Rógvi Olavson

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Justinussen, J. C. S. & Olavson R. (in review), The Faroese COVID-19 response: testing and soft law. In A. V. Haug (ed.) Crisis Management, Governance and Covid 19 Pandemic Policy in the Nordic Countries. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Wihlborg, E., Godenhjelm, S., Olavson, R. & Malmborg, F. (in review) Professions and Strategies of Policy Entrepreneurs in Crisis Management: Cross-Country Conceptualisations in the Nordics during COVID-19, European Policy Analysis.

Olavson, R. (in review), Small but Sturdy: Lessons on Robust Governance from COVID-19 in the Faroe Islands, Small States & Territories, 4(1).

Skorini, H. & Olavson, R. (2021) “Færøerne” in Jonas Ohlsson, Mark Blach-Ørsten & Ida Willig (ritstj.) Covid-19 och de nordiska nyhets-medierna. Nordicom, Gøteborg University & The Nordic Council of Ministers. https://doi.org/10.48335/9789188855473

Ravn-Højgaard, S., Jóhannsdóttir, V., Karlsson, R., Olavson, R., & í Skorini, H. (2021). Particularities of media systems in the West Nordic countries. Nordicom Review, 42(S2), 102–123. https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0020

Hayfield, E.A., Olavson, R. & Patursson, L. (2016) “Part-time work in the Nordic Region – an introductory study to the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland Islands.” Nordic Council of Ministers. https://doi.org/10.6027/TN2016-518

Olavson, R. (2014) “Modernising Capernaum – A qualitative study of individualism and cosmopolitanism among Brethren in the Faroes” in Neil T.R. Dickson & Thomas J. Marinello (ritstj.) The Brethren Movement: Studies in Spirituality and Culture. Troon, UK: BAHN.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Niclasen, I. & Olavson, R. (2023), “The Media in the Faroe Islands”, Trap Faroe Islands.

Olavson, R. (2023) “Hvussu stýrdu Føroyar gjøgnum Covid-19 kreppuna?” Ein eftirmeting (How did the Faroe Islands manage the COVID-19 crisis? An evaluation). Prime Minister’s Office. Government of the Faroe Islands.

Prime Minister’s Office (2022) “Grønari hinumegin – tilmæli um einar burðardyggari Føroyar” (Greener on the other side – recommendations for a more sustainable Faroe Islands).

Prime Minister’s Office (2021) Havið og framtíðin – tilmæli um burðardyggan virðisvøkstur úr havinum (The Sea and the Future – recommendations on sustainable growth from the sea).

Department of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Faroe Islands (2015) Eftirmeting – Hoyvíkssáttmálin 2006-2015 (Evaluation – the Hoyvík Agreement 2006-2015).

Olavson, R. (2015) “Skúli ella skrímsl” (School or Monster). In Absalonsen, O. & Jóhannesarson, T. Miðnámsrit 5, March 2015. Føroya Handilsskúli.

Olavson, R. (2011) “Dreymamyndir – ein drívmegi í føroyskum politikki” (Political Phantasms – a driver in Faroese politics). In Høgni Reistrup & Stefan í Skorini (eds.) Valið og Valdið – ein tvørskurður av løgtingsvalinum 2011. Tórshavn: Sprotin.

Olavson, R. (2009) “Førleiki í útlegd – hugburðar, samleikar og framtíðarætlanir hjá útisetum í Bretlandi”. (Skills in Exile – attitudes, identities, and future plans of Faroese migrants to the United Kingdom. Department of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Faroe Islands.

2023-present: Phd Candidate, Department of History and Social Science, University of the Faroe Islands.

2023-present: Chairman of the Board, Faroe Islands Broadcasting.

2021-2023: Administrative officer, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of the Faroe Islands.

2017-2023: Part-time lecturer, University of the Faroe Islands.

2020-2022: Committee Member, Media Subsidy Committee, Ministry of Culture.

2019-2021: Scientific Assistant, Department of History and Social Science, University of the Faroe Islands.

2019: Communications Officer, Faroe Islands National Bank.

2016-2019: Journalist, Faroe Islands Broadcasting.

2015-2016: Scientific Assistant, Department of History and Social Science, University of the Faroe Islands.

2014-2016: Content writer, Department of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of the Faroe Islands

2015: External Consultant, Department of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of the Faroe Islands.

Course co-ordination and teaching

Media and Political Communication (MA, 10 ECTS) 2021, 2022, 2023.

Master project (MA, 10 ECTS), 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

Planning theory (BA, 10 ECTS), 2017, 2018 og 2019.

Teaching only

Globalization and social change (BA, 10 ECTS), 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

Master’s thesis (on writing well) (30 ECTS), 2020, 2021.

Methodology (discourse analysis) (MA, 10 ECTS), 2020.

Institutions, organisations, and social change (BA, 10 ECTS), 2020.

Supervision

Master’s thesis in Social Science and Political Science, 2024 (30 ECTS)

Master’s thesis in West Nordic Studies, The relevance of sustainable waste disposal – a study of commercial and industrial waste management, 2021 (30 ECTS)