People
Ragnhild B. HåkstadAssociate Professor (Group leader)
Ragnhild B. Håkstad – Associate Professor
Research interests:
Conducts research in pediatric physical therapy, with emphasis on play as a therapeutic tool and family centered care in primary health care settings.
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: ragnhild.hakstad@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660711
Private phone: +4790640515
Gunn Kristin ØbergProfessor
Gunn Kristin Øberg – Professor
Contact:
Position: Professor
E-mail: gunn.kristin.oeberg@uit.no
Work phone: +4777623260
Private phone: +4746661552
Filip MaricAssociate Professor
Filip Maric – Associate Professor
Research interests:
Research interests:
- Planetary Health, EcoHealth, One Health, sustainable healthcare, environmental physiotherapy
- Critical theory, ethics, environmental post/humanities
- Post/qualitative research
Current research projects:
- The Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023; implementing planetary health, environmental and sustainability education in global physiotherapy training. Environmental Physiotherapy Association; Role: Project lead / Principal Investigator
- The Posthuman Walking project: The multiplicity of walking with pain in diverse landscapes of care. Project leads: Dr Shirley Chubb, University of Chichester, UK, & Dr Clair Hebron, University of Brighton, UK. Role: Partner university/researcher.
- Food access and food systems mapping with people with disabilities in Nellmapius. Project leads: Dr Karien Mostert & Helga Lister, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Role: partner researcher
Current international supervision:
- Ntinga, M.N. (PhD study, ongoing). “Izandla Ze-wele ziyaphilisah” A decolonial co-autoethnography of professional identity formation in South African physiotherapy. University of Cape Town, South Africa (Role: Co-supervisor).
- Struthers, N. (PhD study, ongoing). Nature-based prescriptions to reduce the personal, social, environmental, and global burdens of rehabilitation. Western University, Ontario, Canada (Role: Advisory committee member).
- Food access and food systems mapping with people with disabilities in Nellmapius (University of Pretoria, South Africa / project member)(Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Students combined Bachelor thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Past supervision
- Faartoft, C., Bach-Svendsen, N. S., Juul, B., & Mikkelsen, A. L. (2023). Physical and perceived barriers to nature experiences for people with mobility impairments (Bachelor Thesis). VIA University College Denmark.
- Gevers, T. (2023). Who is the patient? Re-envisioning the patient based on Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network-Theory (Bachelor Thesis). Hogeschool voor Toegepaste Filosofie / HTF University of Applied Philosophy, Netherlands.
- Ingilæ, E.J., & Eikrem, S. (2023) Physiotherapists' experiences with the use of nature in treatment: A qualitative interview study (Bachelor Thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).Plaisant, M. (2022). A discourse analysis of sustainability in physiotherapy (Bachelor thesis, University of Furtwangen, Germany)
- Andreassen, A. & Pedersen, S. (2022). How well is Tromsø designed to support active transportation? (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
- Grønvold, H. (2022). Measures for improving the environmental sustainability of Norwegian physiotherapy practice (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
- Lund, K. & Klæboe Enevoldsen, A. (2022). How (much) is 'the social' of the biopsychosocial model represented in Norwegian physiotherapy education (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
- Indgjerdingen, S. & Henriksen, S. (2022). Does outdoor walking have better physical and physiological effects than indoor walking on a treadmill? (Bachelor thesis, Oslo Metropolitan University)
- The knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals regarding environmental sustainability - (Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Students combined Bachelor thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
- Spencer, J. (2021). The UN Agenda 2030 SDGs and physiotherapy clinics (BHSc excellence track project, Saxion University, Netherlands)
- Ytreberg, E. & Bøen Grave, N.M. (2021). Klinisk håndtering av overvektige artosepasienter i fysioterapipraksis. Bachelor thesis. NFF studentprisen 2021
- Schüssler, R. (2021). Embodied and experiential planetary health education (Bachelor thesis, University of Osnabrück, Germany)
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: filip.maric@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645903
Helle Rønn SmidtAssociate Professor
Helle Rønn Smidt – Associate Professor
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: helle.ronn.smidt@uit.no
Work phone: +4777644198
Gry SkogheimAssistant Professor
Gry Skogheim – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: gry.skogheim@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660740
Cathrine Maria Boge-OlsnesAssociate Professor
Cathrine Maria Boge-Olsnes – Associate Professor
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: cathrine.boge-olsnes@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660723
Ida Helene YksnøyDoctoral Research Fellow
Ida Helene Yksnøy – Doctoral Research Fellow
Contact:
Position: Doctoral Research Fellow
E-mail: ida.h.yksnoy@uit.no
Work phone: +4777646411
Jorunn TunbyAssociate Professor
Jorunn Tunby – Associate Professor
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: jorunn.tunby@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645852
Sanna Bostad KvaalAssistant Professor
Sanna Bostad Kvaal – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: sanna.kvaal@uit.no
Work phone: +4777646235
Vegard HorneAssistant Professor
Vegard Horne – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: vegard.horne@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645901
Mona Skjeklesæther-PettersenAssistant Professor
Mona Skjeklesæther-Pettersen – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: mona.i.pettersen@uit.no
Work phone: +4777620849
Anniken Elisabet Bjørndalen GöthnerAssistant Professor
Anniken Elisabet Bjørndalen Göthner – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: anniken.gothner@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645886
Charlotte TaanevigAssistant Professor
Charlotte Taanevig – Assistant Professor
Contact:
Position: Assistant Professor
E-mail: charlotte.taanevig@uit.no
Work phone: +4777645924