Harpa Sif Eyjólfsdóttir

Harpa Sif Eyjólfsdóttir

Affiliated to Research
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 ARC Socialgerontologi Lennartsson, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • I´m a Postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institutet and a member of the
    social gerontology group at the Aging Research Center (ARC).
    I have a BA in Sociology from the University of Iceland, and an MSc in Public
    Health from Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS, KI/SU). I defended my
    PhD thesis Unequal tracks? Studies on work, retirement and health [1],
    attained at Karolinska Institutet, in May 2021.
    [1] https://ki.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/46KIB_INST/188gqv9/alma99235552002336

Research

  • My main fields of interest are in social stratification, social gerontology,
    health inequalities, life course studies, causal inference and
    quasi-experimental methodology.
    My research work focuses on retirement and socioeconomic position in relation
    to health in old age. The overall aim of the PhD project was to empirically
    study how retirement processes are influenced by health status, social
    position and gender in Sweden using nationally representative data sources,
    and in turn how the timing of the labour market exit influences health and
    functioning at old age. Postdoctoral research is a continuation of the PhD
    project, with focus on psychosocial working conditions, early retirement and
    health.
    *Publications:*
    *Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S., *Agahi, N., Fritzell, J., &
  • Lennartsson, C. (2022).
    Physical functioning as a predictor of retirement: Has its importance changed
    over a thirty-year period in Sweden? European Journal of Ageing.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-022-00725-y
    Baumann, I., Madero-Cabib, I., *Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S*. &
  • Agahi, N. (2022).
    Part-time work and health in late careers: Evidence from a longitudinal and
    cross-national study. SSM - Population Health 101091.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101091
    Baumann, I., *Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S.*, Fritzell, J., Lennartsson, C.,
    Darin-Mattsson, A., Kåreholt, I., Andel, R., Dratva, J., &
  • Agahi, N. (2022).
    Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between
    retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age? Ageing and Society,
    42(2), 306–330. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000847
    *Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S.*, Baumann, I., Agahi, N., &
  • Lennartsson, C. (2021).
    How to Measure Retirement Age? A Comparison of Survey and Register Data.
    Journal of Population Ageing, 14(2), 143–161.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12062-019-09254-6
    Celeste, R. K., *Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S.*, Lennartsson, C., &
  • Fritzell, J.
    (2020). Socioeconomic Life Course Models and Oral Health: A Longitudinal
    Analysis. Journal of Dental Research, 99(3), 257–263.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0022034520901709
    *Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S.*, Baumann, I., Agahi, N., Fritzell, J., &

  • Lennartsson, C. (2019). Prolongation of working life and its effect on
    mortality and health in older adults: Propensity score matching. Social
    Science &
  • Medicine, 226, 77–86.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.026
    Lennartsson, C., *Eyjólfsdóttir, H. S.*, Celeste, R. K., &
  • Fritzell, J.
    (2018). Social class and Infirmity. The role of social class over the
    life-course. SSM - Population Health, 4, 169–177.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.12.001

Teaching

  • 2019, 2020, 2021: Development, management, organizing, teaching and
    evaluation: BA course at the Department of Public Health Science at Stockholm
    University: /Arbetsliv, åldrande och hälsa (Working life, ageing and
    health) /(7.5 ECTS).
    2020: 1-hour lecture “The Demographic Shift” in the PhD course Public
    Health Implications of an Aging Population’, at KI.
    Supervision: 2020: Co-supervisor for Master Thesis in Public Health Sciences
    (30 ECTS). Student: Nicole Zimmerman “The association between self-rated
    health and the labour market status of Swedish older adults”.

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Employments

  • Affiliated to Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2021

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