- E-mailastrid.gynnild@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 91 35+47-47028524
- Visitor AddressLars Hillesgate 30, Media City BergenBergenRoom02.109
- Postal AddressPostboks 78025020 Bergen
Astrid Gynnild is a Professor of Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her current research fields are journalism innovation, new technologies and human interaction. From 2016-2021 she was the Principal Investigator of ViSmedia – the Adoption of Visual Surveillance Technologies in the News Media, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. In this transdisciplinary, international RRI project the researchers investigated the journalistic and social implications of new technologies with a potential for surveillance, such as camera drones, mobile phones, 360 cameras, and satellite videos.
From 2014-2019 she was also Head of the Journalism Education at the University of Bergen. She led the development of the University´s new master program in Investigative Journalism when the journalism studies moved to Media City Bergen in 2017. She implemented the workshop model to support student active learning on BA and MA levels. In 2019 she was awarded the title Excellent Teaching Practitioner (ETP) as one of the first professors at the University of Bergen.
Gynnild got her PhD in 2006, having developed a grounded theory on creativity in journalism work processes, Creative Cycling of News Professionals. Her opponent was the co-founder of the method, dr. Barney G. Glaser. She later specialized as a GT method supervisor through the active participation in Grounded Theory Troubleshooting Seminars with dr. Glaser in the USA and in Europa. She is a Fellow of the Grounded Theory Institute and was the editor of the Grounded Theory Review 2012-2018.
In 2011-2012 Gynnild was a Visiting Research Scholar at the Department of Sociology, University of California in Berkeley, USA. She previously permanent positions at several institutions of higher education as well as at the Media House Adresseavisen in Trondheim, Norway, in which she gained a broad experience with news work as a journalist, a photo/graphics editor, and a newsroom developer.
Last publications:
Immersive Journalism as Storytelling – Ethics, Production, and Design
We in the Mojo Community – Exploring a Global Network of Mobile Journalists
In the ViSmedia project (2015-2021) we have experimented with increasingly visual dissemination of research on our website www.vismedia.org. On this web page you will find a number of news stories on the many activities throughout the project. Here you will find videos from our conferences on Drones, Mobile Spotting, Watching, and Visual Transparency as well as the Snap Society conference. You will also find an overview of the publications in the project, and the results from numerous student experiments with new technologies that have been carried out in the projcet. In sum, the www.vismedia.org database provides a broad glimpse into the evolving adoption and adaption of visual surveillance technologies in the news media.
The overall aim is to communicate research in exciting and relevant ways, and to publish most of my works open access.
In the last ten years I have been an invited speaker at conferences and events in Finland, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Ireland, and in the United States.
Teaching means to facilitate for learning. My approach to teaching and learning thus include a range of activities, such as developing a new course design, explore digital learning resources, and create active student learning challenges. And not the least: I spend much time on supervision, in all its forms; supervision is an extra exciting aspect of teaching and learning in our new remote surroundings.
I teach courses at bachelor´, master´, and PhD levels, and supervise students at all three levels as well.
Here are some courses designed and taught by me in 2020 and 2021:
Spring 2021: Project Design 30 stp. Master Program in Investigative Journalism
Fall 2020: Bachelor thesis. 30 stp. Bachelor Program in Journalism
Spring 2020: Research Experience and Method: Surveillance Technologies in the News Media. 10 stp. Master Program in Media and Communication
I 2019 I was awarded status as merittert underviser, Excellent Teaching Practitioner, by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bergen.
In addition to comprehensive teaching experience from the University of Bergen, I have taught at Oslo Metropolitan University, Volda University College and the University of Stavanger. In the time period 2014-2017 I was in charge of developing new curricula in the Bachelor Program in Journalism and in the Master Program in Investigative Journalism at the University of Bergen.
