Siri Senje

Siri Senje is a Professor of Dramatic Writing at Kristiania University College, where she serves as Program Head for the Bachelor Program in Scriptwriting and leads the "Writing the Writer" artistic research project. She has been instrumental in developing Kristiania's widely recognized Bachelor in Screenwriting program and was appointed "Professor of Special Merit" in 2020.

Her academic credentials include a doctorate in artistic research from the Norwegian Film School (2013) with the project "Imagining for the Screen – the original screenplay as poiesis" and an MFA in Theatre Arts, Stage Direction. She has held teaching positions at multiple institutions including The Norwegian Film School, Oslo Metropolitan University, and the National Oslo Academy of the Arts.

Siri Senje's research focuses on creative processes, script development, and feedback analysis in screenwriting. Her current "Writing the Writer" project (2023-2026) explores biographical dramatization through the lens of Henrik and Susannah Ibsen's early years. This three-year project is funded by the Norwegian Project Program for Artistic Research and examines how screenwriters can maintain original creative impulses during development processes.

• Professor of Special Merit (2020)
• Artistic Researcher of the Year (2023)
• Educator of Merit (2020)

Before her academic career, Senje worked extensively in the film and theater industry. Her practice-based screenwriting research has been published in the Journal of Screenwriting and Norwegian Media Journal, and she maintains a popular blog on scriptwriting for the film magazine Rushprint where she discusses development processes and feedback culture.

She has supervised numerous screenwriting students, served as a gatekeeper at the Norwegian Film Institute, and contributed to shaping screenwriting education in Norway through her innovative pedagogical approaches that bridge academic research and professional practice.