Academic interests
- Children, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), Childhood
- Pedagogical philosophy and postcolonial theory
- Diversity, inclusion, and decolonial practices
- The ECEC teacher’s profession, leadership, and professional judgement
- Teaching practices in higher education
- Research ethics related to the youngest children
Courses taught
I teach pedagogy in the Early Childhood Education programme, full time and part time.
In the year of study 2026/2027 I teach the following subjects:
- Children's development, play and learning 1 (BULL 1)
- Bachelor thesis (BA)
In addition I am also class coordinator for 24BLU and 23BLU-D, and connected to three projects within Kollektiv kompetanseutvikling i barnehage og grunnskole (TKK).
Background
Academic background:
- BA in Early Childhood Education (Oslo University College). As a part of my undergrad I did two exchange studies: A two month field placement at Hong Kong Institute of Education, as well as a full semester at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, USA
- MA in Early Childhood Pedagogy (Oslo og Akershus University College)
- Supplementary education in supervising and mentoring (Oslo and Akershus University College)
- Ph.D scholar in Educational Science, field of study: pedagogy (NTNU)
Experience:
- ECEC Assistant and Pedagogical Leader in ECEC for 10 years, including two years as a practice teacher for Oslo University College
- Four months as Assistant Professor (temporarily) for Oslo University College, while working as a pedagogical leader in ECEC
- Started at Østfold University of Applied Sciences in August 2014. First as Assistant Professor, and from February 2022 onwards as Associate Professor in ECEC Pedagogy at the ECEC Teacher Education
- Ph.D candidate in pedagogy (Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education (August 2023 - August 2026)
- Visiting Doctoral Scholar at Georgia State University, USA (September to December 2024)
Research
I was a member of the college's program for academic promotion (2019-2022).
I am a member of the research school NORCHILD (2023-), the first Norwegian research group targeting ECEC.
I am a member of the research school Den Nordiske Forskerskolen for Utdanningsforskning (2024-), a research school for pedagogy og educational science.
Member of the research group Early Childhood Edudcation and Care (HiØ).
External member of the research group ECEC Leadership (DMMH).
Member of the research network NelBA (Norsk nettverk for ledelsesforskning i barnehagen).
Projects
I am currently working on many different research projects:
- The role of the researcher in research involving the youngest children
- Leadership positionings in a pedagogical co-leadership
- Quality in ECEC - Why, how, and for whom?
- Professional resistance to standardized tools in ECEC
- Diversity in annual plans of ECEC centres (in collaboration with Tina Binfield-Skøie, UiA)
- Sami perspectives in the ECEC teacher education (in collaboration with Åsta Maria Stevens, formerly DMMH)
- The position of multilingual children in ECEC (in collaboration with Beate Lund and Kari-Mette Rudolph, HiØ)
Awards
- Nominated for Årets barnehageinspirator 2017 and 2023
- Nominated for The Best Learning Environment Award 2022
- I was a supervisor for BA-student Ida Marie Svendsen working with her bachelor thesis titled "It's not about year long, just in small time periods we focus on diversity". A bachelor thesis about the ECEC staff's collaboration with parents from diverse backgrounds, who won the Laurbærprisen Award and 10 000 NOK for best bachelor thesis at Østfold University of Applied Sciences in 2019.
Other responsibilities
- Class coordinator, full time and part time (2015-2021, 2022-2023, 2026-)
- Leader of the Ph.D candidate group at DMMH (2024/2025)
- Course coordinator BA thesis (BA) (2019, 2021-2023)
- Section coordinator for the ECEC Pedagogy Section at the ECEC Teacher Education (2020/2021)
- Course coordinator Art, Culture and Creativity (KKK) (2018-2020)
- External examinator at other national universities and colleges on BA- and MA-levels
- Member of expert committees for recruitment to positions in the higher education sector
- Reviewer for the Norwegian scientific journals Prismet and Norsk Pedagogisk Tidsskrift and for the international journal International Journal of Early Years Education