Job description

Anniken Førde, Ph.D., is a professor of Community Planning at the Department of Social Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She is the Ph.D. coordinator at the department and the leader of the research group Place, Power, and Mobility.

 

Førde has extensive experience in collaborative and interdisciplinary research, with a particular focus on urban and regional development in the north. Her research explores topics such as place-based transformation processes, place-sensitive planning, tourism, changing landscapes, diverse cities, multispecies place-making, innovation, and improvisation.

 

Through her work, she has developed a special interest in creative and innovative approaches to planning and development. She is committed to fostering meaningful collaboration across disciplines and between academic and non-academic environments, aiming to generate knowledge that contributes to sustainable and inclusive societies.