Helene Waage
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education and Arts
Helene Waage is an Associate Professor at the Norwegian Centre for Arts and Health. She teaches and contributes to professional development in the educational program Music-based caregiving. Helene holds a PhD from the University of Agder, where she researched co-singing in daily life for people with dementia and their relatives. She has also contributed a chapter to the anthology Samsang gjennom livsløpet (Co-singing throughout life).
Helene holds both performance and academic degrees in music from the Norwegian Academy of Music and the University of Oslo. She has extensive experience as a versatile performing musician (cello, voice, Celtic harp) and as a therapeutic musician in elderly and dementia care.
2023
2022
2025
Kulturbaserte tiltak og musikkbasert miljøbehandling som fremmer mestring, livskvalitet og gode relasjoner i helse- og oppvekstsektoren 2025 Lillestrøm kulturkonferanse 2025 - Helene Waage, Charlotte Stav, Marit Stranden, Kari Anne Vadstensvik Bjerkestrand
Culture-based care: Systematic relational caregiving and wellbeing 2025 14th Nordic Public Health Conference - Marit Stranden, Helene Waage, Charlotte Stav, Kari Anne Vadstensvik Bjerkestrand, Line Kanaris, Vegar Rangul
2024
Music-based caregiving: A systematic musical and relational approach to caregiving, 2024 What’s in a good life - Helene Waage, Charlotte Stav, Marit Stranden
Music based care: Systematic relational caregiving and wellbeing. 2024 Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - Helene Waage, Marit Stranden
2023
Musikkbasert miljøbehandling; et verktøy for inkluderende læringsmiljø og livsmestring gjennom hele utdanningsløpet 2023 Muligheter i musikk og utdanning, Musikkpedagogikk i utvikling (MiU) - Helene Waage, Marit Stranden, Charlotte Stav, Vegar Rangul
The Norwegian educational program in music-based caregiving; political anchoring 2023 Professionalism in the field of arts, health and wellbeing - Nordic Arts & Health Research Network Meeting - Marit Stranden, Charlotte Stav, Helene Waage, Vegar Rangul
Workshop: Music-based caregiving: a tool for an inclusive learning environment and coping with life 2023 Professionalism in the field of arts, health and wellbeing - Nordic Arts & Health Research Network Meeting - Helene Waage, Charlotte Stav, Marit Stranden, Vegar Rangul
