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Personalities : Kirsti Pedersen Gurholt
Born in Oslo: November 5th 1953. Widow, 2 children (born 1980 and 1983).
Professor of Outdoor Education (friluftsliv)/Pedagogy, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Home address: Gamle Enebakkvei 41L, 1188 Oslo
Ph. +47 22 26 24 27 / +47 90 04 42 05
E-mail: kirsti.gurholt@nih.no
Education
2000
Doktor Scientarium Institute for Social Science, Norwegian School of Sports
Sciences/Norges Idrettshøgskole (NIH)
Thesis: ”Det har bare vært naturlig.” Friluftsliv, kjønn og kulturelle brytninger.
2000-1990
Post Graduate Studies (PhD)
University of Tromsø (now Norwegian Arctic University) and Norwegian School of Sport
Studies
1992-1993
Post Graduate Studies University of Alberta, Canada, Department of Physical
Education and Sport Studies and Canadian Circumpolar Institute,
Sport Sociology and Women’s Studies, Arctic Living and Survival.
23.6.-1.8.1991 Graduate Studies
Department of Physical Education and Sport Studies, University of Alberta, Canada:
Summer school (5 weeks): Outdoor Environmental Leadership Living, Navigation and
Travel.
1988
MA - Cand. Scient. in Social Sport Science
Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Institute for Social Studies
Thesis: Et bilde av kvinneidrett – småbarnsmødres vilkår for regelmessig
idrettsdeltagelse. (An image of Women’s Sport: Sport participation among mothers with
small children)
1978
BA in sport/Physical Teacher certificate PE, Norges idrettshøgskole
1976
Education degree - Teacher Certificate, Oslo University Colleges for Education
1972
Examen philosophicum, Universitity of Oslo
1972
Certificate of Upper Secondary Education, Holtet Gymnas, Oslo
Work Experience
August 2015 awarded the position/title of a Visiting Professor at University of Cumbria, UK
(2015―2020)
February 2010 -- Professor of Sport Pedagogy and Friluftsliv (Outdoor Education), Norwegian
School of Sport Sciences, Department of PE and Pedagogy. Co Course leader for the
Erasmus+ Joint Masters Degree programme Transcultural European Outdoor Studies TEOS.
Jan. 2010 - 01.09.02 Associate Professor – Sport Pedagogy and Friluftsliv/Outdoor Education
Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Department of PE and Pedagogy
ERASMUS-exchange with University of Marburg, Germany, and University of Cumbria,
UK, annually 2006-2015
1.1.-31.8.2002 Associate Professor - Friluftsliv
Telemark University College
2001-1994
Associate Professor – PE, Friluftsliv, Dance
Finnmark University College, Head of Sport and PE-department (1997-2000).
1994-1990
Doctoral Research Fellow
Norwegian Council of Research, Program for Sport Research.
Work place: Alta College of Education. Working title: Friluftsliv in Education and as
Popular Culture in a Gendered Cultural Studies approach.
1990-88
Researcher, Finnmark Research Institute, Alta
Project leader – projects on women’s living conditions. Elected member of the board.
1988-80
University Lecturer in PE, Outdoor Education, Dance Alta University College of
Education
Elected member of the board of the Alta University College of Education.
1994-1980
Finnmark University College Part time teacher in dance/gymnastics, alpine skiing,
social sciences.
1980-78
Teacher Junior High School, Hovedgården ungdomsskole, Asker kommune
Leader of Physical Education-section, school-teacher
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Research Grants
2007-04
Norwegian Council of Research, RAMBU - Program for sustainablility 2015.
Project: Bærekraftig kystkultur? Kjønnsperspektiv på områdebruk og områdeforvaltning.
(Sustainable coastal culture?) In collaboration with associate professor and project
leader Siri Gerrard, University of Tromsø.
2003-2006 Norwegian Council of Research, Program: KUPP- Knowledge Development in
Professional Education and Practice.
Project: Profesjonsutdannelse i bevegelse? Kroppslig dannelse, estetisk kroppskultur
og kjønn. (Movement and Professional development? Bodily Education, Aesthetics and
Gender). In collaboration with Ragnhild Jenssen, Oslo University College. KPG: Project
leader.
2003-2001
Norwegian Council of Research, Program for Cultural Studies.
