Camilla Hansen

Camilla Hansen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing and Health Promotion at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University. Her work bridges health sciences, social anthropology, and qualitative research methodologies, with a focus on research ethics, ethnographic fieldwork, and health equity. She plays a leadership role as Head of Studies in her academic area.

Her research interests include:

• Research ethics and GDPR implications for ethnography
• Life stories, narratives, and stigmatization
• Migration, minority health, and empowerment
• Disability studies and post-apartheid South Africa
• Global health education and international student mobility
• Qualitative methods in health research

Her recent publications reflect a strong engagement with ethical challenges in ethnographic research, patient education in multilingual settings, and the lived experiences of disability and trauma. Her work often centers on marginalized populations, particularly in South Africa and among refugee communities. She contributes extensively to both academic and professional discourse through journals like Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift and Patient Education and Counseling, as well as through conference presentations across Europe.

Camilla Hansen has been involved in significant research collaborations, including international projects with Tanzania, and actively participates in networks such as Medical Anthropology Europe. She supervises student fieldwork in the Global South and emphasizes ethical, reflexive practice in global health education.

She has not received any explicitly mentioned scientific awards. There is no public list of her students. Her email is camilla.hansen@oslomet.no.