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...

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 2023 - 2028: FILIORUM - Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care

FILIORUM's vision is High quality in diverse Early Childhood Education and Care settings. The centre conducts excellent ...

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 ...

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Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Early Childhood Education
Associate Professor
51833568
Faculty of Arts and Education
National Centre for Reading Education and Research
Professor
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Læringsmiljøsenteret, avd. Porsgrunn
Faculty of Arts and Education
Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioral Research in Education
Avdeling Porsgrunn
Adviser
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty Administration UH
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HL A-219
Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty Administration UH