Post doc-project: Nature, Youth and Identity – between local traditions and global
trends. KPG: Project-leader.
1993-92
Norwegian Council of Research, Program for Women’s Studies and Program for
Sport Research. Travelling grant – as a visiting-scholar at University of Alberta, Ca.
1994-90
Norwegian Council of Research, Program for Sport Research, doctoral studies.
Project: Friluftsliv i kvinners og menns hverdag. En studie av kjønnsrelasjoner og
kjønnsidentitet. KPG: project leader.
1990-1992
Norwegian Council of Research
Program for grunnleggende kvinneforskning, Miljøstøtte til Faggruppa for
distriktskvinneforskning ved Høgskolen i Finnmark. Prosjekt: Kjønn og region. Initiated
in collaboration with associated professor Siri Gerrard, University of Tromsø.
1989-90
NORAS: Norges råd for anvendt samfunnsforskning
Program: Nordnorsk arbeidslivsforskning.
Prosjekt: Prosjektorganisering, kvinners nettverk og arbeidsliv. Project leader.
1989
Direktorate for Nature Management Project: More friluftsliv for more women. KPG:
Project leader.
1989
Norwegian Council of Research, Program for Sport Research.
Project: Nordic Research seminar on: Women in Sport – Sport for Women?
Constructing Scenarios and Utopias from a Woman Centred Perspective.
In collaboration with associate professor Jorid Hovden, Finnmark Regional College.
1988-90
Distriktenes utviklingsfond, Sør-Varanger kommune
Prosjekt: Evaluering av kvinnesatsing i distriktene, owned by Finnmarksforskning. KPG:
Project leader.
1987
Norwegian Council of Research.
Programstyret for idrettsforskning. Prosjekt: Idrett og levekår. Støtte til seminar og
publisering. In collaboration with assistant professor Kolbjørn Rafoss, Finnmark
Regional College.
Guest Researcher and Lecturer
2015-2016
2015-2008
2006
2003
1993
1989
Guest lecturer /ERASMUS-exchange, Phillips-University of Marburg, Germany:
Cultural Dimensions of Experiential Education – a Norwegian Approach. Master
seminar in Abenteuer Pädagogik, (8-10 hours annually).
Guest lecturer, Telemark University College, MA-course on Children and movement in
school: Kroppsøving i reformpedagogisk perspektiv – om dans, friluftsliv og kjønn. Mars.
Kjønnsperspektivet og likestillingsperspektivet i friluftslivsforskning.
Kommentar til Margrete Skårs prosjekt: Bruk, betydning og verdsetting av natur i
nærmiljøet i et livsløpsperspektiv. Doktorgradsseminar, Norges universitet for miljø og
bioteknologi, Ås 19.januar. Mars.
Gjesteforeleser, BA-studiet i friluftsliv, Høgskolen i Telemark: Friluftsliv i et
kjønnsanalytisk perspektiv, april.
Feminist Ethnography: Personal Challenges and Methodological Issues.
BA-cource: Feminist Research and Methodologies, by professor Ann M. Hall, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2.mars.
Gender, nature and technology: Changing trends in 'wilderness life' in northern Norway.
Human Ecology: Issues in the North lecture series. Arrangert av Canadian Circumpolar
Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 16.mars.
Saami Sport. University of Jyväskylä, Department of Sport Sociology.
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1992-1993
2000
Visiting Scholar: Department of Physical Education and Sport Studies og Canadian
Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Canada.
Member of Norsk faglitterær forfatterforening (Norwegian Ass. for Academic Authors)
Evaluations of PhD- and Master Thesis
2012
Opponent PhD on Children & Nature. Institutionen för kulturgografi, Universitety of Gotenburg,
1. juni, 2012.
2012 Leder for PhD opposisjonen on Adapted Physical Activity. Norges idrettshøgskole, 13th April
2008 Opponent, PhD-thesis, University of Southern Denmark. October. Theme: Outdoor Education
and Youth Culture.
2008 Opponent, PhD-thesis: University of Copenhagen, Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet. May 2008.
Theme: Outdoor Recreation among Danish Youth.
