In residence: October 2025

Ragnhild Bjørnsen is a researcher in childhood studies at Inland Norway University. Her work centres around children living in hypermobility, whether it is themselves or significant others who move. Through a lens of Psychological Anthropology, she unravels interrelationships of childhood, life-course, and the powerful institutions that influence children and youth's everyday lives. Her case studies include the Norwegian Foreign Service and Longyearbyen, a socially transient Arctic settlement under Norwegian authority.

Siri Helle is a nonfiction author and journalist whose work often explores themes of environmental responsibility, rural life, and practical engagement with the world around us.

With a background in ecological agriculture, Helle’s writing reflects her deep interest in how our connection to place influences our actions and responsibilities, both locally and globally.

Endre Harvold Kvangraven is a writer, researcher, and wildlife enthusiast. His research centers on the relations between humans and birds in contemporary Scandinavian literature.

Ellen Viste lives in Bergen, where she works as a communication adviser at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. Having a background as a meteorologist and climate researcher, she has also worked extensively with popular science writing on weather and climate.

Roald Berg is professor emeritus of modern history at the University of Stavanger, working mainly with polar history, foreign and defense policy history. During his residency at Artica, he will embark on a book about the history of Norwegian polar imperialism, centered on one of the key players who was around at the turn of the century.

Trine Hamran (b. 1971) is a freelance writer and journalist, trained as a social anthropologist and has a master's degree in journalism. She has worked as a journalist for a number of years, as a freelancer and for NRK, Dagsavisen, Finnmarken and Sør-Varanger Avis.

Kristin Folsland Olsen lives in Kabelvåg, Lofoten and works as a writer, photographer and lecturer. She has written several non-fiction books. Kristin is passionate about the arctic wilderness and has carried out a number of skiing expeditions on Svalbard, Greenland, Baffin Island and South Georgia.

Åse Kristine Tveit (b. 1963) is a trained librarian and literary scholar, and has a PhD in library and information science. She is an associate professor at the Department of Archive, Library and Information Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, where she teaches and researches children's literature and the sociology of literature.