Management and employees at Centre for learning environment

Center management and all employees at Centre for learning environment. Click on "Page content " to find a specific person.

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Centre management

Head of Centre: Dag Jostein Nordaker

Head of department, Porsgrunn: Solveig Iren Roth

Head of administration:
Ingar Lee (Stavanger)
Lars Halvor Bjelland (Porsgrunn)

Extended management

Research: Ingunn Størksen Education: Ida Risanger Sjursø Public Relations: Kari Stamland Gusfre Communication: Maria Gilje Strand

Employees at Centre for learning environment in June 2023. Photo: Jørn Steen/UiS.

Centre Management

All employees

Management and empoyees in alphabetical order after their sirname. Click on the portraits to read more about them.

Awal Mohammed Larechibara Alhassan

Areas of expertise 

– learning environment

– diversity and inclusion

– minority language students

– social competence

Anne Kristin Hansen Andresen

Areas of expertise 

– kindergarten

André Baraldsnes

Dziuginta Baraldsnes

Hege Cecilie Nygaard Barker

Areas of expertise 

– student administration

Martyna Bell

Areas of expertise 

– cyber bullying

Benjamin Sæstad Beyene

Areas of expertise 

– motivation, mastery and completion in higher education

Lars Halvor Bjelland

Areas of expertise 

– Head of Administration at Porsgrunn department

– budget and accounting

Dieuwer Ten Braak

Areas of expertise 

– executive function and self-regulation

– role of self-regulation in academic and socioemotional skills

– role of context in self-regulation

– transition kindergarten - school

– playful learning

Lars Edvin Bru

Areas of expertise 

– motivation

– mental health

Liv Jorunn Byrkjedal-Sørby (on leave)

Simona Carla Silvia Caravita

Areas of expertise 

– mental health

– bullying

Anne-Lene Skog Dahl

Areas of expertise 

– kindergarten

Ulrich Dettweiler

Areas of expertise 

– motivation

– outdoor learning

Carina Dillner

Areas of expertise 

– administration

– booking and orders

Ellen Elvethon

Areas of expertise 

– kindergarten

– after-school program

– psychosocial environment

– play and learning

– inclusion - with a focus on children with special vulnerabilities

– social and emotional competence

– change and development

Sigrun Karin Ertesvåg

Areas of expertise 

– class management

– teacher-student relationships

– school development

– school management

– bullying

Cecilie Evertsen

Areas of expertise 

– the needs of the youngest children

– attachment theory

– relationships and interactions

– children at risk

– aggression theory

– learning environment in kindergarten

– self-regulation

Hildegunn Fandrem

Areas of expertise 

– bullying

– cyberbullying

– diversity and inclusion

– minority language students

– learning environment and school subjects

– life skills education

Andreas Østbø Fidjeland

Areas of expertise 

– transition kindergarten - school

Johannes Nilsson Finne

Areas of expertise 

– bullying

– challenging behaviour

– social competence

Silje Vignes Flesjå

Areas of expertise 

– inclusion

– safe environment in kindergarten

– management in kindergarten

– trancitions

– care, play and learning

Torunn Helene Lindstad Fredriksen

Areas of expertise 

– Web Editor

– communication

– social media

– podcast

Radel James Eumague Gacumo

Areas of expertise 

– diversity and inclusion

– kindergarten

– literature pedagogy

– reading and writing skills in children

– educational technology for children

Elisabeth Stray Gausel

Areas of expertise 

– research administration

Nina Grini

Areas of expertise 

– development of inclusive learning environment

– stress and coping

– school development

– school management

Kari Stamland Gusfre

Areas of expertise 

– Head of Public Relations

– inclusion in primary school and secondary education

– safe school environment

– bullying

Selina Eckhoff Hamadi

Areas of expertise 

– school attendance

– school refusal

Charlotte Helen Haaland Hancock

Areas of expertise 

– multicultural classrooms

– students with immigrant background in secondary education

Trude Havik

Areas of expertise 

– school attendance

– school refusal

– classroom interactions

– friendship

– student engagement

Guttorm Hermann Helgøy

Areas of expertise 

– bullying

– development of inclusive learning environment

– challenging learning environments

Shan Hu

Areas of expertise 

– cyberbullying

Joachim Kolnes

Areas of expertise 

– inclusion of children with special needs in kindergarten and school

– interprofessional collaboration between educational-psychological service and other external services, and school / kindergarten

– development of educational-psychological services

– educational-psychological service as an agent of inclusion in school and kindergarten

Ann Kristin Kolstø-Johansen

Areas of expertise 

– research administration

Natalia Kucirkova

Areas of expertise 

– kindergarten

– reading and writing skills in children

– educational technology for children (ebooks and apps)

– evidence based use of EdTech

Eli Marie Hoftun Kvæstad

Areas of expertise 

– student administration

Gabriele Lauterbach

Areas of expertise

– outdoor learning

Ingar Lee

Areas of expertise 

– Head of Administration at Stavanger department

Ragnhild Lenes

Areas of expertise 

– self regulation

– connection between children's self-regulation in kindergarten and academic results in school

