Publications
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Aksjonsforskning i Norge: Teoretisk og empirisk mangfold
(2017)
Action Research in Norway. Theoretical and empirical diversity is an anthology consisting of twenty scientific articles from the fields of education, health, science centers, arts and working life. The anthology provides ...
Den komplekse jernalderbosetningen på Dilling
(2024)
Dilling, a few kilometers from the coastal town of Moss in Eastern Norway, is a site where archaeologists from the Cultural History Museum of the University of Oslo have examined c. 60,000 square meters of land and discovered ...
Samfunn og samhandling under press
(2024)
Society is changing. The unforeseen leaves its mark; crises, threats, surveillance, pandemics, war, ideological conflicts, technological development, management by objectives, economic inequity, and environmental and ...
Andrespråkslæring, språkhjelpere og sosial rettferdighet
(2024)
UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goal 4 is to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’. Second language learning for adults can be viewed in light of this global ...
Barn som gikk «fra haand til haand»
(2024)
Orphanages and similar institutions were established in Norway in the latter part of the 19th century. The new practice of moving children from their homes to an institution was part of a new and comprehensive public welfare ...
Matematisk kompetanse
(2024)
The results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 survey were published in a short report in the autumn of 2023. The report generated a great deal of interest in Norway, mainly due to Norwegian ...
Hvordan studere utdanningspolitikk?
(2024)
Education policy has a significant impact on how kindergartens, schools and other educational institutions are run. In working with these institutions, it is interesting to study how power is legitimized and managed.
How ...
Health and Life Skills Through Music, Arts and Culture in Education
(2024)
The anthology Health and Life Skills Through Music, Arts and Culture in Education describes and explores the fields of arts, culture and life skills throughout the educational system from kindergarten to university-level ...
Samhandling, kompetansebygging og ledelse i barnehage og skole
(2024)
How do interaction and competence-building among kindergarten and school leaders contribute to making future generations of children and young people more independent with regard to their growth, development and education? ...
Krisesentre for mishandlede kvinner på 1970- og 1980-tallet
(2024)
The establishment of crisis centers in Norway is an important event in women's history. The first center was established in 1978, and within a few years there were centers all over the country, thanks to the efforts of ...
Hvem styrte byene?
(2022)
This book, written by 12 authors, asks: Who governed the Nordic towns from c. 1500 to 1800? The book is inspired by pivotal studies undertaken by Finn-Einar Eliassen in the late 1990s concerning the progression of family ...
Ingen vei utenom
(2020)
"In 2015, the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo carried out excavations in Løten and Elverum municipalities, Innlandet County. Al together, 79 cultural heritage sites, spanning in date from the Neolithic ...
Samsang gjennom livsløpet
(2022)
This anthology deals with co-singing (Norwegian: samsang) in different life stages and various settings in a Scandinavian context. Co-singing forms an essential part of our shared cultural heritage. Co-singing involves all ...
Kjønn og rett
(2022)
Women's law, gender equality and non-discrimination law have constituted fields of research at the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo for decades. Law establishes rights and obligations, legal protections and punishments ...
Utdanning i kunstfag
(2021)
This anthology presents research projects that examine the quality and tension in various forms of collaboration on teaching in and across different artistic disciplines, art forms and educational programs. The contributors ...
Effective Houses
(2023)
This book examines property rights, settlement structure and social organization in Norway’s Østlandet in the Iron age (500 BC–AD 1050). Inspired by ethnographical and anthropological studies, a model of a stateless, ...
Kulturskolen som inkluderende kraft
(2023)
Accessibility to art and cultural activities is a topic with increasing attention. Most municipalities in the Scandinavian countries have kulturskoler (extra curricular schools of music and performing arts) that offer ...
Utdanning for bærekraft
(2023)
In 2020, Norway’s national curriculum for primary and secondary school eduction, known as Kunnskapsløftet, came into effect. The plan is marked by increased emphasis on education for sustainability, and a notable example ...
Forvaltning av dyrevelferd i Norge
(2022)
Animal Welfare Management in Norway is about how authorities can best promote high standards of well-being and respect for animals. In Norway, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has primary responsibility for ensuring ...
Shame’s Unwelcome Interruption and Responsive Movements
(2021)
"Shame is a deeply problematic emotion that causes much trouble and pain in our lives, interrupting our immediate mode of being in the world and making us feel bad about who we are. Nevertheless, we use it in many contexts ...
