PhD theses
Faroese researchers have completed several PhD projects in the Faroe Islands and abroad, and foreign researchers have written PhD projects in the Faroe Islands or about Faroese topics.
Several of these PhD theses can be found here:
Baianstovu, Rúna í: Mångfald som demokratins villkor
Örebro Universitet, 2012
Bak, Urd Grandorf: Seaweed cultivation in the Faroe Islands: An investigation of the biochemical composition of selected macroalgal species, optimised seeding technics, and open-ocean cultivation methods from a commercial perspective
DTU, 2019
Bergsson, Heiðrikur: Optimizing fish growth and animal welfare in aquaculture sea cages by profiling oxygen and water current
Copenhagen University, 2021
Bláfoss, Rúni: Daily fluctuations in low-back pain, fatigue, and stress among warehouse and construction workers
University of Southern Denmark, 2024
Carlsen, Louise M.: Teachers’ Practice and Knowledge on School Algebra with CAS
Copenhagen University, 2020
Carlsen, Toke Meier: Operator Algebraic Applications in Symbolic Dynamics
Copenhagen University, 2004
Christensen, Annika: ‘Kvæði í Føroyskari Samtíð’ Exploring Ballads as Popular Culture and Heritage in Contemporary Faroese Culture
University of Leeds, 2020
Dahl, Magnus: Production planning of energy systems – Cost and risk assessment for district heating
Aarhus Universitet, 2018
Danielsen, Katrin Eivindardóttir: Cell cycle heterogeneity as a regulator of epithelial bending during neural tube closure
University College London, 2016
Danielsen, Rannvá: Fisheries policy in the Faroe Islands: Managing for failure?
University of Iceland, 2020
Debes, Heini Bergsson: Convincing Without Revealing: Strategies for Facilitating Remote Attestation under Weakened Trust Assumptions using Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
DTU 2023
Eliasen, Kirstin: Sandeel, Ammodytes spp., as a link between climate and higher trophic levels on the Faroe shelf
Aarhus University, 2013
Eliasen, Sólvá Káradóttir: Primary production on the Faroe Shelf - Spatial and temporal variations with links to hydrography
Fróðskaparsetur Føroya 2017
Fielding, Russel: Artisanal whaling in the Atlantic: A coprarative study of culture, conflict, and conservation in St. Vincent and the Faroe Islands
Louisiana State University, 2010
Fängström, Britta: Human Exposure to Organohalogen Compounds in the Faroe Islands
Stockholm University, 2005
Gaini, Shahin: New Markers for Infection and New Methods in Evaluation of the Inflammatory Status in Patients with Sepsis
University of Southern Denmark, 2008
Gaïni, Sigri M.: Freedom of Speech, Hate Speech and Democratic Formation - On the double function of hate speech legislation and its relation to freedom of political speech
University of the Faroe Islands and Roskilde University 2024
Gylfe, Åsa: Role of birds in the biology of Lyme disease Borrelia
Umeå University, 2001
Haahr, Jørgen Thorlund: Reactive Robustness and Integrated Approaches for Railway Optimization Problems.
DTU 2015
Hammer, Kristianna: Portraying hope. A study among women newly diagnosed with gyneacological cancer.
Syddansk Universitet 2010
Harryson, Hans: Den pædagogiske diskurs i læreruddannelsen - formål, indhold og undervisningsmetoder: En komparation af læreruddannelserne HSN, Drammen, VIA, Aarhus og HÍ, Reykjavík
Fróðskaparsetur Føroya og Aarhus Universitet, 2018
Hayfield, Erika: Children's cultures of consumption
Napier Business School, 2007
Hjøllum, Jari í: Antiferromagnetism in YBCO and CoO Nanoparticles
Copenhagen University, 2008
Homrum, Eydna í: The Effects of Climate and Ocean Currents on Faroe Saithe
University of the Faroe Islands, 2012
Hovgaard, Gestur: Globalisation, Embeddedness and Local Coping Strategies: a comparative and qualitative study of local dynamics in contemporary social change
RUC, 2000
Højsted, Ingi Heinesen: Toward marvels in dynamic geometry teaching and learning. Developing guidelines for the design of didactic sequences that exploit potentials of dynamic geometry to foster students’ development of mathematical reasoning competency.
DPU, 2021
Jiménez, Greta: At ”reika” i den færøske daginstitution: En de-kolonial undersøgelse af trivsel i daginstitutionspolitik og praksis i rigsfællesskabet
DPU, 2023
Jóansson, Tórður: Brethren in the Faeroes. An Evangelical movement, its remarkable growth and lasting impact in a remote island community
University of Glasgow 2012
Joensen, Bárður: How event-based memories change as a function of forgetting and consolidation
University of York, 2020.
