Smelter Jobs? Societal changes and employment opportunities for women in East Iceland

• Published in: Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
• Main Authors: Tinna Kristbjörg Halldórsdóttir, Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Icelandic
• Published: University of Iceland 2012
• Subjects: Vinnumarkaður; álver; konur; landsbyggð; samfélag; Political institutions and public administration (General); JF20-2112; Political science (General); JA1-92; Kárahnjúkar; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.2.13; https://doaj.org/article/040ee2e3c13149748dd138c790cfaa9d

The period from 2003-2008 was one of upheaval and change in East Iceland with the single largest construction project in Iceland to date; the building of Kárahnjúkar dam and the Fjarðaál Alcoa aluminium smelter. These gave way to various societal changes in the area, such as population increase, new...