Studenten skal bli lærer
(2020)
"The student is becoming a teacher is presenting the first Norwegian study made on the sense of belonging in higher education. Central themes are comprehension and knowledge development, and the students’ process of formation ...
Nye perspektiv på Hans Nielsen Hauge
(2023)
Hans Nielsen Hauge established and led at the end of the 18th century Norway's first nationwide popular movement, a low church network that would leave its mark on everyday life, business development and politics in the ...
Hvem? Hvor mange?
(2023)
In a world marked by surging international conflicts, labour market globalisation, ever-widening economic inequities, steady improvement in the flow of information, and increasing possibilities for mobility over greater ...
Konflikt, fellesskap og forandring
(2019)
"In recent years, organizations and authorities in Norway have put a critical spotlight on parenting practices among non-Western immigrants, based on a concern for young people's autonomy and self-determination. The purpose ...
HR i møte med det nye arbeidslivet
(2023)
This anthology is the second in a series of books from the Department of Management and Organization at Kristiania University College. HR in Today’s Working Life builds on the book Leading People in Today’s Working Life ...
Erfaringer med institusjonell etnografi
(2023)
Originally developed by the Canadian sociologist Dorothy E. Smith, institutional ethnography is an approach to research that aims to explore and challenge power relations in society. In Norway and the other Nordic countries, ...
Læring i et Vygotsky-perspektiv
(2023)
Learning in a Vygotskian Perspective demonstrates how Lev Vygotsky's (1896–1934) socio-cultural perspectives on learning and education can in various ways hone our perceptions of good education in kindergarten and school. ...
Samtaler mellom profesjonelle og barn som har psykisk syke eller rusavhengige foreldre
(2020)
"This scholarly monograph is based on a doctoral dissertation, On Holding Part of a Child’s Life in One’s Hands. Conversations between Professionals and Children with Mentally Ill or Substance Addicted Parents: An Ethical ...
Menneskeverd
(2019)
"Human Worth – A Challenge for School and Society addresses the question of whether all human beings’ lives have equal value. To answer, the authors examine how we should understand the value of human life. Human worth and ...
Religion og etikk i skole og barnehage
(2019)
School and kindergarten are central arenas for issues concerning values and ethics. The authors ask: What does students in junior high school learn about the relationship between science and religion? How do students in ...
Higher Education as Context for Music Pedagogy Research
(2021)
"This anthology presents music pedagogical research as a field of integrated reflection that transcends institutional and disciplinary barriers. The anthology aims to reinforce thinking, knowledge development and collaboration ...
Aksjonsforskning i Norge, volum 2
(2020)
"The purpose of this anthology is to show different perspectives on epistemology, research roles and contexts in action research. Contributors are researchers who have extensive experience in combining practice development ...
Varslingsklokken
(2020)
Berte Kanutte Aarflot lived in the Northwestern region of Norway in the 19th century. In this book, her great-great-grandson gives the first overview of her written work and puts it in the context of her time. Aarflot, a ...
NLA Høgskolen
(2020)
NLA University College celebrated their 50-year jubilee in the 2018. As a part of the occation they hosted a seminar which in turn produced many of the contributions in this antology. This book seeks to discuss the place ...
Erling Kristvik
(2020)
Erling Kristvik (1882-1969) was a central figure in the Norwegian educational system in the 20th century. He was known for being the principle of Volda University College from 1930, as well as a writer of textbooks for ...
Å satse på dosenter
(2020)
"From an international standpoint, the docent position in Norway is unique, insomuch as it is a top academic position equivalent to a professorship. This book combines a thorough examination of the docent’s role and place ...
Verdier i barnevern
(2020)
"Values in Child Welfare Service discusses how child welfare services are influenced by social, cultural and personal values. The primary objective of this anthology is to contribute to debate on how frameworks, ideologies ...
Rom og sted
(2020)
"Within the humanities, the concepts space and place have been the subject of renewed interest as theoretical resources over the last years, inspired by recent developments within the social sciences, and in particular ...
Akademisk kunnskap og pedagogisk faglighet i barnehagen
(2023)
An increasing number of preschool teachers have a master's degree, and in Norway, employing preschool teachers with a master’s-level education is a stated political objective. In both Norway and Denmark, there is growing ...
PISA 2022
(2023)
PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is an international, comparative survey of 15-year-olds' competence in mathematics, science and reading. The purpose of the PISA survey is to assess how well students ...
Snøens formler
(2023)
In her well-known song, ‘Når himmelen faller ned’ (‘When the Sky Falls Down’), the Norwegian musician Anne Grete Preus described snow as ‘celestial tipp-ex’ and a mighty ‘wonder’. But what exactly is it that snow corrects? ...
