Complete list of works (216 titles)

• Books and edited anthologies (9)
• Scientific articles and book chapters (67)
• Popularized articles (24)
• Lectures (87)
  • in English, Russian or French (43)
  • in Norwegian (44)
• Interviews (14)
• Conference chairmanships (15)
  
  

Books and edited anthologies (9):

Vaagan, R. (2012). Mediemestring for informasjons- og kommunikasjonsansvarlige (Media management for information and communication professionals (240pp, Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk, in progress)

Vaagan, R. (Ed) (2008). New Media, Mediated Communication and Globalization. Intercultural Communication Studies, Vol. XVII, No. 3 (ISSN 1057-7769)

Vaagan, R. (2005). Bibliotekene og det flerkulturelle Norge. En delrapport i Bibliotekutredningen 2006. ABM-skrift nr. 22. Oslo: ABM-utvikling. ISSN 1503-5972; ISBN 82-8105-0276. (Libraries and multicultural Norway. (104pp.) Report commissioned by Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority PDF

Vaagan, R. (red) (2003). Det multikulturelle bibliotek - visjon og virkelighet. HiO-rapport 2003 nr. 31. (184s.) ( The Multicultural Library - Vision and Reality. HiO report 2003 nr. 31. (184pp.). ISSN 0807-1039; ISBN 82-579-4293-6.

Vaagan, R. (Ed) (2002). The Ethics of Librarianship: An International Survey. Munich: IFLA/Walter De Gruyter Inc (344 pp). ISBN 3598218311 (3-598-21831-1)

Vaagan, R. (2000). Boris Pilnjak. Fortellinger i utvalg 1915-1929 (Boris Pilnjak. Selected stories 1915-1929) 9 short stories translated from Russian, with introductory article; 142pp. (unpubl. manuscript)

Vaagan, R. (1999, 2000). Iskusstvo videt' prekrasnoe. The Literary Aesthetics of Aleksandr Voronskij 1921-1928 (Dr.philos.dissertation. Acta Humaniora, 53, Faculty of Arts, University of Oslo 1999). Revised version: Unipub forlag, Oslo 2000. (463pp.) ISSN 0806-3222; ISBN 82-7477-025-0 PDF

Vaagan, R. (1996). Pojmat' zhivoe. Antropomorfismer i Boris Pasternaks Doktor Zhivago, Meddelelser, 76, Slavisk-baltisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo, Oslo 1996 (99pp.) ISSN 0803-2505; ISBN 82-90250-71-1 PDF

Vaagan, R. (1982). The USSR and Egypt. Soviet-Egyptian Relations 1967-1976, NUPI report No.68, April 1982, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo 1982 (155pp.)

Scientific articles and book chapters (67)

2012

"From Convergence to Connectivism: Teaching Journalism 2.0". Joint paper for ICCMTD conference in Istanbul, 9-11 May 2012. Co-authors Raoul Boers, Amsterdam University of Applied Science, Esra Ercan, Istanbul Bilgi University, Lars Rinsdorf, Stuttgart Media University and Robert Vaagan, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

"Multiframing the Georgian-Russian War, 8-16 August 2008" (under peer review)

"Cultural memory and media framing. Norway's renaming of Spitsbergen in 1925" (under peer review)

2011

"Media systems, access to information and human rights in China and Vietnam", Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 2011 (29:4) 302-328 (ISSN 1891-814X/1891-8131)

"Ethics, social media and mass self-communication". Cahiers de la documentation/Bladen voor documentatie, 2011 (2) 16-23 (Special issue on ethics) (ISSN 0007-9804) PDF

2010

"TV news and "white voices": Dagsrevyen's coverage of the Gaza War" (wiith Frøydis Johannessen and Marie Walsøe). Javnost - The Public, Vol. 17, 2010 (3) 39-55 (ISSN 1318-3222/1854-8377) PDF

"Information Ethics Revisited: New Media and Freedom of Expression". Ibersid - Journal of Information and Documentation Systems, 2010 (1) 29-35 (ISSN 1888-0967)

"Framing theory". In Rune Ottosen & Solveig Steien (Eds.) (2010). Framing War with Facts and Fiction in the Cultural Field. A Seminar Report. HiO-report 2010 no.12. Oslo: Oslo University College, 58-5

2009

"Transcultural exchange and communication". Preface to Robert St.Clair & Wei Song. (2009). The Many Layers of Culture within Each City: A Theory of Cultural Geography. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press (ISBN 978-0-7734-4646-5), vii-xxii

"Presidential Web sites and the Georgian-Russian War, 8-16 August 2008". First Monday, 14 (9), 7 Sept 2009 (ISSN 1396-0466) OA: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/ bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2621/2280

"Kina - harmoni bak muren?". In Eide, E. & Simonsen, A.H. (Eds.) Dekke verden! Lærebok i utenriksjournalistikk. Kristiansand: IJ-forlaget (ISBN 978-82-7147-309-9),
209-225

2008

"Media, market, state and politics in Norway". Informacijos mokslai (Information Science) 47 (4) 22-36 (ISSN 1392-1487) PDF

"Preparing for terrorism: Exercise Oslo 2006 and crisis communication", Intercultural Communication Studies, XVII (1) 170-188 (ISSN 1057-7769) PDF

"New Media and Globalization". In R.Vaagan (Ed.) (2008). New Media, Mediated Communication and Globalization. Intercultuiral Coimmunication Studies, XVII (3), 1-12

"The Development of Digital Television in China and Norway" (Co-authored with Dr. Wangyu). In R.Vaagan (Ed.) (2008). New Media, Mediated Communication and Globalization. Intercultural Communication Studies, XVII (3), 169-184 (ISSN 1057-7769)

2007

"Open Access scientific, electronic publishing and Bakhtinian dialogism". Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, 4 (2) 85-99 (ISSN 1744-6716 online, 1744-6708 print) PDF and OA: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-1715

"Digital television in China and Norway". (Co-authored with Dr. Wangyu). In Collections. 2007 China Communication Forum. Beijing: National Center for Radio and Television Studies at The Communication University of China, 101-119.

