This development has also had a negative impact on the possibilities for students graduating from the University in Akureyri to find relevant employment; graduates who might then choose to leave the area to search for relevant employment elsewhere. According to Adalsteinsdottir this is largely a result of a vast proportion of Icelanders making gendered education and career choices by excluding certain careers as being incompatible with their gender. As a part of this process, some public institutions were moved from the metropolitan area and placed in Akureyri, including "The Office for Wildlife Management" and "the Centre for Gender Equality" (Dahlstrom et al.