About
Idunn Seland is associate professor affiliated with the school leadership programme at Oslo Metropolitan Unversity, Norway. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology and a master in political science. She specializes in policy for citizenship and integration in the Nordic welfare state. Her main research interests are education policy, among those policy principles behind religious education and citizenship education. Seland has experience as project manager for research-based evaluation of education- and welfare policy. Her methods are qualitative, but she frequently collaborates with quantitatively oriented colleagues.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Welfare state Citizenship Youth Education policy Integration politics School
Research groups
Research projects
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Democracy, Equality, Learning and Mobilisation for Future Citizens (DEMOCIT)
The aim of DEMOCIT is to partake in reducing a growing civic empowerment gap within Norwegian democracy.
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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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Evaluating the Ombudsman against Bullying
NOVA is responsible for a research-based evaluation of the regional ombudsman office.
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Gender, Youth and Leisure
This project explores gendered patterns in youths’ leisure activities.
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Inequality in Youth – A Qualitative, Longitudinal Research Database
Inequality in youth is a qualitative, longitudinal research database on youths in Norway, intended to be a parallel to the quantitative Ungdata surveys.
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International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 (ICCS)
The ICCS 2016-study investigates students’ knowledge and understanding of societal values, civic society and political systems.
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Leisure activities for Children and Youth in a Gender Equality Perspective
In this project, NOVA will review research from the last ten years that address children and youth’s leisure time in combination with perspectives on gender, gender equality and gender stereotypes.
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What Characterizes Adolescents Attending Municipal Youth Clubs in Terms of Well-being?
The purpose of the study is to investigate municipalities’ potential to actively use youth clubs to promote issues concerning adolescents’ health and well-being.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
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.
file:///C:/Users/iduse/Downloads/societies-12-0012...
Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer (2021). The digital generation. Representations of a generational digital divide. Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Takle, Marianne; Britt, Slagsvold (Ed.). Generational Tensions and Solidarity Within Advanced Welfare States. 8. p. 133-152. Routledge.
Biseth, Heidi; Seland, Idunn; Huang, Lihong
(2021).
Strengthening Connections Between Research, Policy, and Practice in Norwegian Civic and Citizenship Education.
Malak-Minkiewicz, Barbara; Torney-Purta, Judith (Ed.).
Influences of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies: Practice, Policy, and Research Across Countries and Regions. Chapter 13. p. 147-159.
Springer.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2823213
Seland, Idunn; Huang, Lihong; Arensmeier, Cecilia; Bruun, Jens; Löfström, Jan
(2021).
Aims of citizenship education across Nordic countries: Comparing school principals' priorities in citizenship education 2009-2016.
Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong (Ed.).
Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education: A Cross-national Comparison of Nordic Data from ICCS. 3. p. 43-63.
Springer.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-...
Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Seland, Idunn (2020). Conceptualizing Well-being in Youth: The Potential of Youth Clubs. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research .
Seland, Idunn; Andersen, Patrick Lie (2020). Hva kjennetegner ungdom som går på norske fritidsklubber og ungdomshus?. Nordisk tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning (NTU) . Vol. 1.
Sletten, Mira Aaboen; Eriksen, Ingunn Marie; Pedersen, Eirin; Seland, Idunn
(2019).
Grenser for skolens ansvar? Skolelederes perspektiv på mandat i det frafallsforebyggende arbeidet.
Nordisk Administrativt Tidsskrift
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Vol. 96.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334050810...
Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Prøitz, Tine Sophie; Seland, Idunn
(2018).
Eksamens- og standpunktkarakterer – to sider av samme sak?.
Acta Didactica Norge
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Vol. 12.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2580004
Seland, Idunn; Huang, Lihong (2018). Literacy som aspekt ved norske elevers demokratiforståelse. Skolens bidrag til elevers lærling om demokrati undersøkt gjennom læreplaner og karakterer i fire fag. Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning . Vol. 18.
Hegna, Kristinn; Ødegård, Guro; Seland, Idunn
(2018).
Ungt medborgerskap. Kunnskap, mobilisering og deltakelse.
Tidsskrift for ungdomsforskning
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Vol. 18.
http://www.hioa.no/Om-OsloMet/Senter-for-velferds-...