Maren Stahl Lerang

Areas of expertise 

– teacher support for students

– educational support

Guro Lien

Areas of expertise 

– After school programs, kindergarten and school

– transitions in kindergarten, after school programs and school

– learning environment in kindergarten, after school programs and school

Fredrik Holmen Lillegraven

Areas of expertise

– video production

Kaja Lillelien

Areas of expertise 

– teacher´s professional well-being

Svanaug Lunde

Areas of expertise 

– after school programs

– kindergarten

– relational competence

– social competence

– connection between kindergarten and school

Unni Lunde

Ingrid Veronika Midteide Løkken

Areas of expertise 

– relations

– social and emotional development

– management in kindergarten

Marianne Torve Martinsen

Areas of expertise 

– safe environment in kindergarten

– play in kindergarten

– physical environment and organization in kindergarten

– space and time in kindergarten

Ida Holth Mathiesen

Areas of expertise 

– career guidance

– school counseling

– young people's educational and professional choices

– none-traditional educational and professional choices

Ina Midttveit

Areas of expertise 

– press officer

– research dissemination

– social media

Anna Lange Moi

Areas of expertise 

– follow-up after bullying

Luisa Morello

Areas of expertise 

– cyberbullying and ethnicity

Thomas Moser

Areas of expertise 

– learning environment in kindergarten

– the physical environment in kindergarten

– quality in kindergarten

– profession and professional development

– safe and inclusive kindergartens

– bullying, learning and development in kindergarten

Gunita Gurveer Kaur Mudhar

Areas of expertise 

– the quality of teacher-student-interaction

– young people with special educational needs

Øyvind Munthe

Areas of expertise 

– research administration

Solfrid Helen Naustvik

Areas of expertise 

– administration

– tender

Tone Rove Nilsen

Areas of expertise 

– kindergarten

– physical environment for play and learning

– transition from kindergarten to school

– after school programs

Dag Jostein Nordaker - Head of Centre

Areas of expertise 

– Head of Centre

Erik Nordgreen

Mads Olsen

Areas of expertise 

– research administration

Ebru Ozbek

Areas of expertise 

– cyberbullying

Ella Bjerga Pettersen

Areas of expertise 

– video observation of teachers

Henning Plischewski

Frank Rafaelsen

Narges Ranginkaman

Areas of expertise 

– mapping tools - social and emotional development

Pål Roland

Areas of expertise 

– innovation

– management in kindergarten and school

– bullying

Solveig Iren Roth

Areas of expertise 

– Head of department - Porsgrunn

– diversity

– social relations

– inclusion

– learning environment

– school-home collaboration

Inge Schreuder-Lindløv

Areas of expertise 

– film making

Ida Risanger Sjursø

Areas of expertise 

– Head of Education

– bullying

– cyberbullying

Ingrid Skage

Areas of expertise 

– innovation

– physically active learning

Tor Mauritz Smedsrud

Areas of expertise 

– nature and play in kindergarten

Ksenia Solheim

Areas of expertise 

– teacher-student-interaction

Jørn Harald Heinrich Steen

Areas of expertise 

– film making

– photography

Maria Gilje Strand

Areas of expertise 

– Coordinator for Communication

– Press Officer

– research dissemination

– podcast

– media training

– communication

Janne Støen

Areas of expertise 

– bullying

– inclusion

– school management

Ingunn Størksen

Areas of expertise 

– Head of Research

– early development

– life skill education

– self-regulation

– playfull learning

– quality in kindergartens

– consequences of divorce

Janken Camilla Sæbø

Areas of expertise 

– safe environment in kindergarden

– inclusion

– care, play and learning in kindergarten

– transitions

Randi Myklebust Sølvik

Areas of expertise 

– teacher-student-relations

– learning environment and school subjects

Linne Cristin Tangen

Areas of expertise 

– challenging behaviour

– attachment and trauma

– inclusive learning environment

– inclusion of children with special vulnerabilities

– management

Kjersti Balle Tharaldsen

Areas of expertise 

– mental health in school and follow-up after bullying

– social emotional competence and life skill education

– motivation for learning

stress and coping in school

Anna Gausland Tjelta

Areas of expertise 

– classroom interaction in secondary school

May Liss Olsen Tobiassen

Areas of expertise 

– kindergarten

Maren Stabel Tvedt

Areas of expertise 

– motivation for schoolwork

– teacher-student relations in secondary schools

– risk of dropout in secondary school

Grete Sørensen Vaaland

Areas of expertise 

– classroom management

– authority issues

– observation in the classroom

Elin Nesvoll Vangsnes

Areas of expertise 

– mental health in schools

– life learning skills

Lene Vestad

Areas of expertise 

– development of social and emotional competences in adolescence

– motivation for learning

– stress and coping in school

– mental health in school

Hanne Mette Kristiansen Vindvik

Areas of expertise 

– safe environment in kindergarten

– inclusion

– mangement in kindergarten

– prevention (public health)

Janne Marit Vistnes

Areas of expertise 

– public health and life skills

Nora Østby

Areas of expertise 

– mental health

Klara Øverland

Areas of expertise 

– child and youth development

– mental health in kindergarten and school

– trauma, follow-up after bullying and other mental challenges

– attachment

– divorce and it's consequenses for children and adolescents

– behavioural challenges, aggression, substance abuse, ADHD and coping

– youth culture

Visiting academics