Selected books and articles:
- Uskali, Turo, Gynnild, Astrid, Jones, Sarah, and Sirkkunen, Esa 2020. Immersive Journalism as Storytelling – Ethics, Production, and Design, Routledge https://www.routledge.com/Immersive-Journalism-as-Storytelling-Ethics-Production-and-Design/Uskali-Gynnild-Jones-Sirkkunen/p/book/9781138337664
- Salzmann, Anja, Guribye, Frode and Gynnild, Astrid. 2020. «We in the Mojo Community” – Exploring a Global Network of Mobile Journalists. Journalism Practice Published online April 03 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2020.1742772
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2019. Visual Journalism, in Vos, Tim P. and Hanusch, Folker: The International Encyclopedia of Journalism. Wiley Blackwell https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0274
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2018 (red.). Droner i sivilsamfunnet- Cappelen Damm Akademisk
- Gynnild, Astrid and Uskali, Turo. 2018. Responsible Drone Journalism. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Responsible-Drone-Journalism/Gynnild-Uskali/p/book/9781138059351
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2017. The Visual Power of News Agencies. Nordicom Review (Special Issue 2)38 pp 25-39 http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/publikationer/nordicom-review/nordicom-review-38-special-issue-2-2017
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2016. Applying Grounded Theory in Media Production Studies. In Advancing Media production research. Shifting Sites, Methods, and Politics. Palgrave MacMillan.https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057%2F9781137541949
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2016. Developing Journalism Skills through Informal Feedback Training. In Becoming a journalist: Journalism Education in the Nordic Countries. Nordicom http://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publikationer/becoming-journalist
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2014. The Robot Eye Witness: Extending visual journalism through drone surveillance. Digital Journalism. 2: 334-343. Publisert 2014-02-20. doi: 10.1080/21670811.2014.88318
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2014. Journalism Innovation leads to Innovation Journalism. The impact of computational exploration on changing mindsets. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism. 15: 713-730. doi: 10.1177/1464884913486393
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2013. Surveillance Videos and Visual Transparency in Journalism. Journalism Studies, published online September 12, 2013. DOI:10.1080/1461670X.2013.831230, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1461670X.2013.831230#preview
- Gynnild, Astrid.2013. Journalism Innovation Leads to Innovation Journalism: The Impact of computational exploration on changing mindsets. Journalism, published online before print 22 May, DOI: 10.1177/1464884913486393 (19 s.) http://jou.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/05/19/1464884913486393.abstract
- Gynnild, Astrid, Adams, Paul C. 2013. Environmental Messages in Online Media: The Role of Place. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 7(1), Special Issue: The Symbolic Transformation of Place, published online March 5, DOI: 1080/17524032.2012.754777, s. 113-130 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17524032.2012.754777#preview
- Gynnild, Astrid, Adams, Paul C. 2013. Animation, Video Documentary or Interactive Gaming? Investigating Effects of Environmental Messaging, #ISOJ Journal, the Official Research Journal of the International Symposium of Online Journalism, 3(1), Winther 2013, s. 39-61, https://online.journalism.utexas.edu/ebook.php
- Gynnild, Astrid and Vivian B. Martin. 2012. Grounded Theory: The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney G. Glaser. Boca Raton, Florida:BrownWalker Press. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grounded-Theory-Philosophy-Method-Barney/dp/1612335152
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2012. Visuell transparens i journalistikken, i Eide, Larsen og Sjøvaag: Nytt på nett og brett; journalistikk i forandring, s. 259-280. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grounded-Theory-Philosophy-Method-Barney/dp/1612335152
- Gynnild, Astrid. 2012. Atmosphering for Conceptual Discovery. In Grounded Theory : The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney G. Glaser, s. 31-51. Boca Raton, Florida:BrownWalker Press. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grounded-Theory-Philosophy-Method-Barney/dp/1612335152
- Gynnild, Astrid, Martin, V.B. 2012. Mentoring a Method. In Grounded Theory: The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney G. Glaser, s. 1-13. Boca Raton, Florida: BrownWalker Press.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grounded-Theory-Philosophy-Method-Barney/dp/1612335152
- Gynnild, Astrid.2012. Living the Ideas. A Biographical Interview with Barney G. Glaser. In Grounded Theory: The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney G. Glaser, s. 237-257. Boca Raton, Florida: BrownWalker Press.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grounded-Theory-Philosophy-Method-Barney/dp/1612335152
For more publications and presentations, see https://app.cristin.no/
- (2021). Remote Female Fixation—A Grounded Theory on Semi-Illegal Sharing of Nude Imagery Online. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung.
