Bilde av Olsen, Torjer Andreas
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Bilde av Olsen, Torjer Andreas
Professor in indigenous studies Centre for Sami Studies torjer.olsen@uit.no +4777646912 41638224 Tromsø You can find me here

Torjer Andreas Olsen


Job description

Teaches methodology and theoretical perspectives on the Master's degree program in indigenous studies. Supervision on the same program. In charge of thesis seminars.

 


  • Marianne Løken, Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Mangfoldskompetanse som tilnærming til museenes arbeid med sosial og kulturell bærekraft
    14. November 2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen, Erle Bårdsdatter Sæther :
    Skeiv i Sápmi: ikke lenger usynlig og stille
    04. August 2025
  • Pigga Keskitalo, Torjer Andreas Olsen, Anna-Lill Drügge, Rauna Rahko-Ravantti :
    Introduction: Embracing Diversity in Sami Education Theory, Practice and Research
    2025 DOI
  • Pigga Keskitalo, Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Review of Indigenous Education and Sámi Pedagogy
    2025 DOI
  • Anna-Lill Drügge, Hilde Sollid, Torjer Andreas Olsen, Pigga Keskitalo :
    Ethics in Sámi Educational Research
    2025 DOI
  • Anna-Lill Drügge, Hilde Sollid, Torjer Andreas Olsen, Pigga Keskitalo :
    Ethics in Sami Educational Research
    2025 DOI
  • Kristina Belančić, Ekaterina Zmyvalova, David Kroik, Hanna Helander, Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Institutionalised Sami Education in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia
    2025 DOI
  • Julia Clarin, Ana I. Vargas, Turner Jennings, Samuel D. Salinas, Reza Amini, Yustianto Tjiptowidjojo et al.:
    An Experiential Learning Opportunity in Norway: Computation for Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering Students
    Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Pigga Keskitalo, Torjer Andreas Olsen, Anna-Lill Drügge, Rauna Rahko-Ravantti :
    Girjjohallat girjáivuođa - Embracing Diversity. Sami Education Theory, Practice and Research
    Brill Academic Publishers 2025
  • Bengt-Ove Andreassen, Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Urfolk og nasjonale minoriteter i skole og lærerutdanning, 2. utgave
    Fagbokforlaget 2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Samisk forskning og universitetets rolle i forsoningsprosesser
    29. September 2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen, Hilde Sollid, Åse Mette Johansen :
    Norwegian teacher education and MA theses on Sámi and Indigenous-related topics – an overview of current trends
    28. August 2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen, Christer Johnsgård :
    Morrasendinga i NRK Troms: Samisk uke
    03. February 2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Sámi research and higher education: UiT and other institutions' role and responsibility
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen, Carina Hansen :
    Torjer savner mer synlighet i sentrum: – Vi trenger å se det samiske
    05. February 2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen, Monsen Torbjørn :
    Ny bok om samisk pedagogikk samler perspektiver: – Et godt og riktig tidspunkt
    09. January 2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen, Kristin Gregers Eriksen, Helen Margaret Murray, Anne Henriette Nilut :
    Panelsamtale: Lærerutdanningenes arbeid med samiske temaer
    2025
  • Amalie Drage Habbestad, Claudia Lenz, Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Presentasjon av rapporten "Samiske temaer i norskspråklig lærerutdanning"
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Lansering av nasjonal handlingsplan mot hets og diskriminering av samer - Moderator
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Whose stories do you listen to? Indigenous methodologies from and for a diverse Sámi community
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Gender in Sápmi – overview and discussion
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Mangfold og samisk kompetanse ved UiT
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Sámi dutkamiid guovddáš – On the strategic work in Academia for Sámi languages and perspectives
    2025
  • Elisabeth Stubberud, Torjer Andreas Olsen, Runar Jordåen, Håkon Hermanstrand, Maaja-Krihke Bransfjell, Dávvet Bruun-Solbakk :
    Historical gender and sexual diversity in Saepmie/Sábme/Sápmi
    2025
  • Claudia Lenz, Amalie Drage Habbestad, Torjer Andreas Olsen, Peder Brende Jenssen :
    Samiske temaer i norskspråklig lærerutdanning – et innblikk i dagens situasjon og behovene fremover
    HL-senteret 2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    How to implement Sámi topics in psychology teaching?