"Ownership and minorities in Norwegian media: from monophony to polyphony". Intercultural Communication Studies, XVI (2), 237-252 (ISSN 1057-7769) PDF

"Open standards in scientific communication and publishing". Nordicom Review, 2007, 28 (1), 111-122 (ISSN 0349-6244) PDF and OA: http://www.nordicom.gu.se/? portal=mr&main=info_publ2.php&ex=247&me=2

2006

"Open Access and Bakhtinian dialogism". In Martens, B & Dobreva, M. (2006). Digital Spectrum: Integrating Technology and Culture. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Bansko, Bulgaria 14-16 June 2006, 165-174 (ISBN 978-954-16-0040-5)

"Websites and internationalization. A survey of Norwegian academic, research and special libraries" (Co-authored with Dr. Maria-Carme Torras) Libri, 56 (1), March 2006, 28-37 (ISSN 0024-2667) PDF

"Konfidencial'nost' informacionnoj dejatel'nosti, dostovernost', intellektual'naja sobstvennost' i svoboda dostupa: chetyre kljuchevykh voprosa dlja bibliotechno- informacionnoj dejatel'nosti v XXI veke". In Yu. R. Melent'ieva, I.A. Trushina & V.R.Firsov (Eds.) (2006). Sovremennye problemy bibliotechnoj i informacionnoj etiki. St. Peterburg: Izdatel'stvo Rossijskaja nacional'naja biblioteka, 106-115 (ISBN 5-8192-0256-2) PDF

2005

"The digital divide and multiculturalism". In Susanne van Ijsel Smits-Hupperts, Aimee Kersten, Willem Lamberix, Jelke Nijboer (red.) (2005). Hubregtse in herdruk. Over romatische ironie, bibliofilie, informatieongelijkheid en Sjaak Hubregtse. Amsterdam: Willem Lamberix Projectuitgeverij/Instituut voor Media en Informatie Management, 159-164 (ISBN 90-809775-1-9)

"The value of professional arts and culture performances in Norwegian primary schools. A study of Den kulturelle skolesekk ". Childhoods 2005, Oslo 29.6-3.7.05. Program and abstracts, 379-380 (ISBN 82-569-6352-2)

"Multicultural children, youth and Norwegian media ". (Co-authored with Margareth Sandvik and Anne Fogt). Childhoods 2005, Oslo 29.6-3.7.05. Program and abstracts, 100-101 (ISBN82-569-6352-2)

"Trends in Norwegian scholarly publishing". In Dobreva, M. & Engelen, J. (Eds.) (2005). From Author to Reader. Challenges for the Digital Content Chain. Proceedings of the 2005 ELPUB Conference. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 8-10 June 2005. Peeters Publishing, Leuven, 83-89 (ISBN 90-429-1645-1) PDF

"The LIS infoethical survival kit", Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly, 38 (1), 2005, 20-23 (ISSN 00365602)

"Intellectual property rights vs. public access rights. Ethical aspects of the DeCSS decryption program" (Co-authored with Dr.Wallace Koehler). Information Research - an international electronic journal, 10 (3), 2004/2005 (ISSN 1368-1613). OA: http://informationr.net/ir/10-3/paper230.html

"Professional values in Norwegian librarianship" (with Sigrid Holm).Iin Linda Ashcroft (Ed.) Coping with continual change - change management in SLIS. Proceedings of the European Association for Library and Information Education and Research (EUCLID) pp.140-144. Also publsihed as The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Joint Conference, Potsdam, Germany, 31 July - 1 August 2003. Emerald Group: Bradford 2005 (ISBN 1-84544-156-7). (See also 2004 below)

2004

"Climbing the knowledge pyramid: R&D programs at Oslo University College. In Marianne Hummelshoj (Ed.) (2004). Knowledge and Change. Proceedings, XII Nordic Conference on Information and Documentation, Aalborg. Aalborg: Royal School of Library and Information Science pp. 227-238 (ISSN 0902-2848; ISBN 87-88524-76-0). Also published as Biblioteksarbejde, skriftserie nr. 14, 2004. (ISSN 0106-2514).

"Developing the multicultural school library: Vahl primary school, Oslo". (Co-authored with Gry Enger). New Library World, 105, (1204/1205), 2004, 337-344 (ISSN 0307-4803) PDF

"Professional values in Norwegian librarianship" (Co-authored with Sigrid Holm), New Library World, 105 (1200/1201), 2004, 213-217 (ISSN 0307-4803) PDF

2003

"The multicultural library - quo vadis?", Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly, 36 (4), 2003, 18-19 (ISSN 00365602 )

"Intellectual freedom in libraries: the role of ethics". Proceedings, Intellectual Freedom and Modern Libraries, International conference, Belgrade, 24-28.9.03.

