Democracy and citizenship: Participatory research and inclusive education

DEMCI is an interdisciplinary program area with participants from different disciplines and departments.

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The Democracy and Citizenship (DEMCI) strategic programme area is an interdisciplinary programme area with collaborations between several subjects:

  • English
  • Norwegian
  • NORINT
  • Social sciences
  • Pedagogy
  • Drama
  • Physical education
  • Sociology

between different departments and faculties:

  • Department of Education and Sport Science
  • Department of Cultural Studies and Language
  • Department of Media and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Arts and Education
  • Faculty of Social Sciences

and across national and international research networks:

  • Gender network
  • Smart City network
  • Dembra LU national network
  • TCLN: Transnational critical literacy network
  • ITAP: International association for teaching pragmatics

Centred around global citizenship education, DEMCI focuses on inclusive participatory research and education methods aimed at increasing learner participation and giving voice to underrepresented groups. The programme area has three main research foci that are interrelated:

  • (1) development of inclusive participatory teaching and research methods with children and young adults;
  • (2) narrative research drawing on the methods of photovoice, testimonio and process drama; and
  • (3) research and development of teaching approaches to counteract discrimination and prejudice through democratic citizenship practices that highlight inclusion, participation, critical thinking and diversity competence.

DEMCI comprises several interdisciplinary subgroups that collaborate across thematic projects: Multilingual and second language acquisition, including pragmatics, intercultural competence, and critical literacy; refugee and migration studies, including migration literature, identity and social inclusion; and the Dembra research group focused on pedagogical approaches to countering prejudice and racism in education.

DEMBRA teacher education

The University of Stavanger is part the DEMBRA teacher education network. Dembra is a programme for schools for the prevention of racism, group-based hostility and antidemocratic attitudes.

DEMBRA er Senter for Holocaust og livssynsminoriteter sitt lærerutdanningsopplegg. Gjennom dette partnerskapsarbeidet skal UiS jobbe tverrfaglig med utvikling undervisningsopplegg og ressurser som styrker profesjonskompetanse i temaer knyttet til rasisme, antisemittisme, fordommer og diskriminering i lærerutdanningen. Dette skal gjøres gjennom Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) på tvers av fag og lærerutdanningene ved Fakultet for utdanningsvitenskap og humaniora. 

DEMBRA is the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies's teacher education program. Through this partnership work, UiS will work interdisciplinary with the development of teaching programs and resources that strengthen professional competence in topics related to racism, anti-Semitism, prejudice and discrimination in teacher education. This will be done through Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) across disciplines and teacher educations at the Faculty of Arts and Education.

Read more about DEMBRA

Questions?

Contact Silje H. A. Nordmand.

Contact

Førsteamanuensis i engelsk
51831286
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Kem Saichaie on Faculty Learning Communities

Research group

Førsteamanuensis i engelsk
51831286
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Professor i engelsk språkvitenskap
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i engelsk
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i engelsk
51832785
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i engelskdidaktikk
51834574
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i norsk/norskdidaktikk
51831267
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i norsk
51834518
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i kroppsøving og idrett
51833592
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i allmennpedagogikk
51831001
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i samfunnsfag
51832956
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i norsk språk og kultur
51831315
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i drama og teater
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i pedagogikk
51831496
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Førsteamanuensis i norsk språk og kultur
51831311
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Førsteamanuensis i engelskspråklig litteratur og kultur
51833616
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Førsteamanuensis i engelsk didaktikk
Hulda Garborgs Hus 2 office: N-226
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Amanuensis i norsk språk og kultur (NOMSA)
51831344
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Universitetslektor i norsk språk og kultur
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Professor i sosiologi
51832892
Elise Ottesen-Jensen 319
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Media and Social Sciences
Doktorgradsstipendiat i utdanningsvitenskap
51831162
Faculty of Arts and Education
National Centre for Reading Education and Research
Ekstern u/utbetaling
Faculty of Social Sciences
Stipendiat i religion, kultur og samfunn
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Universitetslektor i Engelsk
51832566
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Universitetslektor i engelsk
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Postdoktor in gender- based violence among migrants
51831993
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Media and Social Sciences
Ekstern u/lønn
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Media and Social Sciences
Ekstern u/utbetaling
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Media and Social Sciences
Monica Torreiro-Casal
Ekstern
Department of Education and Sports Science

External members

Rebecca Stuvland (Høgskolen i Innlandet)

Sandra Fylkesnes (Høgskolen i Østfold)

Delia Schipor (Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge)

Jena Lee Habegger-Conti (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)

Kimble Walsh-Knarvik (UiT Norges arktiske universitet)

Spiwe Thandabani Rønning (Fremmedspråksenteret/Høgskolen i Østfold)

Monica Torreiro-Casal (University of California, Davis, USA)

Johanna Ennser-Kananen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

Alberta Giorgi (University of Bergamo, Italia)