Education for sustainability in early childhood and early childhood teacher education

Sámi perspectives in teacher education

Organic gardening, farming and foraging in kindergarten

KINDknow: Being and becoming eco-citizens - research collaboration with HVL https://www.hvl.no/en/about/kindergarten-knowledge-centre/

Life skills, well being, personal leadership and development 

Sámi perspectives, outdoor learning, embodied and emplaced learning, place-based education

BRIDGES - Bridging the gaps in teacher education and schools through interdisciplinary work (with public health and life skills, democracy and citizenship, and sustainability). https://www.usn.no/forskning/hva-forsker-vi-pa/barnehage-skole-og-hoyere-utdanning/samfunnsfagdidaktikk/bridges/om-forskningsprosjektet-bridges

I have earlier investigaged intercultural differences and cultural patterns in the use and perception of nature, starting from my dissertation on the American nature writer Edward Abbey. I have written about ecomuseums, beauty in vernacular landscapes, the varying meaning of landscape, anti-landscapes, German allotment gardens,  Norwegian outdoor life, and the role of national imaginaries in environmentalism. Currently I am working on the question how intercultural communication can form a part of English teaching. There are two main problem areas in this field: First, the fact that while English is a global language, the meaning of many concepts (such as "family") derives from the particular cultural contexts of its speakers. Second, the way literature is chosen and interpreted in the West (using for example poststructuralist or related theoretical approaches) is ideologically charged, which becomes apparent when these approaches are used in a non-Western context.

• Teacher Education
• Developmental Work Research (DWR)
• Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)

Early childhood education 
Education for Sustainability
Social Sustainability in local and global contexts
Young Children's Belonging and Well-Being
Children's Play
Children's meaning making of Places and Artefacts