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Jónas Broncks gøta 25, 4th floor, FO-100 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
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Sigri M. Gaïni´s main research interest lies within the field of political philosophy. The topics which she has engaged with during her work on the PhD are: freedom of speech, hate speech, 'cancel culture', 'political correctness', and hate speech legislation. Other topics of interest include: democracy, ethics, multiculturalism, universalism, and moral relativism.
Sigri M. Gaïni is a PhD candidate in political philosophy at Roskilde University and the University of the Faroe Islands. Her thesis is about freedom of speech, and whether there should be laws against hate speech. The thesis is article-based and the main focus is on the consequences that follow from not having passed hate speech laws in the US, one of which, she claims, is the growing 'cancel culture'.
Sigri has been an active participant in the public debate, both in the Faroe Islands and in Denmark, for a number of years. She has published many feature and debate articles in Danish and Faroese newspapers – most of them on contemporary topics, from a political-philosophical perspective. She has also had her own blog series, Gaïni um, on political philosophy in the Faroese newspaper, Dimmalætting (2022) and she is currently hosting a radio series about research, Gaïni &, for the Faroese public service broadcaster, KVF.
Sigri M. Gaïni has taught on a number of courses in the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of History and Social Science at the University of the Faroe Islands. She has, inter alia, taught Philosophy of Science, Ancient Greek Democracy, Ethics, and Freedom of Speech (Human Rights).
Selected publications:
Gaïni, Sigri M. "At kritisere magtinstanser er kernen i vores ytringsfrihed", Jyllands-Posten, 2023.
Gaïni, Sigri M. "Demokratiet lider, når politiske holdninger bliver afvist som hadtale", Kristeligt Dagblad, 2023.
Gaïni, Sigri M. "Democratic Formation as the Response to a Growing Cancel Culture", ATHENA - Critical Inquiries in Law, Philosophy and Globalization, 2023.
Gaïni, Sigri M. "Ytringsfriheden er presset af en moderne mangel på tolerance", Kristeligt Dagblad, 2023.
Gaïni, Sigri M. "Universities and other Institutions - not Hate Speech Laws - are a threat to Freedom of Political Speech", Etikk i Praksis, 2022.
Gaïni, Sigri M. "The Individual Consequences of Hate Speech - A Comparison of Defamation and Hate Speech/Group Libel", Sofia Philosophical Review, 2022.
Sigri M. Gaïni has published four collections of poems in Faroese - one of them, "2002 Nætur", for which she received the Faroese literacy prize, "Bókmentavirðisløn M.A. Jakobsens" in 2004.
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Master, Philosophy of Education, Aarhus University
Award Date: 27 Nov 2013
Bachelor, Education, University of the Faroe Islands
Award Date: 25 Jun 2009
Board member, Føroya Fólkaháskúli
2018 → 2019
Deputy board member, Miðlastuðulsnevndin
2017 → 2020
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Sigri M. Gaïni (Organiser), Sólvá Jacobsen (Participant), Sandra Saxov Lamhauge (Participant), Rakul Skaale Andreasen (Participant), Marjun á Fríðriksmørk Berbisá (Participant), Sonja Olsen (Participant), Heidi S. Mortensen (Participant), Elsa Joan Durhuus Johannesen (Participant), Rógvi Olavson (Participant), David Turesson (Participant), Helgi Winther Olsen (Participant), Regin Hammer (Participant), Elisabeth Holm (Participant), Heðin Abrahamsen (Participant), Regin Berg (Participant), Gunnhild Helmsdal (Participant), Elsa F. Helmsdal (Participant), Bára Berghamar Danielsen (Participant), Herborg L. Johannesen (Participant), Vár Honnudottir (Participant), Rógvi Olavson (Participant), Signar Hilmarsson (Participant) & Iben Nyholm Debess (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Sigri M. Gaïni (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Sigri M. Gaïni (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Sigri M. Gaïni (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
26/07/23
1 Media contribution
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