"Ethics of librarianship in the Nordic countries". Presentation at joint FAIFE/LTR workshop on ethics, IFLA General Conference, Berlin 7 August 2003

"Initiatives of the international library community to promote free access to information and freedom of expression", pp.1212-1215, and "Librarians and terrorism: the ethical principles of information access ", pp.1219-1223, both in Vol.3, Conference Proceedings, Libraries and Associations in the Transient World: New Technologies and New Forms of Cooperation, 10th Jubilee International Conference Crimea 2003 (2nd International Conference on Government Information and Democracy/2nd IFLA GIOPS Eastern Europe Seminar on Government Information for the People) Sudak, Crimea , 9-13.6.03

"LIS education - repackaging infopreneurs or promoting value-based skills?", New Library World, 104 (4/5 - 1187/1188) 2003, 156-163 (ISSN 0307-4803)

"Multiculturalism or integration? European public libraries and ethnic, linguistic and cultural minorities", pp.289-296, Proceedings, 11th International BOBCATSSS Symposium on Library and Information Science, Torun, Poland, 3-5 February 2003. ISBN 9080607320. (Also pp.129-141, Proceedings, UPAE - United Projects Access Economy: Information Policy for Minorities, First Annual Conference Proceedings, , Torun 3-5 February 2003 (Funded by the European Social Fund of the European Commission under the Community Initiative EQUAL) PDF

2002

"How to Respond when Intellectual Freedoms are at Stake. In Libraries, Conflicts & the Internet, IFLA/FAIFE World Report Series vol.II: IFLA/ FAIFE Summary Report 2002, 53-58

"Norwegian librarianship, ethics and ABM". In R.Vaagan (ed.) The Ethics of Librarianship: An International Survey, IFLA/K.G.Saur Series No.101, Munich 2002, 192-208

2001

"Norwegian Librarian Ethics Revisited: The Case for Reconsideration". Proceedings, 11th Nordic Conference on Information and Documentation, Reykjavik, Iceland, 30 May-1 June 2001, Reykjavik 2001 PDF

"Trenger vi nasjonale bibliotekaretiske retningslinjer?" DF-revy, 2, March 2001, 59-61

"Research Libraries: New Ethical Challenges and Possibilities in A Digital Environment".In Proceedings, 9th International BOBCATSSS Symposium on Library and Information Science, Vilnius, Lithuania, January 29-31, 2001, 369-375 PDF

"The Enigma of the Moon in Povest' nepogashennoj luny", Russian Literature, Vol. L-II, 15 August 2001, 185-196 (ISSN 0304-3479) PDF

"Freedom of Expression: The Case of Pushkin". In G.Kjetsaa et al. (Eds.), Translating Culture. Essays in Honour of Erik Egeberg, Solum forlag, Oslo 2001, 251-262 PDF

2000

Russian as a Literary Language in 4 former Soviet republics (29pp.) (in co-operation with The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen) (unpubl.)

"Boris Pilnjak and Spitsbergen", (10pp.) (Paper at XV Nordic Slavist Congress, Tromso 10-16 August 2000. (Abstract published in congress programme, Institute of Russian Studies, University of Tromsoe, Tromsoe 2000, 62-63).

1999

"The Story of the Unextinguished Moon by Boris Pil'njak. Some Reflections on Context and Subtext". Trial lecture (chosen topic) in partial fulfillment for the degree doctor philosophiae, University of Oslo, 18 June 1999 (20pp.) (unpubl.)

"The Role of the Poet in Pushkin". Trial lecture (appointed topic) in partial fulfillment for the degree doctor philosophiae, University of Oslo, 18. June 1999 (15pp.) (unpubl.)

1998

"Blizost' i otdalennost'. Voronskij i Gor'kij", (5pp.) (Paper at the 28th international Gor'kij conference (Maksim Gor'kij na poroge XXI stoletija. XXVIII Gor'kovskie chtenija), Nizhnij Novgorod 27-28 March 1998 PDF

1997

"PS: What is to be done with the novel? Voronskij, Zamjatin and My", Scando-Slavica, Vol.43, Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1997, 39-51 (ISSN 0080-6765) PDF

"Aleksandr K.Voronskij: His Literary Portraits 1921-28". (6pp.) (Paper at XIV Nordic Slavist Congress, Helsinki 17-23 August 1997. Abstract published in congress programme, Helsinki 1997)

"Hvor gar Irak?" ("Whither Irak?") (10pp.). In Irakere, H.Skogseid (Ed.), The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, Oslo 1988 PDF

1982

"Egypt uten Sadat" ("Egypt without Sadat"). In Hvor hender det?, 9, 19 October 1981, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo 1982

1981

"Egyptisk nasjonalisme ca. 1875-1882". In Øyvind Østerud (red.), Nasjonalisme og nasjonalitet, Working papers No.1, University of Oslo, Institute of Political Science, Chair in Conflict and Peace Research, Oslo 1981, 49-56 PDF

1980

"Midt-Østen krigen i oktober 1973: en vurdering av enkelte sentrale variabler i sovjetisk utenrikspolitikk" (18s) (upubl. hovedfagskursoppgave i utenrikspolitiske beslutningsprosesser (STV-901), Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1980). ("The Middle East crisis in October 1993: an assessment of some key variables in Soviet foreign policy" (18pp.); unpubl. graduate level course paper in foreign policy decision-making processes (STV-901), Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1980).

