Group for Culture, Inequality and Democracy
The Group for Culture, Inequality and Democracy (KUD) researches the connections between culture in the media field (understood as audience, use, texts, institutions and politics) and social inequality, with a particular focus on implications for democracy, participation and citizenship.
About the research group
The Group for Culture, Inequality and Democracy is an interdisciplinary group based in the media studies community at the Department of Information and Media Studies at the University of Bergen.
The research is inspired by general cultural sociology, class research and British cultural studies in combination with a public and democracy perspective.
A core question for the group is generally what role culture plays in politics and society, and more specifically how social inequality in cultural and media use conditions people's life chances and opportunities for active citizenship. The group has a special focus on issues related to social inequality and cultural policy, on cultural journalism, public broadcasting, and vulnerable social groups (including citizens at risk of poverty and irregular migrants).
People
Group members
Torgeir Uberg Nærland Professor, Gruppeleder
Jan Fredrik Hovden Professor, Gruppeleder
Aleksandra Dominika Kas Stipendiat, Gruppekoordinator
Leif Ove Larsen Professor
Synnøve Skarsbø Lindtner Førstelektor
Rune Søholt Ph.d.-kandidat
Marine Malet Forsker, Postdoctoral researcher - DIGISCREENS Project
Maud Eurydice Ceuterick Researcher, in Film and Media studies, Gender and Queer Studies
Lisa Maria Breistein Sølvberg PhD
Andreas Roaldsnes Gjesteforsker
John Magnus Dahl Assistant Professor - Tenure Track, University of Copenhagen
Karl Atle Knapskog Gjesteforsker
Sanne Rimstad Sanne.Rimstad@student.uib.no
Ingrid Danielsen I.Danielsen@student.uib.no
Torunn Nakken T.Nakken@student.uib.no
Sander Nynes Steffensen Sander.Steffensen@student.uib.no