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Sissel Furuseth is Professor of Nordic Literature at the University of Oslo, Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, Faculty of Humanities. She is actively affiliated with the Oslo School of Environmental Humanities and leads the Critical Petroaesthetics collaboratory. Her academic work spans Scandinavian literature from the 18th century to the present, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary environmental humanities.
Her research interests include literary criticism and periodical studies, ecocriticism and environmental literature (particularly cli-fi), and versification and poetry studies. She has led major research initiatives such as the project on the history of literary critical response in Norway and coordinated a Master’s program in Art Criticism at NTNU. She is a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters and the Ecocritical Network for Scandinavian Studies, and chairs the Nordic Society for Metrical Studies.
Furuseth’s recent publications reflect a sustained engagement with petrocultures, climate grief, environmental memory, and the role of hope in climate fiction. Her scholarly output spans journals such as the Journal of Energy History, NORDEUROPAforum, and INTERLITTERARIA, covering topics from oil in 1920s newspapers to representations of pandemics in Sigrid Undset’s works. The thematic trends in her articles reveal a deep commitment to understanding literature as a site of cultural and ecological reflection, especially in the Anthropocene.
- Member, The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
- Member, The Ecocritical Network for Scandinavian Studies
- Chair, Nordic Society for Metrical Studies
- Coordinator, Critical Petroaesthetics (Oslo School of Environmental Humanities)
Furuseth has not publicly listed any PhD or Master’s students, but she has collaborated on interdisciplinary research and mentored through academic networks. She has been involved in significant research projects such as 'Affective Response to Environmental Change in and through Literature (Eco-Emotions)' and 'Translatability of Oil (TOIL)', and previously led the completed project 'History of Literary Critical Response in Norway, 1870–2000'. Her work bridges literary scholarship with environmental activism and public discourse, as seen in her participation in podcasts and public debates on climate and literature.
She maintains strong institutional ties, having served as Head of Research at her department (2017–2019) and having worked at NTNU from 1996 to 2016. Her leadership in research and education underscores her role as a central figure in Scandinavian literary and environmental humanities scholarship.
