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Kristian Bjørkdahl

Professor - Rhetoric, Language and Communication

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Academic interests

My main research interest is political rhetoric, which includes everything from technical administrative language, to politicians' discourse and debate, to the rhetoric of civil society, public opinion, and social movements. I am particularly interested in how these different layers work together, and how this has changed over time. I am currently doing research on trust, on the public, and on pragmatism as a political (anti-)theory.

Another research interest is how national identity and self-understanding – particularly in Norway and the Nordic countries – is created rhetorically. In this area, I am currently working on Norway's foreign policy and how this is presented to domestic audiences. Finally, I have an interest in the history of rhetoric, particularly in Greek antiquity, where I work particularly on the sophists.

I am chief editor of the Nordic Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, Nordisk Retorikkleksikon.

Courses taught

RETKOM4010 – Moderne retorikk
RETKOM1106 – Praktisk retorikk
RETKOM4108 – Retorikkens historie
RETKOM4110 – Metoder i retorikk og språklig kommunikasjon
RETKOM2107/4107 – Retorikk i rettssalen
RETKOM 2105 – Ytringskultur: Retorikk, demokrati og medborgerskap
RETKOM1110 – Innføring i retorikk og språklig kommunikasjon
ILN2301 – Energifortellinger i bærekraftperspektiv

Background

Professor of Rhetoric, at the Department of Linguistic and Nordic Studies, UiO, from 2026.

Associate Professor of Rhetoric, in tenured position, at the Department of Linguistic and Nordic Studies, UiO, from 2022.

Postdoctoral Fellow, then Head of Teaching and Senior Researcher, at the Centre for Development and the Environment, UiO, between 2017 and 2022.

Junior Research Fellow, then Senior Research Fellow, at Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, between 2014 and 2017.

PhD Fellow at the Ethics Programme, UiO, 2008-2013. PhD in rhetoric (2016), from UiO, with the thesis Enlarging the Ethnos: Rorty, Redescription, and the Rhetorical Labor of Moral Progress.

MPhil in interdisciplinary cultural studies from UiO, 2005.

Tags: Rhetoric, Democracy, Political communication, Political philosophy, Cultural Studies

Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2026). Demokratiets døråpnere? Kommunikasjonsarbeidere i «samfunnets tjeneste». In Rasmussen, Terje; Heldal, Janicke & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Ed.), Forestillinger om demokrati. En norsk topografi.. Scandinavian University Press (SCUP). ISSN 9788215075464. p. 183–216. doi: 10.18261/9788215075464-26-08. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2026). Philosophia as Cultural Politics: Reading Ramberg’s Rorty with Isocrates. In Huetter–Almerigi, Yvonne & Sinclair, Robert (Ed.), Pragmatism, Metaphysics, and Method: Essays for Bjørn Ramberg. Nordic Studies in Pragmatism. ISSN 9789526749747. p. 327–347. doi: https:/nordprag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/NSP5-Bjorkdahl.pdf. Full text in Research Archive
Bjordal, Sine Halkjelsvik; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Hidle, Charlotte (2026). Inn i prosaens sak. In Bjordal, Sine Halkjelsvik; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Hidle, Charlotte (Ed.), Sak. Prosa. Forskning.. Cappelen Damm Forskning. ISSN 9788202921316. p. 9–19. doi: https:/www.cdforskning.no/cdf/catalog/book/292. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
In just a few decades, the field of non-fiction research has become an established one, with its own journals, professorships, and textbooks. Yet criticism has also grown: Has the term “non-fiction” become so all-encompassing as to lose precision? Has research done within the field become too narrow, despite a view of texts that extends from tram tickets and milk carton blurbs to legal code and multi-volume history surveys? This anthology brings together researchers who, each in their own way, challenge established non-fiction research, based on their own fields and perspectives. All of the contributions also attempt to point out new paths this type of research can take. A recurrent question is whether the time has come to view “non-fiction research” not as a separate field, but as an open, multidisciplinary, and multi-voiced area of research that revolves around research on the myriad of texts that help shape the society we live in. Non-fiction. Research. New Perspectives on Non-Fiction is aimed at researchers, students and teachers, but will also be of interest to publishers, bureaucrats, critics and anyone else who is concerned with understanding both non-fiction research and the texts that are researched.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2026). §100-fetisjismen: Om sakprosa som opplysningsprosjekt. In Bjordal, Sine Halkjelsvik; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Hidle, Charlotte (Ed.), Sak. Prosa. Forskning.. Cappelen Damm Forskning. ISSN 9788202921316. p. 67–91. doi: https:/www.cdforskning.no/cdf/catalog/book/292. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
In just a few decades, the field of non-fiction research has become an established one, with its own journals, professorships, and textbooks. Yet criticism has also grown: Has the term “non-fiction” become so all-encompassing as to lose precision? Has research done within the field become too narrow, despite a view of texts that extends from tram tickets and milk carton blurbs to legal code and multi-volume history surveys? This anthology brings together researchers who, each in their own way, challenge established non-fiction research, based on their own fields and perspectives. All of the contributions also attempt to point out new paths this type of research can take. A recurrent question is whether the time has come to view “non-fiction research” not as a separate field, but as an open, multidisciplinary, and multi-voiced area of research that revolves around research on the myriad of texts that help shape the society we live in. Non-fiction. Research. New Perspectives on Non-Fiction is aimed at researchers, students and teachers, but will also be of interest to publishers, bureaucrats, critics and anyone else who is concerned with understanding both non-fiction research and the texts that are researched.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2024). A Public and Its Solutions: Lippmann and Dewey through the Prism of Norwegian Social Democracy. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Eds.), The Problematic Public: Lippmann, Dewey, and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century. Penn State University Press. ISSN 9780271096773. p. 160–181. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2024). Introduction: Lippmann, Dewey, and Democracy in a Hailstorm. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Eds.), The Problematic Public: Lippmann, Dewey, and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century. Penn State University Press. ISSN 9780271096773. p. 1–16. Full text in Research Archive
Lykke, Karen Victoria & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2024). Pernicious propaganda: The Norwegian Meat Information Office and its "politics of meat promotion". In Syrjämaa, Taina (Eds.), Animal Industries Nordic Perspectives on the Exploitation of Animals since 1860. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9783110787337. doi: 10.1515/9783110787337-013. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2024). The humanitarian persona. National Identities. ISSN 1460-8944. doi: 10.1080/14608944.2024.2374838. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
A notable aspect of Norwegians’ national identity is that they think of themselves as a ‘peace nation’ and a ‘humanitarian superpower’. It is not obvious, however, how they make this identity work: Foreign politics is a distinctly expert field, and as such, its practice is quite distant from the everyday experience of most citizens. How does an area of politics that most people are largely ignorant about become such an important part of a nation’s identity? In this article, I argue that maintenance of this identity requires a certain type of rhetorical work that mediates between the technical sphere of foreign policy practice and the public sphere in which national identity is made and maintained. This rhetorical work falls in large part on the cultural type I call ‘the humanitarian persona’ – a role that bridges the technical and the public, and which tends to solidify the idea of Norway as an exceptionally benign actor on the international stage. Using the career of activist-academic, politician-diplomat Jan Egeland as a notable performance of this type I argue that the humanitarian persona allows Norwegians to claim ownership to what, at the outset, is literally as well as figuratively foreign to them.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2023). "Elfenbenstårnet": Fortellingen om en merkverdig metafor. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Leikanger, Iris & Tellmann, Silje Maria (Ed.), Formidlende omstendigheter. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215052571. p. 50–76. doi: 10.18261/9788215052595-2023-03. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Leikanger, Iris & Tellmann, Silje Maria (2023). Fascinasjonen for komplikasjonen: Om forskning på forskningskommunikasjon. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Leikanger, Iris & Tellmann, Silje Maria (Ed.), Formidlende omstendigheter. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215052571. p. 11–29. doi: 10.18261/9788215052595-2023-01. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Dette kapittelet introduserer boken Formidlende omstendigheter og gir en overordnet beskrivelse av bokens formål og innretning. Kapittelet setter spørsmålstegn ved en utbredt oppfatning om at forskningskommunikasjon først og fremst dreier seg om populærvitenskapelig formidling til «allmennheten», og motsetter seg ideen om at faglige diskusjoner om forskningskommunikasjon utelukkende er til for å gi råd om hvem som bør si hva til hvem, og hvordan. Vi argumenterer for at det i Norge er behov for en utvidet forskning på forskningskommunikasjon som tar for seg et større spenn av kommunikasjonsformer, aktører og kanaler, og som ikke minst ser denne kommunikasjonen i kontekst av hvordan den innvirker på – og påvirkes av – den bredere relasjonen mellom forskning og samfunn.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Leikanger, Iris & Tellmann, Silje Maria (2023). Forskningskommunikasjon som kur for forskningens legitimitetskrise? In Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Leikanger, Iris & Tellmann, Silje Maria (Ed.), Formidlende omstendigheter. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215052571. p. 33–49. doi: 10.18261/9788215052595-2023-02. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Dette kapittelet tar utgangspunkt i en utbredt fortelling om forholdet mellom forskning og samfunn, der det heter at vitenskapen er i krise, og at forskere derfor må «kommunisere mer», for på den måten å sikre forskningens autoritet som kunnskapskilde. Frykten for at tilliten til forskning skal svikte, er svært overdrevet – om ikke også direkte uriktig, men helt ny er den ikke: Faktisk kan man si at fagfeltet forskningskommunikasjon oppsto nettopp av en slik frykt. I resten av kapittelet viser vi hvordan en – i hovedsak forskningspolitisk – bekymring for vitenskapens status har inngått i en innfløkt dynamikk med forskning på forskningskommunikasjon, og hvordan dette samrøret har avfødt stadig nye «modeller» som hevder å fange forholdet mellom forskning og samfunn. Vi tar til orde for at disse modellene ikke må ses som en strømlinjeformet fremskrittsfortelling, men snarere som et økende mangfold av relasjoner mellom forskning og samfunn, som alle er både viktige og nyttige. Men om man først har innsett det, må man også anerkjenne at potensialet i disse relasjonene først kan realiseres om vi reflekterer mer systematisk over hver av dem, og hvordan de virker sammen.
Reinertsen, Hilde; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & McNeill, Desmond (2022). Accountability versus learning in aid evaluation: A practice-oriented exploration of persistent dilemmas. Evaluation: International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. ISSN 1356-3890. 28(3), p. 356–378. doi: 10.1177/13563890221100848. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Learning and accountability are customarily defined as ‘the dual purpose’ of development aid evaluation, yet this notion is contested. Based on an overview of the existing literature, we identify four ideal type positions in this debate: (1) accountability and learning are complementary objectives, (2) there is a reconcilable tension, (3) there are problematic trade-offs and (4) the two are irreconcilable. Drawing on empirical evidence from Sweden and Norway relating to evaluation processes, evaluation reports and evaluation systems within the sector of development aid, we conclude that pursuing this dual purpose in practice involves trade-offs which need to be recognised. We end with implications for aid evaluation policy and practice.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Syse, Karen Lykke (2022). From ritual loss of life to loss of living rituals: on judicialization of slaughter and denial of animal death. Food, Culture, and Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. ISSN 1552-8014. doi: 10.1080/15528014.2022.2083883. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The increasingly industrial character of meat production has entailed significant changes to the relations we have to the animals we eat. In this article we first describe some of the practices and rituals that characterized slaughter in Norway up to the first decades of the 20th century. In this period, Norwegians drew on rituals to make the killing of an animal meaningful and acceptable. Then, by exploring the original impetus toward “humane slaughter” in the early to mid-20th century, we show how ritual transformations of animals into meat gave way to laws and regulations to justify animal killing. Finally, we provide a contemporary example of how far this “judicialization” of animal killing has come, and argue that this process has enabled the widespread denial of the animal origin of meat.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Pipe Dreams of the Nouveaux Riches: How Norway Mixed Oil and Water at Expo ’92. Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research. 13(1), p. 114–136. doi: 10.3384/cu.3376. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
World expos are occasions for the type of rhetorical display known as "epideictic," and as such, they provide glimpses into how a nation wants to be seen at a particular point in time. In this article, I probe into Norway’s pavilion at the 1992 expo in Seville, Spain, for answers to what Norway wanted to be in the early 1990s. I will argue that Norway’s pavilion, a “deconstructed structure” that centered on a somewhat ambiguous pipe, signals a country in the process of reinventing itself under the aegis of petroleum. More specifically, I suggest that Norway’s ’92 pavilion can be read as an early instantiation of rhetorical techniques that would later become key to Norway’s claim to being both a leading petroleum producer and an environmental frontrunner. The pavilion itself pulled off this balancing act in much the same way that politicians and others would later learn to handle it – by techniques of rhetorical association and dissociation (Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca 1969 [1958]). Having chosen “the cycle of water” as the overarching theme for the exhibition, the makers of the pavilion (the largest sponsor of which was the state oil company, Statoil) managed to make petroleum safe by renaming it “offshore” and by associating it, also in many other ways, with water. The pavilion’s deconstructive architecture can thus be understood as an early validation of the rhetorical practice of “putting together” and “taking apart” to make new things that serve the nation’s interests – in this case a “cycle of water” in which petroleum was a natural part. Although I posit only similarity, and not causality, the rhetorical techniques of Norway’s ’92 pavilion were in this way strikingly similar to what later became a stock argument, e.g. that Norway offers “the world’s cleanest petroleum” (see Ihlen 2007).
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Kjeldsen, Jens Elmelund; Villadsen, Lisa Storm & Vigsø, Orla (2021). Argumentum ad solidaritatem: Rhetorical Leadership Strategies in Scandinavia During COVID-19. In Lewis, Monique; Govender, Eliza & Holland, Kate (Ed.), Communicating COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783030797348. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5. Full text in Research Archive
