About
My research draws on interdisciplinary approaches including ethnographic fieldwork with children and young people focusing on developing knowledge about how children and young people use and are affected by the technological transformations in their everyday lives. I have also conducted research on several other topics such as language issues, marginalization in education, social justice, gender, education and youth. This work has taken a central focus in looking at the way in which education and more specifically teacher education can contribute to providing competencies for democratic participation. I am currently the coordinator of a large-scale European Research project funded by Horizon 2020 (Grant Agreement no. 870548) entitled The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation (DigiGen). From 2008-2014 I was the coordinator of the Gender Equality, Education and Poverty (GEEP), funded by NORAD. The project focused on critical questions surrounding gender equality, equity, and education within a context of poverty in post-conflict South Africa and Sudan.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
General education Other subjects within education Women's and gender studies Social anthropology Sociology
Subject areas
Globalization Multicultural education ICTs Collaboration across the curriculum Multilingualism Youth Reform policy International human rights law Identity and cultural complexity Comparative and international education Gender and development research Education and Development Multicultural education Educational policy Youth Research Reseach methods Education and post-conflict Digital technology
Regions
Countries
China Ethiopia Iceland Namibia Sudan South Sudan Tanzania Uganda USA South Africa Zambia
Research groups
Research projects
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DigiGen – The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation
DigiGen aims to develop knowledge about how children and young people use and are affected by the technological transformations in their everyday lives.
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Flex-IT – A mixed-method study of cross-domain information technology use in everyday life
The emergence of new technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between work and family domains, and the consequences for the health and productivity of the labor force remains unknown. These contradictory perspectives make it important to understand to what extent, when and for who cross-domain IT use is healthy and/or unhealthy.
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Key Inclusive Development Strategies for Life-Long Learning (KIDS4ALLL)
KIDS4ALLL aims to pilot an innovative action that will experiment a learning method and learning environment in formal, non-formal and informal educational contexts to address the integration challenges of migrant children.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Baily, Supriya; Skårås, Merethe; Ramos, Kathy; Ege, April Maute; Heggernes, Sissil Lea; Carsillo, Tami
(2023).
Exploring the Power of Internationalization in Teacher Education.
Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE)
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Vol. 7.
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Ayllón, Sara; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Lado, Samuel (2023). Digitally Deprived Children in Europe. Child Indicators Research .
Lafton, Tove; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Kapella, Olaf; Sisask, Merike; Zinoveva, Liudmila (2023). Children’s Vulnerability to Digital Technology within the Family: A Scoping Review. Societies . Vol. 13.
Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Kapella, Olaf; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Sisaks, Merike
(2022).
Conditions contributing to positive and negative outcomes of children's ICT use: Protocol for scoping review.
14 p.
Societies
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Vol. 12.
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Baily, Supriya; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2019). Fostering teachers’ global competencies: Bridging utopian expectations for internationalization through exchange. Forum for International Research in Education . Vol. 5.
Bastien, Sheri; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2017). Youth as architects of change: global efforts to advance youth-driven innovation for social change. ISBN: 978-3-319-66274-9. 353 p. Palgrave Macmillan.
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Dupuy, Kendra (2017). Global Perspectives on Youth and School-to-Work Transitions in the Twenty-First Century: New Challenges and Opportunities in Skills Training Programs. Bastien, Sheri; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (Ed.). Youth as Architects of Social Change: Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation. 2. p. 23-42. Palgrave Macmillan.
Bastien, Sheri; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2017). The Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Youth-Driven Innovation for Social Change. Bastien, Sheri; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (Ed.). Youth as Architects of Social Change: Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation. 1. p. 3-22. Palgrave Macmillan.
Bastien, Sheri; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2017). Youth as Architects of Social Change: Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation. ISBN: 978-3-319-66274-9. 353 p. Palgrave Macmillan.
Stromquist, Nelly P.; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Manion, Caroline (2016). Focusing on Gender and Education. Epstein, Erwin H. (Ed.). Crafting a Global Field: Six Decades of the Comparative and International Education Society. 11. Springer.
