Kompetanse
Key competence, specializations, research interests and affiliations
Doctor in Heath and Social Sciences, researcher, lecturer, writer, translator, supervisor
PhD in Health and Social Sciences (under supervisors: Prof. John Eade, Prof. Tor-Johan Ekeland and Assoc. Prof. Catherine Lorentzen)
PhD dissertation: The therapeutic mobilities of Pilgrimage Walking: A study of the health impacts of walking the Norwegian St. Olav Way https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000009144
MPhil in Human Development (under supervisors: Prof. Richard Alapack and Prof. Em. Dankert Vedeler)
MPhil dissertation: El Camino Santiago: Walking oneself to wellbeing, reclaiming and reinforcing one’s spirit https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/2562961
Self-selected MPhil specialization: Developmental Art Therapy
Research interests Pilgrimage walking, green health, health promoting research, transculturalism, social behaviour and love
Affiliations Cultural Heritage (Vestfold Fylkeskommune, Tønsberg, Norway)
Health Promoting Research Group (University of South-East Norway, Campus Vestfold)
Religion Psychology Research Group (University of Oslo, Norway)
Interdisciplinary Research Group on Travel (Concordia University, Canada)
Western Norway Graduate School of Educational Research II (University of Bergen, Norway)
CV
Education
2015-2021: PhD in Health & Social Sciences, Volda University College, Norway
- 2018: Advanced course in quantitative methods and mixed methods (Molde University College)
- 2018: The Science and Practice of Person-Centred Research (University of South-East Norway)
- 2017: Structural Conditions for Professional Practice (Volda University College, Norway)
- 2017: Qualitative Research Methods (University of Bergen, Norway)
- 2016: Ethics and the Philosophy of Science (Volda University College, Norway)
2005-2008: MPhil in Human Development, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
- 2007: Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Theory of Science and Ethics, Thesis and self-selected specialization
- 2006: Social and cultural aspects of development: Lifespan Development; Development of the higher psychological functions and the Vygotsky tradition; Epigenetic approach to development; Socio-cultural human change processes
- 2005: Biological and cognitive aspects of human development: Dynamic systems theory; Theories and Development of Perception, Action and Cognition; Connectionism; EEG and Balance control.
2001-2002: Art therapy and Psychology studies (Identity theory, Mental support for disabled children, Psychosomatic diagnosis, Space and human behaviour, Bilingualism, Lateralization (Polish state grant), University of Warsaw, Poland
2001-2001: Gender studies: State, Gender and Organization; Gender and Culture (Nordplus grant), University of Stockholm, Sweden
2000-2000: British Lexicology, Literature, Civilization, Society and Culture (Erasmus grant), University of Caen, France
1997-2000: Cand.mag./Bachelor of Psychology, Art history and World Literature, University of Oslo, Norway
1994-1997: IB (International Baccalaureate), Skagerak and Sandefjord Upper Secondary School, Sandefjord, Norway
Research stances
2015: Institute of Heritage Sciences) under Prof. Cristina Sánchez-Carretero, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2015: Centre for Health Promotion Research) under Prof. Geir Arild Espnes, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
2015: Institute for Health and Society) under Prof. Gunnar Tellnes, University of Oslo, Norway
Training
2010-2010: Diplomatic Intern (Ministry of Foreign Affairs grant), Royal Norwegian Embassy, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003-2004: English and Norwegian culture teacher (Comenius grant), Pallavicino Didactic School, Palermo, Italy
2001-2002: Art activator (Voluntary), Starówka Child and Leisure Home, Warsaw, Poland
2001-2002: Art Therapy trainee (Polish state grant), Centre for Culture Animation, Warsaw, Poland
Work experience
2015-2021: PhD Fellow, Volda University College, Norway
2013-2015: Roma-Amor (Independent research project), Rome, Italy
