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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.

 

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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?

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Member of research group

Skuvllas - Urfolk og minoriteter i skole og utdanning   Norsk innhold Religionsdidaktisk forskergruppe   Norsk innhold Indigenous Citizenship and Education (ICE)   Norsk innhold Global Research in Indigenous Studies and History (GRISH)   English content Center for Arctic Humanities   English content Faglig nettverk for forskning og kunnskapsutvikling om kvenske tema   Norsk innhold

Member of project

Gender in Sápmi    English content

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