Center management and all employees at Centre for learning environment. Click on "Page content " to find a specific person.
Head of Centre: Dag Jostein Nordaker
Head of department, Porsgrunn: Solveig Iren Roth
Head of administration:
Ingar Lee (Stavanger)
Lars Halvor Bjelland (Porsgrunn)
Research: Ingunn Størksen Education: Ida Risanger Sjursø Public Relations: Kari Stamland Gusfre Communication: Maria Gilje Strand
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
– learning environment
– diversity and inclusion
– minority language students
– social competence
Anne Kristin Hansen Andresen
– kindergarten
André Baraldsnes
Dziuginta Baraldsnes
Hege Cecilie Nygaard Barker
– student administration
Martyna Bell
– cyber bullying
Benjamin Sæstad Beyene
– motivation, mastery and completion in higher education
Lars Halvor Bjelland
– Head of Administration at Porsgrunn department
– budget and accounting
Dieuwer Ten Braak
– 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
– motivation
– mental health
Liv Jorunn Byrkjedal-Sørby (on leave)
Simona Carla Silvia Caravita
– mental health
– bullying
Anne-Lene Skog Dahl
– kindergarten
Ulrich Dettweiler
– motivation
– outdoor learning
Carina Dillner
– administration
– booking and orders
Ellen Elvethon
– 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
– class management
– teacher-student relationships
– school development
– school management
– bullying
Cecilie Evertsen
– the needs of the youngest children
– attachment theory
– relationships and interactions
– children at risk
– aggression theory
– learning environment in kindergarten
– self-regulation
Hildegunn Fandrem
– bullying
– cyberbullying
– diversity and inclusion
– minority language students
– learning environment and school subjects
– life skills education
Andreas Østbø Fidjeland
– transition kindergarten - school
Johannes Nilsson Finne
– bullying
– challenging behaviour
– social competence
Silje Vignes Flesjå
– inclusion
– safe environment in kindergarten
– management in kindergarten
– trancitions
– care, play and learning
Torunn Helene Lindstad Fredriksen
– Web Editor
– communication
– social media
– podcast
Radel James Eumague Gacumo
– diversity and inclusion
– kindergarten
– literature pedagogy
– reading and writing skills in children
– educational technology for children
Elisabeth Stray Gausel
– research administration
Nina Grini
– development of inclusive learning environment
– stress and coping
– school development
– school management
Kari Stamland Gusfre
– Head of Public Relations
– inclusion in primary school and secondary education
– safe school environment
– bullying
Selina Eckhoff Hamadi
– school attendance
– school refusal
Charlotte Helen Haaland Hancock
– multicultural classrooms
– students with immigrant background in secondary education
Trude Havik
– school attendance
– school refusal
– classroom interactions
– friendship
– student engagement
Guttorm Hermann Helgøy
– bullying
– development of inclusive learning environment
– challenging learning environments
Shan Hu
– cyberbullying
Joachim Kolnes
– 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
– research administration
Natalia Kucirkova
– kindergarten
– reading and writing skills in children
– educational technology for children (ebooks and apps)
– evidence based use of EdTech
Eli Marie Hoftun Kvæstad
– student administration
Gabriele Lauterbach
– outdoor learning
Ingar Lee
– Head of Administration at Stavanger department
Ragnhild Lenes
– self regulation
– connection between children's self-regulation in kindergarten and academic results in school
Maren Stahl Lerang
– teacher support for students
– educational support
Guro Lien
– 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
– video production
Kaja Lillelien
– teacher´s professional well-being
Svanaug Lunde
– after school programs
– kindergarten
– relational competence
– social competence
– connection between kindergarten and school
Unni Lunde
Ingrid Veronika Midteide Løkken
– relations
– social and emotional development
– management in kindergarten
Marianne Torve Martinsen
– safe environment in kindergarten
– play in kindergarten
– physical environment and organization in kindergarten
– space and time in kindergarten
Ida Holth Mathiesen
– career guidance
– school counseling
– young people's educational and professional choices
– none-traditional educational and professional choices
Ina Midttveit
– press officer
– research dissemination
– social media
Anna Lange Moi
– follow-up after bullying
Luisa Morello
– cyberbullying and ethnicity
Thomas Moser
– 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
– the quality of teacher-student-interaction
– young people with special educational needs
Øyvind Munthe
– research administration
Solfrid Helen Naustvik
– administration
– tender
Tone Rove Nilsen
– kindergarten
– physical environment for play and learning
– transition from kindergarten to school
– after school programs
Dag Jostein Nordaker - Head of Centre
– Head of Centre
Erik Nordgreen
Mads Olsen
– research administration
Ebru Ozbek
– cyberbullying
Ella Bjerga Pettersen
– video observation of teachers
Henning Plischewski
Frank Rafaelsen
Narges Ranginkaman
– mapping tools - social and emotional development
Pål Roland
– innovation
– management in kindergarten and school
– bullying
Solveig Iren Roth
– Head of department - Porsgrunn
– diversity
– social relations
– inclusion
– learning environment
– school-home collaboration
Inge Schreuder-Lindløv
– film making
Ida Risanger Sjursø
– Head of Education
– bullying
– cyberbullying
Ingrid Skage
– innovation
– physically active learning
Tor Mauritz Smedsrud
– nature and play in kindergarten
Ksenia Solheim
– teacher-student-interaction
Jørn Harald Heinrich Steen
– film making
– photography
Maria Gilje Strand
– Coordinator for Communication
– Press Officer
– research dissemination
– podcast
– media training
– communication
Janne Støen
– bullying
– inclusion
– school management
Ingunn Størksen
– Head of Research
– early development
– life skill education
– self-regulation
– playfull learning
– quality in kindergartens
– consequences of divorce
Janken Camilla Sæbø
– safe environment in kindergarden
– inclusion
– care, play and learning in kindergarten
– transitions
Randi Myklebust Sølvik
– teacher-student-relations
– learning environment and school subjects
Linne Cristin Tangen
– challenging behaviour
– attachment and trauma
– inclusive learning environment
– inclusion of children with special vulnerabilities
– management
Kjersti Balle Tharaldsen
– 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
– classroom interaction in secondary school
May Liss Olsen Tobiassen
– kindergarten
Maren Stabel Tvedt
– motivation for schoolwork
– teacher-student relations in secondary schools
– risk of dropout in secondary school
Grete Sørensen Vaaland
– classroom management
– authority issues
– observation in the classroom
Elin Nesvoll Vangsnes
– mental health in schools
– life learning skills
Lene Vestad
– development of social and emotional competences in adolescence
– motivation for learning
– stress and coping in school
– mental health in school
Hanne Mette Kristiansen Vindvik
– safe environment in kindergarten
– inclusion
– mangement in kindergarten
– prevention (public health)
Janne Marit Vistnes
– public health and life skills
Nora Østby
– mental health
Klara Øverland
– 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
