The history of CEMO in brief
In 2009, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research announced a 10-year grant for a Centre for Educational Measurement in Norway. The objective was to build up an international research unit that conducts basic research on educational assessments and applied research on early childhood, primary, secondary and higher education.
The application from the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Oslo won the competition and Jan-Eric Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) was installed as the interim Director.
CEMO was officially opened in spring 2013 with the former Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen present. In 2014 Sigrid Blömeke (1965-2023) became the first permanent Director of the centre. After a successful evaluation, the Faculty of Educational Sciences decided in 2019 to keep CEMO as a permanent unit.
Former employees
Many people have worked for CEMO since the start of the centre in 2013 as several of the positions are temporary. We have had the great pleasure of working with highly professional employees from all around the world.
Below is a list of our former colleagues:
Professors, Associate Professors and Adjunct Professors:
Jan-Eric Gustafsson: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-0329
Henrik Daae Zachrisson: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9174-4392
Andreas Frey: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5334-9538
Sigrid Blömeke: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6068-4932
David Rutkowski: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7550-8982
Leslie Rutkowski: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-2202
Bryan Maddox: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7709-9845
Rolf Vegar Olsen: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9621-4083
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Yuan Ling Liaw
Muirne Paap: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1173-7070
Alexandra Corinne Niculescu: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7849-5919
Isa Steinmann: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9940-4413
Denise Reis Costa: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6533-7905
Chia-Wen Chen: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2290-2705
Doctoral Research Fellows:
Stephan Daus: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0230-6997
Russel Clark Boothby
Kondwani Kajera Mughogho
Melaku Tesfa Tesema: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9496-9415
Saskia Van Laar: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4077-5567
Jelena Veletic: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3240-9674
Maoxin Zhang: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-3610
Wangqiong Ye: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9629-8427
Jarl Kleppe Kristensen: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4178-9637
Gustafsson-Skrondal scholars:
Chen Wei Liu: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-465X
Janine Buchholz: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2534-4603
Jesper Tijmstra: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7207-5528
Rolf Strietholt: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6344-642X
Sebastian Born: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5803-7963
Tyler Matta
Isa Steinmann: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9940-4413
Tim Fütterer: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5399-9557
Letty Koopman: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-2542
Administrative staff:
Øystein Andresen
Anne- Catherine W. G. Lehre
Siri A. P. Heslien
Anne Line Bjarke
Tara Sarin
Amanda Marie Grini
Malene Jordal Aase
Malin Solli Wandem