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Gro Mathias

Gro Mathias

Job title
  • Postdoc
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 52, 0167 Oslo
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 958 10 332
  • Office: +47 672 37 145
E-mail
  • gro.mathias@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

I am a postdoctoral research fellow in the Social Studies Section of the Primary and Lower Secondary Teacher Education Programme.

In my postdoctoral research project, I explore the meaning of 'Bildung' in a modern, diverse and individualised society. Among other things, I analyse how Aristotle's concept of the good life has gained renewed significance in education through the so-called flourishing movement, and the tensions this creates between the individual and the community.

I also study the concept of meaning as a distinct value in schools. Drawing on theory and empirical data, I examine what it means for something to be experienced as meaningful in an educational context, including through pupils' encounters with art and role models.

I am also committed to building a stronger bridge between ethical theory and social studies didactics, particularly in addressing the many normative and controversial issues in social studies.

Field of study

Educational research   Bildung   Didactics for the social sciences

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Wetlesen, Annika ; Mathias, Gro ; Eie, Siv (2026). Offentlige rom som arena for praktisk demokratiopplæring. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift. Vol. 110.
https://doi.org/10.18261/npt.110.3-4.12

Mathias, Gro ; Standal, Øyvind (2024). What happens to the “social” in psychosocial? Exploring epistemic practices and therapeutic culture in teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education : An International Journal of Research and Studies. Vol. 153.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104818

Mathias, Gro ; Standal, Øyvind Førland (2023). The Psychosocial in Norwegian Teacher Education in Light of Epistemic Objects and Therapeutic Culture. Professions and Professionalism. Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.7577/pp.5278

Mathias, Gro (2021). The ambivalence of the psychosocial in Norwegian education. A policy document analysis. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20020317.2021.1958994

Lorentzen, Gro ; Røthing, Åse (2017). Demokrati og kritisk tenkning i lærebøker. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-2987-2017-02-02



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.

Research reports

Standal, Øyvind Førland; Kofoed, Jette; Mathias, Gro (2025). Psychosocial Knowledge and Therapeutic Culture - Epistemic Inquiries into Norwegian Education Policy and Teacher Education. ISBN: 9788283645774. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3197119

Lenz, Claudia; Nilsen, Anne Birgitta ; Lorentzen, Gro ; Lid, Stian ; Rise, Eirik; Nustad, Peder (2018). Tiltak mot hatefulle ytringer: Kunnskaps og tiltaksoversikt. ISBN: 9788292988626. 80 p. Senter for Studier av Holocaust og livsynsminoriteter.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4216750

Røthing, Åse ; Lorentzen, Gro (2016). Demokratisk og antidiskriminerende kompetanse gjennom arbeid med skolemiljø og lærebøker. En kartlegging av DEMBRA-prosjektets bidrag sett i forhold til skolens arbeid med skolemiljø og lærebøkenes framstillinger. 174 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4602856



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.

Dissemination

Tømmerås, Heidi Hansen ; Mathias, Gro (2026). OECDs nye rammeverk kan endre norsk skole og PISA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5594615

Skarstein, Dag ; Elvebakk, Lisbeth ; Mathias, Gro (2026). 'The Relational Turn' and the Problem of Subject Matter Content and Critical Awareness. Why still Education? Education, Community, Resistance . Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5586614

Mathias, Gro ; Tømmerås, Heidi Hansen (2026). LUI-lab: Utdanning for det gode liv: Hva kan OECDs nye rammeverk bety for våre utdanninger? - OsloMet. LUI-lab. OsloMet .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5569395

Tømmerås, Heidi Hansen ; Mathias, Gro (2026). The ethics of well - being. Why flourishing now. Ecer 2026. EERA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5559622

Mathias, Gro ; Aashamar, Peter Nicolai; Ott, Annelie (2026). How Does a Society Change?. Journal of Social Science Education (JSSE). Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.11576/JSSE-9228

Tømmerås, Heidi Hansen ; Mathias, Gro (2025). Well-being in Education - A philosophical approach. Subject Didactics in the Past, Present and the Future: Why, How, What?. NoFa X: The10th Nordic Conference on subject didactics.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3703179

Wetlesen, Annika ; Eie, Siv ; Mathias, Gro (2024). Geografisk kunnskap gjennom stedsbasert undervisning i lærerutdanningen. "Sted" i geografiundervisningen . Norsk geografisk selskap .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4047555

Helsvig, Kim Gunnar ; Æsøy, Knut Ove ; Vederhus, Inger ; Aas, Per Anders ; Jøsok, Evy ; Haugen, Torgeir ; Ryen, Erik ; Vanebo, Guro ; Ferrer, Marlen ; Stokke, Ruth Seierstad; Kvalvaag, Robert Williams ; Aukland, Knut ; Hammer, Aina ; Skaar, Håvard ; Myrebøe, Tonje ; Lundberg, Pål ; Jahnsen, Vanja Røkkum ; Briseid, Eyvind Martol ; Lind, Anne ; Sletteland, Anja; Mathias, Gro ; Paaske, Nanna (2022). Lærerstreiken handler om skolens fremtid (https://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/i/9zEPmp/laererstreiken-handler-om-skolens-fremtid).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4525749

Lorentzen, Gro (2018). Er det psykososiale en blind flekk i kunnskapen om skolemiljø?. SAMSVAR: Hvordan motvirke mobbing i skolen?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4524242

Lorentzen, Gro (2018). Psychosocial Lite. Contemporary Educational debates in Norway. ECER 2018.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3833556



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.
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