2014 Member of evaluation committee for PhD-preparatory courses, on phenomenology and
Movement experience, Norges idrettshøgskole, Seksjon for kroppsøving og pedagogikk
2007 Member of the evaluation committee fir PhD- preparatory course: Norges idrettshøgskole,
on Outdoor Education and Learning processes. Seksjon for kroppsøving og pedagogikk
2007 Member of the evaluation committee fir PhD- preparatory course: University of Tromsø, Institute
for social planning (2006-07), December 2007.
2005-2015 Leader and member of several committees evaluating and examining master-thesis
/master degrees at Norges idrettshøgskole, Høgskolen i Telemark Trøndelag, and others
Supervisor of PhD-Students
2005 – 2016 Hovedveileder og biveileder for flere PhD studenter innen Friluftsliv, pedagogikk, barn og
læring i nasjonalt og internasjonalt (comparativt) perspektiv
2003 – 2016 Hovedveilder for en lang rekk hovedfags- og masterstudenter inne kropppsøving og
friluftsliv
Leader/member of scientific committees
2011 – 2016 - Member of the international advisory board of the Journal of Adventure Education and
Outdoor Learning
2011-2016 – Member of the TEOS-consortium for ERASMUS MUNDUS joint Masters of Art in
Transcultural European Outdoor Studies (TEOS)
2008―2012 - Leader of the EOE-network European Institute for Outdoor Adventure Education and
Experiential Learning (www.EOE-network.org)
2000 -- Blind reviewer for a.o. the Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, Sport in
Society, Body & Society, Det nordiske tidsskriftet BARN, Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning,
Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning, Tidsskrift for pedagogisk forskning
2000-2016 Member of several scientific committees for several European and international conferences
Selected Publications
Scientific anthologies/Monographs:
Steinsholt, K.& Gurholt, K.P. (Eds.). (2010). Aktive liv. Idrettspedagogiske perspektiver på kropp,
bevegelse og dannelse. Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag.
Pedersen, K. & Viken, A. (Eds.). (2003). Nature and Identity. Essays on the culture of nature.
Kristiansand: Høgskoleforlaget.
Pedersen, K. (1999). ”Det har bare vært naturlig!” Friluftsliv, kjønn og kulturelle brytninger.
Doktoravhandling, Institutt for samfunnsvitenskap. Oslo: Norges idrettshøgskole.
Reviewed Articles/Book Chapters:
Gurholt, K. P. (2017). Tourist and Sport Reform Dress, Friluftsliv, and Women’s Right to Vote in
Norway, 1880–1913. In T. Grey & D. Mitten (Eds.), The Palgrave International Handbook of
Women and Outdoor Learning. Palgrave Macmillan.
Gurholt, K. P. & Sanderud, J. R. (2016). Curious play: Children’s exploration of nature. Journal of
Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 16(4), 318—329.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2016.1162183
Gurholt, K.P. (2016). Friluftsliv: Nature-friendly adventures for all. In Humberstone, B., Prince, H., &
Henderson, K. (Eds.), Routledge International Handbook of Outdoor Studies. (pp. 288―296).
London and New York: Routledge.
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Gurholt, K. P. (2014). Joy of Nature, Friluftsliv Education, and Self: Combining narrative and culturalecological approaches to environmental sustainability. Journal of Adventure Education and
Outdoor Learning, Vol. 14(3): 233-246.
Sanderud, J.R. & Gurholt, K.P. (2014). Barns nysgjerrige lek i natur: Utforskende dannelse. Nordic
Studies in Education, Vol. 34 (1), 3-20.
Gurholt, K.P. & Broch, Trygve B. (2011). “En gave til folket”: Om markaloven, makt og medier. Norsk
Antropologisk Tidsskrift, årgang 22, no. 3-4: 194-207.
Gurholt, K.P. (2010). «Eventyrlig pedagogikk»: Friluftsliv som dannelsesferd. In Steinsholt, K. & Gurholt,
K.P. (eds.) Aktive liv. Idrettspedagogiske perspektiver på kropp, bevegelse og dannelse. (pp.
175-204). Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag.
Gurholt, K.P. (2008). Norwegian Friluftsliv and Ideals of becoming an ‘Educated Man’. Journal of
Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, Vol. 8 (1): 55-70.
Gurholt, K.P. & Jenssen, R. (2007). Reformpedagogikkens innpass i kroppsøvingsfaget. Norsk
Pedagogisk Tidsskrift, Årgang 91, 6: 447-459.
