Icelandic, German, French and in Russian. In 2014 Palgrave Macmillan published his book Iceland and the International Financial Crisis: Boom, Bust & Recovery.
Professor Bergmann"s analysis of Iceland as a post-colonial sovereignty project has been widely published in academic context, including an April 2014 publication in International Rectifier Journal Cooperation and Conflict
Eirikur Bergmann is also an active columnist. He has written for many newspapers in Iceland and has contributed many articles to the British The Guardian.
Membership
In 2010 Bergmann was elected to Iceland"s Constitutional Assembly and served subsequently as one of the country"s 25 members of Iceland"s in 2011 which was part of the Icelandic constitutional reform, 2010-2013.