- (2021). Mobile Journalists as Tracable Data Objects: Surveillance Capitalism and Responsible Innovation in Mobile Journalism. Media and Communication.
- (2021). Adopting a mojo mindset: Training newspaper reporters in mobile journalism. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism.
- (2020). “We in the Mojo Community” – Exploring a Global Network of Mobile Journalists . Journalism Practice.
- (2017). The Visual Power of News Agencies. Nordicom Review. 25-39.
- (2014). The Robot Eye Witness: Extending visual journalism through drone surveillance. Digital Journalism. 334-343.
- (2014). Surveillance videos and visual transparency in journalism. Journalism Studies. 449-463.
- (2013). Environmental Messages in Online Media: The Role of Place. Environmental Communication. 113-130.
- (2005). Winner takes it all freelance journalism on the global communication market. Nordicom Review. 111-120.
- (2022). Teaching/Educational Portfolios.
- (2022). Aktivitetsbasert undervisning: Panelsamtale .
- (2018). Å utvikle landets beste kandidater.
- (2018). Utdanne til det ukjente: Journalistikk som case.
- (2018). Photojournalistic research and its prerequisites in a changed media climate.
- (2018). Ekte praksis i praksis.
- (2018). Blue Sky Thinking – What Drones Can Do for You.
- (2018). "Ny bildjournalistisk forskning".
- (2017). Why Mobile Spotting in the Media?
- (2017). Journalistikk - viktigere enn noengang?
- (2017). Fagfellesamarbeid om utvikling av undervisning.
- (2016). ViSmedia State of the Art.
- (2016). Kompetansebehov i fremtidens medielandskap.
- (2015). Pasientsikkerhet - medieperspektivet.
- (2015). Fremtiden for journalistutdanningene.
- (2014). Hvordan skrive for vitenskapelig publisering?
- (2013). Introduksjon til grounded theory – begrepsapparat og arbeidsprosess.
- (2013). Introduksjon til grounded theory - begrepsapparat og arbeidsprosess.
- (2013). Data Collection and Field Notes in Grounded Theory.
- (2022). Sivile droner - Norges nye olje? .
- (2021). Droneteknologi og fremtidens Norge.
- (2019). Peer-to-peer feedback and foresight thinking of journalists.
- (2019). Droner og dronejournalistikk: Muligheter og dilemmaer.
- (2018). Why Watching in the Media?
- (2018). Hvordan skal vi leve med droner?
- (2017). Når dronene ser deg - nåtid og fremtid.
- (2016). Why Drones in the Media?
- (2016). ViSmedia - et spektakulært prosjekt.
- (2016). Når dronene ser deg - introduksjon til dilemmaer.
- (2016). Lokalavisa som lyttepost og læringsarena.
- (2013). Truer medieøkonomien journalistikken? Hva rammes? Hvordan skjer det? Hvorfor? Hvilken betydning får det for journalistene – og leserne?
- (2012). Medieøkonomi, kutt og fremtid.
- (2011). Medieleder - kreativ bakspiller?
- (2009). Skapende veksling - om å vare og vokse som veileder.
- (2009). Har det klikket for nettjournalister? Vil antallet klikk være eneste ledestjerne for fremtidens nettjournalister?
- (2008). The Write Up Stage in Grounded Theory.
- (2008). Multimediale arbeidsprosesser.
- (2008). Motor i magen: Særtrekk ved prisvinnere i undersøkende journalistikk.
- (2008). Motor i magen: Særtrekk ved prisvinnere i undersøkende journalistikk.
- (2023). Ubiquitous camera droning – from future scenario to visual realities.
- (2023). Reducing Challenges for Investigative Climate Journalism.
- (2022). Student active learning in a workshop format: Effects and impact.
- (2022). Keynote: Experiencing grounded theory: A conversation with Odis E Simmons (PhD).
- (2021). Anticipating Visual Futures.
- (2019). Workshop som læringsarena.
- (2019). Social implications of drone journalism as ubiquitous censoring.
