Ásdís Hlökk Theódórsdóttir, aðjúnkt

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Menntun

Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.  Ph.D. student. 

1993     University of Reading, UK.  M.Phil. Environmental Planning. 

1991     University of Iceland.  B.Sc. Geography.


Starfsferill

2010              Acting department head, department of civil engineering

2007-             Reykjavík University, adjunct prof., programme director M.Sc. Transport & Urban Planning.

2005-2009     Alta Consulting, consultant.

2004-2005     National Planning Agency, acting director.

1998-2005     National Planning Agency, assistant director.

1996-1997     National Planning Agency, head of EIA division.

1995-1996     National Planning Agency, EIA specialist.

1994              Reykjavík City Planning Office, planner.

Kennsluferill í HR

2010-3T-899-MEISMeistaraverkefni
2010-3T-859-RANNRannsóknartengt verkefni í samgöngum og skipulagi
2010-3BF SSB1001Skipulags-, umhverfis- og byggingamál
2010-3T-859-SKIPSkipulagskerfi og skipulagsgerð
2010-3T-854-STEFStefnumótun og áætlanagerð
2010-2T-899-MEISMeistaraverkefni
2010-1T-858-MALSMálstofa um samgöngur, skipulag og umhverfi
2010-1T-899-MEISMeistaraverkefni
2010-1T-900-MEISMeistaraverkefni
2010-1T-800-NAMSNámsáætlun
2010-1T-859-RANNRannsóknartengt verkefni í samgöngum og skipulagi
2010-1T-858-UMHVUmhverfismat áætlana og framkvæmda
2009-3T-859-RANNRannsóknartengt verkefni í samgöngum og skipulagi
2009-3BF SSB1000Skipulags-, umhverfis- og byggingamál
2009-3T-859-SKIPSkipulagskerfi og skipulagsgerð
2009-3BT UMH1003Umhverfi og skipulag
2009-1T-858-MALSMálstofa um samgöngur, skipulag og umhverfi
2009-1T-859-RANNRannsóknartengt verkefni í samgöngum og skipulagi
2009-1T-858-UMHVUmhverfismat áætlana og framkvæmda
2008-3T-858-MALSMálstofa um samgöngur, skipulag og umhverfi
2008-3T-859-RANNRannsóknartengt verkefni í samgöngum og skipulagi
2008-3T-859-SKIPSkipulagskerfi og skipulagsgerð
2008-3T-854-STEFStefnumótun og áætlanagerð
2008-3BT UMH1003Umhverfi og skipulag
2008-1T-854-LANDLandupplýsingakerfi í samgöngum og skipulagi
2008-1T-858-MALSMálstofa um samgöngur, skipulag og umhverfi
2008-1T-859-RANNRannsóknartengt verkefni í samgöngum og skipulagi
2008-1T-855-UMHVUmhverfismat áætlana
2008-1T-857-UMHVUmhverfismat áætlana og framkvæmda
2008-1T-856-UMHVUmhverfismat framkvæmda
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Kennsla utan HR

Other teaching activities at RU

Lectures in School of Law, Research seminar II on administrative law 2007 & 2009.

Lectures in School of Health and Education, the courses Determinants of health and Social Determinants 2009.

Examiner on a M.Sc. thesis in public health, School of Health and Education 2007.

Teaching outside RU

Supervisor and examiner for B.A. theses in architecture, Icelandic Arts Academy, 2007-2008.

Supervisor on a M.Sc. thesis in spatial planning at the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002.

“Umhverfismat í skipulagstillögum” (e.Strategic environmental assessment of landuse plans) at the Institute for Continuing Education, University of Iceland, 2001.

“Um skipulagsreglugerð” (e. Planning regulations), in a course leading upto certification for building designers, 2000 & 2002.

“Skipulagsreglugerð” (e. Planning regulations) at the Institute for Continuing Education, University of Iceland, 1999.

“Skipulagsgerð sveitarfélaga” (e. Planmaking for local authorities) at the Instit. for Contin. Educ., Univ. of Iceland, 1998 & 1999.

