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Halla Bjørk Holmarsdottir

Halla Bjørk Holmarsdottir

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 52, 0167 Oslo
  • Office number: B533
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 454 31 420
  • Office: +47 672 37 236
E-mail
  • halla-bjork.holmarsdottir@oslomet.no
Affiliation

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.

Field of study

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

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Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Seland, Idunn ; Zinoveva, Liudmila; Barbovschi, Monica; Bărbuță, Alina; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Symeonaki, Maria (2025). An integrative review on children's perceived and experienced subjective digital well-being. Frontiers in Digital Health. Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1410609

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Seland, Idunn ; Hyggen, Christer ; Roth, Maria (2024). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. ISBN: 9783031469282. 350 p. Springer Nature.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5201078

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Seland, Idunn ; Hyggen, Christer (2024). How can we understand the everyday digital lives of children and young people?. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. Springer Nature.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3577026

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Lafton, Tove ; Andreasen, Kristina Johnsdatter (2024). Children’s digital boundary crossings when moving in between porous ecosystems. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. Springer Nature.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3175231

Birgit, Eickelmann; Barbovschi, Monica; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Sisask, Merike; Labusch, Amelie (2024). Perspectives of children and young people on their education as preparation for their future in the digital age: In-depth qualitative study in five European countries. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. Springer Nature.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5094381

Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Mifsud, Louise ; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha; Barbovschi, Monica; Sisask, Merike (2024). Talking about digital responsibility: children’s and young people’s voices. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. p. 379-431. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46929-9_13

Lafton, Tove ; Wilhelmsen, Janniche Elisabeth Broch ; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2024). Parental mediation and children’s digital well-being in family life in Norway. Journal of Children and Media.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2299956

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2024). The digital divide: Understanding vulnerability and risk in children and young people’s everyday digital lives. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. Springer Nature.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4946332

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). Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.5233

Ayllón, Sara; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Lado, Samuel (2023). Digitally Deprived Children in Europe. Child Indicators Research.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-022-10006-w



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Research reports

Seland, Idunn ; Aldrich, Richard; Ayllón, Sara; Barbovschi, Monica; Barbuta, Alina; Brugarolas, Pablo; Casamassima, Gianna; Drossel, Kerstin; Eickelmann, Birgit; Gosme, Elizabeth; Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Hyggen, Christer ; Lado, Samuel; Lafton, Tove ; Kapella, Olaf; Karatzogianni, Athina; Kazani, Aggeliki; Labusch, Amelie; Mifsud, Louise ; Olabode, Shola; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Roth, Maria; Schmidt, Eva-Maria; Shorey, Holly; Sisask, Merike; Symeonaki, Maria; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha; Zinoveva, Liudmila (2022). Understanding children and young people as digital citizens. 155 p. DigiGen - The impact of technological transformations on the digital generation.
https://hdl.handle.net/10852/99969

Casamassima, Gianna; Eickelmann, Birgit; Labusch, Amelie; Drossel, Kerstin; Barbovschi, Monica; Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Kazani, Aggeliki; Mifsud, Louise ; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Sisask, Merike; Symeonaki, Maria; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha (2022). Beyond participation: Video workshops across Europe to engage in research with children and young people and teacher candidates as collaborators investigating ICT in education. 42 p. DigiGen - Brüssel / University of Paderborn.
https://hdl.handle.net/10852/99968

Eickelmann, Birgit; Casamassima, Gianna; Labusch, Amelie; Drossel, Kerstin; Sisask, Merike; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha; Kazani, Aggeliki; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Symeonaki, Maria; Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Mifsud, Louise ; Barbovschi, Monica (2022). Children and young people’s narratives and perceptions of ICT in education in selected European countries complemented by perspectives of teachers and further relevant stakeholders in the education context. 165 p. DigiGen - Brüssel / University of Paderborn.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152391

Eickelmann, Birgit; Barbovschi, Monica; Casamassima, Gianna; Drossel, Kerstin; Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Kazani, Aggeliki; Mifsud, Louise ; Parsanoglou, Dimitris; Port, Sonja; Sisask, Merike; Symeonaki, Maria; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha (2021). The younger generation’s views on how their education is preparing them for the digital age against the background of COVID-19. 60 p. Paderborn University.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4501462

Ayllón, Sara; Barbovschi, Monica; Casamassima, Gianna; Drossel, Kerstin; Eickelmann, Birgit; Ghețău, Cosmin; Haragus, Teo Paul; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Hyggen, Christer ; Kapella, Olaf; Karatzogianni, Athina; Lado, Samuel; Levine, Diane; Lorenz, Theresa; Mifsud, Louise ; Parsanoglo, Dimitris; Gudmundsdottir, Greta Björk; Port, Sonja; Sisask, Merike; Symeonaki, Maria; Teidla-Kunitsõn, Gertha (2020). ICT usage across Europe: A literature review and an overview of existing data. 90 p. Universitat de Girona.
https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12906737

Holmarsdottir, Halla (2005). From Policy to Practice: A Study of the Implementation of the Language-in-Education Policy (LiEP) in three South African Primary Schools. 446 p. Unipub AS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5070372

Holmarsdottir, Halla (2001). From Policy to Practice: A study of the implementation of the language policy in Namibian primary schools. 162 p. Pedagogisk forskningsinstitutt.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4341879

Holmarsdottir, Halla (2000). From Policy to Practice: A study of the implementation of the language policy in Namibian primary schools. 123 p. Det Utdanningsvitenskapelige Fakultet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5024933

Holmarsdottir, Halla (1999). The language policy of independent Namibia. 10 p. Pedagogisk forskningsinstitutt.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5084260

Holmarsdottir, Halla (1999). Development education in the new millennium. 3 p. Utdanningsvitenskapelige fakultet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3673286



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Dissemination

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). A scientist’s opinion: interview with Halla B. Holmarsdottir on children & the digital world.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4080375

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). Understanding children’s experiences for safer digital use.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5007805

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). Forskere: Foreldre fokuserer mer på skjermtid enn de positive effektene digitalisering har på familielivet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3543602

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). Skjermdebatten: Dropp diskusjoner om tidsbruk, råder forsker.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5106453

Buseth, Jill Tove; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Haaland, Hanne; Leer-Helgesen, Arnhild (2023). Er det bistandsmidler som skal sikre kvalitet i norsk høyere utdanning?. Vol. 3. oktober 2023.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5048830

Lafton, Tove ; Wilhelmsen, Janniche Elisabeth Broch ; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). How family values can influence children’s digital competence. Digitalization and Technologies in Education – Opportunities and Challenges. NERA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4154644

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). An Ed-Tech Tragedy? Revisiting the equity promises of ed-tech in the time of COVID-19. CIES 2023 annual confernce: Improving Education for a more equitable world. Comparative and International Education Society .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3530183

Pedersen, Tone; Anda, Liss; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2022). – Husk: Det er kun du som ser hele deg.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3609880

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2022). Husk: Det er kun du som ser hele deg.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3465430

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2022). Ny forsking om dei digitale barna: – Dei manglar ein dialog med foreldra.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3930699



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