- (2019). Hva fremmer læring? Hva styrker undervisningskvalitet?
- (2019). Emerging journalistic storytelling formats.
- (2019). ViSmedia The responsible adoption and adaption of visual surveillance technologies in the news media.
- (2018). Visual surveillance implications of immersive journalism.
- (2018). The Visual Power of News Agencies.
- (2018). Surveillance Implications of Immersive Journalism.
- (2018). Photojournalism and editorial processes: Global similarities, local differences.
- (2018). Immersive Journalism as Storyliving - panel.
- (2017). Why do We Need Responsible Drone Journalism?
- (2017). Building Trust in University Classes - the Peer-to-Peer Informal Feedback Approach (PIF).
- (2016). Responsible Flying Camera Robots and the Media .
- (2016). Hva bør vi vite om dronevideo og samfunnsansvar?
- (2016). Drone Exploration in Journalism - a Triplex Approach to Action.
- (2016). Camera drones in education. Teaching students to make responsible journalism with new technology.
- (2016). Camera Drone Education: First Nordic Experiences with Pilot Courses.
- (2015). Troubleshooting-seminar som arbeidsform.
- (2015). The Power of News Agencies.
- (2015). Grounded theory som tilnærming i forskning og praksis.
- (2015). Are we all Charlie? The Surveillance Triangle of Journalism, Policing and Civilians.
- (2014). Interactive quizzing, animation or video? Issues of climate communication.
- (2014). Drones, flying robots, and higher education.
- (2014). Developing journalism competence through feedback training.
- (2013). Writing Grounded Theory for International Journals.
- (2013). The Robot Eyewitness. Visual conquering of unwatched realities through unmanned aerial vehicles.
- (2013). Applying Grounded Theory Methodology on Media Production Studies.
- (2012). Visual Watching Online: Approaching News Video Selection from behind the Scenes.
- (2012). Visual Transparency and Surveillance Videos in Journalism.
- (2012). New Approaches in Engaging with the News.
- (2012). Introduksjon til grounded theory.
- (2012). Digital Dissemination, CCTV Footage, and Transparency.
- (2012). Animation, Documentary or Interactive Gaming? Exploring Communicative Effects of Environmental Messaging Online.
- (2011). Parallellspråklig ferdighetsutvikling i akademia. Innspill til noen begrepsavklaringer.
- (2011). Innovation, communication and the regional entrepreneurial ecology.
- (2011). Datautforsking i nyhetsjournalistikken.
- (2011). Computational Exploration and Innovation in Journalism.
- (2010). Web Dynamics in Activist Journalism.
- (2010). Computational Research Approaches to Journalism.
- (2007). Tilbakemeldingsveksling - om å gi, ta imot og be om respons.
- (2007). Nettet som journalistisk konkurransearena.
- (2007). Kreativitet i en multimedial hverdag.
- (2007). Journalisters behov for skapende veksling Creative Cycling of News Professionals.
- (2017). Introduction: Photojournalism and editorial processes: Global similarities, local differences. Nordicom Review. 1-5.
- (2017). Celebrating 50 Years of Grounded Theory: Onward and Forward. The Grounded Theory Review. 4 pages.
- (2016). New Perspectives on Conceptual Growth through GT. The Grounded Theory Review. 2 pages.
- (2016). From Grounded Description to Grounded Theory. The Grounded Theory Review. 2 pages.
- (2015). Perspectives on Autonomy and Control. The Grounded Theory Review. 2 pages.
- (2015). Editorial: Vibrant Awareness. The Grounded Theory Review. 2 pages.
- (2014). The Strength of a Solution Seeking Approach. The Grounded Theory Review. 2 pages.
- (2014). The Multidimensional Usefulness of Grounded Theories. The Grounded Theory Review. 2 pages.
- (2013). Editorial. The Grounded Theory Review. 2 pages.
- (2013). Editorial. The Grounded Theory Review. 2 pages.
- (2022). “Stop story talking! What’s the concept?” In Memoriam of Grounded Theory’s Co-Founder, Barney G. Glaser. The Grounded Theory Review. 39-43.
