Bertil Bjerkan

Bertil Bjerkan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His work focuses on developmental psychology, clinical psychology (rehabilitation), and communication disorders, with a particular emphasis on deafblindness and early communication processes.

• Role: Associate Professor
• University: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Department: Psychology
• Email: bertil.bjerkan@uit.no

Research Interests:

• Social development in infancy
• Normal and abnormal early communication processes
• Deafblindness
• Stuttering
• Language disorders
• Clinical rehabilitation

Teaching Responsibilities:

• PSY-1503: Språk og språkvansker
• PSY-2541: Barns utvikling
• PSY-2543: Praksis i barnehage
• PSY-1001: Innføring i psykologi
• PSY-1007: Utviklingspsykologi

Collaborations: Affiliated with the Regional Centre for the Deaf-Blind (UNN) and member of the Clinical Psychology research group at UiT.