"Kausalanalyse av NATO-landenes militærutgifter per capita i 1975" (15s) (upubl. hovedfagskurs- oppgave i metode og statistikk (STV-651), Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1980). ("Causal analysis of NATO countries' military expenditure per capita in 1975" (15pp.); unpubl. graduate level course paper in methodology and statistics (STV-651), Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1980).

"Utviklingsperspektiver i norsk sikkerhetspolitikk: forhåndslagring og basepolitikken" (18s) (upubl. hovedfagskurs- oppgave i norsk utenrikspolitikk (STV-951), Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1980). ("Development perspectives in Norwegian security policy; advance stationing and base policy (18pp.); unpubl. graduate level course paper in Norwegian foreign policy (STV-951), Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1980).

"Forløpere for arabisk nasjonalisme: Perioden 1850-1914 med vekt pa Egypt". (11s) (hovedfagsseminaroppgave, Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1980). ("Precursors to Arab nationalism: the period 1850-1914, with particular reference to Egypt (11pp.); unpubl. graduate level seminar paper, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1980).

1979

"Embargo - mot hvem, av hvem og hvorfor?" (22s) (upubl. hovedfagskursoppgave i internasjonal okonomi (STV-912), Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1979). ("Embargo - against whom, by who and why?" (22pp.); unpubl. graduate level course paper in international economics (STV-912), Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1979).

"Begrepet internasjonal interdependens i sikkerhetspolitisk perspektiv" (37s) (upubl. hovedfagskursoppgave i sikkerhetspolitikk (STV-907), Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1979). ("The concept of international interdependence in a security policy perspective" (37pp.); unpubl. graduate level course paper in security politics (STV-907), Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1979).

"Sovjetisk utenrikspolitikk overfor Egypt" (35s) (upubl. hovedfagskursoppgave i sovjetisk utenrikspolitikk (STV-951), Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1979). ("Soviet foreign policy towards Egypt" (35pp.); unpubl. graduate level course paper in Soviet foreign policy (STV-951), Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1979).

1978

"Overnasjonalitet vs. intergovernmentalism med utgangspunkt i ny-funksjonalismen" (12s) (upubl. semesteroppgave pa mellomfagsniva i internasjonal politikk, Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1978). ("Supranationality versus intergovernmentalism based on neo-functionalism" (6pp.); unpubl. undergraduate paper in international politics presented to 3rd term seminar group, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1978).

"Fordeler og ulemper ved bruken av utredningsutvalg i lovgivningsprosessen" (11s) (seminaroppgave pa grunnfagsniva i offentlig politikk, Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1978). ("Advantages and disadvantages in the use of deliberation committees preparing new legislation" (11pp.); undergraduate paper in public policy presented to 3rd term seminar group, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1978).

"Sentrale kjennetegn ved Webers byråkratibegrep i forhold til norsk offentlig forvaltning i dag" ( 6s) (seminaroppgave i offentlig politikk pa grunnfagsniva, Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo 1978). ("Key features of Weber's concept of bureaucracy in relation to contemporary Norwegian public administration" (6pp.); undergraduate paper in public administration presented to 2nd term seminar group, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1978).

1977

"Konfliktdimensjoner i debatten om de nye territorier og deres betydning for forholdet mellom rike og fattige land" (10s) (upubl. seminaroppgave pa grunnfagsniva i internasjonal politikk, Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1977). ("Conflict dimensions in the discussion on new territories and the implications for relations between rich and poor countries" (10pp.); unpubl. undergraduate paper in international politics presented to 2nd term seminar group, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1977).

"Roald Dahls analyse av politisk opposisjon anvendt pa opposisjonsmønsteret i to vestlige land" (6ss.) (upubl. seminaroppgave pa grunnfagsniva i politisk atferd og komparativ politikk, Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, 1977). "Roald Dahl's analysis of political opposition applied to the opposition patterns of two Western countries" (6pp.);unpubl. undergraduate paper in political behaviour and comparartive politics presented to 2nd term seminar group, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1977).

Popularized articles (24):

"Ytringsfrihet i Asia". HiO-nytt 31.5.11

"Utviklet videoblogg", HiO-nytt, 15.11.10 (with Carsten Ohlmann)

"Menneskerettigheter i Kina", HiO-nytt, 21.6.10 (with Stig Nøra)

"Trender på timeplanen", HiO-nytt, 3.2.10

"Journalists from Pakistan visit Oslo", HiO-nytt, 26.10.09 (with Anne Fogt)

"Redaktøransvar i Norge og Vietnam", HiO-nytt, 29.9.09

"I gang i Nepal", HiO-nytt, 23.04.09

"Avdeling JBI ekspanderer til Asia", HiO-nytt, 20.12.07 (med Kristin-Skare-Orgeret og Thore A. Roksvold)

"Ufullstendig om forskningsresultater", HiO-nytt, 26.3.07

"JBI besøker Pakistan, Bangladesh og Nepal", HiO-nytt, 8.2.07 (med Thore A. Roksvold og Trine S. Mathiesen)

