About
Lihong Huang has a MA in Pre-school Education (1996) from China, a M.Phil in Comparative and International Education (2002) from University of Oslo in Norway and a PhD in International Education (2005) from Stockholm University in Sweden. Her research mainly focuses on influential factors and long-term consequences of learning results, learning environment, social and psycological welbeing of children and youth in education systems. Her research interests also include issues of policy, economics and social inequality in education and in youth participation in Europe and in international comparison. She has been a member of the Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR) 2011-2016 and project leader (NRC) of implementing the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS 2016) in Norway, a fellow researcher of the national research program on domestic violence - Voldprogramme (2014-2024), and MC member of Norway at COST Action European Network for Environmental Citizenship
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Youth Education policy Psykisk helse Youth political participation Civic and citizenship education Violence and bullying Learning environment
Research groups
Research projects
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Democracy, Equality, Learning and Mobilisation for Future Citizens (DEMOCIT)
How does Norwegian youths develop political efficacy and belief in their own participation in democratic society? The aim of DEMOCIT is to partake in reducing a growing civic empowerment gap within Norwegian democracy.
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How Has Covid-19 Affected Norwegian Youth?
The project investigates how the covid-19-pandemic have affected Norwegian youth.
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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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The Domestic Violence Research Programme
The programme studies time trends in the prevalence of violence and assault, violence as phenomenon, and how violence is approached by the welfare- and justice systems.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong; Arensmeier, Cecilia
(2021).
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Civic Learning in Nordic Schools: Identifying the Potential of In-School Civic Participation for Disadvantaged Students.
Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong (Ed.).
Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education: A Cross-national Comparison of Nordic Data from ICCS. 5. p. 93-
Springer.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-...
Huang, Lihong; Cheah, Saiki Lucy
(2021).
The Young Environmental Citizens in Nordic Countries: Their Concerns, Values, Engagement, and Intended Future Actions.
Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong (Ed.).
Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education: A Cross-national Comparison of Nordic Data from ICCS. 6. p. 123-146.
Springer.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-...
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-...
Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong (2021). Civic and Citizenship Education: From Big Data to Transformative Education. Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong (Ed.). Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education: A Cross-national Comparison of Nordic Data from ICCS. Chapter 7. p. 147-160. Springer.
Christensen, Ingrid Reite; Biseth, Heidi; Huang, Lihong (2021). Developing Digital Citizenship and Civic Engagement Through Social Media Use in Nordic Schools. Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong (Ed.). Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education: A Cross-national Comparison of Nordic Data from ICCS. Chapter 4. p. 65-92. Springer.
Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong
(2021).
Using IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) Data: Northern Lights on ICCS.
Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong (Ed.).
Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education: A Cross-national Comparison of Nordic Data from ICCS. Chapter 1. p. 1-18.
Springer.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-03...
Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony; Huang, Lihong
(2021).
Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education: A Cross-national Comparison of Nordic Data from ICCS.
ISBN: 978-3-030-66788-7.
170 p.
Springer.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-6...
Hu, Aihua; Huang, Lihong
(2020).
Policy Review on the Norwegian Initiative of Offering Free Homework Assistance in Schools.
12 p.
ECNU Review of Education
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/20965...
Gericke, Niklas; Huang, Lihong; Knippels, Marie-Christine; Christodoulou, Andri; Van Dam, Frans; Gasparovic, Slaven
(2020).
Environmental Citizenship in Secondary Formal Education: The Importance of Curriculum and Subject Teachers.
Hadjichambis, Andreas Ch.; Reis, Pedro; Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Demetra; Činčera, Jan; Boeve-de Pauw, Jelle; Gericke, Niklas; Knippels, Marie-Christine (Ed.).
Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship for 21st Century Education. Chapter 13. p. 193-212.
Springer Nature.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F97...
Cheah, Saiki Lucy; Huang, Lihong (2019). Environmental Citizenship in a Nordic Civic and Citizenship Education Context. Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE) . Vol. 3.
