Erlend Hovdkinn From
Academic interests
My academic interests are predimonantly within sociology of religion, particularly contemporary features of nonreligion and secularity.
Working within the field ‘nonreligion and secularity’, I’m writing my thesis on nonreligious identities in Oslo; an empirical study on how so-called nones in Oslo both constructing their own identity as well as how they perceive the (non)religious other. Hence, I’m addressing an understudied populace, despite the increase of people living their lives without religion in Oslo, Norway.
My position as PhD candidate is part of the project Good Protestant, Bad Religion (GOBA, funded by the Research Council of Norway, 2014-2018).
I am one of the editors of the collaborative scholarly blog Religion: Going Public (2016->), and I am writing for the Norway section at EUREL, a database of socio-legal data on religion in Europe.
Courses taught
- (2016) TFF1002 – Det flerreligiøse Norge
- (2018) RESA3201 - Bachelor Thesis: Religion and Politics in Global Perspective
Educational Background
- M.A. (Sociology, World Cities and Urban Life) Goldsmiths College, University of London (2011-2012)
- M.A. (Religion og samfunn) Universitetet i Oslo (2009-2011)
Blog posts
- Who’s the Master of None? Religion: Going Public, February., 2018 / Co-published at NSRN: https://nsrn.net/2018/02/21/whos-the-master-of-none/
- New Atheism in Social Media: More than entertaining mockery? Religion: Going Public, October., 2016
- Branding the Church of Norway: Religion: Going Public, June., 2016
- The Myths of Norse Mythology: Religion: Going Public, May, 2016
- Religious Stuff and Identity Politics: Religion: Going Public, March, 2016
PhD-project
Public Iconoclash and Civil Society. Non-religion in contemporary Oslo, Norway
Supervisors
Selected publications
Bloggposts
- Who’s the Master of None? Religion: Going Public, februar, 2018 / sampublisert på NSRN’s Blogg
- New Atheism in Social Media: More than entertaining mockery? Religion: Going Public, oktober, 2016
- Branding the Church of Norway: Religion: Going Public, juni, 2016
- The Myths of Norse Mythology: Religion: Going Public, mai, 2016
- Religious Stuff and Identity Politics: Religion: Going Public, mars, 2016