Kerins, Seán Patrick: Whaling in the Faroes: Søtur er sjálvgivin biti
Griffith University, 2008
Klettskarð í Kongsstovu, Sunnvør: Sequencing the North Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) genome and development of a genetic stock management tool
Fróðskaparsetur Føroya, 2020
Kočovská, Eva: A population study of risk factors for autism spectrum disorders in the Faroe Islands
University of Glasgow
Kollsker, Torkil: Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Optimisation of the LEGO Construction Problem
DTU, 2020
Lindquist, Ole: Whales, dolphins and porpoises in the economy and culture of peasant fishermen in Norway, Orkney, Shetland, Faroe Islands and Iceland, c.900–1900 A.D., and Norse Greenland, c.1000–1500 A.D.
St. Andrews University, 1995
Magnussen, Marita Debess: Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes and Escherichia coli from the Faroese population, correlation with antimicrobial use and comparison with Iceland and Denmark
University of Iceland, 2018
Markússon, Jón Símon: Icelandic and Faroese. A usage-based cognitive analysis of morphological change
University of Iceland, 2024
Michelsen, Christina Solmunde: John the Baptist’s Public Ministry in Lk 3:1-20: Is Luke a Writing Reader of Matthew?
Københavns Universitet, 2017
Mikkelsen, Robert Flemming: Actuator Disc Methods Applied to Wind Turbines
DTU, 2004
Mitchinson, John: Danish in the Faroe Islands: A Post-Colonial Perspective
University College London, 2012
Neshamar, Otto Eivind: Hydrodynamics of oscillatory flow over an array of cylinders
University of Aberdeen, 2022
Nolsøe, Turið: Autonomy’s double bind. The rhetorical intersection of geopolitics and biopolitics in Danish media coverage of Faroese abortion rights
University of Copenhagen 2023
Nord, Tóra: Arbete som rättighet eller skyldighet: Föreställningar om arbetsmarknadsfrånvaro i välfärdsstaten
Karlstads Universitet, 2018
Numminen, Lotta: The interplays of histories, economies and cultures in human adaption and settlement patterns: The cases of the Faroe Islands and Greenland
University of Helsinki, 2010
Ofstad, Lise Helen: Anglerfish Lophius piscatorius L. in Faroese waters. Life history, ecological importance and stock status
Tromsø University, 2013
Olsen, Gunnar: Supramolecular Derivation of Graphene Nanomaterials for Chemical Sensors
DTU, 2016
Olsen, Martin Mohr: Fourth Mission and Post-Sustainability Oriented Innovation in the Arctic
DTU, 2023
Olsen, Petur: Model Driven Development of Data Sensitive Systems
Aalborg Universitet, 2014
Ólavstovu, Vár í: Mellem tradition og modernitet: Færøskfaget og den færøskfaglige kontekst i national diskurs. En redegørelse og analyse af fagets idé, praksis og reception i det almene gymnasium
University of Southern Denmark, 2010
Petersen, Árni Johan: Collective Imaginary as (Residual) Fantasy. A Case Study of the Faroese Oil Bonanza
CBS 2021
Petersen, Búi K: Structure and agency in bargaining: Practice, routines, truce, and individual differences
Memorial University of New Foundland 2018
Petersen, Uni K.: Propagation and scattering of reflection seismic waves in a basalt succession
University of the Faroe Islands, 2014
Petúrsson, Hans: Design of steel piles for integral abutment bridges
Luleå Tekniska Universitet 2015
Poulsen, Frida: Inclusion in the Faroese public school: From political vision to practice in tension between general education and special needs education
University of the Faroe Islands and Aarhus University 2023
Róin, Ása: On the Making of Age - a Constructionist Study on Ageing and Later Life in the Faroe Islands
Linkøbings Universitet 2015
Singleton, Benedict E.: From the sea to the land beyond: exploring plural perspectives on whaling
Örebro University, 2016
Sofíudóttir, Bjørk K.: Detection of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis: diagnostic tests and prognostic value
University of Southern Denmark, 2024
Sølvará, Hans Andrias: The Rise of Faroese Separatism
University of the Faroe Islands, 2018
Tróndheim, Helma Maria: Ensuring Supply Reliability and Grid Stability in a 100% Renewable Electricity Sector in the Faroe Islands
Aalborg University and University of the Faroe Islands, 2022
Vijayavarathan, Kalpana: Teacher cognition of grade 8 teachers on teaching speaking in English as a foreign language in The Faroe Islands and its impact on teachers’ pedagogical praxis: seven case studies
Fróðskaparsetur Føroya og Aarhus Universitet, 2017
Walker, Richard James: The Structural Evolution of the Faroe Islands, NE Atlantic Margin
Durham University, 2010
West, Hallbera: MP Firefighting: When do MPs hold government accountable?
Aarhus Universitet og Fróðskaparsetur Føroya, 2018
Other theses and articles
Bloch, Dorete: Grindehvalen og Færøernes grindefangst
Skoradal, May-Britt: Screening af 9. klasses elever for risiko for type 2 diabetes