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Lise Porsanger

Lise Porsanger

Job title
  • Associate Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 42, 0167 Oslo
Phone
  • Office: +47 672 35 433
E-mail
  • lise.m.porsanger@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

I am an associate professor of physical education and head of the section for physical education at the Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education, Oslo Metropolitan University. I hold a PhD in educational sciences from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) where I have previously worked at the Department of Teacher Education. During my doctoral studies, I was a student at NAFOL – The National Research School in Teacher Education – and received a Fulbright grant for a research stay at the University of Hawai‘i. My PhD project explored teachers’ work with risk and safety in school physical education.

My research interests include professional development and practice, risk and safety, with a particular focus on physical education and sport in school and teacher education. I lead and take part in several research projects and am developing new projects in collaboration with national and international partners. For more information about my research or work related activities please visit my Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lise-porsanger-ba390a64/ or ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lise-Porsanger

At OsloMet, I work systematically to enhance the quality of our study programmes and to strengthen research-based development and practice. I teach and supervise at both the bachelor’s and master’s levels in the primary and lower secondary teacher education programmes, as well as in the teacher education programme in practical and aesthetic subjects for years 1–13, physical education and sports. I serve as course coordinator for two master’s-level courses: Professional Development and Cross-disciplinary Teaching (M1KP4400) and Project Work in Physical Education and Sports (M1KP5100).

Participation in networks and cross-institutional collaboration is also an important part of my work. I chair the working committee of the National Council for Physical Education and Sport, chair the steering group of the Network for Research in Physical Education and Sport, serve as guest editor for a special issue on research on teacher education in physical education and sports in the Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education, and sit on the journal’s editorial board. I regularly conduct peer-reviews for recognized international and national journals.

Research groups

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Porsanger, Lise ; Lund, S. ; Langnes, T. ; Berg, L. K. (2026). Pre-service teachers' experiences of hobby horsing in physical education teacher education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2026.2630265

Horgen, Andre; Porsanger, Lise ; Leirhaug, Petter Erik (2025). Friluftslivets aktsomhetsdiskurs. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education. Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.23865/jased.v9.6886

Porsanger, Lise ; Haga, Monika; Gjølme, Egil Galaaen (2025). Regulering av skolens svømme- og livredningsopplæring: En dokumentanalyse. Acta Didactica Norden (ADNO). Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.5617/adno.11527

Porsanger, Lise (2024). Læreres sikkerhetspraksis. Røynesdal, Øystein; Thorjussen, Ingfrid M. (Ed.). Kroppsøving i praksis: læreplanbegreper, klasseledelse og undervisningsmetode. p. 111-124. Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3711130

Porsanger, Lise ; Horgen, André; Leirhaug, Petter Erik (2024). Uaktsomhet i kroppsøving: En kritisk diskursanalyse av rettsavgjørelser. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education. Vol. 8.
https://doi.org/10.23865/jased.v8.5835

Porsanger, Lise (2021). Risk and safety management in physical education: teachers’ knowledge. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2021.1934663

Porsanger, Lise ; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (2021). Risk and Safety Management in Physical Education: Teachers’ Perceptions. Education Sciences. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11070321

Porsanger, Lise ; Magnussen, Leif Inge (2021). Risk and Safety Management in Physical Education: A Study of Teachers' Practice Perspectives. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. Vol. 3.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.663676

Porsanger, Lise (2020). The reconstruction of physical education teachers: A critical discourse analysis of regulative texts. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education. Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.23865/jased.v4.2134



These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.

Research reports

Porsanger, Lise ; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Magnussen, Leif Inge (2022). Teachers' Risk and Safety Management in Physical Education: A Professional Practice?. ISBN: 9788232662012. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3020201



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Dissemination

Østerlie, Ove; Korshavn, Runa Næss; Porsanger, Lise ; Wangberg, Åge; Bysveen, Harald; Mork, Stein Ove (2025). Fagfornyelsen har påvirket karakterutviklingen i kroppsøving.
https://doi.org/https://www.utdanningsnytt.no/fagf

Porsanger, Lise ; Leirhaug, Petter Erik; Horgen, André (2025). Negligence in physical education: Teachers' perceptions. AIESEP 2025 International Conference. University of South Florida/AIESEP.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4238884

Porsanger, Lise ; Lund, Siv ; Langnes, Tonje Fjogstad ; Berg, Lise-Kari (2024). The hobby horse project: Integrating teacher students’ professional development and contemporary alternative activities in physical education. AIESEP2024 Conference. AIESEP/University of Jyväskylä.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4559747

Porsanger, Lise ; Horgen, André; Leirhaug, Petter Erik (2024). A critical discourse analysis of teacher negligence in physical education. AIESEP2024 Conference. AIESEP/University of Jyväskylä.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4199057

Porsanger, Lise (2024). Hvordan kan vi forstå risiko?. Høgskolen i Volda FOU seminar . Høgskolen i Volda.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4160213

Østerlie, Ove; Porsanger, Lise (2024). Kroppsøvingens kompetanser.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4160440

Porsanger, Lise (2023). Sikkerhet og risiko i kroppsøvingsundervisning - Lærere trenger kompetanseheving!.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4917717

Porsanger, Lise Marie Wollan ; Haga, Monika; Gjølme, Egil Galaaen (2023). Mellom jussen og pedagogikken: En dokumentanalyse av anbefalingene for svømme- og livredningsopplæringen i skolen. Kroppsøvingskonferansen 2023. Norges Idrettshøgskole.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3913052

Porsanger, Lise Marie Wollan ; Horgen, André; Leirhaug, Petter Erik (2023). En dokumentanalyse av rettsavgjørelser i kroppsøving. Kroppsøvingskonferansen 2023. Norges idrettshøgskole.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3289516

Porsanger, Lise Marie Wollan ; Holland, Katherine (2023). Bærekraft i kroppsøving: En dokumentanalyse av læreplanreform og design. Nordisk friluftslivskonferanse 2023. Universitetet i Agder.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4906839



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