2012-2013: PhD Fellow, Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, Tromsø University Hospital, Norway
2011-2012: Freelance translator and proof-reader, K-Dictionaries, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009-2010: Health and work supervisor, Personnel House, Tønsberg, Norway
2009-2009: Health, work and rehabilitation consultant, Competence Development, Porsgrunn, Norway
2008-2008: Art and specialist education substitute teacher, Unneberg School, Sandefjord, Norway
2008-2008: Norwegian Level 1- 4 teacher, The Evening School, Sandefjord and Tønsberg, Norway
2008-2008: Subject teacher for Polish immigrant children, Byskogen, Kongseik and Træleborg, Tønsberg, Norway
2007-2007: Norwegian Level 2 teacher, The Evening School, Tønsberg, Norway
2007-2007: Italian Level 1 teacher, The Evening School, Sandefjord and Tønsberg, Norway
2006-2007: Student supervisor and professor assistant, Dep. of Psychology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
2006-2007: Italian course teacher for new beginners, AOF, Trondheim, Norway
2006-2006: Norwegian, English and Social science teacher, Centre for Adult Learning, Trondheim, Norway
2005-2007: Italian course teacher for new beginners, The Evening School, Sandefjord and Tønsberg, Norway
2002-2005: Juridical interpreter, Oslo Police Department, Oslo, Norway
2002-2003: Freelance interpreter and translator, Norwegian Language Centre, Oslo, Norway
2001-2001: Old care assistant, Sandefjord Municipality, Norway
2000-2000: XX by Mexx Winter Collection Photographer, Creneau International, Brussels, Belgium
1999-1999: Survey interviewer, Norwegian Gallup Institute, Oslo, Norway
1994-1997: Office assistant, Solheim Driving School, Sandefjord, Norway
Courses
2019: Writing the PhD Synopsis (WNGER, UiB, Norway)
2018: PhD Literature Review (WNGER, UiB, Norway)
2018: Stress coping (Helseparken, Sandefjord, Norway)
2018: Conflict management (Forskerforbundet, Loseby, Norway)
2017: Memory techniques (Hjernekraft, Oslo, Norway)
2017: Rhetoric and presentation techniques (Forskerforbundet, Tromsø, Norway)
2016: First Aid (Volda University College, Norway)
2012: Conflict management (Oslo University Hospital, Norway)
2012: Patient participation, communication and interaction (Centre for Patient Participation & Interaction, Oslo, Norway)
2008: Spanish Level 1 and 2 (Larvik Folk University, Norway)
2006: Pedagogic theory and training in art and psychology (NTNU, Trondheim, Norway)
2005: Morten Krogvold Photography Course (Vågå Photo Academy, Vågå, Norway)
2004: Italian Advanced Level (La Scuola di Gonzaga, Palermo, Italy)
2003: Media & Communication (University of Oslo, Norway)
2002: Basic interpreter techniques and ethics (Norwegian Language Centre AS, Oslo, Norway)
2001: Art therapy for chronically ill, Dance and movement therapy (Centre for Culture Animation, Warsaw, Poland)
1997: Study & Learning techniques (University of Oslo, Norway)
Languages
2005-2008: Italian Level 2 and French Level 2 (NTNU, Trondheim, Norway)
Norwegian and Polish (mother tongues), English (A-level), Italian (B-level), Spanish and French (C-level)
Personal interests
Art, psychology, research, literature, photography, film, cooking, dancing, sports, travelling, walking, Camino Santiago
Publikasjoner
Publications
12.2020: The Motivations of Pilgrimage Walking the St.Olav Way in Norway, The International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 8 (8), p.110-126: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol8/iss8/10/
02.2020: The Processes, Effects and Therapeutics of Pilgrimage Walking the St. Olav Way, The International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 8 (1), p.33-50: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol8/iss1/6/
07.2019: Pilegrimsvandring som friluftsterapi - en (ny) invitasjon til å satse på 'grønn resept' (first presented at the Friluftskonferansen - Forskning i Friluft 2018, Tønsberg), p.22-35: https://www.norskfriluftsliv.no/norskfriluftsliv-no/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Forskning-i-friluft-2018-Konferanserapport.pdf
05.2019: Når individet begrenses til og blir sin diagnose, In Specialpedagogisk månedsblad: Børns adferd og trivsel, 192 (15), p.7-13.