- (2020). Norge er i unntakstilstand. Imens har myndighetene initiert et digital overvåkingsprosjekt. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
- (2014). Book Review: Beneficial Applicability of Grounded Theory. The Grounded Theory Review. 3 pages.
- (2012). Book Review: Grounded Theory a Practical Guide (Birks & Mills, 2011). The Grounded Theory Review. 63-67.
- (2022). Droner i sivilsamfunnet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
- (2021). Immersive Journalism as Storytelling Ethics, Production and Design, 1st Edition. Routledge.
- (2018). Responsible Drone Journalism. Routledge.
- (2018). Droner i sivilsamfunnet. Aktører, teknologi og etiske utfordringer. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
- (2012). Grounded Theory: The Philosophy, Method and Work of Barney Glaser. BrownWalker Press.
- (2009). Kreativ under press.
- (2018). What is Responsible Drone Journalism? Medium.
- (2014). Droner, integritet og dømmekraft. Vox publica.
- (2022). Kan Russland bli nedkjempet av små, fjernstyrte fartøy fra luften? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
- (2022). Hva skjer med kildevernet etter hackerangrepet mot Amedia? Medier24.
- (2021). Hvordan ruster mediene seg for Facebooks metaverse-invasjon i Europa? Medier24.
- (2020). Smittesporing som digitalt eksperiment. Vox publica.
- (2020). Mobilsporing i hvem sin tjeneste? Libra. Tidsskrift for Antroposofi. 86-87.
- (2014). Fritt luftrom for kamera-droner? Stavanger Aftenblad.
- (2012). Sprengkraften i digitale chatterom. Stavanger Aftenblad.
- (2012). Digitale spor og troverdighet. Vox publica.
- (2010). Tidsskifte for den gravende journalistikken? Vox publica.
- (2010). Gravejournalistikk som non-profit. Dagens næringsliv.
- (2007). Atmosphering for Learning. The Grounded Theory Review. 3.
- (2022). Responsible innovation in mobile journalism : Exploring professional journalists` learning and innovation processes.
- (2006). Creative Cycling in the News Profession : A Grounded Theory.
- (2021). Dette sier medieforskerne om mulig salg av Nationen: - Risikosport.
- (2020). Videoen utløste raseri mot politiet. Nytt klipp viser hendelsen ovenfra.
- (2020). Frykter manipulerende, antiempatisk journalistikk.
- (2017). Skal dele triks og hemmeligheter for fortellende journalistikk.
- (2017). Eit halvt år etter bacheloren, arbeider kun sju av 40 studentar på fulltid i mediebransjen.
- (2016). Prøvekaniner for banebrytende læringsverktøy.
- (2016). Opportunities & Challenges in Drone Journalism: 15 Experts from the Industry Share their Views.
- (2016). Nå kommer dronene.
- (2016). Nå er droner blitt et vekstfag ved norske universiteter.
- (2016). Norske lokalaviser skal bidra til å utvikle digital verktøykasse for journalister.
- (2016). Jubilerer for liv i pressemuseet.
- (2016). Har funne fordomsfulle algoritmar med makt.
- (2016). Drones, surveillance and journalism.
- (2016). Droner inn på universitetene.
- (2016). Droner i medieutdanningen.
- (2015). Vi er lei av å kopiere hverandres arbeid.
- (2015). Journalistikk i teori og praksis.
- (2015). Få klagerop fra studentene.
- (2009). Vellykket redesign i Dagbladet.
- (2009). Kreativ under pressStorylandSigurd Evensmo.
- (2009). Journalister kan vokse på krisetidene.
- (2007). – Lokal nyhetsjournalistikk på sitt beste.
- (2006). Ti bud for et godt liv i journalistikken.
- (2021). Project Syria: Accuracy in Immersive Journalism.
- (2021). Introduction: What is Immersive Journalism?
- (2021). Forecasting Future Trajectories for Immersive Journalism.
- (2021). Case Euronews: A low-cost approach to Immersive Storytelling.
- (2018). What is responsible drone journalism? 15 pages.
- (2018). Transparency or surveillance? Dilemmas of piloting autonomous agents. 12 pages.
