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)..
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..
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..
Torgeir Landro (1978), Ph.D., is a medieval historian and associate professor at NLA University College, Norway.
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..
Marjo Rynning (1955), Ph.D. (Marketing and Managerial Economics), has a Master’s degree in both Political Science and Management and over four decades of research experience from a wide variety of theoretical and applied studies. Marjo is associate professor of Business Economics at Ostfold University College,
Norway..
Henrik Skaug Satra (1980), Ph.D., has a background in political science and is associate professor at Ostfold University College, Norway..
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.
