Professor of Midwifery
Understanding how women experience birth — and how care can be better.
I am a professor at the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Iceland. My research uses population data and surveys to study childbirth experience, birth interventions and maternal wellbeing, in Iceland and through international collaborations.
Research areas
- Childbirth experience & birth trauma
- Obstetric interventions & normal birth
- Fear of childbirth & antenatal care
- Respectful and culturally competent care
Recent publications
- The short version of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire: A cross-country psychometric study of mothers
Midwifery · 2026
- International prevalence of childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder: INTERSECT study
The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2026
- Obstetric interventions and childbirth experience: A population-based cohort study
Midwifery · 2026