"Støtte til norsk-kinesisk medieforskning", HiO-nytt, 22.1.07

"Norsk-kinesisk medieforskning med KLOK-støtte", HiO-nytt, 3.12.06

"Yrende studentliv i Sunderland", HiO-nytt, 19.4.06 (med Trine S.Mathiesen)

"DVD-Jon saken og informasjonsetikk" , HiO-nytt, 19.4.05

"Bibliotekene - et grunnlovsfestet samfunnsoppdrag?!". Bibliotekforum : Norsk bibliotekforenings medlemsblad 2005;30(7):14-16

"Etikk og bibliotekaryrket - sett vestfra". Ikoner - vision och tradition, 2/2005, 53-56

"Vitenskapelig publisering i endring", HiO-nytt, 13.1.05

"Ny HiO-rapport om det multikulturelle bibliotek" HiO-nytt, 12.11.03

"Bibliotekarstudenter i østerled" HiO-nytt, 26.10.01

"Eurasianism - Russia's unresolved identity problem" (Working paper, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, 10.5.00).

"Hvor europeisk er Russland?", Aftenposten, (kronikk) 25.3.00

"Hamsun vurdert av Aleksandr Voronskij", Aftenposten, (kronikk) 9.6.96

"Frionor: Saumon et truite saumonee norvegiens", Frionor Norsk Frossenfisk, Oslo 1988

"Internasjonal juniorturnering i Trondheim 28.12.71 - 3.1.72", ss.5-8, Stjerneverdenen, 12.argang, nr. 1, Oslo 1972

Lectures (87):

a) in English, Russian or French (43):

"Le system médiatique en Norvège". Guest lecture for parliamentary delegation from Algeria visiting Norway and UNDP, Oslo, 15.11.11

"Opening statement from Access to Information working group". Plenary presentation, 9th round of Human Rights Dialogue between Norway and Vietnam, Ullevål Business Center, Oslo, 18.10.11

"Norwegian press coverage of terrorist attacks 22.7". Plenary lecture at opening of 9th round of Human Rights Dialogue between Norway and Vietnam, Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious MInorities, Oslo 17.10.11

"The Norwegian Media Scene". Guest lecture for undergraduate and graduate students and staff, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 24.9.11

"Mass media in Norway". 3-hour lecture for Chinese and Vietnamese journalists visiting Norwegian Centre of Human Rights, 23-26.5.11

"Professional'naja etika zhurnalistov v Norvegii". Invited speaker at international conference on journalism and media ethics, Regional Press Institute, St.Petersburg 16-18 February 2011 supported by Nordic Journalist Centre and Nordic Council of Ministers

"Human rights and freedom of expression in Russia, China and Vietnam". Invited keynote speaker at Conference on Freedom of Expression, Volda University College, 3-4.2.11

"Media ethics and freedom of expression". Paper presented at 2nd National Ethics Conference, University of Oslo, 29-30.11.10

"Ethics of Information". Invited keynote speaker at Ibersid 2010 conference, University of Zaragoza, Spain, 4-6.10.10

"Citizen journalism". International conference on Global journalism, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Media, Information and Communication Programme, Amsterdam, 3.6.10

"Media trends and convergence". Work shop 25-26.5.10 in Pushkin/St.Petersburg for Russian journalism teachers from regional educational institutions in North-West Russia. Supported by Nordic Council of Ministers' Information Office in St.Petersburg, Nordic Journalist Centre in Copenhagen and Regional Press Institute in St.Petersburg.

"Citizen journalism and global journalism", Media, Information and Communication Programme, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, 13.04.10

"Information Age Ethics", Media, Information and Communication Programme, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, 13.04.10

"Prepodavanie zhurnalistikii". Lecture for visiting delegation of Russian journalism teachers and Nordic Centre of Journalism, OUC 2.3.10.

"Euronews: a global or regional voice?". Invited guest lecture for 3rd year journalism students taking "Journalism in a Changing Europe" (15 ECTS), OUC 27.1.10

"Media in Norway. The Role of the Editor". Two work shops in Ha Long City and Wui Ne, Vietnam, 21-26.9.09. Joint conference Norwegian Centre for Human Rights - Vietnam Journalist Association.

"Health Communication in Public Health". Two invited lectures, 16.9.09 and 18.11.09. Course on International Public Health (15 ECTS) for 5th semester students in physiotherapy, ergotherapy and radiography. Faculty of Health, Oslo University College

"Media in Norway". NOMA Conference, Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, 10-13.5.09.

"Trends in global journalism". Lecture for BA, MA students and staff, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kathmandu, Nepal, 11.04.09

"Research for the MA". Lecture given to Ethiopian master students in journalism and communication, Addis Ababa University, School of Journalism and Communication, 10.11.08

"GlobeReach - regional voices, global reach? Euronews, Channel News Asia and Al Jazeera English". Lecture given at ECREA conference, Barcelona, 25-28.11.08

"GlobeReach - regional voices, global reach? Euronews, Channel News Asia and Al Jazeera English". Lecture at IAICS conference, University of Louisville, Kentucky, 13-16.11.08

"Barrack Obama and globalization". Keynote lecture 13.11.08, Department of Communication, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

"Media, press and mass communication in Norway". Presentation for visiting delegation from Vietnam Journalist Association, 3.10.08

"Communication in Public Health". Two invited lectures, 9.9.08 and 11.11.08. Course on International Public Health (15 ECTS) for 5th semester students in physiotherapy, ergotherapy and radiography. Faculty of Health, Oslo University College

"Market-led reforms and the media in Norway". Invited lecture at BAMR: Setting a Comparative Baltic-Nordic Media Research Agenda. International conference held at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania, 18-19.4.08.

