Norwegian version
Idunn Seland

Idunn Seland

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 through the school system in the Nordic welfare state. Her main research interests are education policy, school leadership and inclusion in national education systems. She is currently involved in the EU-funded project STRIDE, aiming to map inequalities in education, training and learning outcomes over time, and to identify reforms that compensate for those inequalities. 

Seland has experience as project manager for research-based evaluation of education- and welfare policy, and between 2020-2023 she participated as work package leader in two larger research projects: on the digital everyday lives of children and young people (DigiGen), and on how teacher education can improve the internal political efficacy among students across gender and socioeconomic backgrounds (DEMOCIT). Her methods are qualitative, but she frequently collaborates with quantitatively oriented colleagues.

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Sociology   Social sciences   Political science and organisational theory

Subject areas

Educational management   Citizenship   Education policy   School   Digitalisation in K12- education

Research groups

Research projects

Scientific publications

Seland, Idunn ; Kjøstvedt, Anders Granås (2024). How do teacher educators from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden teach for active democratic participation?. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2024.2322967

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.

Seland, Idunn (2024). Skoleleder som tilrettelegger for undervisning i læreplanens tverrfaglige tema. Aas, Marit; Ballangrud, Brit Bolken; Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug (Ed.). Nye oppgaver og utfordringer for skoleledere. p. 93-105. Fagbokforlaget.

Seland, Idunn (2024). Intersecting knowledge on young people's well-being and use of digital technology across contexts: A scoping review synthesis. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. p. 433-464. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-

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. 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. p. 133-152. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003129592-8

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. p. 147-159. Springer.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-

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. p. 43-63. Springer.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-

Eriksen, Ingunn Marie ; Seland, Idunn (2020). Conceptualizing Well-being in Youth: The Potential of Youth Clubs. Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1103308820937571





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