Bjørn Michaelsen – Assistant Professor
Geographer (UiB)
Work:
1992 Outdoor life educator/instructor at (Øytun) Alta folkehogskole
1998 – 2016 Ski- and Avalanche instructor full year course – Off piste
2001 – Ski- and Avalanche instructor full season course – Ski og skred
2001 – Five annual Domestic and International Ski og avalanche Workshops
2002 – Contributed within Ski & Avalanche conferences Domestic and Internationally
2002 – Avalanche Course and Consultant for regional contractors
2011 – Contributed to the Norwegian Avalanche Warning Service
2012 – Avalanche consultant for the Norwegian Road Authorities
2013 – Avalanche Courses for snow mobilers regional level
Current research at CARE:
2014 The Art of skiing indisciplined during Level 2 conditions (ISSW 2014)
– Development of a new approach within avalanche terrain during deep persistent week layer situations
2016 – Observing Ski Touring and Decision making in the Alps. What ordinary people do or Not Do and Why? (ISSW 2016)
The project wants to observe what people really do contributing to new theory on behaviour and decision-making. Observing how people ski tour might give new insights we have missed and that locals can’t see within their habits and tradition. Field work will continue within the European Alps and US Rockies.
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