Magnus Skjöld (b. 1968, Reykjavik) is an associate professor of politics at Bifröst University, Iceland, who has published on international and regional politics and been fascinated by societal development for most of his life. In 2018 he spent six months in Kabul, Afghanistan, as a Political Advisor for NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative, mainly working on women’s rights and gender equality. He briefly served in the Icelandic Parliament, Alþingi, and co-founded the NGO ‘Women Power Africa’, empowering women in rural Tanzania. He has served as an administrator at universities in Iceland and The Netherlands. He holds degrees in development economics, politics, philosophy, composition and European Studies from the University of Cambridge, the University of Iceland, Iceland University of the Arts and the University of San Francisco. His first book ‘Borgríkið’ (City State) was published in Icelandic in 2020, and explored the importance of cities, sustainability and the future. He has four children and lives in Reykjavík, Iceland.Read more about this authorRead less about this author