01.2019: Når individet begrenses til sin diagnose, In Barn, 37 (1), p.113-118: https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/BARN/issue/view/301
10.2018: Diagnosesetting har ikke alltid helsegevinst for øye, In Utdanning, 11, https://www.utdanningsnytt.no/utdanning/debatt/2018/oktober/diagnosesetting-har-ikke-alltid-helsegevinst-for-oye/
09.2018: Pilegrimsvandring som friluftsterapi, In Tellnes, G. (ed). Friluftsliv, kystkultur og vakre løsninger: Hvordan styrke de unges helse, miljø og livskvalitet. Asker: NaKuHel-forlaget, p.186-195.
12.2017: Pilgrimage Walking as Green Prescription Self-Therapy, In: McIntosh, I.S. and Harman, L.D. (eds). The Many Voices of Pilgrimage and Reconciliation. Wallingford, UK: CAB International, p.124-137.
12.2010: The Way of Camino Santiago: Walking oneself to wellbeing, reclaiming and reinforcing one’s spirit, Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing (184 p.).
05.2009: The Once and Future King – a question of ontogenesis and phylogenesis. Psykologisk Tidsskrift, 12 (2), p.32-38.
11.2008: Consciousness - The Development of the Higher Psychological Functions, Psykologisk Tidsskrift, 12 (3), p.43-48.
06.2008: Por (A)mor(as), Pilegrimen, 2 (12), p.35-38.
11.2007: Developmental decay: The burnout phenomenon, Psykologisk Tidsskrift, 11 (3), p.17-22.
05.2007: Transcultural identification processes: Long-distance nationalism and the search for home. Betwixt & Between – Sosialantropologistudentenes tidsskrift, 17, p.181-201.
03.2007: A hermeneutic on love and death: The importance of being touched, Psykologisk Tidsskrift, 11 (1), p.18-27.
06.2006: Essays on Human Development, Trondheim: NTNU Trykk (341 p.)
Conferences and presentations
2021: Har pilgrimsvandring terapeutisk virkning? (og hvordan?), Kystpilegrimskonferansen, Smøla, Norway
2019: Pilegrimsvandringens helsefordeler – En reise gjennom prosessene og post-effektene av å gå den norske pilegrimsveien, St. Olavsleden, Tønsberg Library, Vestfold Fylkeskommune, Norway
2019: Health Impacts of Long-term Long-distance Pilgrimage Walking – A Journey Through the Processes and Post-effects of Walking the St. Olav Pilgrimage in Norway, Sacred Journeys 6 Conference, Maynooth, Irland
2019: The Health-Promoting Quality of Pilgrimage Walking – A journey through the motives, processes and effects of walking the St. Olav’s Way in Norway, Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference, Roskilde, Danmark
2019: The changing character of pilgrimages: Motivational trends along the St. Olav’s Way in Norway, 14th SIEF Congress, Spain
2019: Vandringsterapi, DNT Vestfold, Sandefjord, Norway
2018: Pilegrimsvandring som friluftsterapi - en (ny) invitasjon til å satse på 'grønn resept', Forskning i Friluft, Tønsberg, Norway
2015: Kan (pilegrims)vandring forebygge sykefravær blant personer med psykiske lidelser?, Social Welfare Research Seminar, Asker, Norway
2015: Helsefremming gjennom pilegrimsvandring i en natur og sosial kontekst, Public Health Conference, Oslo, Norway
2015: Gåterapi - eller (pilegrims)vandring på grønn resept, World Mental Health, Sandefjord, Norway
2015: Camino Pilgrimage as Self-therapy, Sacred Journeys 2, Oxford, England
2015: Walking Pilgrimage as Therapy, Selje pilgrim association, Norway