Stillingsbeskrivelse

Britt Kramvig, PhD, is a professor at the School of Business and Economics, The Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics (BFE). Her research centers around questions of decolonization, birgejupmi (or sustanability in Sámi communities), innovation within the creative (indigenous) industry, archive studies,  tourism, and storytelling. Kramvig's work is internationally acknowledged as it embodies a unique dynamic interplay between art and science, fostering collaboration across disciplinary fields within and beyond academia. Kramvig has engaged with the concept of landscape through storytelling throughout her academic career, including her work on Sámi art, land- and soundscape and (de)colonialism, as well as work on the Arctic sea- and soundscape, including collaboration with world-known sound artists and international academic networks in environmental humanities. Kramvigs educational responsability center around environmental questions and sustainability, storytelling, ethnography and co-production of knowledge. Kramvig is the leader of the newly established research group TRANSFORMATION — Identifying pathways toward sustainable, resilient and robust Arctic societies. The research group’s activities reflect the awareness of the interconnectedness of local and indigenous knowledge and economic sustainability, while emphasizing a need for transformation and new pathways within the Arctic region. In addition Britt is the PI in the Horizon project Birgejupmi https://birgejupmi.eu/ and the the international research project: Surviving the Unthinkable (https://survivingtheunthinkable.squarespace.com/).