Employees and areas of expertise at the Knowledge Center for Education

Our researchers and staff are specialized within systematic reviews; school and education; knowledge brokering, and research dissemination. Click on the employee portraits to view each researcher’s full profile of publications and scientific work.

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Oddny Judith Solheim (director)

Head of Centre
5183 3136
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Reading and writing (development, teaching methods, assessment, difficulties) Motivation and engagement Teacher-student ratio Professional development and teacher collaboration Randomized controlled trials Systematic reviews

Idar Ree (head of administration)

Head of Administration
Kunnskapssenter for utdanning
Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty Administration UH
Administrasjon KSU
Areas of expertise:

Head of administration

Serap Keles (research head)

Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Inclusive education Multicultural education Child and adolescent mental health Systematic reviews Meta-analysis Longitudinal data analyses

Aline Alves-Wold

Associate Professor
51831162
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Primary education Motivation for reading and writing Teacher education

Joanna Barbara Baluszek

Researcher
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Public health Digitalisation Higher education Arts and craft education Early Childhood Education Systematic reviews

Diego Alfredo Gonzales Campos

Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Research synthesis and meta-analysis Individual participant data meta-analysis (IPD meta-analysis) Digital competence Educational inequalities AI-assisted evidence synthesis

Sanna Erika Forsström

Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Mathematics education Digitalization of primary and secondary education Teacher education Meta-syntheses of educational research

Trine Mathiesen Gilje

Senior Adviser
51834593
Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty Administration UH
Administrasjon KSU
Areas of expertise:

Research administration

Johannes Nysted Grødem

PhD Candidate
51832207
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Student engagement Mathematics education Learning outcomes Meta-analysis

Astrid Guldbrandsen

Associate Professor
Hagbard Line K-118
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Early childhood education and care - Digitalization Data organization / Database development Higher education – PhD-completion Life skills Systematic reviews

Camilla Hagevold

Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Research literacy for teachers and school leaders Research-informed school development and leadership Using research in schools 

Kjersti Velde Helgøy

Associate Professor
51832131
Kunnskapskapssenter for utdanning
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Research-based education Completion and drop-out in higher education PhD education Scoping review Qualitative evidence synthesis

Lone Hvalby

PhD Candidate
51831697
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Public health and life skills Democracy and citizenship Primary and lower secondary school Scoping reviews Qualitative research methods

Helene Urdland Karlsen

Adviser
Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty Administration UH
Administrasjon KSU
Areas of expertise:

Research administration

Hilde Elin Sperrevik Magnussen

Head Librarian
51831362
Division of Research
Stavanger University Library
Areas of expertise:

Librarian

Erin Margaret McTigue

Researcher
51833201
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise

Literacy development and instruction Teacher knowledge and professional learning Engagement and interest  Teacher-student-relations Research translation Systematic knowledge summaries

Elaine Munthe

Professor em. #
5183 3530
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Teacher education research Lesson Study and teachers' learning School improvement Classroom research Systematic Reviews in Education

Morten Bergsten Njå

Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Therese Deocampo Pigott

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Meta-analysis methods Systematic review methods Statistical power in meta-analysis Missing data in meta-analysis Visiting professor. See profile: Georgia State University. Email: tpigott@gsu.edu 

Enrico Pollarolo

Postdoctoral Fellow
51831332
Kunnskapssenter for utdanning
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Early childhood education research (mathematics, critical thinking, digital competence, coding play) Systematic literature reviews and knowledge syntheses Qualitative research methods

Mark Rickinson

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Research and evidence use  Evidence-informed policy and practice Teacher and leadership development Research synthesis Sustainability education  Visiting professor. See profile: Monash University. Email: mark.rickinson@monash.edu

Elisabeth E. S. Rongved

Senior Adviser
51833206
Kunnskapssenter for utdanning
Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty Administration UH
Administrasjon KSU
Areas of expertise:

Research communication

Corey Savage

Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Education systems Education policy Democratic competencies Civic & citizenship education History education Media & information literacy Opportunity to learn Teacher & teaching quality Experimental and quasi-experimental methods

Leif Tore Sædberg

Adviser
51832408
Kunnskapssenter for utdanning
Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty Administration UH
Administrasjon KSU
Areas of expertise:

Research communication

Maximiliaan Willem Pierre Thijssen

Associate Professor
51832769
HL U-211
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Early childhood development Economics of education Applied micro-econometrics Meta-analysis

Bjørg Elin Vasshus

PhD Candidate
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Dropout and dropout intention Teacher education programs Scoping reviews  Semi-structured interviews

Sang Won Yoon

Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Arts and Education
Knowledge Centre for Education
Areas of expertise:

Special Needs Education Developmental Disabilities Disability Studies in Education Learning Analytics Edtech Child Abuse Psychometric Review Systematic Review