Ingeborg Holmene

Ingeborg Holmene

Associate Professor
Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science
Campus Bø
+47 31 00 99 01 / +47 952 22 458
I am employed as an associate professor in the field of cultural studies at the Bø campus. My research interests include, but are not limited to, culture and media policy, cultural sociology, cultural industries, alternative film distribution and dissemination, digitization and smaller independent players in the cultural industries, diversity, as well as film and audiovisual media. I am a member of the NordMedia Network and the Cultural Policy Research Group (USN). Previously, I have been affiliated with the Media Aesthetics research group (UiO) and the Industry Studies within Audiovisual Media group (BAM, Innlandet University of Applied Sciences). I teach in the BA program in Cultural Management and the MA program in Cultural Studies. In collaboration with the Telemark Research Institute, I have conducted research in the field of film policy and diversity. Additionally, my contribution to the application secured external funding for the research project on diversity in Norwegian film, where I served as the assistant project manager (developed R.Q. based on my work on film policy in PhD etc).

Responsibilities

I also teach several courses, including Cultural Policy (MA/BA), Cultural Leadership (MA), and Culture for Children and Youth (BA). I supervise student projects at both the BA and MA levels, including students completing internships (e.g., Vega Scene (art cinema), Motlys (film company), Blå (concert venue), Parkteateret (concert venue), and MØST (music organization)).

I am the course coordinator for the following subjects:

  • Industry Knowledge (Cultural Industries)
  • Methodology and Academic Writing
  • Bachelor’s Thesis in Cultural Management

Competences

  • Associate professor at the University of Southeast Norway (USN)
  • Affiliated research groups in Cultural Policy (USN), Industry knowledge within audiovisual media (HINN) and the NordMedia Network.
  • Research topics: Norwegian film and television industry, diversity, media studies, cultural policy and digitization (PhD, 2020, HINN/NTNU)
  • Supervisor and teacher at master's and bachelor's level in Cultural Studies and Cultural Management (USN)
  • Writer and/or peer reviewer in the scientific journals Nordicom Reveiw, Norsk Medietidsskrift (Journal of Media Science, Norway), Journal of Media Innovations, Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture.
  • Doctoral degree (PhD, 2020) in media studies and audiovisual media. The research project (PhD) received support from the Council for Applied Media Research (RAM), the Norwegian Media Authority in 2020

Publications

Holmene, I (2026, fortcoming autumn) Balancing Art and Commerce: Exploring Film Policy and the Definition of Artists in Norwegian Cultural Policy. I Renko, V. Hirvi-Ijäs, M. & Sokka, S. (Abstract accepeted 5.12.2025) Special issue: Artists in Nordic Cultural Policies i Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift

Holmene, I. (2024). Alternative Cinema and the Nordic Model: The Interaction Between Organizations in Norway’s Non-Profit Film Sector. In H. Vibeto, M. Østfi & C. Vanebo (Eds.), On the Inside: Perspectives on the Norwegian Film, TV, and Game Industries. Fagbokforlaget. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55669/oa4204

Kleppe, Bård; Holmene, Ingeborg & Holmboe, Line Elise (2024). Content Diversity in Norwegian Films and Series (Report 803, Telemark Research). Telemark Research (TF)/Norwegian Film Institute (NFI). Research Report.

Holmene, I (2020) Imagined Audiences – Case studies of the Norwegian Film- and Television Industry’s Social Media Strategies (2015-2018). Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences & NTNU (media studies, audiovisual media) PhD Dissertation (2020)

Holmene, I. (2018) Paid or semi-public media? The Norwegian film industry’s strategies for social media. Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook 2018 ;Volum 16.(1) s. 41-57

Holmene, I. (2019) Click, Create Audience? Independent filmdistributors and Social Media. Norsk Medietidsskrift. 2019 Volum: 26., Nummer 4, s. 1 – 19 (Open Access)

 

 

 

Publications in the Norwegian Research Information Repository