Syse, Karen Lykke & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). The Animal That Therefore Was Removed from View: The Presentation of Meat in Norway, 1950-2020. In Grusovnik, Tomaz; Spannring, Reingard & Syse, Karen Lykke (Ed.), Environmental and Animal Abuse Denial: Averting Our Gaze. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISSN 9781793610461. p. 127–144. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). The Nobel Savage: Norwegian Do-Goodery as Tragedy. In Puyvallée, Antoine de Bengy & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Ed.), Do-Gooders at the End of Aid: Scandinavian Humanitarianism in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781108772129. p. 60–79. doi: 10.1017/9781108772129.004. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Norway’s “nation brand” rests on the notion that this country is characteristic for its inclination to do good on the world stage. This brand is at risk of being exposed as hypocrisy, however, since Norway demonstrably also causes harm. In this chapter, I focus on the work that goes into maintaining Norway’s image as a good power. I will argue that a key mechanism of such maintenance work is the strategic production and management of ignorance, a phrase that refers to various forms of secrecy, selection, or suppression of information. As an extended illustration, I provide a reading of the TV series Nobel, which details a whole catalogue of Norwegian vices and crimes, and which fictionalizes how those vices and crimes are hidden or marginalized. But if Nobel might thus appear to be a hard-hitting piece of national self-criticism, I suggest that its effect could actually be the exact opposite: In line with its tragic form, what Nobel ultimately offers its viewers is a momentary – self-critical – venting ritual, after which everything can return to normal.
Syse, Karen Lykke & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Ritual Loss of Life and Loss of Living Rituals: On Judicialization of Slaughter and Denial of Animal Death. In Hansen, Arve & Syse, Karen Lykke (Ed.), Changing Meat Cultures: Food Practices, Global Capitalism, and the Consumption of Animals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISSN 9781538142653. Full text in Research Archive
Puyvallée, Antoine de Bengy & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Introduction: On the Resilience of the Scandinavian Humanitarian Brand. In Puyvallée, Antoine de Bengy & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Ed.), Do-Gooders at the End of Aid: Scandinavian Humanitarianism in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781108772129. p. 1–13. doi: 10.1017/9781108772129.001. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Syse, Karen Lykke (2021). Welfare Washing: Disseminating Disinformation in Meat Marketing. Society & Animals. ISSN 1063-1119. 37(1). doi: 10.1163/15685306-bja10032. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2020). Some Reflections on the Wideness of the Atlantic. In Mountford, Roxanne; Tell, Dave & Blakesley, David (Ed.), Reinventing Rhetoric Scholarship: Fifty Years of the Rhetoric Society of America. Parlor Press. ISSN 9781643170985. p. 129–136. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Druglitrø, Tone (2019). When Authority Goes Viral: Digital Communication and Health Expertise on pandemi.no. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Carlsen, Benedicte (Ed.), Pandemics, Publics, and Politics - Staging Responses to Public Health Crises. Palgrave Pivot. ISSN 9789811328015. p. 75–91. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-2802-2_6. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Great Apes and Lesser Humans: Goodall and the Geographic Entangled in Uhuru. In Batra, Nandita & Wenning, Mario (Ed.), The Human-Animal Boundary: Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction. Lexington Books. ISSN 9781498557825. p. 169–184. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Syse, Karen V Lykke (2019). Kjøtt, fremmedgjøring og fornektelse. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. 36(3), p. 255–267. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3053-2019-03-08. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi hvordan norske forbrukere og borgere er fremmedgjort fra prosessen der dyr blir kjøtt. Fremmedgjøringen gjør seg gjeldende langs tre akser – den geografiske, den sosiale og den kulturelle – og gjør at vi har blitt avsosialisert fra ideen om at vi dreper dyr for å spise dem. Ubehaget ved denne tanken fører til ulike fornektelsesstrategier, og bevisstheten om at maten vi spiser har vært et dyr, blir borte.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Carlsen, Benedicte (2019). Enacting Pandemics: How Health Authorities Use the Press — And Vice Versa. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Carlsen, Benedicte (Ed.), Pandemics, Publics, and Politics - Staging Responses to Public Health Crises. Palgrave Pivot. ISSN 9789811328015. p. 43–58. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-2802-2_4. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2018). Den innflytelsesrike nøytraliteten: Rapporten som demokratiets retoriske reisverk. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Eds.), Rapporten: Sjanger og styringsverktøy. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253040523. p. 7–33. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2018). Kunsten å ikke lese: Hvorfor så få faktisk leser rapprter. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Eds.), Rapporten: Sjanger og styringsverktøy. Pax Forlag. ISSN 9788253040523. p. 176–202. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Carlsen, Benedicte (2017). Fear of the Fear of the Flu: Assumptions About Media Effects in the 2009 Pandemic. Science communication. ISSN 1075-5470. 39(3), p. 358–381. doi: 10.1177/1075547017709792. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Carlsen, Benedicte (2017). Pandemic Rhetoric and Public Memory. What People (Don’t) Remember from the 2009 Swine Flu. In Kjeldsen, Jens Elmelund (Eds.), Rhetorical Audience Studies and Reception of Rhetoric. Exploring Audiences Empirically. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783319616179. p. 261–283. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61618-6_10. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This book examines the reception of rhetoric and the rhetoric of reception. By considering salient rhetorical traits of rhetorical utterances and texts seen in context, and relating this to different kinds of reception and/or audience use and negotiation, the authors explore the connections between rhetoric and reception. In our time, new media and new forms of communication make it harder to distinguish between speaker and audience. The active involvement of users and audiences is more important than ever before. This project is based on the premise that rhetorical research should reconsider the understanding, conceptualization and examination of the rhetorical audience. From mostly understanding audiences as theoretical constructions that are examined textually and speculatively, the contributors give more attention to empirical explorations of actual audiences and users. The book will provide readers with new knowledge on the workings of rhetoric as well as illustrative and guiding examples of new methods of rhetorical studies.
