Did you know FILIORUM is latin and means "for children"?
Research projects
ECEC research at the University of Stavanger
Shy children's well-being in childcare
Attending childcare for the first time can be extra challenging for shy children. To support shy children's well-being a...
Problem-solving in kindergarten
Problem-solving is about finding solutions to all kind of problems. It can be seen as a basic strategy for addressing bo...
Video abstracts
In this selection of video abstracts, we provide a glimpse into exciting and important research topics about early child...
Externally funded projects
FILIORUM - Center for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care leads and participates in a number of projects, bot...
Children’s experiences of smells and scents
Odors change as the weather changes. Rain or sunshine, there are interesting smells, both outside and inside, to discove...
DiCoTe: Increasing professional Digital Competence in ECTE with focus on enriching and supporting children’s play with coding toys
The DiCoTe project aims to increase digital competence in Norwegian kindergartens by developing resources that can be us...
New team for Reading Research Quarterly
Four editors representing four countries to helm flagship journal.
Research articles from the Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment
A selection of research articles from the Centre. Use the DOI-link to read abstract.
New report: Nordic Approaches to Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Care
Is there a common Nordic model or a characteristic Nordic approach to evaluation and assessment of quality in early chil...
Young children creating animated movies
A creative process with digital technology is a complex process consisting of traditional non-digital and new digital ac...
Sensory books – Coming back to our senses to transform children’s digital reading
This cutting-edge project researches the power of smells and scents to transform children’s reading.
SELMA - Social and Emotional Learning & Life Mastery in Early Childhood Education and Care
In SELMA, researchers and employees in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) centers will collaborate to d...
International EADP Conference on bullying starts Friday 17th
Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education and University of Stavanger host the dig...
The Agder Project
Can Norwegian daycare centers improve children's developmental trajectories by more systematically cultivate key school ...
Children's digital books
To read books together with young children is a common activity – both in early childhood settings and at home. Many chi...
Playful learning
The researchers in this project aim to create a scientifically based playful learning curriculum for 5-year-olds in dayc...
Board of Directors
FILIORUM- Centre for Research in Early Education and Care
Strategy 2018-2023: FILIORUM - Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care
Vision: High quality in diverse Early Childhood Education and Care settings
Analysis finds that digital picture books may harm young children’s learning
A comprehensive meta-analysis of prior research has found, overall, that children ages 1 to 8 were less likely to unders...
About the research
FILIORUM– The Center for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care emphazises on high quality in the diverse ECEC w...
Transforming Education - towards a sustainable future
The research community Transforming Education – towards a sustainable future brings together researchers from different ...
Synapse Lab researchers receive double research funding
Synapse Lab researchers have received funding for two projects as part of the Norwegian Research Council’s grant for add...
Looking into the Nordic approaches in early childhood education and care
FILIORUM-The Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care at the University of Stavanger and the Early Chil...
Award to UiS-professor in a strong international competition
Professor Natalia Kucirkova from the Centre for Learning Environment is awarded the Jacobs Foundation Research Fellows...
Impact case: The Agder Project
UiS researchers have developed and tested a structured play-based curriculum for children at their last year of preschoo...
Towards a More Intentional Practice in Norwegian Preschool Groups
Aiming to help preschool teachers develop a more intentional and systematic practice stimulating skills that are critica...
Children need self-regulation to learn
According to a new study, there is a strong link between self-regulation and mathematical skills in Norwegian children. ...
Consequences for victims of bullying
Bullying can have serious and long-lasting consequences for the victim. Children that have experienced being bullied can...
Studying storybook apps in language focused reading activities in kindergartens
Researchers at the Norwegian Reading Centre will study the use of storybook apps and print picture books in language foc...
Co- creating choreographic-pedagogic entanglements through a dance project in primary school
The entanglement of choreographic and pedagogic practices is the theme of the PhD project of Mari Flønes at The Faculty ...
Researchers, network and board
Contact us:
Department of Early Childhood Education
National Centre for Reading Education and Research
Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioral Research in Education
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