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 (2017-2022), an editor of YOUNG - Nordic Journal of Youth Research published by SAGE.
Field of study
Learning environment Youth Education policy Psykisk helse Youth political participation Civic and citizenship education Violence and bullying
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
-
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.
-
Strategies for Competence Integration and Lifelong Learning in European Destinations. Female Migrant Healthcare Workers in Scandinavia (SCILLED)
SCILLED will study professional development and lifelong learning among female migrant healthcare workers in Scandinavia.
-
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.
Completed research projects
-
Assessment for Learning in Citizenship Education (ALiCE)
The project aims to develop a framework for assessment, with a focus on formative assessment, in the context of citizenship education across Europe.
-
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.
-
How Has Covid-19 Affected Norwegian Youth?
The project investigates how the covid-19-pandemic have affected Norwegian youth.
-
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.
-
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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Paaske, Nanna
;
Mohammad-Roe, Siri
; Smets, Wouter; Amitai, Ama; Randazzo, Maomi Alexia;
Huang, Lihong
(2023).
Challenges for European teachers when assessing student learning to promote democratic citizenship competences.
Journal of Social Science Education.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.11576/jsse-5978
Huang, Lihong
; Mossige, Svein;
Solem, May-Britt
(2022).
Access to Public Support Systems Related to Severity of Adversities and Resilience among Adolescents.
Children.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.3390/children9070948
Biseth, Heidi; Hoskins, Bryony;
Huang, Lihong
(2021).
Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education:
A Cross-national Comparison of Nordic Data from ICCS.
ISBN: 9783030667887.
170 p.
Springer.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4451828
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. p. 1-18.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66788-7_1
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. p. 65-92.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66788-7_4
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. p. 147-160.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66788-7_7
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. p. 93-93.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66788-7_5
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. p. 123-146.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66788-7_6
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/10.1007/978-3-030-66788-7_3
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/10.1007/978-3-030-71102-3_13
