Gunhild is a professor and an awarded Excellent Teaching Practitioner at The University Centre in Svalbard, with extensive experience in safety science. She is dedicated to human factors and a systems approach in safety thinking and safety management in high-risk contexts, as well as learning processes in higher education from a psychological perspective.
Research area mainly within the area of safety psychology, safety management, and human factors in high-risk industries, including the High Arctic context with natural hazards.
Gunhild holds a PhD in Psychology with a focus on risks associated with the introduction of automated technology in the Petroleum industry on an oil and gas producing platform.
Works with safety psychology and human factors, particularly within:
Academic chapter2025Mina Saghafian, Gunhild Birgitte Sætren, Stine Thordarson Moltubakk, Lene Elisabeth Bertheussen, Jooyoung Park, Ole Andreas Alsos, Stig Ole Johnsen
Academic article2019Gunhild Birgitte Sætren, Catharina Lindheim, Martin Rasmussen Skogstad, Pål Andreas Pedersen, Rolf Robertsen, Ståle Lødemel, Per Johan Haukeberg
