Trausti Ólafsson holds a PhD from The University of East Anglia and was awarded The Advanced Diploma in Psychodrama by The Northern School of Psychodrama in England. Trausti has for twenty years taught drama and theatre theory at The University of Iceland, and has been responsible for several academic and practical seminars at The Iceland University of the Arts. He has also taught drama and acting at The Role Centre in Reykjavík and directed a few theatre performances with groups of people who attend The Role Centre on regular basis. In 2012 Trausti was a visiting lecturer at The University of Colorado, Denver, and he has published widely on his research, both internationally and locally.