Johann Roppen (born 29 June 1967) is a Norwegian professor of media studies. He was the rector of

Volda University College Volda University College ( or HVO) is one of the no-tuition state institutions in the system of higher education in Norway. It is located in Volda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. History HVO was established on 1 August 1994, when the Mør ...

2015-2023.

Education and career

Roppen was born in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

and raised in in

Ulstein Municipality Ulstein is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region. The commercial and administrative centre of Ulstein is the town of Ulstei ...

. He studied media and mass communications at

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

District University College, now

, and at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

, where he completed his doctorate in 2003 with a thesis on the

concentration of media ownership In chemistry, concentration is the abundance of a constituent divided by the total volume of a mixture. Several types of mathematical description can be distinguished: '' mass concentration'', '' molar concentration'', '' number concentration'', ...

, focussing on . In 2004, he published ''Medieindustrien'', a book which explores the political and economic consequences of this concentration. Roppen has worked as a journalist at ''Vikebladet'', now ''

Vikebladet Vestposten ''Vikebladet Vestposten'' is the major local newspaper for Ulstein Municipality and Hareid Municipality in the Sunnmøre region of Norway. History and profile ''Vikebladet Vestposten'' is owned by ''Sunnmørsposten'', which again is owned by Edda ...

'' (1984–87) and served on the national media commissions of both Norway and Denmark (2010, 2011) and the financing committee for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation,

NRK The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-run, government-influenced radio and television public broadcasting company. The NRK broadcasts three national TV channels and thirteen nat ...

(2015–16). He has also served on the boards of various businesses and the Volda

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

team, and been media contact for the deaf for the Norway national women's football team. At Volda University College he has been a faculty member since 1994, was advisor on

research and development Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in some countries as OKB, experiment and design, is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products. R&D constitutes the first stage ...

from 2013 to 2015, then briefly served as communications director before being appointed rector.

Personal life

Roppen is married and has three children.

References

External links

Johann Roppen
on the website of Volda University College 1967 births Mass media people from Bergen People from Ulstein Norwegian mass media scholars Academic staff of Volda University College Rectors of universities and colleges in Norway Living people Volda University College alumni {{Norway-academic-bio-stub