"Critical Perspectives on Journalism and Public Relations". Work shop for MPhil, PhD and scientific staff, Institute of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 4.10.07

"Mass Media and Communication in Norway". Work shop for MPhil, PhD and scientific staff, Institute of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 3.10.07

"Ownership and minorities in Norwegian Media". Work shop for MPhil, PhD and scientific staff, Institute of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 3.10.07

"Digital television". Work shop for MPhil, PhD and scientific staff, Institute of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 4.10.07

"IAICS - International Association of Intercultural Studies". Work shop for MPhil, PhD and scientific staff, Institute of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 4.10.07

"Crisis communication: Exercise Oslo 2006", CAFIC-IAICS Joint Conference, Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 23.6.07.

"Mass Media in Norway". Invited guest lecture, Communication University of China, Beijing, 4-7.4.07

"Mass Media in Norway" Invited guest lecture, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Punjab, Lahore; College of Journalism and Mass Communication (affiliated to Purbanchal University), Kathmandu, Nepal; Pathsala, The South Asian Institute of Photography, Dhaka, Bangladesh , 26.1-3.2.2007

"Norwegian-Chinese Media Research". Afternoon conference, Rica Holberg Hotel, 29.11.06

"Media in Norway". Inaugural lecture for all incoming international students at Oslo University College. 8.9.06.

Invited lecture on professional ethics in library and information science. Nordic Conference in Stockholm 19.1.05 arranged by Bibliotektjanst and DIK-forbundet

"Sotrudnichestvo s Norvegiej" (Invited lecture in Russian for undergraduate students in Library and information science, University of Pedagogy, Murmansk, Russia, 23.4.05

"Ethical issues raised by the electronic information environment" (Invited keynote lecture at conference Libraries beyond the digital, 20-23.4.04 organized by Library Association Ireland/CILIP Ireland

"Les codes deontologiques: leur raison d'etre dans l'age de l'information". Invited guest lecture and article, Annual Congress of Association Bibliothecaires Francais, Aubagne, 13-16.6.03 PDF

"Multicultural library services" Invited speaker, Nordic conference on multicultural competencies in culture institutions, Stockholm 8.5.03.

"Russia's Moslems and Islam: Historical Background to Modern Conflicts in the Caucasus and Central Asia". Invited guest lecture at international conference New Ethnic and Religious Conflicts, 19.10.01 organized by The Department of Culture Studies, University of Oslo, and sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence.

"K stoletiju V.I.Ravdonikasa" (2pp.) (Presentation on behalf of The Norwegian Academy and Science and Letters at St.Petersburg University, Russia, at international scientific conference 14.11.94 on the centenary of the Russian ethnologist V.I.Ravdonikas).

b) in Norwegian (44):

"Folkehelse, medier og kommunikasjon". Forelesning og halvdagsseminar 18.11.11 for 30 masterstudenter i folkhelse fra UMB/HiOA, i samarbeid med Kreftforeningen og mediestudentene Alexandra Bråten og May Sundvall Andersen som viste dokumentarfilmen "Syk pike - friskt blikk".

"Å være FP7/EU-evaluator". Foredrag for Sosforsk, Avd. for samfunnsfag, HiO, 20.06.2011

"Når media overtar..." Introduksjon om sosiale medier og internt arbeidsmiljø. Medlemsmøte i HR Norge, Ingeniørenes Hus 23.3.10.

Presentasjon av de nye FoU-vevsidene ved HiO og JBI, demonstrasjon av Frida-modulen. Personalseminar for 50 ansatte, JBI, 2.9.09

Invitert foredrag om "Dokumentasjon av kilder og kildebruk", Utlendingsforvaltningens fagenhet for landinformasjon, Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet, 6.2.08

Invitert foredrag "Om intervjuer og å intervjue", førstelektorprogrammet, Pedagogisk utviklingssenter, HiO, 29.11.07

Invitert foredrag "Offentlig informasjon, innsyn og mediehåndtering", Avd. for samfunnsfag, HiO, for BA-studenter i off.styring, velferd og forvaltning, 16.11.07

Invitert foredrag "Nye medier", Mediebedriftenes Landsforbund/Avis i skolen, Oslo 19.12.06

Invitert foredrag "Nye medier og nye medievaner", Utenriksdepartementet, Holmenkollen Park Hotell, 23.11.06

Invitert foredrag for Kompetanseprogrammet ved HiO/SEFIA 24.10.06. Globalisering og interkulturell kommunikasjon

Internasjonalisering ved JBI. Foredrag for studenter om JBIs strategi, planer, samarbeidspartnere og muligheter innen internasjonal studentutveksling. 20.9.06

Studieteknikk i en flat verden. Studiestart for 1.årsstudenter i medie-og kommunikasjonsfag, 22.8.06

Invitert foredrag om arbeidet med etikk i EUs ekspertgruppe for etikk i forhold til EUs FP6 og FP7, og om internasjonalisering av forskning, HiOs Forum for forskningsformidling, 7.6.06.

Invitert foredrag om "Publisering: hvorfor, hvor og hvordan", Forskningsprogrammet KLOK/"Opp av skuffen"-seminaret Høgskolen i Oslo, 28.4.06.

