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Øyvind Ihlen is a Professor at the University of Oslo's Department of Media and Communication, adjunct Professor at Nord University, and Visiting Professor at the University of Eastern Piedmont. He co-directs POLKOM—the Center for the Study of Political Communication. His research focuses on strategic communication, political issues, and crisis management, including pandemic communication and public health authority strategies. He has authored/co-authored over 170 publications, including 14 books, and holds international awards for his work.
Education: Doctor of Arts in Media Studies (2004), Master of Arts in Media Studies (1995). Previous roles include Professor at BI Norwegian School of Business and Hedmark University College.
Research Interests: Strategic communication, political communication, crisis management, public health communication, lobbying, and rhetoric.
Articles Trends: Recent work emphasizes pandemic communication strategies, trust dynamics in crises, and the role of rhetoric in public affairs. Key themes include uncertainty management, multi-party lobbying, and Nordic model crisis responses.
Awards: Multiple international awards for research (specific names unspecified).
Advising/Grants: Leads the Pandemic Rhetoric project and collaborates on studies of public health authority communication during crises. Active in conferences like ICA and EUPRERA, presenting on pandemic communication, lobbying, and rhetorical strategies.
Labs/Teams: Co-director of POLKOM, involved in interdisciplinary projects on political communication and crisis management.