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Sápmi ja UiT - Sápmi og UiT: Moderator
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Samisk i Tromsø – refleksjoner om kultursensitivet og en praksis tilpassa der vi bor
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Samisk fra usynlig til synlig – om kultur og identitet i dag
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Indigenous rights and Norway's obligations - overview and reflections
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Byutvikling på samisk. Hva betyr det for byutviklingen i Tromsø at vi er en samisk by?
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Samtale om oppfølging av Sannhets- og forsoningskommisjonens rapport: Ordstyrer
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Institusjonell oppfølging av sannhet og forsoningskommisjonens rapport: Lokale og nasjonale perspektiver
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Vi må beskytte mangfold og minoriteter som forskningsfelt
    2025 FULLTEKST
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Indigenous Leadership in Research - Panel moderator.
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    License to Operate – The Arctic Energy Transition: Panel participant
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Mellom det personlige og det institusjonelle. Refleksjoner og oppsummering
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Scientific Pathways to a Green and Inclusive Nordic Region: Sámi perspectives and knowledge and the role of research
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Sámi research and higher education in a changing research system: Reflections on dilemmas and opportunities
    2025
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Gender in Sápmi: Sámi Feminist Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing
    2024
  • Mati Keynes, Pigga Keskitalo, Daniel Fjellborg, Björn Norlin, Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Duohtavuođa- ja seanadanproseassat árktalaš guovlluin: Dutkama ja dieđuhuksema rolla
    Dutkansearvvi dieđalaš áigečála 2024
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Samiske perspektiver
    2024
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Minorities and Indigenous people in the Arctic region of Norway. Reflections on knowledge and perspectives
    2024
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Ny og gamle spor i samiske Tromsø
    14. June 2024 FULLTEKST
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Key note lecture: Reclaiming voice and visibility through education: Truth and reconciliation as a way to address the othering of Indigenous peoples and national minorities
    2024
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Reconciliation as decolonization: Teaching Sámi/Indigenous topics in the Truth and Reconciliation era
    2024
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Keynote lecture: Changing the world? Truth and reconciliation as a way of challenging research methodologies
    2024
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen, Elisabeth Stubberud, Mathias Danbolt, Adrienne Huard, Kari Helene Skog :
    Queering Indigenous knowledge - panel talk
    2024
  • Torjer Andreas Olsen, Trine Kvidal-Røvik, Soile Päivikki Hämäläinen, Lukas Kosner :
    Faglig seminar, Del 2: Forskning
    2024
  • Eli-Anita Øivand Schøning, Trude Arthursdotter Fonneland, Torjer Andreas Olsen :
    Muitát, mujttalit, å minnes på ny – et museologisk perspektiv på kunnskapsproduksjon i Árran Julevsáme guovdásj og Várdobáiki sámi guovddáš
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 16. August 2024

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    Research interests

    Sami and indigenous issues in school and education

    Gender, power, and positions in indigenous studies

    The history of religions in Sápmi and Northern Norway

     

     

    Teaching

    I am in charge of teaching theory, methods/methodology and thesis writing. This means questioning and set the premises for knowledge about how and why we do research. This is also about the most practical sides of academic acts: How to find knowledge? How to write a text? How to communicate what we know?How can our research best be connected to communities?



    Member of project


    CV

    2001-2003: Assistant professor in religious studies, UiT

    2003-2008: Ph.d. fellow in religious studies, UiT.

    2008: Ph.d. in religious studies, UiT. Thesis

    2009: Project manager/lecturer, religious studies, UiT

    2010: Free lance

    2010/2011: Research communicator/web editor, UiT.

    2011: Associate professor in Indigenous studies, UiT.

    2017: Professor in Indigenous studies, UiT.

    2019: Academic director, UiT


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