Here is an overview of our researchers within expertise within Sámi and indigenous people.
| Name of researcher | Field of competence |
| David Kroik, associate professor and leader of Sampi research group | Sámi language, Sámi, indigenous people, language revitalization, education, South Sámi, language didactics, language and power, linguistics, language policies, indigenous methodologies, linguistic landscape and decolonizing |
| Tove Mentsen Ness, associate professor and leader at the Center for Sami and indigenous studies | Healthcare services for Sámi and Indigenous population, South Sámi, experiences, expectations, well-being, Indigenous healthcare staff and decolonising perspectives. |
| Minerva Piha, associate professor | South Sámi prehistory, South Sámi, linguistics, Sámi archaeology, Sámi language history, Finno-Ugric linguistics, etymology, contact linguistics and lexical semantics. |
| Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, professor | Language learning in Southern Sámi |
| Astri Dankertsen, professor | Gender, Youth studies, Sociology, Language policy, Cultural and social activities, Internationalisation, International cooperation, Sámi, High North, Postcolonial theory, Feminist theory, Gender equality, Urbanity Indigenous, Decolonization, Social inclusion, Social inequality and Cultural diversity. |
| Frode Fjellheim, professor | Joik |
| Leiv Sem, professor | South Sámi history, Indigenous studies, Cultural history, Memory culture, History of Norwegian literature, Oral poetry, Folklore, Discourse analysis. |
| Lars Kirkhusmo Pharo, professor | America: History of Religions and Ideas; Political Governance; Ethics; Linguistics; Writing and Semiotic Systems. |
| Viktor Magne Johansson, professor | Sámi Early Childhood Education, Indigenous methodologies, Indigenous Philosophies, Indigenous Story Telling. |
| Siri Ellen Nystø Rahka, university lecturer | Sámi Languages, Lule Sámi, bilingualism, language didactics, language education, multilingual education and beginner courses in reading |
| May-Lisbeth Bjerke Brew, university lecturer | Indigenous studies, Mapuche, Doctrine of Christian Discovery, Articulation theory, Decolonising perspectives, History of Religion, Indigenous rights (UNDRIP), Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Six Nations) |
| Sandra Maria Nystø Rahka, research fellow | Sámi languages, Lule Sámi, bilingualism, multilingalism, language education, bilingual eduaction, multilangual education, Sámi teaching plans, Sámi school history, indigenous education, language didactics |
| Hanna Danbolt Ajer, associate professor | Sámi language, Lule Sámi, linguistics, grammar, syntax and linguistic variation. |
| Inger Johansen, university lecturer | Indigenous studies, Sámi sociolinguistics, South Sámi, bilingualism, linguistic revitalisation, linguistic ideology, linguistic policy, decolonising academia. |
| Ove Jakobsen, professor | Spirituality, Sámi and indigenous studies, ecological economy, etichs, nature and society, circular economy and dialogue society |
| Håkon Hermanstrand, post doc | Southern Sámi history and history |
| Bruce Morén-Duolljá, associate professor | Phonology, morphology, linguistics, language (linguistics), phonetics, Lule Sámi grammar, grammar, language description and language. |
| Majken Paulsen, forsker II, Nordlandsforskning | Sustainability, indigenous issues and the link between people and the material world. |
| Camilla Risvoll, forsker II, Nordlandsforskning | Sustainability, local food systems, knowledge based on tradition and experience, practices related to nature and pasture use and youth perspectives |
| Ingvill Bjørnstad Åberg, associate professor | Social science didactics, Ethnic minorities, Democracy and education, Antirasict education, Indigenous perspectives, Sámi. |
| Dorthe Helen Næss Eide, professor | Sámi tourism, Sámi experiences, Sámi sustainability |
| Ivana Bojanic, associate professor | Research ethics in Sámi health research; Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in Sámi and non-Sámi in rural Norway. |
| Olof Andreas Stjernström, professor | Indigenous rights, land use and land conflicts, geography of reindeer husbandry, Sámi history, Lapp codicil, reindeer grazing conventions, Girjas Sámi village, Talma Sámi village, Southern Sámi, Umesamis |
| Marte Stavrum Fagertun, university lecturer | (Recent) Sámi history; Sámi during the Second World War |
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20.02.2025
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