Child Welfare and the Significance of Family
(2023)
This book focuses on the significance of family in child welfare (CW) services from multidisciplinary perspectives. The authors are concerned with how families experience encounters with CW workers, how professional CW ...
Flerstemmige perspektiver i norsk utdanningsforskning
(2023)
In a gradually more complex and insecure world, children, youth, teachers, and school leaders must learn to navigate unpredictability. To prevent inertia, knowledge, learning and education need to be reshaped to strengthen ...
Høyere musikkutdanning
(2023)
This anthology offers historical perspectives on higher music education, with a particular focus on the origins and development of the Norwegian Academy of Music. It is published in connection with the Academy's 50th ...
Musikk og religion
(2022)
Music plays an important role in many religions and in a variety of religious contexts. Music and Religion: Texts on Music in Religion and Religion in Music takes a look at the intersections between music and religion.
We ...
Kontaktsoner og grenseområder
(2023)
This anthology takes up the subject of border areas and contact zones, both as actual places and as analytical concepts for understanding the past. What happens when different cultures, states and people meet, and what ...
Morsmålsdidaktisk forskning og profesjonalisert lærerutdanning
(2023)
In this book, five experienced Nordic L1-didactitians and teacher educators search for their professional roots as pupils, students, teachers, teacher educators, managers and researchers over a period of fifty years.
In ...
Utenforskap, stigmatisering og fremmedfrykt på Agder: 1860 til i dag
(2023)
The title of this anthology – Outsiders, Stimatization and Xenophobia in Agder: From 1860 to the Present – conveys a critical perspective on society’s treatment of those who deviate from accepted norms and expectations in ...
Explorative Perspectives in Music and Education
(2023)
The anthology Explorative Perspectives in Music and Education resulted from the MiU22 conference and seeks to support diverse dialogues. The publication, which is multimodal and interdisciplinary, explores how academic, ...
Hvordan skape vekst?
(2024)
Some places experience population growth and increasing job opportunities, while others undergo a decline in population and the number of workplaces. What are the driving forces behind the developments we have seen in ...
Fagdidaktiske temaer i helsefagene
(2023)
The aim of this anthology is to present current educational research that draws attention to didactics, more specifically to the need for didactic research in health-related subject areas. The anthology is the result of ...
Læring gennem mad og måltider i grundskolen
(2023)
How are school meals organized in the Scandinavian countries? And in what ways can new pedagogical practice lead to better school meal programs for students and a better understanding of the importance, for health and ...
Sikkerhetspolitikk og militærmakt i Arktis
(2023)
Security Policy and Military Strength in the Arctic presents new Norwegian research in High North defence and security policy topics. Against the backdrop of today’s security situation, the book provides a unique introduction ...
Melvillean Parasites
(2022)
Melvillean Parasites addresses an aspect of Herman Melville’s authorship largely overlooked by previous scholars: the abundance of narrators and characters in his writings in search of food—an aim they typically pursue ...
Kompetanse for inkluderende praksis
(2023)
This anthology constitutes the primary report resulting from a three-year innovation project in which the main focus has been on collaboration between preschools and primary schools, and the ‘PP-tjeneste’ (pedagogisk-psykologisk ...
Lost in Digital Translations
(2023)
Innovations create new possibilities for the welfare state. Digital technologies, however, can create a range of surprising and unintended effects. Lost in Digital Translations: Studies of Digital Resistance and Accommodation ...
Jerusalem in Viken
(2023)
St Olav’s Church in Tønsberg in Viken (the area surrounding the Oslo Fjord in south-eastern Norway) burned along with most of the medieval town in 1536, the same year the Reformation was introduced to Norway. The church ...
Strategic Communication – Contemporary Perspectives
(2024)
Strategic communication is emerging as a widespread professional field. When communication is strategic, the aim is purposeful impact. In society, politics, civil society and markets, new techniques and practices are being ...
Norskhet i bevegelse
(2024)
What does it mean to be Norwegian, and who can call themselves Norwegian in today's globalized and multicultural Norway? These questions are increasingly being discussed in public discourse and social media channels. The ...
The Norwegian Natural Ice Industry and Ice Exporter Thomas Johannes Wiborg (1870–1930)
(2023)
This book is about the development of the Norwegian natural ice industry in the period 1870 to 1930, with a particular focus on one of Norway’s largest ice exporters, Thomas Johannes Wiborg (1845–1929). In addition to ...