MEMBERS

Leader: Oscar Westlund

Oscar Westlund is Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, where he leads the OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Group.

Oscar.Westlund@oslomet.no

Leader: Tine Ustad Figenschou

Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Research areas are international news, medialization of conflict and the role of media in public debate on immigration.

Tine.Ustad.Figenschou@oslomet.no

Steen Steensen

Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Research areas include journalism and digital/social media, theories of journalism, and reportage/literary journalism.

Steen.Steensen@oslomet.no

Bente Kalsnes

Associate Professor at the School of Communication, Leadership and Marketing. Research interests include political use of social media, political communication, digital journalism, fake news and desinformation.

Bente.Kalsnes@christiania.no

Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk

Associate Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Currently studying how online media affect the mobilizing capacity and the broader societal and political impact of far right politics.

Karoline.Ihlebaek@oslomet.no

Elsebeth Frey

Associate Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Main research interests are News journalism, Press freedom, Crisis journalism, Critical review of sources, as well as writing journalistically.

Elsebeth.Frey@oslomet.no

Yngve Benestad Hågvar

Associate professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Main research interests are genre and discourse development in news media, based on rhetoric, discourse analysis or social semiotics.

Yngve.Hagvar@oslomet.no

Anne Hege Simonsen

Associate professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Former editor of the newspaper Ny Tid. Research areas are foreign affairs journalism, media coverage of minorities, as well as projects on visual journalism.

Anne.Hege.Simonsen@oslomet.no

Ragnhild Fjellro

Assistant professor in Journalism, specializing in radio. Lecturer in research journalism, commentary journalism, media studies, text analysis, language and gender/identity/ethnicity in the media.

Ragnhild.Fjellro@oslomet.no

Aina Landsverk Hagen

Aina Landsverk, PhD in social anthropology. Works on youth, participation and urbanity, and on innovation in media organizations, online harassment and freedom of speech.

Aina.Hagen@oslomet.no

Anders Graver Knudsen

Associate professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Field of research is minorities in media, sportsjournalism and freelance journalism.


Anders-Graver.Knudsen@oslomet.no

Kristin Skare Orgeret

Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Academic coordinator of the MA-program in journalism at HIOA. Leader of the National Academic Council of Media Studies.

Ragnhild.Olsen@oslomet.no

Maria Konow Lund

Associate Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Recent studies include investigative journalism at emerging news organisations.

Maria.Konow-Lund@oslomet.no

Ragnhild Olsen

Associate Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Main interests are journalistic quality and digitalisation, with specific focus on user perspectives in media houses.

Ragnhild.Olsen@oslomet.no

Roy Krøvel

Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. Lecturer in globalisation and international subjects, as well as theory and method.

Roy.Krovel@oslomet.no

Anna M. Grøndahl Larsen

Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. Teaches subjects in political communication, journalism, digital culture and media analysis.

A.G.Larsen@media.uio.no

Ingrid M. Tolstad

Social anthropologist with a PhD in musicology from the University of Oslo. Main research interests are media innovation, city development byutvikling, ethnography popular music and culture, creativity and talent development in arts and culture.

Ingrid.Tolstad@oslomet.no

Gudrun Rudningen Skjælaaen

Researcher at the Centre for Welfare and Labour Research, OsloMet. Main interests are digital transformation, newsroom production and demands.

Gudrun.Rudningen@oslomet.no