Endreson, Thorunn Gullaksen; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Syse, Karen V Lykke (2017). "Kli-fi" på villspor: Klimakrisen i norsk samtidslitteratur. Norsk litterær årbok (NLÅ). ISSN 0078-1266. 52, p. 157–176. Full text in Research Archive
Brekke, Ole Andreas; Ludvigsen, Kari & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2017). Handling og usikkerhet: Norske myndigheters kommunikasjon om svineinfluensapandemien i 2009. Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift. ISSN 0801-1745. 33(1), p. 54–77. doi: 10.18261/issn.2535-2512-2017-01-05. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
I artikkelen undersøker vi sentrale norske myndigheters håndtering av H1N1 – pandemien i 2009, med vekt på den eksterne kommunikasjonshåndteringen. Vi viser hvordan myndighetenes kommunikasjon utad ble formet gjennom samvirket mellom politisk lederskap, forvaltningsmyndighet og faglig kyndighet. Et sentralt mål i myndighetenes kommunikasjonsstrategi var å snakke med én stemme og sikre et enhetlig og klart budskap utad. Men balansen mellom åpenhet om usikkerhet om pandemiens videre utvikling og behovet for handling og iverksetting av tiltak, var en kilde til uenighet internt. Vår analyse indikerer likevel at nettopp differensieringen mellom de ulike myndighetsaktørene, og klarhet om rollefordelingen mellom dem også i den utadrettede kommunikasjonen, kan være av vesentlig betydning for en vellykket krisekommunikasjon.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Parrish, Alex (2017). Contextualizing Human Rhetorical Practice as Animal Behavior: An Invitation to Animal Rhetorics. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Parrish, Alex (Ed.), Rhetorical Animals: Boundaries of the Human in the Study of Persuasion. Lexington Books. ISSN 9781498558457. p. vii–xxiv. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2017). The Rhetoric of Nonanthropocentric Rhetoric. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Parrish, Alex (Ed.), Rhetorical Animals: Boundaries of the Human in the Study of Persuasion. Lexington Books. ISSN 9781498558457. p. 257–280. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2016). Det opplyste opinionsledervelde : kommentatorstanden under svineinfluensautbruddet i 2009. Norsk medietidsskrift (NMT). ISSN 0804-8452. 22(1), p. 2–20. doi: 10.18261/issn.0805-9535-2016-01-04. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2016). When the Battery Cage Came to Norway: The Historical Path of an Agro-Industrial Artifact. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Druglitrø, Tone (Ed.), Animal Housing and Human-Animal Relations: Politics, Practices and Infrastructures. Routledge. ISSN 9781138854116. p. 43–66. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This book provides an in-depth investigation into the practices of animal housing systems with international contributions from across the humanities and social sciences. The physical infrastructures of animal housing are part of a much broader sociocultural and political infrastructure, where the material reality of housing systems combines with human and animal agents, with politics, and with practices. This book explores material technologies from the perspective that these are integrated parts of a larger biopolitical infrastructure and questions how animal housing systems, and the physical infrastructures that surround central human-animal practices, come into being. It explores what kind of practices and relations develop around these physical structures, and by whom, and for whom, they are developed.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Druglitrø, Tone (2016). Animal Housing/Housing Animals: Nodes of politics, practices and infrastructures. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Druglitrø, Tone (Ed.), Animal Housing and Human-Animal Relations: Politics, Practices and Infrastructures. Routledge. ISSN 9781138854116. p. 1–14. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This book provides an in-depth investigation into the practices of animal housing systems with international contributions from across the humanities and social sciences. The physical infrastructures of animal housing are part of a much broader sociocultural and political infrastructure, where the material reality of housing systems combines with human and animal agents, with politics, and with practices. This book explores material technologies from the perspective that these are integrated parts of a larger biopolitical infrastructure and questions how animal housing systems, and the physical infrastructures that surround central human-animal practices, come into being. It explores what kind of practices and relations develop around these physical structures, and by whom, and for whom, they are developed.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2015). Metapanikk! Svineinfluensautbruddets retoriske forviklinger. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. 32(2), p. 109–122. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2015). Caged Welfare: Evading the Good Life for Egg Laying Hens. In Syse, Karen V Lykke & Mueller, Martin Lee (Ed.), Sustainable Consumption and the Good Life. Routledge. ISSN 9781138013001. p. 204–223. doi: 10.4324/9781315795522-13. Full text in Research Archive
Borkfelt, Sune; Kondrup, Sara; Röcklinsberg, Helena; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Gjerris, Mickey (2015). Closer to Nature? A Critical Discussion of the Marketing of “Ethical” Animal Products. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. ISSN 1187-7863. 28(6), p. 1053–1073. doi: 10.1007/s10806-015-9577-4. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Syse, Karen V Lykke (2013). Death and Meateriality. In Willerslev, Rane & Christensen, Dorthe Refslund (Ed.), Taming Time, Timing Death: Social Technologies and Ritual. Ashgate. ISSN 9781409450689. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental, Rhetoric? In Nielsen, Kenneth Bo & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Ed.), Development and Environment: Practices, Theories, Policies. Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 9788232100330. p. 61–77. Full text in Research Archive
Nielsen, Kenneth Bo & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). Development and Environment: Practices, Theories, Policies. In Nielsen, Kenneth Bo & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Ed.), Development and Environment: Practices, Theories, Policies. Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 9788232100330. p. 7–19. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). The Rhetorical Making of a Crime Called Speciesism: The Reception of "Animal Liberation", Eco-global Crimes: Contemporary problems and Future Challenges. Ashgate. ISSN 9781409434931. p. 71–90. doi: 10.4324/9781315578651-5. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Insidious Ignorance or Burst of Biophilia?: Cultural Uses of Educational Farms in Norway. In Millar, Kate; West, Pru Hobson & Nerlich, Brigitte (Ed.), Ethical Futures: Bioscience and Food Horizons. Wageningen Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789086861156. p. 337–342. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Modus ponens, mann! Økseskaft! Filosofisk supplement. ISSN 0809-8220. 4(2). Full text in Research Archive

