Political philosophy, democracy, citizenship, theories of justice, public reason, global justice,feminism, ethics, research etihics.

Identity processes and dynamics of belonging, post-coloniality, ethnicity and indigenous people, modernity, religion, ritual, gender,ethnography, narratives. Medical anthropology:mental health, traditional medicine, alternative and complementary medicine, global health, food, body and embodiment, diagnosis/diagnostic culture.

In my work, I explore ways we can live together despite differences in age, gender, ability, nationality, ethnicity, and / or other differentiating mechanisms. Questions about how we can promote interaction and integration in society without standardizing ways of living are central. These are issues that are particularly urgent for individuals and groups of people who do not have or will not be able to live up to a given standard. 

In my current research, I focus on people who have developed brain failure in adulthood, often in the form of a dementia disease, and ask how everyday life can be organized to ensure that their potential contributions to social development are actualized and their citizenship maintained. I do this by investigating inter-action and intra-action through creative processes and artistic activity. The methodological approach is qualitative art-based research, while I theoretically apply sociological perspectives such as Science and Technology Studies (STS), material feminist theory and citizenship theory. 

Fairytale studies and folklore

Fantasy literature

Gothic Literature Studies

Monster research

Monster methodologies

Medical Humanities

Narratology 

Narrative medicine

Gender Studies

EcoGothic

Feminist Methodology

Competence in arts-based research, feminist theories, gender studies, interdisciplinary humanities, and transdisciplinary research.

Projects

Intersectional Gender Equality in Academia in the Arctic North

UiT Balance Hub

Prestige. Gender Balance in Research Leadership (RCN 2018-2021/282862)

Gender Balance in Art Education (RCN 2015-2018/245487) 

Artful Dementia Research Lab

RESCAPE

Voices of Women (VOW) (ERASMUS+)