- (2018). Three scenarios of responsible drone journalism. 11 pages.
- (2018). The first wave of journalism: from activist tool to global game changer. 21 pages.
- (2018). The first wave of drone journalism: From activism tool to global game changer . 21 pages.
- (2018). Taking risks with drones: responsible innovation pedagogy for media education. 14 pages.
- (2018). Kameradroner som journalistisk verktøy - et designeksperiment i høyere utdanning. 16 pages.
- (2018). Hvorfor droner i sivilsamfunnet? 17 pages.
- (2018). Droneteknologi, RRI og læring. 12 pages.
- (2018). Drones, teaching and the value of the explorative player-coach. 13 pages.
- (2018). Droners mørke side.
- (2018). Det norske droneeventyret .
- (2016). Three dilemmas of visual news coverage.
- (2016). Three Dilemmas of Visual News Coverage. 9 pages.
- (2016). Developing Journalism Skills through Informal Feedback Training. 10 pages.
- (2016). Applying Grounded Theory in Media Production Studies .
- (2014). Introduksjon til grounded theory. 12 pages.
- (2012). Visuell transparens i journalistikken. 21 pages.
- (2012). Mentoring a method. 11 pages.
- (2012). Living the Ideas: A Biographical Interview with Barney G. Glaser. 17 pages.
- (2012). Atmosphering for Conceptual Discovery. 19 pages.
- (2009). Audiovisuelle fortellinger erobrer nettet. 20 pages.
- (2008). Klikket som tilbakemelding. 1 pages.
- (2007). Growing Open: The Transition from QDA to GT. 1 pages.
- (2007). Creative Cycling of News Professionals: A Grounded Theory. 1 pages.
- (2019). Visual Journalism. 8 pages. In:
- (2019). The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Wiley-Blackwell.
- (2011). Competence building in computational journalism: A model for experiental learning through acrossism.
- (2009). The impact of positive attention - side effects of awards in journalism.
- (2008). Nationens journalistiske profil Kvantitativ og kvalitativ analyse av nyhets- og reportasjestoffet.
- (2007). Skapende veksling: En teori om kreativitet.
- (2007). Indre motivasjon som premiss for undersøkende journalistikk.
- (2015). Journalism Innovation leads to Innovative Journalism.
- (2014). Journalism Innovation leads to Innovation Journalism. The impact of computational exploration on changing mindsets. Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism. 713-730.
- (2013). Animation, Video Documentary or Interactive Gaming? Investigating Effects of Environmental Messaging. # ISOJ Journal.
- (2021). www.vismedia.org .
- (2021). Visual Futures of the Media Conference.
- (2020). Snap Society.
- (2018). ViSmedia nettside.
- (2007). Creative Cycling of News Professionals. The Grounded Theory Review. 67-92.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
From 2015-2021 I am the Principal Investigator of a research project funded by the Norwegian Research Council, Programme on Responsible Innovation and Corporate Social Responsibility. The project ViSmedia – the adoption and adaption of visual surveillance technologies in the news media (www.vismedia.org) provided 24 mill Nkr and has 16 members including 1 PhD, 1 postdoc, and 4 adjunct professors 20% from USA and Finland.
From 2019 I am also the leader of the Journalism Research Group at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies at UiB.
From 2014-2019 I was Head of the Journalism Education at the University of Bergen as well, leading the development of the new Bachelor Program in Journalism as well as the new Program for Investigate Journalism, while simultaneously moving to the first media cluster in Scandinavia, Media City Bergen.
From 2013-2017 I was the Chair of the Norwegian Board for Applied Media Research (RAM), and Vice Chair of the same board 2009-2013.
From 2011 til 2019 I was the Editor of the Grounded Theory Review.
During my two years (2011-2013) at the University of Stavanger I was Head of the Master Program in Documentary Production, and from 2007-2009 I was Head of the department and Head of the supervision/councelling program at the Center for Relational Development, now ViD University College.
Finally, I was Head of the Photo and Graphics Department in the newspaper Adresseavisen (1996-1999) and Head of a comprehensive re-design project in the same place (1999).