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Bjordal, Sine Halkjelsvik; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Hidle, Charlotte (2026). Sak. Prosa. Forskning. Cappelen Damm Forskning. ISBN 9788202921316. doi: 10.23865/cdf.292. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
In just a few decades, the field of non-fiction research has become an established one, with its own journals, professorships, and textbooks. Yet criticism has also grown: Has the term “non-fiction” become so all-encompassing as to lose precision? Has research done within the field become too narrow, despite a view of texts that extends from tram tickets and milk carton blurbs to legal code and multi-volume history surveys? This anthology brings together researchers who, each in their own way, challenge established non-fiction research, based on their own fields and perspectives. All of the contributions also attempt to point out new paths this type of research can take. A recurrent question is whether the time has come to view “non-fiction research” not as a separate field, but as an open, multidisciplinary, and multi-voiced area of research that revolves around research on the myriad of texts that help shape the society we live in. Non-fiction. Research. New Perspectives on Non-Fiction is aimed at researchers, students and teachers, but will also be of interest to publishers, bureaucrats, critics and anyone else who is concerned with understanding both non-fiction research and the texts that are researched.
Rasmussen, Terje; Heldal, Janicke & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2026). Forestillinger om demokrati. En norsk topografi. Scandinavian University Press (SCUP). ISBN 9788215075464. 305 p. doi: https:/www.scup.com/doi/book/10.18261/9788215075464-26. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2023). The Problematic Public: Lippmann, Dewey, and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century. Penn State University Press. ISBN 9780271096773. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Lykke, Karen Victoria (2023). Hva vi spiser når vi spiser kjøtt. Res Publica. ISBN 9788282262866. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Lykke, Karen Victoria (2023). Live, Die, Buy, Eat: A Cultural History of Animals and Meat. Routledge. ISBN 9781472471789. 320 p. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Leikanger, Iris & Tellmann, Silje Maria (2023). Formidlende omstendigheter. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215052571. 258 p. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Duharte, Adrian Santiago Franco (2022). Academic Flying and the Means of Communication. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9789811649103. 365 p. Full text in Research Archive
Puyvallée, Antoine de Bengy & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Do-Gooders at the End of Aid: Scandinavian Humanitarianism in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108772129. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Carlsen, Benedicte (2019). Pandemics, Publics, and Politics - Staging Responses to Public Health Crises. Palgrave Pivot. ISBN 9789811328015. 91 p. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2018). Rapporten: Sjanger og styringsverktøy. Pax Forlag. ISBN 9788253040523. 324 p. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Parrish, Alex (2017). Rhetorical Animals: Boundaries of the Human in the Study of Persuasion. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781498558457. 294 p. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Druglitrø, Tone (2016). Animal Housing and Human-Animal Relations: Politics, Practices and Infrastructures. Routledge. ISBN 9781138854116. 215 p. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This book provides an in-depth investigation into the practices of animal housing systems with international contributions from across the humanities and social sciences. The physical infrastructures of animal housing are part of a much broader sociocultural and political infrastructure, where the material reality of housing systems combines with human and animal agents, with politics, and with practices. This book explores material technologies from the perspective that these are integrated parts of a larger biopolitical infrastructure and questions how animal housing systems, and the physical infrastructures that surround central human-animal practices, come into being. It explores what kind of practices and relations develop around these physical structures, and by whom, and for whom, they are developed.
Nielsen, Kenneth Bo & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). Development and Environment: Practices, Theories, Policies. Akademisk Forlag. ISBN 9788232100330. 313 p. Full text in Research Archive

