Linda Sólveigar- og Guðmundsdóttir is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Iceland and a researcher at the RIKK Institute, in the project Queer Refugees in Queer Utopias: Inclusions and Exclusions. Her PhD project discusses queer migrations to Iceland from the Global South, Global North and Central and Eastern Europe, in terms of the politics of belonging as well as experiences of the affective relationality of (un)belonging, regarding migrants’ ethnic community, the queer community and the wider Icelandic society. Linda identifies i.e., as demifemale and neuroqueer, and has a BA in sociology from the University of Iceland and MA in sociology from City University of London.

Linda is the project’s field researcher in Iceland and is responsible for conducting interviews with SOGIE asylum seekers and refugees with diverse legal statuses. Interviews with professionals in the asylum system in Iceland, in roles of social support in municipality social services and NGO services and advocacy groups, in collaboration with Guðbjörg Ottósdóttir the principal investigator. She further is responsible for the comparative analysis with an ongoing research on SOGIE refugees’ experiences in the Netherlands.