Our members
Eva Bjørkesett – Assistant professor
- Exercise phsyiology
- Physical activity and health
- Endurance
- Endurance and performance
Carsten Gade Rolland – Head of Department, Professor of Sport Sciences
- Education, Experience and Learning in Sports and Outdoor Life.
- Nature - Activities, Practices and Understandings.
- Guiding, Leadership and Education in Nature.
- Outdoor Activities and Health.
- Human Factors in Avalanche Terrain.
Sigmund Andersen – Associated Professor
• Education, Experience and Learning in Sports and Outdoor Life.
• Guide Education.
• Outdoor Activities and Health.
• Human Factors in Avalanche Terrain.
• Risk and safety in a commercial context.
IFMGA – Mountain guide that settled in the high Arctic islands of Svalbard. Got access to the noble world of university education by taking part in developing and establishing the Arctic Nature Guide study program in Svalbard. Has a master degree in psychology from NTNU. The research and development work done so far in related to nature-based tourism, the guide role, learning and experiences in nature and risk, and safety in a commercial context.
Jannicke Stålstrøm – Associate professor- Sport science
Topics from sport science themes; Youth Olympic Games, Olympics, role models, athletes, coaching, culture/ cross cultural, learning, and healt & well being.
June Anthonsen Røsbø – Assistant Professor
Frida Marie Omma – PhD candidate
Nature-based tourism, nature guiding, outdoor life and facilitation, animals and ethics, eco-philosophy, ecological and sociocultural sustainability, regenerative tourism, sustainable development, Indigenous methodology, Sami culture and nature ontologies, conservation and visitor management, climate change, community wellbeing.
Hans-Petter Frøhaug – Assistant Professor
My research interests are learning and learningsprocesses in outdoor life. I am also interested in the following themes in friluftsliv and nature guiding: management, group processes and dynamics, community of practice, surplus in the arctic environment and public health. Of activities, I have a great interest in sea kayaking.
Marcel Reinold – Professor (full)
Sociology of sport
History of sport
Doping & anti-doping policy
Elite sport
Nature sport, friluftsliv, nature-related outdoor activities & practices
Theories & qualitative methods from the social & cultural sciences