Joar Skrede
- Researcher —
- Sociologist
Phonenumber: 91756866
E-mail: joar.skrede@niku.no
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Department:
- Digital Archaeology
Joar Skrede is a sociologist (PhD) and research professor at NIKU. He works primarily with Heritage Studies, Discourse Studies and Urban Studies – often in combination. Skrede has published several scientific articles, nationally and internationally, within topics such as:
- The relation between experts and lay persons in Heritage Studies
- Comparison of methods used in Heritage Studies
- Affective and emotional aspects of heritage – both theoretically and empirically
- Textual, visual and material representations (multimodal critical discourse analysis, social semiotics)
- Culture-led urban regeneration, historic environments and place identity
- Sustainable development (with emphasis on cultural sustainability)
- Ecosystem services (with emphasis on cultural services)
- Philosophy of science (with emphasis on Critical Realism)
Selected publications from NVA:
Place identity, heritage and expertise in urban neighbourhoods: towards an integrated framework
Joar Skrede, Bengt Andersen.
- 2026
- Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability
- Academic article
The Power of Heritage Norms: Bridging Critical Heritage Theory and Norm Circle Theory
Joar Skrede, Alexis Thouki.
- 2026
- Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
- Academic article
What Could and Should Cultural Policy Do? Legitimacy, Cultural Capabilities and the Research-Governance Gap
Joar Skrede.
- 2026
- The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society
- Academic article
Aligning heritage governance logics in Norway: cultural policy, evidence regimes and lived heritage
Joar Skrede.
- 2026
- International Journal of Cultural Policy
- Academic article
Temporal regimes in heritage and urban planning: conceptualising the ordering of past, present and future
Joar Skrede.
- 2026
- Time & Society
- Academic article
Arkitektur og byutvikling: Bare kaos?
Bengt Andersen, Katja Mo, Astri Margareta Dalseide, Joar Skrede.
- 2026
- Academic chapter