mobilizing designers to action in the academy and without, and was project manager for the Iceland Academy of the Arts in the transformational House of Ideas, and board member of Alda, Association for Sustainability and Democracy. Alda is a non-partisan think tank and lobby group that has proposed numerous policy amendments to the Icelandic political system, as well as those concerning environmental governance, which Dóra has spoken on behalf of on various occasions. She was invited to speak for Raddir fólksins (Voice of the People) on Austurvöllur on 3 January 2009 during the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests. She represented Iceland and design for the Iceland University of the Arts in the Northern Future Forum Reykjavík in 2015. Her work as a feminist activist has focused on gender equality in the advertising industry. References External links isleifsdottir.com Dóra Ísleifsdóttir's website 1970 births Icelandic designers Living people