Research events

Master Caro Seland Kirsebom at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Will you be upset with me? Normativity, framing and complex educational address. 

NB! Changed time for the disputation due to time zones. 

Cand.Philol. Alf Gunnar Eritsland at the Department of Education will be defending his dissertation for the degree of Dr.Philos.:

With School as a Mission Field. The Norwegian Revival Movements focus on teacher Education 1890 - 1946.

Master Eli Tronsmo at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Local curriculum development as knowledge work: A study of collaborative epistemic practices in the teaching profession. 

Because of the coronavirus outbreak, we must postpone the 07 May, 2020 conference celebrating the conclusion of the five year research project, Formation and Competence Building of University Academic Developers (2015-2020)  

We will convene the conference on 29 April 2021, and we look forward to seeing you then. We will send out new registration forms and more information next fall.

Cand.paed. Ellen Os at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Staff's mediation of peer-relations in early childhood education and care. A study of staff's contributions to interactions between children under the age of three.

Candidate Erling Framgard at the Department of Education will be defending his dissertation for the degree of Dr.Philos.:

Image and meaning production in an Investigative practice - an educational image practice.

Welcome to an interesting hour with professor Anne Kovalainen, University of Turku, Finland.

Welcome to this open research seminar with Dr. Nick Peim, University of Birmingham. UK. The seminar explores the resources available from philosophy and theory that can be practically applied to any educational research project.

Master Sverre Tveit at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Policy Legitimation of Educational Assessment Reforms. The Cases of Norway and Sweden.

Open-mindedness is a virtue highly valued in educational contexts. However, does open-mindedness imply a tendency to reject firm beliefs? To embrace any idea? This seminar points to the need for qualified arguments. Also, to the ways in which open-mindedness may require synergy with other intellectual virtues if our aim is to promote a just and open society.

Master Rachel Sweetman at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Exploring the enactment of learning outcomes in higher education: Contested interpretations and practices through policy nets, knots, and tangles.

Master Jørgen Smedsrud at the Department of Education defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Mathematically gifted adolescents in Norway: Exploring mathematically gifted adolescents' experience with the school system in Norway.

Welcome all to this open lecture with professor David F. Labaree, Stanford University, USA.

Welcome all to this open lecture with Dr. Rebekka Horlacher, University of Zurich.

Welcome all to this open lecture with Professor Daniel Tröhler, University of Vienna / University of Oslo.

Master Rachelle Esterhazy at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Productive feedback practices in higher education. Investigating social and epistemic relations in two undergraduate courses.

Master Anna Therese Steen-Utheim at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Students' sense making of feedback. Dialogue, interactions and emotions.

Welcome all to this open lecture with Dr. Tyler Watts, New York University.

Welcome all to this open lecture with Professor Cybele Raver, New York University.

Master Renate Andersen at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Mutual Development in Online Collaborative Processes. Three Case Studies of Artifact Co-creation at Different Levels of Participation.

Presenter in this seminar is Hanni Muukkonen, Professor in Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Oulu, Finland.

Welcome to this open seminar with Professor Helen Gunter, University of Manchester, UK.

Master Marianne Takvam Kindt at the Department of Education defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:

Beyond heritage and acculturation. Accounts of upbringing, choices, and plans from children of immigrants in prestigious higher education in Norway.