Curriculum Vitae
Stig A. Eriksson – Curriculum Vitae
I have a M.A. in Elementary Drama from University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 1979; and I have a Ph.D. in Drama Education from Åbo Akademi University – Vasa, Finland, from 2009). I am currently Professor Emeritus in drama education and applied theatre at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Institute of the Arts (HVL Bergen). Here I take an active part in the research group at HVL: Drama in Educational and Societal Contexts (DESC), and take part in Ph.D. tutoring in the applied drama field.
I am an experienced drama teacher and educator, and have lectured and presented workshops in a number of national and international conferences and institutions, in about 30 countries. My research interests are related to historical and actual developments in the field of drama/theatre and education, including the broad field of applied drama/theatre.
I was project co-ordinator of IDEA’s 4 th World Congress in 2001 in Bergen and producer of the congress handbook and congress video.
2008-2010: Involved in the EU-funded international research project DICE (Drama Improves Lisbon Key Competences in Education, 2010: http://www.dramanetwork.eu/).
2011-2013: Involved in an Arts Education Didactics research program on Theatre as Bildung within the faculty, and co-editor of the anthology Teater som danning (Fagbokforlaget 2013).
2014-2017: Involved in a national research project: Drama-Theatre-Democracy, and co-editor of the anthology Drama, teater og demokrati (Fagbokforlaget 2017): http://prosjekt.hib.no/drama/aktuelt/.
2016-2022: Contributor to UTFORSK - a research project between Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen and Shanghai Theatre Academy.
2023-2024: Guest editor/co-editor for the journal: Education in the North, Vol. 31 (Issue 2: Drama Conventions in Educational and Applied Sciences): Volume 31(2) Drama Conventions in Educational and Applied Sciences Journal Education The University of Aberdeen (abdn.ac.uk)
2024-2027: Visiting Professor at Shandong Communication & Media College, Department of Preschool Education and Drama, Jinan, China.
I freelance on demand.