I am born in Iceland and grew up in a small village with a long name: Kirkjubaejarklaustur. After completing a BA degree in philosophy at the University of Iceland I went to Calgary in Canada where I completed an MA degree in philosophy in 1997. From Canada I went to MIT where I worked with Judith Jarvis Thompson and completed a Ph.D. degree in 2001. I returned to Iceland and after being an adjunct in the philosophy department at the University of Iceland I joined the Iceland University of Education in 2005. Since 2008 I have been professor at the School of Education, University of Iceland, with main focus on democracy and education, inclusive education, moral education and philosophy of nature.My first book, published in 2007, was on philosophy of nature. It grew out of work fueled by massive dam building in Iceland. Since then, philosophy of nature and writings on the border of scholarship and activism have been a part of my work. In addition to academic papers and several books on philosophy in Icelandic I have published one children's book both in Icelandic and Spanish.