“Umhverfis og skipulagsmál” (e. Environment and planning), University of Iceland, 1997.

Individual lectures on planning, environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) at University of Iceland and the Institute for Continuing Education at UI since 1996.


Rannsóknir

Spatial planning at the national-level and Strategic Enviromental Assessment (SEA) - in progress.

Relationship between SEA and EIA - in progress.

EIA, screening – in progress.

Sustainable mobility – in progress.


Viðurkenningar og styrkir

Grants obtained from competitive research funds

Reykjavík University Development Fund, 2009.

Environmental and Energy Research Fund, Reykjavík Energy, 2009.

Environmental and Energy Research Fund, Reykjavík Energy, 2007.

National Road Administration Research Fund, 2007.

Icelandic Graduate Research Fund, 2001.


Sérsvið

Planning systems and planning processes, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), relationship between urban design, landuse and transportation planning.


Þjónusta

On the board of the Nordic Urban Design Association, NUDA, since 2006.

On the Expert Council for Nordregio, the Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, 2004-2010.

In an EU working group on guidance to Directive 85/337/EU, 2003-2005.

Iceland´s representative in the EU Expert Group on EIA and SEA, 1998-2005.

Participation in the annual meetings of the Nordic Planning Authorities, 1998-2004.

Chairman of the programme committee for the 5th Nordic EA Conference, 2003.

On the programme committee for the conference “The role of EIA in the planning and decision processes of large development projects in the Nordic Countries”, 2000.

On a Nordic committee on EIA, 1997-1998.

Participation in “NATO/CCMS pilot study on Methodology, focalization, evaluation and scope of environmental impact assessment” 1995-1997.


Útgáfur

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2010.  Hvað er umhverfi? Um hugtökin umhverfi og umhverfisáhrif í ljósi niðurstöðu Hæstaréttar í máli nr. 671/2008.  Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla veftímarit, 6(1), pp. 57-71.

Riki Thérivel, Pietro Caratti, Maria do Rosário Partidário, Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir & David Tyldesley, 2004.  Writing strategic environmental assessment guidance.  Impact  Assessment and Project Appraisal, 22(4), pp. 259-270.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2000.  Planning in Iceland.  Built Environment,  26(1), pp. 52-60.

Articles, posters and abstracts in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and reports

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2008.  How can SEA contribute to better decision-making in strategic spatial planning?  (Abstract).  In Proceedings from 28th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (Jenny Pope and Angus Morrison-Saunders editors).

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2008.  SEA & EIA: Relationship and integration  (Poster).  In Proceedings from 28th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (Jenny Pope and Angus Morrison-Saunders editors).

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2008.  “Tengsl umhverfismats áætlana og mats á umhverfisáhrifum framkvæmda” (e. Relationship between EIA and SEA) (Abstract).  The Icelandic National Road Administration‘s annual research conference, Reykjavík, November 7th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2004.  The introduction of strategic environmental assessment to national level planning in Iceland, in Tuija Hilding-Rydevik & Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir (ed.)  Planning for Sustainable Development – the practice and potential of Environmental Assessment. Proceedings from the 5th Nordic Environmental Assessment Conference 2003, Stockholm: Nordregio, R2004:2, pp. 119-130.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2003.  National contribution – Iceland, in Tuija Hilding-Rydevik (ed.) Nordic experiences of impact assessment of plans and programmes – SEA workshop, 11-12 February 2002, Stockholm. Workshop proceedings, Stockholm: Nordregio, EP2003:1.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir & Matthildur Kr. Elmarsdóttir, 2003.  Basis for implementation of the EU Directive 2001/42/EC in Iceland, in Tuija Hilding-Rydevik (ed.)  Nordic experiences in relation to the implementation of the EU directive 2001/42/EC, Stockholm: Nordregio, R2003:4, pp. 73-98.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2000. EIA – more than a label?, in Hólmfríður Bjarnadóttir (ed.)  Environmental Assessment  in the Nordic Countries – Experience and prospects, Stockholm: Nordregio, R2000:3, pp. 211-214.  

Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir & Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2000.  Construction of an aluminium smelter in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, in Tuija Hilding-Rydevik (ed.)  EIA, large development projects and decision-making  in the Nordic Countries.  Stockholm: Nordregio, R2001:6, pp. 179-196.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1996.  EIA and Local Planning in Iceland, in NATO/CCMS pilot-study Methodology,  focalization, evaluation and scope of environmental impact assessment, fourth report, Strategic Environmental Assessment: Theory versus Practice.  North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society, Report No. 212, pp. 57-61.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1995.  Efficiency of EIA in decision-making in Iceland, in NATO/CCMS pilot-study Methodology, focalization, evaluation and scope of environmental impact assessment, eight  workshop, Kusadasi (Turkey), 26-30 April 1995, contribution of participants.  NATO/CCMS Pilot study on EIA, pp. 37-41.

Non peer-reviewed scientific articles

Egill Guðmundsson & Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2006.  “Skipulag Urriðaholts í Garðabæ. Nýjar leiðir við gerð ramma- og deiliskipulags” (e. Planning of Urriðaholt in Garðabær. New approaches in masterplanning and site planning).  AT Tímarit arkitekta (e. Architects Journal (Icelandic)), no. 2, pp. 48-50.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2004.  “Af stjórn og framkvæmd skipulagsmála” (e. Planning systems and practice in Iceland).  avs Arkitektúr, verktækni og skipulag (e. avs Architecture, technique and planning), 25(4), pp. 16-17.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2000.  “Að koma skipulagi á landafræðina” (e. Planning geography).  Landabréfið (e. Journal of the Icelandic Geopgraphers Association), 16/17(1), pp. 28-30.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1998.  “Mat á umhverfisáhrifum og skipulag” (e. Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning).  Landabréfið (e. Journal of the Icelandic Geopgraphers Association), 14/15(1), pp. 17-24.

Non peer-reviewed scientific reports, papers in conference proceedings and reviews

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, Stefán Freyr Einarsson, et al, 2007.  “Leiðbeiningar um umhverfismat áætlana” (e. Guidelines on strategic environmental assessment).  Reykjavík: National Planning Agency, 56 pp.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir, et al, 2005.  “Leiðbeiningar um flokkun umhverfisþátta, viðmið,  einkenni og vægi umhverfisþátta” (e. Guidelines on environmental indicators and criteria).  Reykjavík: National Planning Agency, 25 pp.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2005.  Book review: Dialogues in urban & regional planning (vol. 1).  Journal of Nordregio, 5(2), p. 23.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2004.  “Skipulagsgerð á landsvísu á Norðurlöndum” (e. National-level planning in the Nordic  Countries).  Reykjavík: National Planning Agency, 59 pp. 

Tuija Hilding-Rydevik & Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir (ed.), 2004.  Planning for Sustainable Development – the practice and potential of Environmental Assessment.  Proceedings from the 5th Nordic Environmental Assessment Conference 2003, Stockholm: Nordregio, R2004:2.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir & Matthildur Kr. Elmarsdóttir, 2003.  “Umhverfismat áætlana – forsendur innleiðingar tilskipunar Evrópusambandsins” (e. Strategic environmental assessment - basis for implementation of the EU Directive).  Reykjavík:  Skipulagsstofnun, 19 pp.

Matthildur Kr. Elmarsdóttir & Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2003.  “Leiðbeiningar um gerð aðalskipulags – ferli og aðferðir” (e. Guidelines on municipal planning - process and methods).  Reykjavík: Skipulagsstofnun, 60 pp.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1999.  “Tillaga að frumvarpi til nýrra laga um mat á umhverfisáhrifum og framkvæmdir í dreifbýli” (e. Bill for a new law on environmental impact assessment and development in rural areas), in Ráðunautafundur 1999, Bændasamtök Íslands, Bændaskólinn á Hvanneyri and Rannsóknastofnun  landbúnaðarins, pp. 12-16.  

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1998.  “Skipulagsmál á Íslandi og hlutverk Skipulagsstofnunar” (e. Planning in Iceland and the role of the National Planning Agency), in Skipulag og byggingar á norðurslóðum.  Akureyri:   Akureyrarbær, umhverfisráðuneytið, Húsnæðisstofnun, Skipulagsstofnun & Arkitektafélag Íslands, pp. 42-46.  

