What is Xistens?
Xistens.no is a science communication platform run by the Existential Psychology Lab / Oslo at MF vitenskapelig høyskole in Oslo, Norway. We explore and share insights from science, art, and philosophy with the general public to inspire meaningful, conscious, and authentic living.
Who’s behind Xistens?
Authors and Contributors
Ole Magnus Vik
Existential psychotherapist, head of Norsk Forening for Eksistensiell Terapi (NFET)
Bendik Sparre Hovet
Clinical psychologist, philosopher
Aida Hougaard Andersen
Cand.psyk.aut., ph.d.
Lektor, studieleder, Samfundspsykologi
Forskningsgruppeleder, Eksistentiel og humanistisk forskning
Syddansk Universitet, Institut for Psykologi
Lars Mandelkow
Ph.D.
Førsteamanuensis i psykologi
Ansgar høyskole
Stine Madsen Kvaløy
PhD-stipendiat
Senter for diakoni og profesjonell praksis, campus Diakonhjemmet
VID vitenskapelige høgskole
Per-Einar Binder
Psykolog og professor i klinisk psykologi ved Universitetet i Bergen.
Anton Friedrich Fischer
Hi, my name is Anton Fischer. I recently completed my PhD in Personality Psychology at the University of Marburg. Currently I am working at MF Oslo alongside Tatjana Schnell and a research center at the German Federal Criminal Police Bureau on a project investigating the role of meaning in life in the context of radicalization and deradicalization.”
Peter la Cour
Professor, Psychologist, PhD,
Authorized as Specialist in Health Psychology
Anders Malkomsen
Overlege med spesialisering i psykiatri
Ralf T. Vogel
After studying psychology and sinology in Mannheim and Erlangen (GER), I obtained my diploma and my doctorate in Psychology at the University of Erlangen and my habilitation in Psychotherapy Science at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna (AT). Currently I am working as psychotherapist and psychotherapy trainer in the fields of behaviour therapy and psychoanalysis. Since 2012 I am teaching as Honorary Professor of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at Dresden University of Fine Arts. In addition, I give lessons at Sigmund Freud University in Berlin and at various psychotherapy training institutes in different countries. Numerous publications. Two of my latest books: Existenzielle Themen in der Psychotherapie, 2nd ed.” (Kohlhammer, 2020); “Das Geheimnis der Seele” (Kohlhammer 2024),