Inger Østenstad

Inger Østenstad is an Associate Professor at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (ILoS) at the University of Oslo. Her work focuses on literary theory, ecocriticism, discourse analysis, and authorship studies with a specialization in Dag Solstad's literary production.

• Academic Rank: Associate Professor (Norwegian: Førsteamanuensis)
• Research Groups: Eco-Emotions, EcoLit (Ecocritical Literary and Cultural Studies)
• Expertise: Literary discourse analysis, ecocriticism, authorship construction, cultural worldmaking

Her research explores the intersection of authorial self-representation, literary autonomy, and discursive constructions of greatness. She has published extensively on historical and contemporary literary critical methodologies, including biographism and anti-biographism debates.

Recent projects include the interdisciplinary Affective Response to Environmental Change in and through Literature (Eco-Emotions), analyzing literary discourses around environmental crises. Her publications span from medieval literature studies to contemporary children's literature analysis.