Njörður Sigurjónsson Ph.D. is Professor of Cultural Management, at Bifröst University in Iceland. His main research interests are cultural management, management culture, cultural policy, sound culture, music and organizational aesthetics.
Njörður has taught numerous courses on strategic management, cultural management, organization studies and cultural theory, and he has given lectures and seminars in Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, UK and the USA.
Before his life academia, Njörður worked as a managing director of the Icelandic Literature Fund, marketing director for the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, and as stage manager and the back end of a camel at the Icelandic Opera.
Recent publications include:
Njörður has taught numerous courses on strategic management, cultural management, organization studies and cultural theory, and he has given lectures and seminars in Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, UK and the USA.
Before his life academia, Njörður worked as a managing director of the Icelandic Literature Fund, marketing director for the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, and as stage manager and the back end of a camel at the Icelandic Opera.
Recent publications include:
2022 Orchestra Leadership.
Chapter in Managing the Arts and Culture: Cultivating a Practice. C. DeVereaux (ed.). London Routledge.
Chapter in Managing the Arts and Culture: Cultivating a Practice. C. DeVereaux (ed.). London Routledge.
2022 The Business of Culture: Cultural Managers in Iceland and the first waves of the Pandemic.
With Sigrún Lilja Einarsdóttir og Finnur Bjarnason. Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift, 25(2), 1-15.
With Sigrún Lilja Einarsdóttir og Finnur Bjarnason. Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift, 25(2), 1-15.
2022 The Effect of COVID-19 on Cultural Funding and Policy in Iceland.
With Sigrún Lilja Einarsdóttir og Finnur Bjarnason. Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy. 14(1), 85-98.
With Sigrún Lilja Einarsdóttir og Finnur Bjarnason. Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy. 14(1), 85-98.
2021 The Political-Aesthetics of Participation: A Critical Reading of Iceland’s National Cultural Policy.
Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift, 24(2), 190-203. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2000-8325-2021-02-07
Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift, 24(2), 190-203. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2000-8325-2021-02-07
2021 Music of the Future (i. Framtíðartónlist).
Hugur. Tímarit um heimspeki. 32(1), 34-53.
Hugur. Tímarit um heimspeki. 32(1), 34-53.
2021 “Dad, you are a YouTuber!” A Case for Absence, Silence and Variance in Higher Education Online Video Lecturing.
Chapter in Reshaping International Teaching and Learning in Higher Education P. Nixon, V. Dennen, R. Rawal (ed.) . London: Routledge
Chapter in Reshaping International Teaching and Learning in Higher Education P. Nixon, V. Dennen, R. Rawal (ed.) . London: Routledge
2020 „The Fourth Industrial Revolution“ and Music Management.
Journal of Arts Management, 2, 65-80. (ISSN 2096-6423)
Journal of Arts Management, 2, 65-80. (ISSN 2096-6423)
2020 Cultural Policy, Participation and Immigrants (Icelandic: Menningarstefna, þátttaka og innflytjendur).
Skírnir - Tímarit Hins íslenzka bókmenntafélags, 194(1), 89-112.
Skírnir - Tímarit Hins íslenzka bókmenntafélags, 194(1), 89-112.
2018 Silence in Cultural Management.
Chapter in Arts and Cultural Management: Sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field. C. DeVereaux (ed.). New York, NY: Routledge
Chapter in Arts and Cultural Management: Sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field. C. DeVereaux (ed.). New York, NY: Routledge
2018 Experience Leadership: Lessons From John Dewey.
Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift, 21(2), 4–18.
Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift, 21(2), 4–18.
