Anne Hege Simonsen
associate professor in Journalism and Media Studies, Oslo and Akershus University College for Applied Sciences (HiOA)

Anne Hege Simonsen is Associate Professor at the Department for Journalism and Media Studies at Oslo and Akershus University College for Applied Sciences (HiOA). She is a former journalist and editor. Her academic background is social anthropology and she holds a PhD in aesthetics from the University of Bergen. Her research areas are photography and photojournalism, media and minorities, migration, foreign affairs coverage (with a special focus on Africa) and the representation of borders, barriers, frontiers and boundaries.

RELATED SESSIONS

Thursday 24 November, 18.00 Norsk design- og arkitektursenter (DOGA), Hausmanns gate 16, 0182 Oslo, Norway
Boundaries and frontiers: What is the meaning of borders today?