Katrín Oddsdóttir is a human rights attorney currently working as a consultant Réttur law firm and the Disability Association of Iceland. Katrín was one of the participants in the RANNÍS funded project “Democratic Constitutional Design” hosted at the University of Iceland. She holds BA degrees in both Law (dux from Reykjavik University) and Journalism (Dublin City University) as well as a MA in Human Rights (University of London). She has lectured at the law department of Reykjavik University since 2015 focusing on refugee law, alternative dispute resolution and constitutional law. Katrín was one of the 25 people elected, and later appointed, to the Icelandic Constitution Council, which was assigned with the task to write a new constitution for Iceland in 2011. She self identifies as an activist, and has been the chairperson of an NGO called the Icelandic Constitution Society since 2015. In recent years Katrín has lectured around the world on the Icelandic constitutional process, including at many of the most respected universities of the world such as Harvard, Princeton and Berkeley.
Girl power! A soft way to cure democracy? Case studies from Iceland
ABSTRACT
Katrín will talk about the situation that led to the making of what has been called the world's first "crowd-sourced" constitution in Iceland. She will explain the methodology used when writing the constitution, a process she participated in. Furthermore, a parallel will be drawn between the methods of earlier struggles for equal rights in Iceland and the aftermath of the constitution-making.
DATE: 10:00 - 12:00 September 5th, 2023 | LOCATION: Building 1441- Room 010 (Tåsingegade 3)
