Helga Synnevåg
Professor at the Department of Sports and Outdoor Life, Department of Cultural Studies, Volda University College.
Her main areas of expertise include philosophy of nature with particular emphasize on psychological methods on phenomena such as positive emotions, flow, motivation, eudaimonic well-being and aesthetic experiences in nature, outdoor life and nature guiding, health and social sciences. She has published extensively in the field of outdoor life and taken a leading role in international and national is particularly concerned with identifying experiences that bring new perspectives and understandings of how we as human being understand ourselves and the world, emotionally, aesthetically and spiritually. Central in her research is taking the distinction between “doing” and “being” into a critical examination and revitalization of understanding of outdoor life traditions.