Kristin Krogh Arnesen, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Arnesen teaches mathematics. Her research interests encompass mathematics teacher education, proof and proving at all levels of mathematics education, and students’ collaborative work in mathematics.
Gert Biesta, Professor, Maynooth University, Ireland, and University of Edinburgh, UK
Biesta conducts research and writes about the theory of education and the philosophy of educational research, with a particular interest in teaching, teacher education, citizenship education, arts education, religious education, and education policy.
Jon Brodal, Associate Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Brodal’s research interests include second language acquisition, intercultural communication, and preservice teacher training.
Michel Alexandre Cabot, Associate Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Cabot teaches linguistics and language teaching of English (L2) and foreign languages (e.g. French, German) in teacher education. His research interests include (grammar) feedback, ICT, intercultural competence, (critical) citizenship, process drama, and dialogic teaching.
Isabelle Grude Christiansen, Preservice Teacher, Practicum Student, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Christiansen is interested in teacher education and practice-based teaching.
Dr Colin Christie, Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK
Christie’s academic interests include the teaching and learning of modern languages, particularly pupils’ use of the target language, the development of spontaneous target language talk, and the inclusion of meaningful content in modern languages lessons.
Ole Enge, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Enge teaches mathematics in teacher education. His research interests focus on the interplay between content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge in mathematics teacher education, as well as reasoning and argumentation in primary school.
Cecilie Enqvist-Jensen, Associate Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
Enqvist-Jensen’s research focuses on teaching and learning in higher education, with a particular interest in students’ participation in knowledge practices across various educational contexts.
Susan Erdmann, Associate Professor, University of Agder (UiA), Norway
Erdmann teaches English and applied linguistics at the University of Agder. Her research interests include language didactics, translation studies, and academic writing.
Lenka Garshol, Associate Professor, University of Agder (UiA), Norway
Garshol teaches English linguistics and English language didactics at the University of Agder. Her research interests include language acquisition, learner language, multilingualism, language didactics, and game-based learning.
Sigrid Haukanes, PhD Candidate, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Bergen
Haukanes’s research focuses on teacher education, democracy, citizenship, Bildung, critical theory, and hermeneutics.
Sissel Margrethe Høisæter, Professor of Norwegian Linguistics, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Høisæter taught Norwegian as a first language in teacher education. Her research focused on rhetoric, oral communication, and dialogic teaching in teacher education.
Gunn Tone Iversen, Assistant Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Iversen holds a master’s degree in special education. She has many years of teaching experience in primary and secondary schools, as well as in teacher education. Her research interests include early primary education and student-active learning methods.
Kristin Koløy, In-Service Teacher and Social Advisor, Nordbygdo Lower Secondary School
Koløy teaches English, Norwegian and special education. She is particularly interested in learner autonomy and inclusive learning and teaching, with a specific focus on learning environments that benefit from the diversity of students in every group.
Marit Kulild, Associate Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Kulild teaches pedagogy in teacher education. Her research interests focus on preservice teachers’ activities that contribute to their professional development, including observation, improvisation, and dialogic teaching.
Ruth Leitch, Professor Emerita, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Leitch’s research ranges across teacher development. Her research has focused on reflective practices and processes, exploring their relationship to both individual development and systemic change. The role emotions play in reflective practice and action has remained a central interest throughout her career.
Fride Lindstøl, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Science, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
Lindstøl is a classroom researcher with a particular interest in aesthetic and dramaturgical perspectives on teaching about teaching within teacher education.
Lilly Anne Litlabø, In-Service Teacher and Practicum Teacher, Nordbygdo Lower Secondary School
Litlabø teaches science, social science, mathematics, and arts and crafts. Her interests include adapted teaching and the creation of inclusive, inspiring learning environments across a range of subjects.
Elaine Munthe, Professor of Education, Knowledge Centre for Education, University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway
Munthe has fifteen years of leadership experience as Head of Department, Dean, and Director. She has chaired two national evaluations of teacher education in Norway and one in Denmark. Her main research interests are teacher education, teachers’ professional learning, and the use of research in schools.
Hege Myklebust, Associate Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Myklebust teaches Norwegian as a first language (L1) in teacher education. Her research focuses on oral and written interaction in educational contexts, particularly within teacher education. She leads the research group ORITE (Oracy in Teacher Education).
Morten Oddvik, Associate Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
Oddvik’s research explores the role of digitalisation and technology in education, with a particular emphasis on digital competence, assessment practices, artificial intelligence, and video-based learning.
Dr Joanne O’Flaherty, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Limerick, Ireland
O’Flaherty’s research interests include teacher preparation, social justice education, and social and emotional learning. She has published widely in these areas.
Lars Opdal, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Science, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
Opdal teaches pedagogy in the teacher education programme at USN, as well as supervision and mentoring in continuing education for teachers. His research interests include mentoring in schools and kindergartens, and student-active learning methods.
Kirsti Rø, Associate Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)
Rø’s main research interests include reasoning and proving in primary education, core practices in mathematics teacher education, mathematics teacher identity, and the transition of mathematics teachers from teacher education to their professional debut in schools.
Magnus Sandberg, Associate Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
Sandberg’s research focuses on the educational and cultural implications of digital media, particularly how digital narratives and interactive environments can enhance learning, historical consciousness, and personal development.
Anna Sfard, Professor Emerita (PhD), University of Haifa, Israel
Sfard conducts research and teaches in the domain of learning sciences, with a focus on the relationship between cognition and communication.
Kari Smith, Professor Emerita (PhD) of Education, Department for Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Smith’s main research interests are doctoral education, teacher education, professional development, and assessment for and of learning.
Thea Karoline Sømme, Preservice Teacher, Practicum Student, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Sømme’s research interests focus on teacher education and relational pedagogy.
Lena Kirkvoll Traa, In-Service Teacher and Practicum Teacher, Tjødnalio Elementary School
Traa teaches English, Norwegian, mathematics, as well as arts and crafts. She is interested in how teachers create inclusive and inspiring learning environments across subjects to support the full diversity of students.
Gry Anette Tuset, Associate Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Tuset teaches mathematics in teacher education. Her research interests include mathematics teacher education and dialogic approaches to mathematics teaching.
Anita Valenta, Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Valenta teaches mathematics in teacher education. Her research interests include mathematics teacher education and work on reasoning and proving in primary schools.
Vigdis Vangsnes, Professor of Pedagogy and Research Program Leader, Faculty of Teacher Education, Arts and Sports, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Campus Stord
Vangsnes’s research interests include teacher education, practice-based teaching, aesthetics, the performativity of teaching, dramaturgy, process drama, and dialogic teaching.
Reidun Persdatter Ødegaard, Assistant Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Ødegaard teaches mathematics. Her research interests are mathematics teacher education and reasoning and proving.
Ingeborg Glette Åsland, In-Service Teacher and Practicum Teacher, Skåredalen Elementary and Lower Secondary School
Åsland teaches mathematics, Norwegian, natural sciences, and social studies. Her interests include inquiry-based teaching, with a particular focus on mathematics.
