Field of work
Irina Pavlova is a Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and awadarded Excellent Teaching Practitioner at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). She has worked at HVL since 2016. Since 2025 she holds the role as Program Leader for the Sociology program, which includes both Bachelor's and Year study programs.
In recognition of her contributions to teaching, Irina was awarded the "Utdanningskvalitetspris" (Education Quality Award) in 2020 for her effective integration of mandatory placements within the Sociology curriculum. Her recent research initiatives have focused on work-oriented Sociology and digitalisation of and in higher education. Irina was awarded Excellent Teaching Practioioner in 2025.
As of 2024, the Sociology program at HVL has transitioned to an online format, and Irina leads the research and pedagogical development work related to this transition.
Irina holds several roles at HVL:
- Member of the Council for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (2019-2023 and 2024-2027)
- Member of the Faculty Council for the Faculty of Technology, Environmental, and Social Sciences (2024-2027)
- Member of the Gender Diversity and Inclusion Board within the ARTEMIS University Alliance (2025- ).
Courses taught
- Youth Sociology
- Sociology
Research areas
- HORIZON 2020 research project MOVE: Mapping Mobility – pathways, institutions, and structural effects of youth mobility in Europe.
- Internationalisation in education / labor market
- Youth
- Sociology of Work - Sociology work placements
- Active citizenship
- Digitalisation of and in higher education
Publications
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Forsking på sosiologisk praksis og mentorperspektiv
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Joint Navigation: Student and Mentor Insights on Sociology Work Placements
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Digitalisering av høgare utdanning og digitale skiljelinjer?
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Sosiologi for alle
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Å bli ein som jobbar. Ein tematisk analyse av studentperspektiv på obligatorisk praksis i sosiologi ved Høgskulen på Vestlandet (HVL)
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Sosiologisk tenketank
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"Å bli ein som jobbar" - eit forskingsprosjekt om arbeidspraksis i sosiologi
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Samskaping gjennom arbeidspraksis? Ein studie om kunnskapsproduksjon og læring i sosiologi
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Learning in Transition: Erasmus+ as an Opportunity for Internationalization
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Aktive studentar - aktive medborgarar?
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Samtale om praksis
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Løyse samfunnsproblem med teater?
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Learning in Transition: Erasmus+ as an Opportunity for Internationalization
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Anbefaler å trekke arbeidslivet inn i undervisningen
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Places and policy in rural Norway: A case study of local youth empowerment through ‘Legislative Theatre’.
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Sosiologi-lektor tildelt pris ved HVL
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Irina Pavlova fikk utdanningskvalitetsprisen for 2020
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Her må alle sosiologistudenter ut i praksis
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Sosiologi i praksis
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Praksis for alle. (Foredragshaldar og ansvarleg for Arbeidslivsseminaret 2020)
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Å skape nettverk i arbeidslivet - å vere med på laget
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Youth Employment Mobility – experiencing (un)certainties in Europe
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MOVE project presentation / DIKU seminar
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Sosiologi i praksis - tvungen arbeidslivstilpassing eller naudsynt prøveløp? Kartlegging av studentperspektiv
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Korleis står det til med dagens ungdomsgenerasjon? Trendar og utviklingstrekk.
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"Ung i Europa"
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Youth, SDGs and employment mobility
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Klima, katastrofe, berekraft
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Why is it so hard? And for whom? Obstacles to intra-European mobility
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Vondskap som fenomen, på tvers av disiplin
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Ungdom er ikkje berre eit ord
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Internasjonalisering heime: "Regionale og internasjonale samstundes?"
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Being international and not being international at the same time; the challenges of peer relations under mobility.
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Move Preconference; Project result presentation and workshop with students.
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MOVE Dagskonferanse (organisering av nasjonal konferanse)
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Stopp internasjonaliseringsjaget, eg vil av!
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Being international and not being international at the same time. The challenges of peer relations under mobility
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“Mobility Corridor” – reflections on international youth mobility
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MOVE - Eit forskingsprosjekt om ungdom og mobilitet i Europa
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International Mobility Norway- MOVE Research
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Presenter at the workshop on Pupil's Exchange Mobility
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MOVE – Some reflections from an “inside outsider”
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Mapping mobility – pathways, institutions and structural effects of youth mobility in Europe
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Being international and not being international at the same time: the challenges of peer relations under mobility