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1997.  “Mat á umhverfisáhrifum og skipulag” (e. Environmental impact assessment and planning), in Erindi flutt á Skipulagsþingi 1. nóvember 1996. Reykjavík:  National Physical Planning Agency, pp. 17-25.  

Halldóra Hreggviðsdóttir, Þóroddur F. Þóroddsson, Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir & Salvör Jónsdóttir, 1995. “Leiðbeiningar við mat á umhverfisáhrifum” (e. Guidelines on environmental impact assessment). Reykjavík:  National Physical Planning Agency, 84 pp.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1994.  “Könnun á framboði á atvinnuhúsnæði í Reykjavík í febrúar 1994”  (e. Survey of available retail, office and industrial accommodation in Reykjavík in Feb. 1994).  Reykjavík: City Planning Office.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1994.  “Þróun verslunar í Reykjavík, yfirlit yfir rannsóknir síðustu ára” (e. Retail development  in Reykjavík, review of available literature and research).  Reykjavík:  City Planning Office.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1992.  “Miðbær Reykjavíkur-Kringlan, könnun á aðdráttarafli miðsvæða” (e. Reykjavík city  centre - Kringlan (shopping mall), survey of attraction).  Reykjavík: City Planning Office.

Other publications

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2009.  Skipulagsfræðinám við HR - sérhæfing með þverfaglegum áherslum” (e. Planning education at RU – specialisation with inter-disciplinary emphasis).  In “Bændablaðið” (the farmers news).  September 24th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2009. “Skipulag byggðar á tímum breytinga” (Urban planning in times of transformation).  In “Viðskiptablaði𔓠(e. the business news).  May 14th. 


Annað

Invited presentations at conferences and seminars

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2009.  “Hver ræður för?”  At a seminar “Ákvarðanataka um samgönguframkvæmdir” (e. Decision-making on transport infrastructure), organised by the Icelandic federation of trade & services, Reykjavík, June 16th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2009.  “Samhæfing byggðastefnu og byggðaáætlanagerðar við aðra opinbera áætlanagerð” (e. Integration of regional development policy with other public policy making).  At the conference “Íslensk byggðamál á krossgötum”, organised by the Association of local authorities, Ministry for Industry, Ministry for Communications, Ministry of Finance, the Regional Development Institute and regional associations of local authorities, Borgarnes, February 20th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2008.  “Skipulag byggðar – umgjörð lýðheilsu” (e. Urban planning – a framework for public health), at a seminar organised by the Icelandic Association for Public Health, Reykjavík, May 19th .

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2008.  “Landsskipulag - lýðræði og sjálfbærni” (e. National-level planmaking - democracy and sustainability), at a seminar organised by the Icelandic National Planning Agency, Reykjavík, April 10th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2007.  “Planning and urban design in Iceland”, at the Nordic Urban Design Conference 2007, Bergen, Norway, April 19-21.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2006.  “Strategic spatial planning - participation for real”, at a SpatialNorth Conference (EU Northern Periphery Programme), Reykjavík, Oct. 31st-Nov. 1st.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2005.  “Reynsla af framkvæmd skipulagsmála á lágsvæðum undanfarin ár” (e. Planning practice  in low-lying coastal areas), at a conference organised by the University of Iceland (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering), the Icelandic National Planning Agency and the Icelandic Maritime Administration, Reykjavík, April 28th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2005.  “Samantekt og hugleiðingar í lok málþings um samráð” (e. Reflections on public participation), at a conference organised by the Icelandic National Planning Agency, Reykjavík, Jan. 29th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2004.  “Skipulagsgerð á Íslandi – hvernig gengur?” (e. Planning in Iceland - where do we  stand?), at a seminar organised by the Icelandic organisation of spatial planners, Reykjavík, Nov. 8th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2004.  “Skipulagsgerð á landsvísu og umhverfismat áætlana” (e. Planning at the national-level and strategic environmental assessment), at a conference organised by the Federation of district heatings, electric utilities and waterworks in Iceland, Reykjavík, March 12th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2002.  “Til hvers?” (e. What are we aiming for?), at a conference organised by the Icelandic National Planning Agency, Reykjavík, Nov. 8-9th. (plenary programme)