Invitert foredrag om "Vitenskapelig publisering og formidling", Faglig forum, Læringssenteret, Høgskolen i Oslo, 20.4.06

Invitert foredrag om "Budsjett & regnskap for arkiv", Arsstudiet i arkiv- og dokumentbehandling, Avdeling for journalistikk, bibliotek- og informasjonsfag, Høgskolen i Oslo 25.1.06

Invitert foredrag om ytringsfrihet i forhold til arkiv, museum og bibliotek. Fagdag for ABM-sektoren. ABM-radet, Vestfold fylke. Sandefjord 1.12.05

Invitert foredrag om "Etiske retninglinjer for NBFs medlemmer". NBFs strategimøte for tillitsvalgte, Vettre, Asker 27.10.05

"Finansiering av FoU-komponenten i UHR-sektoren: betydningen av vitenskapelig publisering". Invitert foredrag 15.9.05 for ansatte og dr.gradsstudenter ved Senter for profesjonsstudier, Høgskolen i Oslo

Invitert foredrag om "Bibliotekene og ytringsfriheten". Kompetanseutvalget for fylkesbibliotekene i Buskerud, Telemark og Vestfold. Bø/Lifjell 1-2.6.05.

Invitert heldagsseminar om "Bibliotek- og informasjonsetikk". Universitetet i Stavanger/NBF Rogaland. Universitetet i Stavanger 31.5.05.

Invitert heldagsseminar om profesjons- og informasjonsetikk, Nærings- og handelsdepartementet, 12.5.05.

Invitert heldagsseminar om yrkesetikk, Nord-Trøndelag fylkesbibliotek, Steinkjer, 3.3.05.

Invitert heldagsseminar om yrkesetikk, Norsk Bibliotekforening Sogn og Fjordane, Sogndal/Skei 17.2.05

Invitert foredrag "Bibliotekenes roller og oppgaver i et flekulturelt Norge". Referansegruppen for Bibliotekutredningen. SAS-hotellet, Oslo, 20.1.05.

Invitert foredrag om yrkesetikk Norsk Bibliotekforening i Hedmark, Hamar 23.11.04

Invitert foredrag om "Etikk for bibliotek i endring" ved Oppland fylkesbibliotek, Hafell, Oyer 28.10.04

"Høgskolenes plass i dokumentasjonssystemet". UHRs høringsmote 5.10.04, Ingeniørenes Hus, Oslo, vedr. prosjektet dokumentasjon av vitenskapelig publisering

Invitert foredrag om yrkestikk, arrangert av lokallagene av Norsk Bibliotekforening i Telemark, Porsgrunn 14.5.04

Invitert foredrag om yrkesetikk, arrangert av lokallagene av Norsk Bibliotekforening i Buskerud, Hemsedal 7.5.04

Invitert foredrag om yrkesetikk, Norsk Bibliotekforenings 69.årsmote i Møre og Romsdal, Molde 27.3.04

Invitert foredrag om yrkesetikk, arrangert av lokallagene av Norsk Bibliotekforening i Nord-og Sor-Trondelag, Trondheim 11.2.04

Invitert foredrag om yrkesetikk, arrangert av lokallagene av Norsk Bibliotekforening i Hordaland, Bergen 27.1.04

Internt kurs om service og yrkesetikk. Deichmanske bibliotek (hovedbiblioteket), Oslo, 8.12.2003

Invitert foredrag, "Fokus pa yrkesetikk", arrangert av lokallagene av Norsk bibliotekforening i Aust- og Vest-Agder, Grimstad 1.10.03

Invitert foredrag SBT/Det tilgjengelige bibliotek 6.12 og 12.12.02 om bibliotekaretikk i forhold til bibliotekbrukere som er døve, blinde og psykisk utviklingshemmede

Invitert foredrag i Bærum folkebibliotek 28.1.02 om bibliotekaretikk og boka The Ethics of Librarianship: An International Survey av R.Vaagan (Ed) (2002).

Invitert foredrag i Bibliotekparaplyen 23.10.02 om bibliotekaretikk og boka The Ethics of Librarianship: An International Survey av R.Vaagan (Ed) (2002).

Hvorfor det trengs en strategi for informasjonsinnhenting i alle virksomheter. Invitert hovedtaler ved seminaret "Elektronisk informasjonsinnhenting - strategi og planlagte losninger" arrangert av Dialog Corporation/Swets Blackwell, torsdag 7.2.02, Gamle losjen, Oslo.

Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi i undervisningen: de gode eksemplene. Presentasjon av JBIs FoU-vevsider pa fagdagen 17.desember 2001, Avdeling for journalistikk, bibliotek- og informasjonsfag, Hogskolen i Oslo

Bibliokaretikk og infoetikk. FoU-presentasjon 20.11.01 pa Bibliotekforskningsseminaret, Avdeling for journalistikk, bibliotek og informasjonsfag, Hogskolen i Oslo.

