Harpa Sif Eyjólfsdóttir
Om mig
Harpa Sif Eyjólfsdóttir is a PhD and a member of the social gerontology
group at the Aging Research Center (ARC).
I am a post doc the social gerontology group at the Aging Research Center
(ARC). I defended my PhD thesis /Unequal tracks? Studies on work, retirement
and health/ [1] in 2021.
My main fields of interest are retirement, labour market participation,
working environment, social inequalities in health, social determinants of
health, and life course epidemiology. I have experience in data management
and contemporary epidemiological methods for data analysis, including
extensive use of longitudinal data sets and register data.
I have planned, organized, and taught an undergraduate course called
"Arbetsliv, åldrande och hälsa" (e. Working life, ageing and health) at the
Public Health Department at Stockholm University for the past three years.
Undervisning
- * Fall 2019: Arbetsliv, åldrande och hälsa [1](Working life, aging and
health). I developed, managed, taught and finally examinated (together
with Charlotta Nilsen) a course on basic level (7.5 credits) at
the Department of Public Health Sciences in Stockholms University.
* Co-supervising a Master student (spring 2020).
* Fall 2020: Teaching the course Arbetsliv, åldrande och hälsa
[2](Working life, aging and health, 7.5 credits) at the Department of
Public Health Sciences in Stockholms University.
* 2020: 1-hour lecture “The Demographic Shift” in the PhD course Public
Health Implications of an Aging Population, at KI.
* Fall 2021: Teaching the course Arbetsliv, åldrande och hälsa
[3](Working life, aging and health, 7.5 credits) at the Department of
Public Health Sciences in Stockholms University.
[1] https://www.su.se/sok-kurser-och-program/ph09g0-1.424750
[2] https://www.su.se/sok-kurser-och-program/ph09g0-1.424750
[3] https://www.su.se/sok-kurser-och-program/ph09g0-1.424750
Artiklar
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2025;22(1):18Eyjolfsdottir HS; Hellevik T; Herlofson K; Pedersen AW; Lennartsson C; Veenstra M
- Article: GEROSCIENCE. 2024;46(6):6055-6069Strand BH; Haberg AK; Eyjolfsdottir HS; Kok A; Skirbekk V; Huxhold O; Loset GK; Lennartsson C; Schirmer H; Herlofson K; Veenstra M
- Article: WORK AGING AND RETIREMENT. 2024;11(1):13-27Eyjolfsdottir HS; Peristera P; Agahi N; Fritzell J; Westerlund H; Lennartsson C
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2022;19(4):1417-1428Eyjolfsdottir HS; Agahi N; Fritzell J; Lennartsson C
- Article: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH. 2022;18:101091Baumann I; Cabib I; Eyjolfsdottir HS; Agahi N
- Article: AGEING & SOCIETY. 2022;42(2):306-330Baumann I; Eyjolfsdottir HS; Fritzell J; Lennartsson C; Darin-Mattsson A; Kareholt I; Andel R; Dratva J; Agahi N
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF POPULATION AGEING. 2021;14(2):163Eyjolfsdottir HS; Baumann I; Agahi N; Lennartsson C
- Article: JOURNAL OF POPULATION AGEING. 2021;14(2):143-161Eyjolfsdottir HS; Baumann I; Agahi N; Lennartsson C
- Article: JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH. 2020;99(3):257-263Celeste RK; Eyjolfsdottir HS; Lennartsson C; Fritzell J
- Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2019;226:77-86Eyjolfsdottir HS; Baumann I; Agahi N; Fritzell J; Lennartsson C
- Journal article: REVUE D EPIDEMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTE PUBLIQUE. 2018;66:s344Eyjólfsdóttir H; Baumann I; Agahi N; Fritzell J; Lennartsson C
- Article: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH. 2018;4:169-177Lennartsson C; Eyjolfsdottir HS; Celeste RK; Fritzell J
Alla övriga publikationer
Forskningsbidrag
- Linking emotions and economics: Adversities in childhood and labour market participationIcelandic Centre for Research12 August 2024 - 12 August 2027Psychiatric disorders are a major concern in modern societies and the leading cause for economic inactivity and work disability, yet, little is known about the association between childhood adversities with later labour market participation and work disability. This is crucial to understand as factors that affect mental health start to develop early in life and influence education and employment opportunities in adulthood. There is evidence that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are strong determinants of emotional impairments and poor mental health throughout life. We aim to investigate the relevance of ACEs for employment trajectories, labour market participation and work disability over the life course. To do this we use a unique Icelandic dataset, the Stress-And-Gene-Analysis (SAGA) Cohort which was specifically designed for understanding the impact of trauma on women’s health and includes all women in Iceland (N=31,811) between 18-69 years. The linkage with income register from 1981 onwards, enables us to follow participants’ employment trajectories, including work disability, over time. This project will be the first to study the effects of trauma on employment and disability pensions in Iceland and will generate valuable knowledge for policy making – both in terms of prevention as well as buffering the impact of ACEs by highlighting high-risk populations that should be given priority access to subsidised interventions to maintain work ability
Anställningar
- Post-doctotal researcher, The Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, 2022-2027
- Anknuten till Forskning, Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026
Examina och utbildning
- Medicine Doktorsexamen, Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, Karolinska Institutet, 2021