Åsne Dahl Haugsevje is a cultural policy researcher, affiliated with the research group for cultural life and cultural policy. Her special fields are creative industries and cultural working life, culture for children and youth, participation, diversity and inclusion. Haugsevje works based on qualitative methods.

Haugsevje also has experience from research, studies and evaluation within several other cultural policy topics, such as music, visual arts and museums. Haugsevje holds a master’s degree in cultural studies (cand. philol.) from the University of Bergen (2001) and a Ph.D. in cultural studies from the University of South-Eastern Norway (2022).

Her doctoral dissertation is titled Blind Zones and Bridge Builders. Valuation of Work in the Creative Industries. (2022).

A selection of scientific articles:

Haugsevje, Å.D. & Heian, M.T. (2024). Sustainable creative careers through mentoring: Understanding social resilience in the art field. Poetics, Volume 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2024.101930.

Løkka, N., Berge, O. K., & Haugsevje, Å. D. (2023). National minorities in Norwegian cultural policy. Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy, 26(2), 161-178. https://doi.org/10.18261/nkt.26.2.5 https://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/nkt.26.2.5

Haugsevje, Å. D. (2022). Justifying creative work: Norwegian business support and the conflicting narratives of creative industries. Cultural Trends, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2022.2126747

Helgadóttir, G., Haugsevje, Å. D., & Stavrum, H. (2021). A Blind Spot? Cultural Field Perspectives on Tourism. The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10632921.2021.1997847

Haugsevje, Å. D., Stavrum, H., Heian, M. T., & Leikvoll, G. K. A. (2021). Bridging, nudging and translating: facilitators of local creative industries in Norway. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2021.1895131