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Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Heldal, Janicke & Rasmussen, Terje (2026). Innledning: Forestillinger om demokratiet. In Rasmussen, Terje; Heldal, Janicke & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (Ed.), Forestillinger om demokrati. En norsk topografi.. Scandinavian University Press (SCUP). ISSN 9788215075464. p. 9–32. doi: https:/www.scup.com/doi/10.18261/9788215075464-26-01. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2025). Vel mye personfokusert drama. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2025). Ett tabu frem, og to tilbake. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. Full text in Research Archive
Lykke, Karen Victoria & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2023). Intervju til Sunnhetsbladet: Hva vi spiser når vi spiser kjøtt. [Journal]. Sunnhetsbladet. Full text in Research Archive
Lykke, Karen Victoria & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2023). Podkastsamtale om boken "Hva vi spiser når vi spiser kjøtt". Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2022). Kan vi ha tillit til tilliten? Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. 39(4). doi: 10.18261/nnt.39.4.7. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
I en utbredt fortelling om Norges pandemihåndtering heter det at vi lyktes eksepsjonelt godt takket være den norske befolkningens særegent høye tillit til sine myndigheter. I denne artikkelen tar jeg for meg en rekke eksempler som bidro til å skape denne fortellingen, men stiller så spørsmål ved hva den utelukker og forviser til bakgrunnen. Jeg påpeker at mange kommersielle og/eller utenlandske aktører som var av stor betydning for Norges pandemirespons, knapt var en del av den offentlige samtalen, og gir tre eksempler på dette. Til slutt diskuterer jeg hva som måtte skjedd for at vi skulle hatt en mer sammensatt, og dermed mer realistisk, fortelling om Norges pandemirespons.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2022). Moderne retorikk - en sarkofagdisiplin? Kairos (Oslo). ISSN 2703-822X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2022). Forskning og samfunn - med Lippmann og Dewey. Kairos (Oslo). ISSN 2703-822X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2022). Konspirasjonsempiri. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2022). Forskningskommunikasjon og retorisk kvantitet. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2022). Kræsjkurs i forskningskommunikasjon. Full text in Research Archive
Tønnesson, Johan Laurits & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2022). Om selvhjelpslitteratur. [Radio]. SAKLIG! En podkast fra ILN, HF, UiO. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2022). Tillitismen. Kairos (Oslo). ISSN 2703-822X. Full text in Research Archive
Lohne, Kjersti; Schaffer, Johan Karlsson; Thorsen, Dag Einar & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Rights and democracy as Nordic brands. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Selvsentrert. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. p. 72–77. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Bezosiering av akademia. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Digitale skyggesider - tekno-optimisme møter overvåkningskapitalismen. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT). ISSN 0800-336X. 38(1-2), p. 124–138. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Mouffsk ordbok. Kairos (Oslo). ISSN 2703-822X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Fagdannelse. [Journal]. Kairos (Oslo). Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Oda til uskylden. Kairos (Oslo). ISSN 2703-822X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Tildelingsbrevet: En sjangeranalyse. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Vil kommunikatørene universitetets beste? Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Når forskere flyr fra ansvaret. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Bullshit-bingo - i bold. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2021). Koronakommisjonen vitner om politikkens økende nærsynthet. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2020). Donald Trump er et retorisk geni. Agenda Magasin. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2020). Den definitive ikke-fortellingen om Norges forskningsråd. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. 26(1), p. 64–67. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2020). Rhetorica voluminosa. Rhetorica Scandinavica. ISSN 1397-0534. p. v–ix. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2020). Vi, mennesker. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2020). Hvordan skape tillit. [Journal]. Kairos (Oslo). Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2020). Teori som krisetiltak. Kairos (Oslo). ISSN 2703-822X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Jørgensen, Iben Brinch (2020). Lang lugg, skalla bak. Kairos (Oslo). ISSN 2703-822X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Forskningskommunikasjon 1 og forskningskommunikasjon 2. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Brevitas ad absurdum. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Syse, Karen V Lykke (2019). Bullshit om gris. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Kommentarfeltmotstand er uansvarlig, selvmotsigende og risikabelt snobberi. p. 22–22. Full text in Research Archive
Carlsen, Benedicte & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Enacting Pandemics: How Health Authorities Use the Press and Vice Versa. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Carlsen, Benedicte (2019). Introduction: Pandemics, Publics, and Politics — Staging Responses to Public Health Crises. In Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Carlsen, Benedicte (Ed.), Pandemics, Publics, and Politics - Staging Responses to Public Health Crises. Palgrave Pivot. ISSN 9789811328015. p. 1–9. Full text in Research Archive
Holsten, Hilde Hartmann; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Tønnesson, Johan (2019). Hvordan kommuniserer forskere, brukere og kommunikatører? Full text in Research Archive Show summary
PANEL OM FORSKERE OG KOMMUNIKATØRER: Forskningskommunikatører posisjonerer seg på mange ulike måter i forhold til forskerne de jobber med. Hvilke utfordringer melder seg gjerne i denne relasjonen, og hvordan blir den mest mulig konstruktiv? Med Linn Dybdahl, kommunikasjonsrådgiver ved BI, Hilde Holsten, kommunikasjonsrådgiver ved Universitetet i Oslo og Johan Tønnesson, professor ved Universitetet i Oslo. Ordstyrer: Kristian Bjørkdahl
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Må vi hvite hvem vi er? Agenda Magasin. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). To tunge trender. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Død eller doxa. Agenda Magasin. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Forskeren som spåkone. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Fremtidens hermeneutikk. Khrono.no. ISSN 1894-8995. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2019). Enhetsuniversitetet? Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2018). Filosofiens begravelsesagent. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Syse, Karen V Lykke & Endreson, Thorunn Gullaksen (2018). Kamp om intensjonsrommet, Karlsvik? p. 29–29. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2018). En Dude for vår tid. Agenda Magasin. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2018). Åndssnobber, adskill eder! Agenda Magasin. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2018). Kunnskapsgrunnlag og kvikksand. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. Full text in Research Archive
Reinertsen, Hilde; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & McNeill, Desmond (2017). Confronting the contradiction. An exploration into the dual purpose of accountability and learning in aid evaluation. Conference poster. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Syse, Karen V Lykke & Endreson, Thorunn Gullaksen (2017). Ut av klima-melankolien! p. 22–23. Full text in Research Archive
Reinertsen, Hilde; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & McNeill, Desmond (2017). Bistandens læringsproblem. Full text in Research Archive
Reinertsen, Hilde; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Hermansen, Erlend Andre T. (2017). Hvorfor skal vi tro på klimaforskningen? Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2017). Solidaritet i trollenes tid. Agenda Magasin. Full text in Research Archive
Reinertsen, Hilde; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & McNeill, Desmond (2017). Two sides of the same coin? Are learning and accountability compatible in aid evaluation? EBA report seminar. Full text in Research Archive
Reinertsen, Hilde; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & McNeill, Desmond (2017). Vi måste prata om utvärderingarnas syfte. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2017). Vi som burde elske Amerika. Agenda Magasin. Full text in Research Archive
Reinertsen, Hilde; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & McNeill, Desmond (2016). Confronting the contradiction: An exploration of the tensions between accountability and learning in aid evaluation. Seminar presentation. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Reinertsen, Hilde & McNeill, Desmond (2016). Confronting the contradiction: An exploration of the tensions between accountability and learning in aid evaluation. Conference presentation. Full text in Research Archive
Ludvigsen, Kari; Brekke, Ole Andreas & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2015). Mellom risiko og krise: Myndighetens kommunikasjon om svineinfluensapandemien i 2009. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2015). Rapporten ingen har lest. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2015). Anti-sublim. Vagant. ISSN 0802-0736. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2014). Selvhjelpslitteratur som tabu. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2014). Frykt og grønt. Bokvennen. ISSN 0802-1953. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2014). Spisformulering: Intervju med Gunhild Stordalen. [Journal]. Tvergastein. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2014). Det er utover vi må gå. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2014). Om å overbevise underbevisstheten. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet). ISSN 0332-6470. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Syse, Karen V Lykke & Endreson, Thorunn (2013). Skitt og kanel i kjøkkenhagen. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. p. 25–25. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2013). Bevisstløs i handlingsøyeblikket. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2013). Pollanering. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2013). God geit - og et helvetes nytt år! Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2013). Ut i krigen. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2013). Usmakelig fra NRK. p. 4–5. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). Kan vi redde verden med grønnsaksuppe? Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. p. 21–27. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Bokessay om Meld.st. 14 (2010-2011) "Mot en grønnere utvikling - om sammenhengen i miljø- og utviklingspolitikken"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). Trusler mot demokratiet. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). Mannen som ville redde verden. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Basert på bokessay i PROSA, 2/2012.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). Cash, kuler og krutt. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. p. 46–48. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Michelsen og Lie, "Fredsnasjonens grenseløse våpenhandel"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2012). Skyttergravskrig ved forskningsfronten. p. 34–35. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian; Syse, Karen V Lykke & Endreson, Thorunn (2012). Selvdyrking er selvdyrking. p. 20–21. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Cyberspace som lukket rom. Aftenposten Innsikt. ISSN 1890-6931. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Et liv i knitter og sprak. Aftenposten Innsikt. ISSN 1890-6931. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Verden ifølge Jens. p. 38–39. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Muammars sandkasse. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av St John "Libya" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Makrosyken. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Therborn "The World" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Farlig fargelære. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Keevak "Becoming Yellow" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Skilt happens. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Braudy "The Hollywood Sign" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Store skyldnere. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Graeber "Debt" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Manndomsprøvelser. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Hymowitz "Manning Up" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Van(n)skjøtsel. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Allan "Virtual Water" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Nerdenes hevn. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Lev Grossmans "The Connector" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Stanleys skrivekurs. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Fish "How to Write a Sentence" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Maskinenes trøst. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Turkle "Alone Together" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). I begynnelsen var informasjonen. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Gleick "The Information" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Beretninger om manglende beskyttelse. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Matar "What It Means to Be Palestinian" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Tannløst om verdighet. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Kateb "Human Dignity" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Jeg synes, altså er jeg. Aftenposten Innsikt. ISSN 1890-6931. November, p. 90–91. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Gud er (sannsynligvis) død! Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Lane "The Age of Doubt" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Bokas riddere. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Eco & Carriere "This Is Not the End of the Book" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Dyrevernets torpedo. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Rollin "Putting the Horse before Descartes" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). DU er media. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Rose "The Art of Immersion" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Betimelig blikk på Midtøsten. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Zubaida "Beyond Islam" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Maskinmat versus menneskeføde. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Rosillo-Calle & Johnson "Food Versus Fuel" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Frihetskampens kammerspill. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Frafjord Johnson "Waging Peace in Sudan" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Ingen hellig ku. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Agamben m.fl. "Democracy in What State?" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Internett som arbeids(skapende) verktøy. Aftenposten Innsikt. ISSN 1890-6931. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Hvem er redd for @ktivisme? Aftenposten Innsikt. ISSN 1890-6931. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Rød børs. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Carney "The Red Market" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Islamofobi til frokost, lunsj og middag. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Dabashi "Brown Skin, White Masks" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Revolusjonære tanker. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Hobsbawm "How to Change the World" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). En teknologisk søvngjenger krysser sitt spor. Aftenposten Innsikt. ISSN 1890-6931. Oktober, p. 70–71. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Ledelse med lidelse. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Ghaemi "A First-Rate Madness"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Underkjent arbeid. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Goldstein "Winning the War on War"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Død og liv. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Glouberman/Heti "The Chairs Are Where the People Go" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Tunge taler. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Johnson "Microstyle"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2011). Kunsten å surfe på en flodbølge. p. 12–13. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Vanskeligere for bilistene. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 27–27. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Man blir hva man mishandler. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. 57(1), p. 56–57. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av nyutgave av Peter Singers "Animal Liberation" og Jonathan Safran Foers "Eating Animals".
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. Etikk i praksis. ISSN 1890-3991. 4(2), p. 113–118. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Supermaktmisunnelse. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Raghav Bahl "Superpower?" + notiser om fire andre.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Arilds verden. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Arild Pedersens "Niels Normanns oversjøiske reise" og David Shields' "Reality Hunger".
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Drømmen om California. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 46–48. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Sindre Kartvedts "La-la-land" og Horkheimer og Adornos "Kulturindustri".
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Imperialist? Jeg? Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 48–50. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Bjørn Godøys "Solskinn og død" og Kirsten Alsaker Kjerlands "Nordmenn i det koloniale Kenya".
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Endevender markedsmyter. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse Ha-Joon Chang "23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Hvorfor grusomhet er galt. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Fried & Fried "Because It Is Wrong" + 4 notiser.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Menneskeselvfølgelighetene. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Samuel Moyn "The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Irans demokrati. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse Hooman Majd "The Ayatollahs' Democracy: An Iranian Challenge" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Vår mann i Washington. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse James T. Kloppenberg "Reading Obama" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Moralismens revansj. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Kwame Anthony Appiah "The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). India til inspirasjon. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Ramachandra Guha "Makers of Modern India" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Til konkretene! Filosofisk supplement. ISSN 0809-8220. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Raymond Geuss "Philosophy and Real Politics"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Den elendige nødhjelpen. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Linda Polman "The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid?" og Peter Gill "Famine & Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Afrika-skildrere. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse V. S. Naipaul "The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief" og Tim Butcher "Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit" + 4 notiser
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Hagefest på Litteraturhuset. p. 28–29. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Bilismen må tøyles. p. 26–26. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Nytt og gammelt nytt. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Jack Fuller "What is Happening to News?" + notiser om 4 andre bøker.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Imelda Marcos-syndromet. p. 53–53. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Anti-orientalismen. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 66–67. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Reza Aslan (red.) "Tablet and Pen" + notiser om fire andre.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). En liten stripe USA. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Maurer & Yu "The Big Ditch" + notiser om fire andre.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Kloden har diabetes. p. 4–4. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). De åra det var så bratt. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 46–48. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av James Godbolt "Den norske vietnambevegelsen"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Norsk, norskere. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 48–50. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Thomas Hylland Eriksen "Samfunn" og Nils Christie "Fangevoktere i konsentrasjonsleire"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Verdenspolitiet. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Andrew Bacevich "Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War" + fire notiser.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). De endte sine dager... Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Paul Greenberg "Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food" + fire notiser.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). The Yellow Frame and All That Is In It. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Ankomstbyer. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Doug Saunders "Arrival City" + notiser om fire andre.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Økonomisk husketur. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 48–50. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Finn Fuglestad "Vekstøkonomi: Et globalhistorisk essay" og Bill McKibben "Eaarth"
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Nyliberalismens nye klær. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Milford Bateman "Why Doesn't Microfinance Work?" + 4 notiser.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Miljøvennlig urbanisering. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 50–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Witold Rybczynski "Makeshift Metropolis" + 4 notiser.
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Konfronterende kokketerapi. p. 12–13. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). The Shallows: What the internet is Doing to Our Brains. Etikk i praksis. ISSN 1890-3991. 4(2), p. 113–118. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Hurra for pessimismen! Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 52–54. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Barbara Ehrenreichs "Bright-sided" og Woody Allens "Whatever Works".
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Internasjonal samling. Ny tid. ISSN 0803-3498. p. 48–50. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Amin Maaloufs "Verden i ubalanse" og Tord Larsens "Den globale samtalen".
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2010). Du er ikke en dings! Etikk i praksis. ISSN 1890-3991. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Jaron Lanier "You Are Not a Gadget" og Nichols Carr "The Shallows".
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Insidious Ignorance or Burst of Biophilia?: Cultural Uses of Educational Farms in Norway. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Roberto Mangabeira Unger, The Self Awakened: Pragmatism Unbound. Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift. ISSN 0801-1745. 25(4), p. 375–379. Full text in Research Archive
Syse, Karen V Lykke & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Making Meat a Mystery. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Eckhoff, Rikke (2009). Sånn er livet. [Radio]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Skal vi være dyrevenner? Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Vi trenger en kjøttavgift. Full text in Research Archive
Gamlund, Espen & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Den grønne bølgen. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Brekkstang for dyr? Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Den som vil ha bare kjøtt... Dagsavisen. ISSN 1503-2892. Full text in Research Archive
Eldevik, Rolf Øyvind H & Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Grønn bølge som varer. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). København som sort hull. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2009). Building a Larger Loyalty, One Ape at a Time. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian & Witoszek, Nina (2008). Veien ut av uføret. [Journal]. Ny tid. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Intervju med Arne Naess Chair Ramachandra Guha
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Dagros og bonden. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Kjære Oslo-bilist. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Høna og egget. p. 47–47. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Det enkle er ofte usmakelig. p. 37–37. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Olje! p. 35–35. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Hvordan lage en amerikansk filosof. Filosofisk supplement. ISSN 0809-8220. 4(4), p. 48–51. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Anmeldelse av Neil Gross, Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Bort med trafikken! Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). Olja Nordmann. Dagbladet. ISSN 0805-3766. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2008). De vanskelige Andre. Filosofisk supplement. ISSN 0809-8220. 4(1), p. 14–19. Full text in Research Archive
Reinertsen, Hilde; Bjørkdahl, Kristian & McNeill, Desmond (2017). Confronting the contradiction: An exploration into the dual purpose of accountability and learning in aid evaluation. Expertgruppen för Biståndsanalys (EBA). ISSN 9789188143280. Full text in Research Archive
Bjørkdahl, Kristian (2016). Enlarging the Ethnos. Rorty, Redescription, and the Rhetorical Labor of Moral Progress. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive

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