Employee photo: Astri Dankertsen

Astri Dankertsen

Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Study location
Bodø
Office
Bodø, Hovedbygget, E329
Areas of expertise
Gender, Youth studies, Sociology, Cultural and social activities, Internationalisation, International cooperation, Sami, High North, Postcolonial theory, Feminist theory, Gender equality, Urbanity Indigenous, Decolonization, Social inclusion, Social inequality, Cultural diversity, Indigenous methodology, Indigeneity, Emotions, Affect, gender, Colonization

PhD in Sociology from University of Nordland (now Nord University) in 2014 on Sami articulations and decolonization. Been at Faculty for Social Sciences at Nord University since 2010.

Teach primarily in topics related to gender, ethnicity, gender equality and Indigeneity. Member of commitee for PhD Program in Sociologi, and responsible for the specialization in Arctic Vulnerabilities in the new PhD programme in Social Sciences.


2022
2025
Leder 2025, Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning: Volum 49 s. 1-2 Dankertsen, Astri; Tørrisplass, Ann-Torill
"Hvordan underviser vi kjønnsstudier? En samtale om lærebøker i kjønnsforskningsfeltet. Keynote panel med Astri Dankertsen, Ann-Torill Tørrisplass, Jennifer Branlat, Ingvil Hellstrand, Sara E. S. Orning 2025, Orning, Sara Elisabeth Sellevold; Branlat, Jennifer Elise; Hellstrand, Ingvil ; Tørrisplass, Ann-Torill; Dankertsen, Astri; Førde, Kristin Engh
Trussel mot kjønns­forskningen er en trussel mot demokratiske verdier 2025, Khrono.no: Dankertsen, Astri; Jegerstedt, Kari; Lotherington, Ann Therese; Lund, Rebecca Waters Boldsen; Myong, Lene; Shults, Lee Michael
2024
Nordic Colonial Legacies, historical records, and Indigenous self-determination. 2024, Dankertsen, Astri; Johnstone, Rachael Lorna; Press, Maria; Arvidsson, Malin; Chuffart, Romain Francois R
Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning kommer til Nord universitet 2024, Stork, Hanne Skogvang; Tørrisplass, Ann-Torill; Dankertsen, Astri
Gender in Sápmi: Sámi Feminist Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing 2024, Dankertsen, Astri; Olsen, Torjer Andreas; Knobblock, Ina
The Beginning of Norway's Reconciliation Process 2024, justiceinfo.net: Dankertsen, Astri; Andersen, Astrid Nonbo; Habbestad, Amalie Drage