Halla Bjørk Holmarsdottir

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

Social sciences Education General education

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

Research groups

Digital Learning Arenas

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

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.
Strategies for Achieving Equity and Inclusion in Education, Training and Learning in Democratic Europe (STRIDE)
STRIDE will provide a new, comprehensive and comparative knowledge-base on effective education reforms, policy initiatives and interventions aimed at reducing inequalities in education, training and learning outcomes in Europe.

Completed research projects

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.
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.

Scientific publications

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.

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Seland, Idunn ; Hyggen, Christer ; Roth, Maria (2024). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. ISBN: 978-3-031-46928-2. 350 p. Springer Nature.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.
https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13010011

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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.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/99969

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.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/99970

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.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/99968

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://www.digigen.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/

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.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/85094

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.

Holmarsdottir, Halla (2001). From Policy to Practice: A study of the implementation of the language policy in Namibian primary schools. 162 p. Pedagogisk forskningsinstitutt. Vol. 9.

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.

Holmarsdottir, Halla (1999). Development education in the new millennium. 3 p. Utdanningsvitenskapelige fakultet. Vol. 6.

Holmarsdottir, Halla (1999). The language policy of independent Namibia. 10 p. Pedagogisk forskningsinstitutt. Vol. 2.

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Dissemination

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). A scientist’s opinion: interview with Halla B. Holmarsdottir on children & the digital world.
https://sciencemediahub.eu/2023/02/22/a-scientists

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). Understanding children’s experiences for safer digital use.
https://sciencemediahub.eu/2023/02/22/understandin

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). Forskere: Foreldre fokuserer mer på skjermtid enn de positive effektene digitalisering har på familielivet.

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2023). Skjermdebatten: Dropp diskusjoner om tidsbruk, råder forsker.

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.

Buseth, Jill Tove; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Haaland, Hanne; Leer-Helgesen, Arnhild (2023). Er det bistandsmidler som skal sikre kvalitet i norsk høyere utdanning?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). Vol. 3. oktober 2023.

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 .

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2022). Husk: Det er kun du som ser hele deg.
https://www.aftenbladet.no/magasin/i/76PnBB/husk-d

Pedersen, Tone; Anda, Liss; Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2022). – Husk: Det er kun du som ser hele deg.

Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk (2022). Ny forsking om dei digitale barna: – Dei manglar ein dialog med foreldra.
https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/barn-treng-og-onsker-

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Halla Bjørk Holmarsdottir

About

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Subject areas

Research groups

Digital Learning Arenas

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Research reports

Dissemination