Ólafur Th. Hardarson (1951) obtained his BA from the University of Iceland (1977), and his M.Sc. (1979) and Ph.D. (1994) from LSE. He is Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland, He served as Dean of the School of Social Sciences 2008-13, and of the Faculty of Social Sciences 2001-8. He has been a member of the ECPR Executive Committee since 2012; his research has focused on Icelandic and comparative politics. He started the Icelandic national election surveys in 1983: now the ICENES project covers nine parliamentary elections 1983-2013, the data is publicly available at: http://fel.hi.is/icelandic_national_election_study_icenes