About
Marlen Strand Ferrer (b. 1973 in Barcelona) is a historian and Associate Professor of History Education at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University.
She received her PhD in History from University of Oslo in 2008 with a dissertation on Norse and Spanish medieval society, with particular emphasis on emotions, honour culture, and social structures.
Her research spans both medieval history and history education. In medieval studies, she has published work on honour, emotions, power, and courtly culture in Norse and Spanish sources, as well as on state formation in the High Middle Ages. Within history education, her work focuses particularly on the past as a foreign country, historical empathy, and critical thinking in history and social studies education.
Ferrer is the author of the scholarly book Fortidens annerledeshet (2026) and has also edited and contributed to publications on critical thinking in social studies. She regularly engages in public dissemination of historical knowledge through newspapers, podcasts, and television programmes, and has also published several works of fiction.
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Practical placement in the Global South
The purpose of the project is to enhance practical placement in the Global South to achieve a more stable and permanently increased number of students, based on a more quality-assured collaboration with the Global South.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Ferrer, Marlen
(2026).
Fortidens annerledeshet. Historiedidaktikk på fortidens premisser.
ISBN: 9788215070803.
194 p.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5361808
Ferrer, Marlen
(2025).
Om vrede og høviskhet i Gunnlaug Ormstunges saga.
Haugen, Torgeir; Gilje, Nils (Ed.).
Barn og dei sju dødssyndene: Refleksjonar over dygder og laster. p. 339-369.
Vidarforlaget AS.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5333194
Ferrer, Marlen
(2025).
Historiens marginalisering i grunnskolens læreplaner.
Børhaug, Kjetil; Helsvig, Kim Gunnar (Ed.).
Kampen om samfunnsfaget. p. 75-105.
Pax Forlag.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5279036
Ferrer, Marlen
(2022).
Demokratisk dannelse gjennom historie.
Børhaug, Kjetil; Hunnes, Odd Ragnar; Samnøy, Åshild (Ed.).
Nye spadestikk i samfunnsfagdidaktikken. p. 287-304.
Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3563642
Ferrer, Marlen
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Johannesen, Hedvig
;
Wetlesen, Annika
;
Aas, Per Anders
(2021).
Burde Greta heller vært på skolen? Om vilkårene for systemkritisk tenkning i skolen, med elevenes klimaopprør som utgangspunkt.
Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift.
Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2535-2512-2021-05-02
Ferrer, Marlen
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Jøsok, Evy
;
Ryen, Erik
;
Wetlesen, Annika
;
Aas, Per Anders
(2019).
Hva er kritisk tenkning i samfunnsfag?.
Ferrer, Marlen; Wetlesen, Annika (Ed.).
Kritisk tenkning i samfunnsfag. p. 11-29.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3699184
Ferrer, Marlen
;
Wetlesen, Annika
(2019).
Kritisk tenkning i samfunnsfag.
ISBN: 9788215031835.
198 p.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4117275
Ferrer, Marlen
(2019).
Kritisk tenkning i møte med lærebøker.
Ferrer, Marlen; Wetlesen, Annika (Ed.).
Kritisk tenkning i samfunnsfag. p. 110-130.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4687650
Ferrer, Strand Marlen
(2012).
State Formation and Courtly Culture in the Scandinavian Kingdoms in the High Middle Ages.
Scandinavian Journal of History.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2011.640174
Ferrer, Marlen
(2006).
Æren og friheten: Forhandlinger om ære i spansk og norrøn middelalder.
Historisk tidsskrift.
Vol. 84.
https://doi.org/10.18261/ISSN1504-2944-2005-04-0
