Eirik Hasvik

Eirik Hasvik

Associate Professor
Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science
Department of Educational Science
Campus Notodden ()
+47 35 02 66 87 / +47 918 87 910
I am an associate professor in Pedagogy, and was formerly an associate professor in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Southeastern-Norway. I believe I have the best job in the world.

Responsibilities

At the University of South-Eastern Norway I am responsible for several courses on pedagogy and didactics within our Masters program for teachers. Here, I supervise at Bachelor and Masters level.

I am also our safety representative at the Institute for Pedagogy, Notodden and Porsgrunn.

At USN, I am a member of the following research networks:

  • LETS: Learning and Teaching for Sustainability
  • Politisk kultur

Outside of USN, I am involved in:

  • New Compass Press
  • Transnational Institute for Social Ecology
  • Demokratisk Omställning

Competences

AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND INTEREST:

  • Pedagogical Philosophy
  • Sociocultural perspectives on Learning and Development
  • Ecological Ethics and Ecopedagogy
  • Social Ecology and Philosophies of Nature
  • Political Theory and the History of Radicalism
  • Municipalism in Theory and Practice
  • Communal Political Traditions (Notably France and Russia)
  • Rojava, Bakur, and Kurdish Movements
  • Critical Theory and Dialectical Thought
  • Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism

FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS

Pedagogy for Higher Education

  • Learning and Assessment in Higher Education (USN, 10 ects)
  • Pedagogical Development and Quality in Education (USN, 10 ects)  
  • Educating Teachers in a Digital Age (USN, 10 ects)
  • Information and Communication Technology for Learning (NTNU, 15 ects)

PhD Courses:

  • Methodology for Research in Kindergarten and School (USN, 5 ects)
  • Digitalization and Epistemic Change (USN, 5 ects)
  • Applied Cognitive Theory (USN, 5 ects)
  • Pedagogical Resources and Learning Processes (USN, 10 ects)
  • Theory of Science and Research Ethics (USN, 7,5 ects)
  • Theories of Culture (USN, 7,5 ects)
  • Cultural Didactics (USN, 10 ects)
  • Rhetorics and Discourse (USN, 5 ects)
  • ARTS-based Research (USN, 5 ects)
  • Literature Management and Scientific Communication (USN, 5 ects)
  • Academic Writing (USN, 5 ects)

Master's Degree in Philosophy (UiO, 140 ects)

  • The Concept of Free Nature in Murray Bookchin's Philosophy of Social Ecology
    (Thesis, 60 ects)
  • Feminist Ethics (20 ects)
  • Continental Philosophy (20 ects)
  • Environmental Philosophy (10 ects)
  • Philosopical Seminar (10 ects)
  • Political Philosophy (20 ects)

Master’s Degree in Education and Educational Leadership (USN, 120 ects)

  • Hvordan lærer vi kommende generasjoner å bry seg om kommende generasjoner?
    (Thesis, 30 ects)
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility (15 ects)
  • Leadership (15 ects)
  • Didactics (15 ects)
  • Scientific Theory and Methodology (30 ects)
  • The Field and Profession of Education (15 ects)

Post Graduate Certificate in Education (USN, 75 ects)

  • Practical Pedagogy (30 ects)
  • Didactics of Religion, Ethics and Philosophy (30 ects)
  • Didactics of History, Geography and the Social Sciences (15 ects)

Bachelor’s Degree in Culture and Social Science: History (UiO, 180 ects)

  • Bachelor thesis: On Antisemitism (10 ects)
  • World History after 1850, with Methodology (20 ects)
  • World History before 1850 (10 ects)
  • Norwegian History before 1850 (10 ects)
  • Norwegian History after 1850 (10 ects)
  • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (10 ects)
  • The Greek Polis Between Ideal and Reality (10 ects)
  • Examen philosophicum (10 ects)
  • Examen facultatum: Philosophy (10 ects)
  • Environmental Philosophy (10 ects)
  • An Introduction to Ethics (10 ects)
  • Epistemology and the Philosophy of Science (10 ects)
  • The History of Philosophy before 1800 (10 ects)
  • Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Consciousness (10 ects)
  • Logic and the Philosophy of Language (10 ects)
  • Advanced Studies in The Philosophy of Action (10 ects)
  • Advanced Studies in Ethics and Practical Philosophy (10 ects)
  • Advanced Studies in the Philosophy of Language (10 ects)

Natural Sciences

  • Climate, Energy and Environment (USN, 10 ects)
  • Scientific Theory and Perspectives on Nature (USN, 10 ects)

Studies in Art and Design

  • Theory of Science and Methodology for Arts and Crafts (USN, 15 ects)
  • Graphic Design and Illustration (USN, 15 ects)
  • Digital Photography and Image Processing (USN, 15 ects)
  • Introduction to the Philosophy of Photography (FFI) (KAU, 7,5 ects)
  • The Narrative Techniques of Photography (FFII) (KAU, 7,5 ects)

 

Publications

Selected publications:

  • "The Ecology of Urban Regeneration" (2021). I Yavor Tarinsky (Red.). Enlightenment and Ecology. Black Rose Books.
  • "Learning from the Life of Murray Bookchin" (2016). ROAR Magazine.
  • "Democracy for the Ecology Movement" (2015). I Eirik Eiglad (nå Hasvik). (Red.) Social Ecology and Social Change. New Compass Press.
  • "Introduction to Social Ecology and Social Change" (2015). I Eirik Eiglad (nå Hasvik). (Red.) Social Ecology and Social Change. New Compass Press.
  • "Statement from the Academic Delegation to Rojava" (2015). ROAR Magazine. 
  • "Anti-Zionism and the Anarchist Tradition" (2015). I Alvin Rosenfeld (Red.). Deciphering the New Antisemitism, Indiana University Press.
  • "Searching for Streets of Sugar: An Interview with Routes Sucrées" (2015). New Compass.
  • "Communalism as Alternative" (2014).
  • "Bases for Communalist Programs" (2014).
  • "Libertarian Municipalism and the Radical Program" (2014).
  • "Anti-Zionism and the Resurgence of Antisemitism in Norway" (2013). I Alvin Rosenfeld (Red.) The Resurgence of Antisemitism: Global Perspectives. Indiana University Press.
  • "Ecofascism Revisited: A Brief Interview with Peter Staudenmaier" (2012). New Compass.
  • "The Communalist Alternative to Capitalist Modernity" (2012). I Challenging Capitalist Modernity: Alternative Concepts and the Kurdish Quest. Paul Rugenstein Verlag.
  • "Comedy and Social Change: A Brief Interview with Adam Michael Krause" (2013). New Compass.
  • "Critical Transitions: A Review" (2013). New Compass.
  • "Social Ecologists in Local Elections" (2011). New Compass.
  • "Jyri Jaakkola, Presente!" (2011). New Compass.
  • "Heaven on Earth?" (2010). Communalism Journal, 2. 
  • "Why Social Ecology? An Interview with Jakob Zethelius" (2010). Communalism Journal 1.
  • "New Alliances of Hate?" (2011). Communalism Journal, 1.
  • "Antisemitism, Israel, and the Left" (2010). New Compass.
  • The Anti-Jewish Riots in Oslo (2010). Communalism Press.
  • "Creating Free Cities" (2008). New Compass.
  • "Measures of Failure and Success" (2008). Communalism, 15.
  • "Theses on Power" (2007). Communalism, 9.