About / Eiríkur Bergmann
Eiríkur Bergmann is a Professor of Politics at Bifröst University in Iceland.
His research spans nationalism, populism, conspiracy theories, European integration and democratic participation. His writing moves between academic books and articles, political commentary, and Icelandic literature.
University profile ↗1995–2026 · The visual biography ↓
1995 — 2026
From journalism to the ideas shaping our time.
Reykjavík → Copenhagen
1998
Completes a master’s degree in international politics at the University of Copenhagen.
Learn more ↗Another glimpse of the same year: a newspaper interview about preparing for the Reykjavík Marathon.
2003 · From the newspaper archive
Evrópusamruninn og Ísland is published by Háskólaútgáfan. In a newspaper interview that September, Eiríkur appears with the book in hand.
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1999–2005
Works on European affairs at the University of Iceland’s Research Liaison Office, with leave in 2001–2002.
Learn more ↗2005
Joins the university; academic work on European politics and integration.
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Evrópufræðasetur
sett á stofn
2009
Completes a PhD in political science at the University of Iceland.
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From the constitutional archive
2011
Participates in Iceland’s Constitutional Council and its work on a proposed constitution.
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After the 2010 election was invalidated, Parliament appointed the Constitutional Council in 2011. The Council delivered its constitutional proposal to Parliament that July.
2013 · PORTO ALEGRE
Speaking at Conexões Globais in Brazil. University research meets an international public conversation.
2014
Iceland and the International Financial Crisis ↗Iceland and the International Financial Crisis: Boom, Bust and Recovery. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
2016
After the first annual conference of the Icelandic Political Science Association. Eiríkur gave the opening lecture on right-wing populism in the Nordic countries.
Conspiracy & Populism ↗2018
A book examining conspiratorial narratives and populist politics.
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Neo-Nationalism ↗Belonging. Belief. Power.
2021 · JPV
Half a century of populist nationalism.
The research reaches an Icelandic readership in Þjóðarávarpið, published in 2021.
At the publisher ↗2022 · From the lecture archive
2023 · KALMAR
The Weaponization of Conspiracy Theories. A conference contribution at Linnaeus University, 12–13 October 2023.
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Alongside the research, a personal memoir appears in Icelandic: Óvæntur ferðafélagi.
Óvæntur ferðafélagi ↗
Weaponizing Conspiracy Theories ↗2026
Publishes recent work on Euroscepticism in Iceland and Denmark.
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A career across ideas and institutions
The relationship between Iceland and Europe runs through Bergmann’s career, from his early work in European affairs to recent comparative research on populism.
He completed a master’s degree in international politics at the University of Copenhagen in 1998 and a PhD in political science at the University of Iceland in 2009. His doctoral research examined national sentiment and Iceland’s European policy.
He joined Bifröst University in 2005 and became Professor of Politics in 2012. Alongside his university work, he has participated in international research networks and contributed analysis to Icelandic and international media.
In 2011 he served on Iceland’s Constitutional Council. His research on democratic participation includes comparative writing on the Icelandic and Irish constitutional processes.
Beyond political science, he writes in Icelandic. His literary work includes the novels Glapræði, Hryðjuverkamaður snýr heim and Samsærið, and the 2024 memoir Óvæntur ferðafélagi.
Full CV on Academia.edu ↗Contact & academic profiles
For academic collaboration, media interviews and speaking enquiries.
Selected visiting appointments
Visiting research fellow
2007Visiting research fellow
2011–2012Visiting professor
From 2015 · author’s CVVisiting lecturer
2009 & 2011
