Guðrún Valgerður Stefánsdóttir is a professor in disability studies at the School of Education of the University of Iceland.

Before Guðrún began her academic career, she worked with disabled people, as both a social pedagogue and special teacher.

[4] The project builds on interdisciplinary collaboration of scholars in many fields of study who focus on the history of disabled people in Iceland's past.

In addition to university teachers, a group of people with intellectual disabilities in each country, participated in the project.

[8] In addition, she was one of the initiators of university studies for people with intellectual disabilities[9] and has participated in international cooperation in that context.

However, after unification of IUE and the University of Iceland, she has been a member of the Faculty Council of the Sports, Leisure Activities and Social Pedagogues Division.

[13][14] Guðrún has also successfully collaborated in the field of disabled people and sat as the University of Iceland's representative on various governmental committees.