Gunhild B. Sætren
Professor, Manager Arctic Safety Centre
About Gunhild
Gunhild is a professor and an awarded Excellent Teaching Practitioner at The University Centre in Svalbard, with extensive experience in safety science. She is dedicated to human factors and a systems approach in safety thinking and safety management in high-risk contexts, as well as learning processes in higher education from a psychological perspective.
Research area mainly within the area of safety psychology, safety management, and human factors in high-risk industries, including the High Arctic context with natural hazards.
Gunhild holds a PhD in Psychology with a focus on risks associated with the introduction of automated technology in the Petroleum industry on an oil and gas producing platform.
Works with safety psychology and human factors, particularly within:
- Arctic Safety
- Safety and emergency preparedness management
- Human–machine interaction in high-risk contexts
- Higher education teaching and learning
