Vibeke Vandrup Martens
PhD
NIKU - Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
Vibeke Vandrup Martens
Languages
Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, English, German
About me
Research Professor at NIKU, working on applied research on climate change impacts to heritage preservation, archaeological environmental monitoring, and urban archaeology
Past Work Experience
2026- Research professor, NIKU, NO.
2006 -2026 Researcher, NIKU, NO.
2012-2016 PhD candidate, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, NL
2000-2006 Archaeologist, Museum of Cultural History, UiO NO.
2005 Archaeologist, Vestfold County, NO.
1999-2000 Museum curator, Kastelholm castle, Åland, FI.
1996-1997 Research fellow, Aarhus Uni, DK
1993-1996 Archaeologist/curator, Copenhagen City Museum, DK
My Education
2016, PhD, geoarchaeology, VU Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1999, MA, medieval archaeology, Aarhus University, Denmark
1991, BA, medieval archaeology, Aarhus University, Denmark
Specialisation
in situ preservation
Other Specialisation
Ceramic Studies, Geoarchaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Public Archaeology, Urban Archaeology
Chronological Focus
Early Medieval, Late Medieval, Post-Medieval
Geographical Field
Anthropology - Cultural, Northern Europe, Western Europe
Institute
NIKU, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
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Graham, E., V. V. Martens & S. Ayers-Rigsby 2025: A Global Perspective: The Need for Climate Change Action in Heritage Management Now. Journal of Field Archaeology 50, 2024, special issue on Climate Change and Heritage (eds. S. Ayers-Rigsby, E. Graham & V. V. Martens) https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2024.24392200.0034272063
Jørgensen, E. K., V. V. Martens, E. Nau, D. Ø. Engtrø 2025: A novel protocol for reconstructing depositional histories of anthropogenic, sedimentary records: the case of the Holocene-deep Kirkhellaren cave deposits in coastal Arctic Norway. Journal of Field Archaeology 50, 2024, special issue on Climate Change and Heritage (eds. S. Ayers-Rigsby, E. Graham & V. V. Martens) https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2024.24269580.0034272064
Martens, V. V. & M. Derrick 2024: Chinese Echoes. META Historiskarkeologisk tidskrift 2024: 85-91.0.0034272066
Martens, V. V. & L. Krangnes 2022: Monitoring as a tool to evaluate preservation possibilities. Results from the CULTCOAST project. Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 10, 2022, Sec. Interdisciplinary Climate Studies, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.9604200.0034272068
Granberg, M.; Jernæs, N.K.; Martens, V.V.; Simon Nielsen, V.K.; Haugen, A. 2022: Effects of Climate-Related Adaptation and Mitigation Measures on Nordic Cultural Heritage. Heritage 2022, 5, 2210-2240. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage50301160.0034272069
Martens, Vibeke Vandrup 2020: En tand i snor, in: Glimt fra vikingetiden, DAA, 2020, 276-279. ISBN 978-87-987051-1-60.0034272070
Nicu, I. C., K. Stalsberg, L. Rubensdotter, V. V. Martens & A.-C. Flyen 2020: Coastal Erosion Affecting Cultural Heritage in Svalbard. A Case Study in Hiorthhamn (Adventfjorden) - An Abandoned Mining Settlement. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2306; doi:10.3390/su120623060.0034272071
Hollesen, J., M. Callanan, T. Dawson, R. Fenger-Nielsen, T. M. Friesen, A. M. Jensen, A. Markham, V. V. Martens, V. V. Pitulko & M. Rockman 2018: Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and environmental archives of the Arctic. Antiquity 92(363), 573-586. doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.80.0034272072
Martens, V. V. 2017. Mitigating Climate Change Effects on Cultural Heritage Sites? Archaeological Review from Cambridge Volume 32.2., November 2017, 123-1400.0034272073
Martens, V. V. 2016. Preserving Rural Settlement Sites in Norway? Investigations of Archaeological Deposits in a Changing Climate. Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 16. PhD thesis. VU University, Amsterdam.0.0034272074
Martens, Vibeke Vandrup 1995. Dendrochronologically dated pottery. On the typological and chronological variation of the early medieval black earthenware from the S-E-Banken excavation in Lund.Acta Archaeologica Lundensia. Series tertia in 8 ° minore 1995 ; Vol 10. s. 95-118.0.0034272075