Tove Ingebjørg Fjell
Position
Professor, Cultural studies
Affiliation
Research
- Gender studies with a main focus on changes in contemporary understandings of familiy, and partner violence against men.
- Health studies with a main focus on reproduction and genetics. Childfreedom.
- Death culture. Historical changes in death notices. Funerary practices.
Teaching
In 2024, I teach the following courses:
KUVI100. Cultural Studies - an Introduction.
KUVI302. Research Field and Project Work.
KUVI306. From Data Collecting to Analysis.
KUVI350. Writing seminar for MA students.
AHKR300. Research Ethics.
Projects
- Funerary Practices in Norway (with Audun Kjus). 2023 - 2025.
- "Incomplete women and men? Studies on childfree (involuntarily childless) couples". Project run by the Research Council of Norway under the Gender Research Programme 2005 - 2007.
- "Risk and resources, prevention and de-medicalisation. Health and disease in a cultural perspective." Project run by the Research Council of Norway under the Health and Community Programme, 1999 - 2005.
- "Folklore Fellows Code of Ethics". Project run by the Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities, 1998 - 2001.
- "Experiencing and Understanding Body and Gender". Project run by Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities, 1998 - 2000.