Erika Anne Hayfield is Associate Professor of social science, and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of History and Social Sciences. She wrote her PhD on Children’s cultures of consumption at Edinburgh Napier University. Erika joined the University of the Faroe Islands in 2014, first as Assistant Professor and became Associate Professor in 2017.

Dr Hayfield commenced her academic career by publishing in the field of consumer behaviour. Since joining the University of the Faroe Islands her research output has concerned migration (out-migration and immigration) and gender and the labour market in the context of a small island society. Furthermore, as a common theme throughout her research and writings, Dr Hayfield has focused on islandness, including social relations in small island communities and research ethics in such contexts.

At the University of the Faroe Islands, Dr Hayfield has taught at all levels of undergraduate and postgraduate study in social science in courses including: Methodology, Research Ethics, Sociology, Social Theory, Welfare and Islands, Problem-oriented Project, Immigration and diversity. She has supervised Bachelor, Master and PhD projects, at the University of the Faroe Islands as well as Edinburgh Napier University.