About
Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (PhD) is a Professor in Media and Communication. She served as the Vice Dean for Education in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway) (2021-2025) and as a Head of Department in four higher education institutions in South Africa, Finland and Norway respectively (2007-2021) while maintaining a strong teaching presence and research focus in communication, culture and media studies. Her research considers the evolving relationship between media and society, and its effect on different communities and sectors. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA, England).
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Enhancing Integration through Practical Training
The project will foster better intercultural understanding and professional inclusion of students with language and networking challenges.
Completed research projects
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Mobilizing for diversity and quality (MOBILIZE)
We aim to increase the recruitment of immigrants and their descendants into Norwegian research.
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U-YouPa – Understanding Youth Participation and Media literacy in Digital Dialogue Spaces
The key goal of this project is to provide a research-based understanding of the interconnection between cultural and technological preconditions for strengthening youth participation in digital dialogue spaces.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Selnes, Florence Namasinga
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Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
(2025).
Sharing as ‘participation in the untrue’ on the Internet.
Hornmoen, Harald; Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie; Stuedahl, Dagny (Ed.).
Media Engagement, Literacy, and Dialogue among European Youth: Participatory Research as a Gateway.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003527169-8
Hornmoen, Harald
;
Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
;
Stuedahl, Dagny
(2025).
Media Engagement, Literacy, and Dialogue among European Youth: Participatory Research as a Gateway.
ISBN: 9781003527169.
174 p.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003527169
Hornmoen, Harald
;
Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
;
Stuedahl, Dagny
(2025).
Focusing on youth media participation and literacy.
Hornmoen, Harald; Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie; Stuedahl, Dagny (Ed.).
Media Engagement, Literacy, and Dialogue among European Youth: Participatory Research as a Gateway.
Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4087667
Hornmoen, Harald
;
Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
;
Stuedahl, Dagny
(2025).
Media Engagement, Literacy, and Dialogue among European Youth.
ISBN: 9781003527169.
174 p.
Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3677658
Selnes, Florence Namasinga
;
Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
(2025).
Sharing as 'participation in the untrue' on the Internet.
Hornmoen, Harald; Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie; Stuedahl, Dagny (Ed.).
Media Engagement, Literacy, and Dialogue among European Youth. p. 81-93.
Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3243471
Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
(2025).
“Be Wise and Participate”: Introducing Student-led Cross-Disciplinary Peer Support for Master Students.
Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal.
Vol. 7.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5318644
Fonn, Birgitte Kjos
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Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
(2024).
Did National Solidarity Trump Pluralism in National Media Coverage in Norway?.
Leon-Solis, Fernando (Ed.).
The Nation in the Time of the Pandemic. p. 21-37.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56662-2_2
Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
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Fonn, Birgitte Kjos
(2024).
Challenging Norms and Practices in Women’s Beach Handball: The Bikini Debate.
Media and Communication.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8031
Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
(2023).
Academic leadership and leadership styles in strategic plans: a study of five top-ranked public universities in South Africa.
Cogent Social Sciences.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2220533
Hornmoen, Harald
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Hågvar, Yngve Benestad
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Hyde-Clarke, Nathalie
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Fonn, Birgitte Kjos
;
Stuedahl, Dagny
(2022).
Media narratives, agonistic deliberation, and Skam
An analysis of how young people communicate in digital spaces.
Nordicom Review.
Vol. 43.
https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2022-0001
