Bilde av Omma, Frida Marie
Bilde av Omma, Frida Marie
School of sport sciences frida.m.omma@uit.no +4778450281

Frida Marie Omma


PhD candidate

Job description

I a Norwegian and Sami doctoral candidate, and are researching nature guiding in Nord-Troms with the aim of a more sustainable nature-based tourism. I myself have worked as a guide in various places, am a kayak instructor, and teach at bachelor's and master's level in nature, culture and society, and research methods and ethics. Matters close to my heart are climate action, animal protection, nature management and Sami themes such as tourism and nature practices. In addition, I have participated in UiT's think tank for sustainability, a panel discussion on the Sami national day, and organized a political debate with a focus on the UN's sustainability goals.


  • Øystein Aas, Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen, Stian Stensland, Tone Kristin Reiertsen, Hilde Nikoline Hambro Dybsand :
    Your place or mine? Exploring birdwatching tourists’ behaviour disturbing birds in a nature reserve
    European Journal of Wildlife Research 11. April 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Guided nature-based experiences: Perspectives from guides and stakeholders in Northern Troms
    2023
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Nature guiding and sustainable tourism: Issues of environmental and social resilience
    2023
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Nature-based tourism in Arctic Norway: Examples of good practice
    2023
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Traditional- and Local Ecological Knowledge in nature-based tourism: A tool for sustainable futures?
    2023
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Kronikk: Turistavgiften i Tromsø må gå til bevaring av natur og dyreliv
    31. March 2023 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen, Ellen-Johanne Kvalsvik :
    Postruta over Finnmarksvidda: Stiens kulturarv som kilde til samhold
    2023
  • Eva Ritter, Jens Larsen, Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Manuel til et bæredygtigt liv. Naturens Lederskab: Arktisk og Nordisk storytelling om natursyn, bæredygtighed og mental sundhed
    09. June 2023 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma :
    Sustainable tourism and non-human ethics: nature guides’ beliefs and practices
    2023
  • Christel-Beate Jorilldatter, Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Vil ha slutt på sherpatrapper: – Om vi fortsetter som vi gjør nå, vil vi nok angre oss
    09. July 2022 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Sherpatrappbonanza
    2022 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Bygging av sherpatrapper er en negativ trend
    09. July 2022 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen, Henrik Thorstensen :
    «Sherpatrappbonanza» i Norge: Mener de skader naturen mer enn de beskytter
    13. July 2022 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    UiT Idrettshøskolen - Bærekraft og miljøledelse
    2022
  • Alf Harald Martinsen, Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Samenes nasjonaldag på søndag
    04. February 2022 DATA
  • Bjørn M Lyng, Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Kommisjonen er halvveis i arbeidet: – Viktig hvordan vi tar dette videre til den nye generasjonen
    07. February 2022 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Samtale om akademias rolle i sannhets- og forsoningsarbeidet
    04. February 2022 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Meanings of landscape and colonialism - Walking among seabirds in Arctic Norway
    2021
  • Håvard Nordgård, Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Forum reiseliv 2021
    05. November 2021 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Politisk debatt om bærekraftighet fra UiT
    06. September 2021 DATA
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Presentasjon bærekraftig friluftsliv og turvettregler
    UiT miljødag 2021
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Depreciative tourist behaviour in a protected birdwatching site: A qualitative study of birdwatchers on Hornøya, Northern Norway
    2019
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Tiltak for naturforvaltning og regulering av turisme - Notat til Fylkesmannen i Finnmark om Hornøya
    2019
  • Frida Marie Omma Jørgensen :
    Fugler som trigger følelser
    blogg.forskning.no 07. November 2018

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    Research interests

    Nature-based tourism, nature guiding, outdoor life and facilitation, animals and ethics, eco-philosophy, ecological and sociocultural sustainability, regenerative tourism, sustainable development, Indigenous methodology, Sami culture and nature ontologies, conservation and visitor management, climate change, community wellbeing. 

    Teaching

    Graduate level: research methods and theory of science.

    Undergraduate level: outdoor activities - natur, culture and society. Sea kayak coruse.