Erlend Eidsvik is a geographer and a professor of sustainability and climate education at Department of Pedagogy, Religion and Social Sciences at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL).
He is also a Professor II in geography at UIT The Arctic University of Norway. He holds a PhD in geography from the University of Bergen. Since 2012, Eidsvik has worked in teacher education at HVL. He teaches and supervises students in topics related to geography, sustainability and knowledge politics at master and PhD-levels. His research includes issues on education and sustainability, geographical literacy, climate literacy, postcolonial theory and political ecology. He is heading a research group in Comparative Education, as well as research collaborations with partner institutions in South Africa.