Research output per year
Research output per year
Associate Professor, PhD, Dean
Frælsið 20, FO-100 Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
Research activity per year
Erla Olsen is the Dean and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education. She started teaching Biology for teachers in 2011 and was made Assistant Professor in 2013 and later Associate Professor (2017). From 2017-18 she was Programme Leader for Teacher education and became Dean in 2018.
Educational research: Teaching and learning with regard to subjects of natural science. The methods are mostly surveys, focus groups as well as individual interviews and statistical analyses. PISA and national tests as indicators for the Faroese educational system in a wider context, combined with surveys on students’ well-being, attitude to school and ITC usage.
Biological research: The ecology of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the impact on the symbionts of factors such as temperature, grazing, precipitation, light, etc.
Most recent biological publication: Navigating overgrazing and cultural values through narratives and participatory mapping: a socio-cultural analysis of sheep grazing in the Faroe Islands. Verbrugge, L. N. H., Bjarnason, G., Fagerholm, N., Magnussen, E., Mortensen, L. E., Olsen, E., Plieningera, T., Raymond, C. M. & Olafsson, A. S., 10 May 2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 289-302 14 p.
Most recent educational publication: The lack of ITC didactics through the COVID-19 restrictions. Olsen, E., May 2022.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, Temperature responses of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, University of York
Award Date: 3 Mar 2008
Faroe Islands National Museum
2007 → 2008
Faroese Food and Veterinary Authority
2006 → 2007
Faroe Islands National Museum
2000 → 2005
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Harriet Hammer (Organiser), Eyðfinn Magnussen (Participant), Anna Sofía Veyhe (Participant), Erika Anne Hayfield (Participant), Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen (Participant), Erling Isholm (Participant), Hallbera West (Participant), Anni Djurhuus (Participant), Malan Marnersdóttir (Participant), Ragnheiður Bogadóttir (Participant), Jari í Hjøllum (Participant), Maria Skaalum Petersen (Participant), May-Britt Skoradal (Participant), Jens Christian Svabo Justinussen (Participant), Annika Helgadóttir Davidsen (Participant), Ingi Heinesen Højsted (Participant), Poul Fossdal Guttesen (Participant), Bárður Larsen (Participant), Ása Róin (Participant), Jónrit Halling (Participant), Marin Strøm (Participant), Knud Simonsen (Participant), Firouz Gaini (Participant), Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R (Participant), Erla Olsen (Participant), Andras Mortensen (Participant), Hans Ellefsen (Participant), Jákup Reinert Hansen (Participant) & Erland Viberg Joensen (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Erla Olsen (Member of programme committee), Annika Antoniussen (Member of programme committee), Noomi Reinert í Dali (Chair), Kalpana Vijayavarathan - R (Member of programme committee), Laufey H. Blaasvær (Organiser), Hans Harryson (Member of programme committee), Poul Fossdal Guttesen (Member of programme committee), Sonja Olsen (Organiser), Frida Poulsen (Organiser), Ivonna A. S. Johansen (Participant), Rúna í Skála (Organiser), Ingi Heinesen Højsted (Organiser), Bára Berghamar Danielsen (Organiser), Sigrid L. Vesturgarð (Participant), Oddur á Lakjuni (Organiser), Rakul Skaale Andreasen (Organiser), Katrin av Kák (Participant), Helgi Winther Olsen (Organiser), Páll Isholm (Chair) & Sissal Maria Rasmussen (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Erla Olsen (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
1/10/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
21/04/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media