Pedersen, K. (2003). Er det ”ukult” å like natur? Ungdoms fortellinger om natur. In Hodne, B. & Sæbøe,
R. (eds.) Kulturforskning. (pp.183-193). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
Pedersen, K. (2003). Fra ligestillingskamp i organiseret idræt til studier af kropskulturel mangfoldighed
- om feministisk teori og kønsforskning. In Eichberg, H. & Vestergård Madsen, B. (eds.)
Idrættens enhed eller mangfoldighed. Bevegelsesstudier 1. (pp. 71-83). Århus: Klim.
Pedersen, K. (2003). Discourses on Nature and Gender Identities. In: Pedersen, K. & Viken, A. (eds.)
Nature and Identity. Essays on the culture of nature. (121-150). Kristiansand: Høgskoleforlaget.
Humberstone, B. & Pedersen, K. (2001). Gender, Class and Outdoor Traditions in UK and
Norway. Sport, Education and Society, Vol. 6, No. 1: 23-33.
Pedersen, K. (2001). Sled Dog Racing. In Christensen, K., Guttmann, A. & Pfister, G. (eds.) nternational
Encyclopedia of Women and Sport. Vol. 3. (pp. 1050-1055). New York: Macmillan Reference.
Pedersen, K. (1998). Doing Feminist Ethnography in the Wilderness around my Hometown:
Methodological Reflections. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 33(4), 393-402.
Hovden, J. & Pedersen, K. (1989). Idrett i kvinneperspektiv – forskningsbidrag, perspektiver og
utfordringer. Nytt om kvinneforskning, 4: 3-17.
Pedersen, K. (1989). Trippel-løp – et bilde av kvinneidrett. Nytt om kvinneforskning, 4: 27-33.
Scientific Exhibitions/Vitenskapelige Utstillinger
Gurholt, K.P., Vibe, A.M. & Riise, T. (2013). Friluftsliv og stemmerett: Drøm om bevegelsesfrihet og
kvinnefrigjøring. Norges idrettshøgskoles bibliotek 24. Oct. 2013 – 24.Jan. 2014. Contribution to
the Norwegian National Jubilee Women’s right to vote―Stemmerettsjubileet 2013.
Scientific Articles/Book Chapters
Gurholt, K.P. (2015). Friluftsliv i framtidens skole: Fag og fagovergripende kompetanse i det 21.
århundre. In Hans-Erik Lærkelund m. fl. (red.). Forskning i Friluft 2015. 10 s. Oslo: Norsk
Friluftsliv.
Broch, Tuva & Gurholt, K.P. (2011). Friluftsliv for alle? Frivillig organisering og aktivitetsfremmende
arbeid for barn og unge med forskjellig etnisk bakgrunn 1991 – 2011. Oslo: Oslo og Omland
Friluftsråd.
Gurholt, K.P. & Steinsholt, K. (2010). Prolog. In Steinsholt, K. & Gurholt, K.P. (eds.) Aktive liv.
Idrettspedagogiske perspektiver på kropp, bevegelse og dannelse. (pp. 9-34). Trondheim: Tapir
Akademisk Forlag.
Gurholt, K. P. (2008) Norwegian Friluftsliv as Bildung – a Critical Review. In Becker, P. & Schirp, J.
(eds.), Other Ways of Learning. (pp.131-155). Marburg: BSJ.
Pedersen, K. (2001). Friluftsliv som turisme. I Viken, Arvid (red.) Turisme – tradisjoner og trender. (pp.
197-206). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk.
Pedersen, K. (1997) På sporet av et mangfold av friluftslivsstiler. In Ottesen, L. & Damkjær, S. eds. Ud i
det fri: Sport, friluftsliv, turisme. (pp. 29-54). Dansk Idrætshistorisk Forenings Årbog 1995.
Odense Universitetsforlag.
Pedersen, K. & Viken, A. (1996). From Sami Nomadism to Global Tourism. In Price, M. (ed.) People
and Tourism in Fragile Environments. (pp. 69-88). London: John Whiley & Son.
Guest Editor in Scholarly Journals
Nytt om kvinneforskning, 1989. no. 4. Special issue on Women and Sport.
Moving Bodies – menneske i bevegelse, 2006, 1, Vol. 4. Special issue on Women, Dance, Gymnastics
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