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People

Marte Johnslien
Core Research Team
Marte Johnslien

Artist and researcher
Principal Investigator of TiO2: The Materiality of White and Co-PI of TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter

Helene Engnes Birkeli
Core Research Team
Helene Engnes Birkeli

Art Historian (PhD) and Postdoc Fellow Researcher in TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter

Julia K. Persson
Core Research Team
Julia K. Persson

Artist and Research assistant in TiO2: The Materiality of White

June Stuen
Project Partners
June Stuen

Director of Dalane Folkemuseum and Jøssingfjord Science Museum

Marianne Løken
Project Partners
Marianne Løken

Science educator (PhD) and Director of Research and Development (R&D) at Østfoldmuseene

Gro Behrens
Project Partners
Gro Behrens

Archivist for the TiO2 Project at Østfoldmuseene

Solveig Tjetland
Project Partners
Solveig Tjetland

Architect and Project Leader at ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Producer of TiO2's research exhibitions

Enrique Roura
Project Partners
Enrique Roura

Architect and technician at ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Exhibition architecture for TiO2's research exhibitions

Hans Edward Hammonds
Collaborators
Hans Edward Hammonds

Artist,
Co-founder of Velferden with Maiken Stene

MaryClaire Pappas
Collaborators
MaryClaire Pappas

Art Historian (PhD) and affiliated professor in TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter

Maximilian Schob
Collaborators
Maximilian Schob

Landscape architect and transdisciplinary researcher

Ingrid Halland
Core Research Team
Ingrid Halland

Art and architecture historian, art critic
Principal Investigator TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter and Co-PI of TiO2: The Materiality of White

Tonje Haugland Sørensen
Core Research Team
Tonje Haugland Sørensen

Art Historian (PhD) was Senior Researcher in TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter 2023 - 2025

Iliana Papadimitriou
Core Research Team
Iliana Papadimitriou

Artist & Documentation Assistant MoW

Janne Werner Olsrud
Project Partners
Janne Werner Olsrud

Museologist (PhD) and Head of Collections and Exhibitions at The Norwegian Mining Museum

Hege Steen Langvik
Project Partners
Hege Steen Langvik

Curator and archivist at Østfoldmuseene

Olaug N. Økland
Project Partners
Olaug N. Økland

Curator at Dalane Folkemuseum and Jøssingfjord Science Museum

Gjertrud Steinsvåg
Project Partners
Gjertrud Steinsvåg

Director of ROM for kunst og arkitektur, co-curator of TiO2's research exhibitions

Exutoire
Project Partners
Exutoire

Research-by-design: graphic design, exhibition design, visual identity 

Maiken Stene
Collaborators
Maiken Stene

Artist,
Co-founder of Velferden with Hans Edward Hammonds

Kshitija Mruthyunjaya
Collaborators
Kshitija Mruthyunjaya

Architect/designer and affiliated researcher in TiO2: The Materiality of White

Scientific Committee

The research project 'TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter' has a scientific reference group which regularly meets throughout the project (2023 - 2028):

Prof. Kjetil Fallan (University of Oslo), Prof. Peder Anker (NYU), Jukka Savolainen (Director at the Design Museum in Helsinki), Associate Professor Lise Skytte Jakobsen (Aarhus University), and Prof. Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen (Royal Danish Academy).

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