Trond Waage

Trond Waage is a Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, specializing in Visual Anthropology. His research focuses on migration patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Mali, while also exploring the intersection of visual methods with ethnographic research.

• Active in collaborative visual research with African communities
• Member of the War and Peace Dynamics research group
• Co-founder of the Sahel on Sahel research initiative

Research Interests include:

• Migrant integration in urban African contexts
• Conflict dynamics in the Sahel region
• Participatory visual methods for ethnographic knowledge production

His recent work has examined Boko Haram's impact on youth communities and the role of collaborative filmmaking in documenting post-conflict resilience. Professor Waage frequently collaborates with researchers across institutions in Norway and Africa to explore cultural translation and visual epistemology.

He serves as:

• Editorial contributor to the Journal of Anthropological Films
• Supervisor in Master of Philosophy in Visual Anthropology program
• Co-developer of Visual Anthropology curricula in Niger