Research and Development
NLA University College conducts research within a wide range of subject areas and has a varied research environment, which has the task and function of creating an environment for research, artistic development work, publication, research and knowledge development.
Profiled researcher at NLA University College
Kari-Mette Walmann Hidle is Professor of Social Studies in teacher education at NLA University College. She heads the research group Social Sciences and Humanities (SOSH) and plays a central role in the SA-SMIL project, which examines social studies at the lower primary level (year 1-4) from a teacher’s perspective. Hidle holds a PhD from the programme in Religion, Ethics and Society at the University of Agder (UiA). She defended her thesis, which is an analysis of interpretations of personal identity and the norm for the primary human affiliation in the preparatory works to the «Same sex-marriage»-acts, in 2013. Hidle’s research interests are centred on three main areas: social studies didactics; diversity and human rights; and sociology of education and knowledge. She has extensive experience from teacher education for the secondary, primary and early childhood teacher education programmes at NLA and UiA. Hidle teaches and supervises students at all educational levels, from introductory to doctoral level.
When Collaboration Becomes a Key to Learning
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When Collaboration Becomes a Key to Learning
How can teachers see what actually happens when students work together in mathematics?
National Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Creativity
National Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and Creativity
NLA University College is part of the national investment in artificial intelligence and creativity through the MishMash research center, where new knowledge and solutions are developed for education, business, and the public sector with ethics and pedagogy at the center.
Invitation to conference: Creative text work
Invitation to conference: Creative text work
The Research Group for Language and Literature at NLA University College invites you to a conference focusing on creative, dialogic, exploratory, and aesthetic teaching and working methods in Norwegian language subjects in schools and teacher education programs.
Entertaining and easy about porn
Entertaining and easy about porn
Pornography is most often presented as click-friendly entertainment in Norwegian news media, according to new research. "There is a need for more critical journalism in this field," say the researchers behind the study.
NLA Highlights Research on Great Learning Potential
NLA Highlights Research on Great Learning Potential
The research group Children with high and extraordinary learning potential at NLA University College is strengthening its position as a key player in the field – both nationally and internationally.
Ph.D. in Social Responsibility and Education
NLA University College has recently submitted an application for accreditation of a new Ph.D. program in social responsibility and education. The program stems from the college's academic and value-based commitment to understanding how values, education, and responsibility shape people and society.