Members of INREL
The research group is organized by Siv Ellen Kraft and Bjørn Ola Tafjord. In addition to its members at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, INREL has a wide network of international collaborators.
The INREL project funded by the Research Council of Norway (2015-2020) has consisted of a core group of seven senior researchers from universities in Norway, Scotland, and USA, and four PhD students.
The GOVMAT project funded by the Research Council of Norway (2020-2024) brings together fifteen senior scholars from universities in Norway, Scotland, Germany, and USA who do research in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Norway, Peru, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, and USA.
Research areas:
Siv Ellen Kraft: Norway and Sápmi
Bjørn Ola Tafjord: Costa Rica
Astrid Hovden: Nepal
Liudmila Nikanorova: Russia (Sakha Republic)
Trude Fonneland: Norway and Sápmi
Monica Grini: Norway and Sápmi
Brynhild Granås: Norway and Sápmi
Kjersti Fjørtoft: Norway and Europe
Nils Oskal: Norway and Sápmi
May-Lisbeth Brew: Chile, Argentina and Europe
Helen Jennings: Canada (British Columbia)
Aheli Moitra: India (Nagaland)
The PhD students in the project participate in the Research School Religion Values Society (RVS) .
International core members of the INREL project
Afe Adogame
Professor of Christianity and SocietyPrinceton Theological Seminary
Research area: Nigeria and the Diaspora
Arkotong Longkumer
Lecturer in Religious Studies
University of Edinburgh
Research area: India (Nagaland)
Rosalind I J Hackett
Professor, Department of Religious Studies,University of Tennessee Knoxville
Research Area: Nigeria and Ghana
Greg Johnson
Professor of Religious StudiesUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Research Area: USA (Hawaii and the Midwest)
External members of the INREL research group
Nils Oskal, Professor, Sámi University of Applied Sciences. Phone: (+47) 78 44 85 28 / E-mail: Nils.Oskal@samiskhs.no / Homepage: https://samas.no/en/user/156
Associate fellows
Jelena Porsanger, Head of Research and Curator, RiddoDuottarMuseat / The Sami Museum in Kárásjohka. Phone: (+47) 40 61 21 17 / E-mail: jelena@rdm.no / Homepage: https://rdm.no/english/
Olle Sundström, Senior Lecturer, Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Umeå University. Phone: (+46) 90 786 76 27 / E-mail: olle.sundstrom@umu.se / Homepage: http://www.umu.se/ sock / english / staff-directory? languageID = 1 & uid = olsu0001
John Ødemark, Professor, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo. Phone: (+47) 22 85 68 56 / E-mail: john.odemark@ikos.uio.no / Homepage: http: //www.hf. uio.no/ikos/english/people/aca/johntod/index.html
Helge Årsheim, PhD, independent researcher, and editor of Universitetsforlaget's open access catalogue. Phone: (+47) 41 47 29 11 / E-mail: helge.arsheim@universitetsforlaget.no / Homepage: https://www.universitetsforlaget.no/en/