Vidar Vambheim

Førsteamanuensis

Telefon (+47)
776 45249

E-post
vidarv@sv.uit.no

Hjemmeside
http://uit.no/cps/3325/33

Kontor/besøk
Kontor 1.564, teorifagbygget, hus 1. Treffetid tirsdag 11.00-12.00 Koordinator for bachelor pedagogikk

Biografiske data
Office/Visiting
D -0112, Faculty of Social Science.


Associate Professor
Vidar Vambheim.

Curriculum vitae – updated March 01 2008.

January 2004- Aug 2008: Associate Professor, Department of Education, Univ. of Tromsö.
Responsible for the construction, curriculum and teaching of
- The introductory / overview lectures in the course “Introduction to Peace
Studies” (SVF 3021) at the MPCT programme
- MA course Peace Education (Ped 3009): Only teacher.

Spring 2006:
a) Sabbatical: University of Berkeley, California, USA (Ref: Professor Trond Petersen, Haas School of Business).
b)Member of Evaluation committee for the Peace and Conflict Studies (PECOS) of the University of Oslo, Department of Political Science.
c) Invited Guest speaker at Sapporo University: "Norwegian Peace Policy."

March 2004: Guest lectures at the European Peace University, Schlaining, Austria.

August 2007:: Biannual Conference of the European Peace Research Association (EUPRA), Sakarya, Turkey.
Paper: “War, critique and the search for a common ground.”

Conferences: June 2006: Biannual Conference of the International Peace Research
Association (IPRA), Calgary, Canada.


April 2003- Dec. 2004 Acting Academic Director - Center for Peace Studies, Univ. of Tromsö.
Conference: June 2003: The 8th International Symposium on the Contributions of
Psychology to Peace. University of Karlstad, Sunne, Sweden.
Paper: ”Bullying in a girl’s world.”

Aug. 2002- spring 2003 Academic coordinator of the MPCT program.

June 2001- June 2003: Development/ preparation and implementation/ startup of MA Program in
Peace and Conflict Transformation, and Centre for Peace Studies (CPS),
University of Tromsö:
* Construction, preparation and implementation of curriculum and plan of
study for the MPCT programme. Completed /upstart of MPCT program
August 2002.
* Preparation and implementation of Center for Peace Studies (CPS),
completed / upstart of CPS January 2003.
• January 2003-December 2003: MPCT coordinator.
• March/April 2003-December 2003: Acting Director of the CPS.

March 2002: Travel in the USA to promote the Centre for Peace Studies and the peace
studies programme MPCT in Tromsö, to scholars in New York (Columbia
Univ.), University of Notre Dame, South Bend, and Univ. of California at
Berkeley.

Aug.-December 1998: Research leave/ Sabbatical: Spent at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Dept. of
Comparative Educational Research.

April 1997-June 2001: Associate Professor. Dept. of Education, University of Tromsø.
Spring 1997: Evaluated as competent for position as associate professor at the
Department of Education by a scientific committee. Submitted scientific
works found “equivalent” with a PhD.

Aug -94-March-97: Assistant Professor. Dept. of Educational Research, Univ. of Tromsø.
Completed all exams / training part for the PhD: 3 research papers and paper
in methodology.

Aug-91-Jul.-94: Scholarship/research fellow. Dept. of Education, University of Tromsø.

1986-91: Teaching, research and research based consultancy work on Education and
Regional Development, Northern Troms (North Norway).

1986: Cand. Polit, Sociology, University of Trondheim, Norway.
1953: Born in Bergen, Norway.

Verv
Program Board of the Master Degree Program in Peace and Conflict Resoluotion, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromso.

Deputy Representative: Program Board of the Bachelor and MA programmes, Department of Education (IPLU).

Forskningsinteresser
Current Research:
Future oriented identity construction during adolescence in different contexts of socialization.

Ongoing research:
- Peace Education: Content and framing.
- Bullying: Relations, treatment, and a culture of peace.
- Peace and identity politics.
- Dialogue, terror and asymmetric warfare.



Current Research:
- Peace and Identity politics.
- Education, modernization, and peace
- Bullying, bullying treatment and a culture of peace.

Forskningsprosjekter
Framtidsorientert identitetsutforming blant ungdom i ulike oppvekstmiljø http:/uit.no/iplu

Publikasjoner
Publications:
- "Dream of the Good. Exploring potentials for teaching peace at the individual level." Journal of Peace Research, Vol 5 No. 1, March 2008.

Vambheim, Vidar. Bullying from a victims point of view.
Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, Sunne, Sweden. June 23-29 2003.

Vambheim, Vidar. Dropp inn - dropp ut? Konferrapport, sammendrag/ forskningsmessige konsekvenser av det vi nå vet om frafall i videregående skole. Alta, des. 1994.. I: Dropp inn - Dropp ut? Tiltak for å minske frafall i videregående skole.. Vadsø: Fylkesskolesjefen i Finnmark 1994. 31 s.

3. Vambheim, Vidar. En Bro til Begjær?. I Haavelsrud, M. (red.): "Kunnskap og utvikling." Tromsø: Universitetet i Tromsø og Norges Forskningsråd 1995. ISBN 82-91636-00-1. s. 212-221

4. Vambheim, Vidar. Forskningens bidrag. Forskers kommentar til konferansen "Dropp in - dropp ut", Alta, des. 1994. I: Dropp inn - Dropp ut? Tiltak for å minske frafall i videregående skole.. Vadsø: Fylkesskolesjefen i Finnmark 1994. 28 s.

5. Vambheim, Vidar. Overgangen til videregående utdanning og arbeidsliv i 16-19-årsgruppa i Finnmark. En empirisk studie med hovedvekt på kystområdene.. Tromsø: Institutt for samfunnsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø. 1995. 61 s.

6. Vambheim, Vidar. Skolens kjønn og kjønnenes utdanning.. UNIPED 2001(2):18-31


7. Vambheim, Vidar. Takket være vår lave utdanning bor det fortsatt folk her.. I: Kunnskap og hverdag i Finnmark. Vadsø/Karasjok: SUFUR/Davvi Girji os 1997. ISBN 82-7374-273-3. s. 15-21


8. Vambheim, Vidar. User participation for handicapped children - Ou-topia or Eu-topia. [Vitenskapelig foredrag]. User participation in the workings of education.; 01.01.1997 - 31.12.1997


9. Vambheim, Vidar; Valestrand, Haldis; et al.. Tilfellet Akkarfjord. En diskusjon om et lite lokalsamfunns selvforståelse og mulige strategier for overlevelse.. I: Lokalsamfunn og Lokalsamfunnsforskning i Endring. En artikkelsamling.. Tromsø: Institutt for samfunnsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø. 1996. s. 144-159


10. Vambheim, Vidar. Norwegian Peace Policy [Populærvitenskapelig foredrag]. Informasjons- og debattmøte om japans artikkel 9; 02.05.2006 - 03.05.2006


11. Vambheim, Vidar; Bah, Mahamadou Diouma. Peace Building Through Informal Channels: A Case Analysis of Liberia. [Paper accepted at the conference, no orral presentation]. NAI Conference on Post-Conflict Elections in West Africa: Challenges for Democracy and Reconstruction; 15.05.2006 - 18.05.2006

Hovedoppgaver
Has been supervisor for the following MA thesis (and earlier disseertations for "Hovedfag"/ Main Subject):