Spring 2017: Master's thesis in Media Studies. #Phungfolk: Lytterlojalitet som inntektskilde. Om forretningsmodellen til kommersielle, frittstående komikerpodkaster: http://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/16678

The master's thesis was an introduction to and an analysis of the Norwegian podcast industry, with a focus on how to gain trust from the listeners, build a loyal audience and make money from podcasting.

Spring 2015: Bachelor's thesis in Media Studies. Etter Caprino: Profesjonaliseringen av norsk animasjonsproduksjon.

The bachelor's thesis focused on how the previously inconsistent animation production in Norway finally got a united, professional industry in the 1990s, and how the industry developed from the 1990s up until 2015. 

Parts of the bachelor's thesis has been used to update the database of the website norskanimasjon.no. The website is run by Norsk animasjonsforum, the festival organization of Fredrikstad Animation Festival.  

2022 - today: Communication Officer (Senior Executive Officer) at SLATE (The Centre for the Science of Learning & Technology), the Faculty of Psychology, at the University of Bergen. 

2021 - today: Subject editor and author for The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. 

2018 - today: Speaker for ReAnima: Bergen International Animation Festival. I hold animation-focused media history lectures.

2020: Communication Consultant for the research group PROCARD at the Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital. 

2018 - 2019: Science journalist and functioning wed editor for the research network TekLab (https://teklab.uib.no/) at the University of Bergen. 

2010 - 2017: Communication work, writing, proofreading, illustration, layout, planning and organizing for various student organizations at the University of Bergen. 

2019 - today: External examinator on master's theses within the fields of Media Studies and Journalism at the University of Oslo. 

2022: External examinator on a master's thesis in media development at OsloMet. 

2022: Guest lecturer in Media History at Åsane Folkehøgskole.  

2020: External examinator on a master's thesis in Media Studies at the University of Bergen.  

2016: Seminar leader for the course MEVI104: Media, Representation and Identity at the University of Bergen.

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Encyclopedia Articles

Jansen, I. A. (2025) Aardman Animations in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Aardman_Animations

Jansen, I. A. (2025) Knut Eide in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Knut_Eide

Jansen, I. A. (2025) Torill Kove in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Torill_Kove

Jansen, I. A. (2025) Mikrofilm - animasjonsstudio in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Mikrofilm_-_animasjonsstudio

Jansen, I. A. (2025) Jurij Norstein in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Jurij_Norstein

Jansen, I. A. (2025) Qvisten Animation in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Qvisten_Animation

Jansen, I. A. (2025) Rasmus A. Sivertsen in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Rasmus_A._Sivertsen

Strøm, G. & Jansen, I. A. (2024) animasjonsfilm in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/animasjonsfilm

Jansen, I. A. (2024) Quirino Cristiani in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Quirino_Cristiani

Jansen, I. A. (2024) cut-out - animasjonsteknikk in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/cut-out_-_animasjonsteknikk

Jansen, I. A. (2024) dukkefilm in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/dukkefilm

Strøm, G. & Jansen, I. A. (2024) Ray Harryhausen in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Ray_Harryhausen

Jansen, I. A. (2024) Hayao Miyazaki in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Hayao_Miyazaki

Jansen, I. A. (2024) Anita Killi in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Anita_Killi

Jansen, I. A. (2024) stop motion in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/stop_motion

Jansen, I. A. (2024) Studio Ghibli in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Studio_Ghibli

Jansen, I. A. (2023) anime in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/anime

Strøm, G. & Jansen, I. A. (2023) dataanimasjon in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/dataanimasjon

Jansen, I. A. (2023) pixillasjon in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/pixillasjon

Sandvik, P. R. & Jansen, I. A. (2022) Elin Grimstad in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Elin_Grimstad

Jansen, I. A. (2022) Inni Karine Melbye in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/Inni_Karine_Melbye

Jansen, I. A. (2021) animatør in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/animat%C3%B8r

Strøm, G. & Jansen, I. A. (2021) tegnefilm in The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia at snl.no. Retrieved June 5th 2025 from https://snl.no/tegnefilm

Popular Scientific Articles and News Articles

Jansen, I. A. (2019) AI Narrator: Forteljingar som passar brukaren. Available from: https://uhnettvest.no/ai-narrator-forteljingar-som-passar-brukaren/ (hentet 6. juni 2025). 

