Portrait
Franck Orban holds a doctoral degree in French civilization from the University of Oslo (Norway). In his dissertation, titled France and power: perspectives and foreign policy strategies (1945–1995), he has analyzed the relationship between French ambitions in foreign policy with France’s position as a regional power. He is an associate professor at the Østfold University College, Norway. In 2016, he launched AreaS, a transdisciplinary research group that focuses on contemporary challenges to democracy. His research interests are French politics, European integration, populism and extremism..
Elin Strand Larsen holds a doctoral degree in media and journalism from the University of Oslo (Norway). In her dissertation, titled When women have to apologize... Mediated Scandals, Female Politicians and Rhetorical Defence Strategies, she has analysed the defence strategies of eight female politicians/trade union leaders when caught in a political scandal. She is an associate professor at the Østfold University College, Norway, and co-head of the research group AreaS. Her research interests are fake news, fact-checking, political scandals, female politicians and rhetorical defence strategies (apologia)..
Sondre Lindahl (1987), Ph.D., is associate professor at Ostfold University College, Norway. He holds a PhD from the University of Otago in Peace and Conflict Studies, and his primary research interests are terrorism and counterterrorism..
Nelson Bahati is a Master‘s student at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, with a background in Media and communication studies..
Laila Berg is Associate professor at Ostfold University College, Norway, with a background in social anthropology and British area studies..
Harald Borgebund (1979), Ph.D., is a political scientist and associate professor at Ostfold University College, Norway. His research and teaching interests are democratic theory and liberal political theory..
Marie Chandelier is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Cote d‘Azur University, Nice, France, with a background in Corpus Linguistics and Discourse Analysis..
Wladimir Chávez Vaca obtained his Phd in Humanities at the University of Bergen (Norway). He also holds a Bachelor Degree in Communication and Literature from Pontificia Universidad Católica (Ecuador) and a Master in Fine Arts from New York University (USA). Currently, he serves as Associate Professor at the Department of Languages, Literature and Culture at Østfold University College (Norway). He is author of several articles published in scholarly journals such as Iberoromania, Dialogía, Variaciones Borges and Revista Caracteres..
Kirsti K. Cole is the Co-Director of the Campus Writing and Speaking Program and Professor of English at North Carolina State University, with a background in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies..
Samba Dialimpa Badji is a Research Fellow with DDMAC Project and a Ph.D. Candidate at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, with a background in journalism and fact-checking..
Claire Doquet is Full Professor at the University of Bordeaux, France, with a background in French Linguistics..
Havard Friis Nilsen (1969), Ph.D., is professor of social science at Ostfold University College, Norway, and visiting professor at Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria (2021–2022). A historian of modern political history and history of science, Nilsen specializes in history of republicanism and history of psychology. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge..
Kai A. Heidemann (1973), Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands, with a background in Sociology..
Sondre Lindahl (1987), Ph.D., is associate professor at Ostfold University College, Norway. He holds a PhD from the University of Otago in Peace and Conflict Studies, and his primary research interests are terrorism and counterterrorism..
ANJE MULLER GJESDAL is Associate Professor at Ostfold University College, Norway, with a background in corpus-assisted discourse analysis..
Franck Orban holds a doctoral degree in French civilization from the University of Oslo (Norway). In his dissertation, titled France and power: perspectives and foreign policy strategies (1945–1995), he has analyzed the relationship between French ambitions in foreign policy with France’s position as a regional power. He is an associate professor at the Østfold University College, Norway. In 2016, he launched AreaS, a transdisciplinary research group that focuses on contemporary challenges to democracy. His research interests are French politics, European integration, populism and extremism..
Celine Poudat is Associate Professor at the University Cote d‘Azur, France, with a background in Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics..
Elin Strand Larsen holds a doctoral degree in media and journalism from the University of Oslo (Norway). In her dissertation, titled When women have to apologize... Mediated Scandals, Female Politicians and Rhetorical Defence Strategies, she has analysed the defence strategies of eight female politicians/trade union leaders when caught in a political scandal. She is an associate professor at the Østfold University College, Norway, and co-head of the research group AreaS. Her research interests are fake news, fact-checking, political scandals, female politicians and rhetorical defence strategies (apologia)..
Johanna M. Wagner is Professor at Ostfold University College, Norway, with a background in English literature, and gender and critical theory.
