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Knut Øystein Høvik

Knut Øystein Høvik

Professor

Email
knut.hovik@inn.no
Phone number
+47 62 51 76 41
Mobile number
+47 92 46 01 83

Faculty of education
Department of English
Campus Hamar, Room 2K219

Short description

Knut Øystein Høvik is Professor in English Literature, Culture and Didactics. He has a Master's degree in English from the University of Bergen (2000). 

Høvik teaches in all study programmes where English is involved: Initial Teacher Education for Years 1-7, 5-10 and 8-13, the Master's programne in Culture, Language, and Didactics, English one-year course and in-service programmes for teachers. 

Høvik's research interest is in the field of English subject didactics, and particularly the relationship between cultural studies and the English subject. He is also interested in the historical development of the subject and curriculum studies. Høvik is also involved in different internationalisation projects. 

Høvik has previously been the head of the study programmes for Initial Teacher Education for Years 1-7 and 5-10. He has also been deputy chair for the National Academic Council for English Studies. He is currently board member for the Norwegian He is also chair for the Norwegian Society for English Studies. In addition, he is Great Norwegian Encyclopaedia’s (Store norske leksikon) area expert on British and Irish history.

In 2023 Høvik was awarded the status of Excellent Teaching Practitioner at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

In the period 2025-27 Høvik is on leave from his position at University of Inland Norway, serving as Director of the Norwegian Study Centre at the University of York.

Research groups

Publications

  • Heggernes, Sissil Lea; Drange, Eli-Marie D. & Høvik, Knut Øystein (2025). “A small piece of my heart remained”: In-service foreign language teachers’ perspectives on short-term mobility in continuous professional development. Nordic Journal of Language Teaching and Learning (NJLTL). 13(1), p. 95–114. doi: 10.46364/njltl.v13i1.1375. Full text in Research Archive
  • Buseth, Jill Tove; Didham, Robert J.; Høvik, Knut Øystein; Martinsen, Marianne & Øyehaug, Anne Bergliot (2025). Exploring teacher educators’ views on interdisciplinary teaching: a cross-disciplinary study of interdisciplinarity for sustainability education. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO). 19(2), p. 1–23. doi: 10.5617/adno.11405. Full text in Research Archive
  • Høvik, Knut Øystein (2023). From Burning Beds to Rising Seas: Envirnomental Issues in the Song Lyrics of Midnight Oil. In Ede, Amatoritsero; Kleppe, Sandra Lee & Sorby, Angela (Ed.), Poetry and the Global Climate Crisis: Creative Educational Approaches to Complex Challenges. Routledge. ISSN 9781032508542. p. 27–40. Full text in Research Archive
  • Holander, Stefan Hans Olof & Høvik, Knut Øystein (2023). Urfolksperspektiver i engelskfaget. In Figenschou, Gøril; Karlsen, Silje Solheim & Pedersen, Helge Christian (Ed.), Ávdnet. Samiske tema i skole og utdanning. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215058047. p. 299–314. Full text in Research Archive
  • Høvik, Knut Øystein (2017). Fra British Club til Global English: Engelskfag i utvikling. In Løtveit, Morten (Eds.), Tidssignaler: Lærerutdanningsfag i utvikling: Utdanning av lærere på Hamar - 150 år. Oplandske Bokforlag. ISSN 9788275182515. p. 191–217. Full text in Research Archive

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Addresses

Visiting Address

Elias Hofgaards Hus (Kontorbygget)
Holsetgata 31, N-2318 Hamar
Room 2K219
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Postal Address

University of Inland Norway
Postboks 400 Vestad
2418 Elverum
Norway