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2002.  “Tilskipun Evrópuþingsins og ráðsins 2001/42/EB frá 27. júní 2001 mat á áhrifum tiltekinna skipulags- og framkvæmdaáætlana á umhverfið” (e. The EU SEA Directive), at a conference organised by the Icelandic National Planning Agency, Reykjavík, Nov. 8-9th. (parallel sessions)

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2002.  “Of small sands, of small seas, small minds are made”, at a conference organised by the University of Iceland, “Interdisciplinary Conference on Globalization”, “Panel VIII Acting locally in a global environment”, Reykjavík, Oct. 18-19th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 2000.  “Að koma skipulagi á landafræðina” (e. Planning geography), at a conference organised by the Icelandic organisation of geographers, Reykjavík, April 8th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1999.  Presentation at a meeting on environmental issues in the training and practice of engineers, organised by the Icelandic organisation of engineers and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland, Feb. 11th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1999.  “EIA – more than a label?”, at the 3rd Nordic Environmental Assessment Conference, organised by Nordregio, Boverket, Naturvårdsverket & Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Karlskrona, Sweden Nov. 22-23rd. (plenary programme)

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1999.  “Tillaga að frumvarpi til nýrra laga um mat á umhverfisáhrifum og framkvæmdir í dreifbýli”, at a conference organised by Bændasamtök Íslands, Landbúnaðarháskólinn á Hvanneyri & Rannsóknarstofnun landbúnaðarins, Reykjavík, February.  

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1998.  “Skipulagsreglugerð” (e. Planning regulations), at a conference organised by the Icelandic Fire Authority, Reykjavík, Nov. 11-12th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1998.  “Skipulagsmál á Íslandi og hlutverk Skipulagsstofnunar”, at a conference organised by Akureyrarbær, umhverfisráðuneyti, Skipulagsstofnun og Arkitektafélag Íslands, Akureyri, March 5-6th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1997.  “Ný skipulagsreglugerð”, (e. New planning regulations) at a conference organised by the Icelandic association of local authorities, Reykjavík, Nov. 26th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1997.  “Framkvæmd laga um mat á umhverfisáhrifum”, at a conference organised by the National Physical Planning Agency & University of Iceland, Reykjavík, May 7th.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1996. “Mat á umhverfisáhrifum og skipulag”, at a conference organised by the National Physical Planning Agency, Reykjavík, Nov. 1st.

Ásdís Hlökk Theodórsdóttir, 1996.  “Siðferðileg viðhorf í skipulagsmálum – markmið og leiðir”, at a conference organised by umhverfisráðuneyti, þjóðmálanefnd Þjóðkirkjunnar og Siðfræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands, Kirkjubæjarklaustur, March 1-2nd.

Interviews

Interview on RU’s environmental policy, in the radio programme “Samfélagið í nærmynd”, RUV radio 1, April, 2009.

“Skipulagsgerð snýst um meira en byggingarreiti.” Interview in “Sveitarstjórnarmál”, the journal of the Icelandic association of local authoritites, December, 2008.

Interview about national spatial planning in the radio programme “Samfélagið í nærmynd”, RUV radio 1, April, 2008.

Interview in FORUM, quarterly review of nordic architecture and design, no. 4, 2005.

Planning consultancy 2005-2009, key projects

Masterplan for Urridaholt in Gardabaer (received LIVCOM environmentally sustainable projects, silver award 2007 and Urban Design Award, Boston Society of Architects 2007).

Local plan for western Urridaholt in Gardabaer.

Municipal plan for Fjarðabyggð 2007-2027.

The town centre in the municipal plan for Akureyri 2005-2018. 

SEA for the municipal plan for Seltjarnarnes 2006-2024.

SEA for a local plan for Helgafellsvegur, Mosfellsbær.

SEA guidance for the National Planning Agency.