Okonomistyring. Foredrag 26.9.01 i Riksbibliotektjenesten, Forum for små fagbibliotek

Aleksandr Pusjkin - Russlands nasjonaldikter. Foredrag 1.10.01 i forbindelse med bibliotekareksursjon til St.Petersburg 7-13.10.01

Bibliotekaren og etikk (6s.) Foredrag 23.januar 2001 pa seminar om ytringsfrihet, personvern og etikk i presse og bibliotek, Høgskolen i Oslo, Avdeling for journalistikk, bibliotek- og informasjonsfag

Interviews (14):

"Razmyshlat' nado ne nad tem, как uluchit' kodeks, а как zаstavit' ego rabotat'"
by Alisa Kustikova, Leninizdat.ru 20.2.11

"Verbal og ikke-verbal kommunikasjon", Filiokus forlag 14.1.11

"Kriger på nettet". HiO-nytt and Forskning.no, 6.10.09

"The Norwegian media scene". Interview 26.9.09 by Vietnamese Journalist Association, Wui Ne, Vietnam.

"Media in Norway and Nepal" (in Nepali). Interview 14.04.09 in Education (weekly supplement to Annapurna Daily Times, by Dr.Pradeep Bhattarai, Kathmandu, Nepal

"The Media Scene in Norway". Interview conducted by professor Irina Rozina, president of Russian Communication Association, ECREA, Barcelona, 26.11.08

"Al Jazeera International". Intervju 28.5.07 i NRK P1 "Her og nå" ved Håkon Olaussen

"Al Jazeera International i gang fra 15.11.06 med engelskspråklige sendinger. Utsikter og konsekvenser?!"). Intervju 15.11.06 av Gro Arneberg, Dagsnytt aften/NRK P2

"Bibliotekene og det flerkulturelle Norge". HiO-nytt, 13.1.06

"Biblioteket viktig for integrering", Morgenbladet, 22.7.05 og Norsk Bibliotekforening

"Et spørsmal om valg", Bok og bibliotek, nr. 2, april 2004, s.17-19, intervju ved Signy Irene Karlsen

"Nordmenn lider av et prektighetssyndrom. Vi har litt a lære", Bok og bibliotek, nr. 2, april 2004, s.21-23, intervju ved Signy Irene Karlsen

"Irak - i drakamp mellom europeere og arabere". Intervju 4.4.91 i NRK Radio av Elisabeth Steiro med Robert Vaagan, Ole Christian Grimnes og Kari Vogt.

"Betydelig potensial for eksport til Irak". Bergens Tidende, 1.4.85. (Intervju av Harry Frøysland med eksportutsending R.Vaagan, Kgl. norske ambassade, Bagdad, Irak)

Conference chairmanships (15):

"Access to information in China, Vietnam and Norway". Conference for visiting Chinese and Vietnamese journalists, Norwegian Centre of Human Rights, 25.5.11

"Media trends and convergence". Work shop 25-26.5.10 in Pushkin/St.Petersburg for Russian journalism teachers from regional/local educational institutions in North-West Russia. Supported by Nordic Council of Ministers' Information Office in St.Petersburg, Nordic Journalist Centre in Copenhagen and Regional Press Instiute in St.Pterseburg.

"Editorial responsibility". Joint conference Vietnamese Journalist Association - Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, Ha Long City and Wui Ne, Vietnam, 21-26.09.2009.

"Media across cultures". Working group at IAICS conference, University of Louisville, Kentucky, 13-16.11.2008

"Fagdag i visuell kommunikasjon" /"Visual communication" faculty conference, Oslo University College 10.10.07

"Specialized journalism". Leader of two-day work shop for MPhil, PhD and scientific staff, Institute of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 4.10.07

International Association of Intercultural Studies IAICS2007 22-24.6.07, Harbin, China. Work shop on "Functioning in Modernity: Mass Media and the Network Society"

"Norwegian-Chinese Media and Communication Research" . Rica Holberg Hotel, Oslo, 24.5.07

Norwegian-Chinese Media Research. Rica Holberg Hotel, Oslo, 29.11.06.

Globalization, Communication and Cultural Identity. IAICS 12th International Conference on Intercultural Communication, 2-5.8.06, San Antonio, Texas. Chairman of session on Media, Politics and Nationalism

Impact of media ownership and market liberalism on journalistic culture. EJTA conference, Tartu, Estonia, 8-10.6.06. Chairman of panel discussion on "European media trends and journalistic freedoms: limitations and challenges“

Fra skolebibliotek til pedagogisk servicesentral. Konferanse 21.9.04 ved Høgskolen i Oslo arrangert av Lærerutdanningens etterutdannings- og opplæringsenhet, HiO/JBI samt Fylkesmannen i Oslo og Akershus, Utdanningskontoret, med 250 deltakere fra grunnskoler og videregående skoler samt skolebibliotek og folkebibliotek.

World Library and Information Congress: 69th IFLA General Conference and Council, Berlin. Joint one-day seminar 7 August on ethics and freedom of expression arranged by IFLA's core activity Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) and section for Library Theory and Reserach (LTR). Library Theory and Research Section & Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE). 50 participants from 30 countries; joint chairmanship by Wallace Koehler, Marianna Tax Choldin and Robert Vaagan.

2nd International Conference on Government Information and Democracy/2nd IFLA GIOPS Eastern Europe Seminar on Government Information for the People) Sudak, Crimea , 9-13.6.03. Co-chairmanship of workshop.

Georg Sverdrup-seminaret 2001 "Vitenskapelig publisering - på randen av sammenbrudd?" Fagkonferanse med 220 deltakere 16.11.01, arrangert i samarbeid mellom Universitetsbiblioteket, Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening og Høgskolen i Oslo.