Jansen, I. A. (2019) AI Narrator: Fortellinger som passer brukeren. Available from: https://teklab.uib.no/artikler/ai-narrator-fortellinger-som-passer-brukeren/ (retrieved June 6th 2025)

Jansen, I. A. & Hoem, J. Ø. (2019) AI Narrator: humanistiske perspektiver på automatiske fortellinger. Available from: https://teklab.uib.no/artikler/ai-narrator-humanistiske-perspektiver-pa-automatiske-fortellinger/ (retrieved June 6th 2025)

Jansen, I. A. (2019) Automated Storytelling in the Future. Available from: https://teklab.uib.no/artikler/automated-storytelling-in-the-future/ (retrieved June 6th 2025)

Jansen, I. A. & Hoem, J. Ø. (2019) Forteljarmaskinen «AI Narrator» tar nye steg. Available from: https://uhnettvest.no/forteljarmaskinen-ai-narrator-tar-nye-steg/ (retrieved June 6th 2025)

Jansen, I. A. (2019) Nyhetsinspektør: Plugin som overvåker endringer i nettaviser. Available from: https://teklab.uib.no/artikler/nyhetsinspektor-plugin-som-overvaker-endringer-i-nettaviser/ (retrieved June 6th 2025)

Jansen, I. A. (2019) – People know when to break the rules, but machines don’t. Available from: https://mediacitybergen.no/home/people-know-when-to-break-the-rules-but-machines-dont/ (retrieved June 6th 2025)

Jansen, I. A. (2019) TekLab publiserer fire studentoppgaver om den nyhetsgenererende appen Ekko. Available from: https://teklab.uib.no/artikler/teklab-publiserer-fire-studentoppgaver-om-den-nyhetsgenererende-appen-ekko/ (retrieved June 6th 2025)

Jansen, I. A. (2018) Omsluttende journalistikk. Hva er nå det? Available from: https://teklab.uib.no/artikler/omsluttende-journalistikk-hva-er-na-det/ (retrieved June 6th 2025)

2021 - 2022: Research assistant for Anders Fagerjord, the Head of Department of The Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Bergen. I worked on a book project about the streaming of film, TV, radio, music and books, assisting the Head of Department by doing literature reviews, searching for academic and journalistic sources, and making a catalogue of relevant literature. I also made a unique overview of Norwegian streaming services and the Norwegian language TV series they offer.

2018 - 2019: Research assistant and science journalist on the research projects Lokanytt (2018) og AI Narrator (2018 - 2019) for the research network TekLab at the University of Bergen. I assisted Professor Lars Nyre with developing applications for funding for TekLab from UH-Nett Vest and SAMKUL in 2018, and I arranged an interdisciplinary research seminar in London for TekLab and the AI Narrator project in the autumn of 2018. I also ran TekLab's website, promoted research seminars and wrote interdisciplinary articles within the genre of science journalism. 

2017 - 2018: Research assistant on various Media Studies projects at the University of Bergen. Various short assignments with a focus on coding data:

June – July 2018: Coding collected data for the research project The Hoax Discourse on Climate Change (Professor Dag Elgesem, collaboration with Universität Hamburg).

April 2018: Quality checking of code work done for the research project Representations of Muslims in Scandinavian Newspapers and Social Media (SCANPUB).

March 2018: Quality checking of code work done for the article The Meaning of Links: On the Interpretation of Hyperlinks in the Study of Polarization in Blogging about Climate Change (Professor Dag Elgesem).

January 2018: Coding collected data for the research project Mediebruk, kultur og offentlig tilknytning: Informasjonsfrihet i «stordata'ens tidsalder» (MeCIn). 

February 2017: Volunteer coder on the research project The Immigration Issue in Scandinavian Public Spheres 1970-2015 (SCANPUB).