Bente Dahl

Bente Dahl

Professor
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Department of Nursing and Health Sciences
Campus Vestfold (C3-41)
+47 31 00 94 51 / +47 906 26 991
I am Professor and a nurse/ midwife with more than 25 years of experience in clinical and academic nursing and midwifery. I have degrees in languages, pedagogy and nursing science from the University of Oslo, and certificates in nursing and midwifery from USN and Oslo Metropolitan University (Oslo Met). In 2015, I completed my PhD “Queer challenges in maternity care” at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Bergen. Prior to commencing on my PhD, I gained extensive experience in teaching nursing and midwifery at Oslo Met and USN. From 1998 – 2007, I worked as a clinical midwife/ Professional Development Midwife in the specialist health services (maternity clinics).

Responsibilities

Course leader: Philosophy of Science and Research Methods in Midwifery (10ECTS). Campus Vestfold, 2014- to date.
Course leader: Master’s Thesis (30ECTS). Campus Vestfold, 2014- to date.
Participant research projects: Life after the loss/ Midwifery Models of Care – mapping the scene/ Metasynthesis Antenatal Care/ Disturbed Maternal Affection and Mother-Child Interaction.
 

Competences

Areas of interest:
My main research interests involve increasing equity in midwifery care for marginalized and disadvantaged groups of women and their families. This includes developing knowledge about lesbian women’s maternity care experiences and different ways of developing parental identity in de-novo families. I am also interested in authoritative midwifery knowledge and midwifery models as a means to strengthen the art of midwifery.

Teaching/ subject areas:
Qualitative methods (phenomenological-hermeneutical/ thematic analysis/ metaethnography), philosophy of science/theoretical perspectives in midwifery.

CV

Education:
Academic qualifications:
2015 Philosophiae Doctor (PhD), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen
2006   Master of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
1995 Candidata Magisterii (Cand.Mag), Faculty of Social Sciences/ Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo

Pedagogical qualifications:
2018 Developing doctoral supervision. University College of South-Eastern Norway.
2008 Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Professional Education, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
1995 Pedagogy, intermediate subject, University of Oslo
       
Professional qualifications:
1991 Midwifery Certificate, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
1988 General Nursing Certificate, Vestfold College of Higher Education

Work experience:
Pedagogical posts:
2015 – to date Associate Professor, USN
2014 – 2015 Assistant Professor, USN
2011 – 2015 Research Fellow, University of Bergen UiB, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
2007 – 2014 Assistant Professor, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Science

Clinical posts:
2012 – to date Nurse specialist
1992 - 2007  Clinical midwife/ Professional development midwife/ Assistant head of department
1988 - 1990 Clinical nurse

Publications in Cristin