Eva Margareta Lambertsson Björk

Eva Margareta Lambertsson Björk serves as Associate Professor at Østfold University College's Department of Language, Literature and Culture within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her academic profile integrates teaching, research, and leadership across multiple international contexts. As Master in Foreign Languages in School English Coordinator and Lecturer in Intercultural Learning, she bridges theoretical frameworks with practical pedagogical applications.

Her research interests center on intercultural communication, travel literature, narrativity, and gender studies, with particular emphasis on how these intersect in educational settings. Björk has developed the innovative Reel Life methodology using film fragments to cultivate intercultural competence through emotional engagement and dialogue. Her work consistently examines power dynamics, identity formation, and cultural representation across diverse contexts including Scandinavia, South Africa, and Romania.

Analysis of her publication record reveals three dominant research trajectories: (1) Gender studies focusing on women's academic journeys in post-apartheid South Africa, (2) Travel literature analysis examining nomadic subjectivity and cultural representation, and (3) Intercultural communication pedagogy through cinematic media. These strands converge in her development of experiential learning frameworks that prioritize emotional intelligence alongside cognitive understanding.

• Østfold University College Educational Quality Award 2012 for Reel Life methodology (with Jutta Eschenbach)

Björk maintains extensive international research collaborations including partnerships with Nelson Mandela University (South Africa), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romania), and Swedish institutions. She contributes to institutional governance as member of department board, internationalization committee, and research committee at Uniska. Her work with the Literature and Narrative Group fosters cross-departmental publication collaborations while her Reel Life project has generated significant pedagogical impact across multiple continents.