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Ellen Os

Ellen Os

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 42, 0167 Oslo
  • Office number: Q4035
Phone
  • Mobile: +47 928 24 658
  • Office: +47 672 38 042
E-mail
  • ellen.os@oslomet.no
Affiliation

Research groups

Research projects

Completed research projects

  • Searching for Qualities

    Investigation and research on the quality in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) for children under the age of three years.

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Johannessen, Charlotte U ; Os, Ellen (2025). Utvikling av barnehageansattes relasjonskompetanse i samspill med små barn. Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF). Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.23865/nbf.v22.650

Myrvold, Trine ; Os, Ellen (2024). Institutionalised Social Innovation: The Case of Oslo, Norway. Gallego, Raquel; Motos, Sheila Gonzales; Maestripieri, Lara (Ed.). Social Innovation and Welfare State Retrenchment: A Comparative Analysis of Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe and Beyond. p. 155-173. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4504681

Bjørnestad, Elisabeth ; Broekhuizen, Martine Louise; Os, Ellen ; Baustad, Anne Grethe (2019). Interaction Quality in Norwegian ECEC for Toddlers Measured with the Caregiver Interaction Profile (CIP) Scales. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2019.1639813

Vist, Torill ; Os, Ellen (2019). Music education through the lens of ITERS-R: Discussing results from 206 toddler day care groups. Research Studies in Music Education.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X19828785

Kjørholt, Anne Trine; Os, Ellen (2019). Barnehagen som materielt og kulturelt landskap. Arkitektur, innredning og leketøy. Hernes, Leif; Vist, Torill; Winger, Nina (Ed.). Blikk for barn. p. 75-103. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4493069

Os, Ellen (2019). Engaging toddlers in interactions during meals: group-related joint attention. Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF). Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.7577/nbf.2692

Os, Ellen ; Winger, Nina ; Eide, Brit Johanne (2019). Visjoner om kvalitet. Barnehagelæreres synspunkter på hva som kan gjøre barnehagen bedre for barn under tre år. Hernes, Leif; Vist, Torill; Winger, Nina (Ed.). Blikk for barn. p. 31-54. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3548873

Os, Ellen ; Hernes, Leif (2019). Children Under the Age of Three in Norwegian Childcare: Searching for Qualities. Garvis, Susanne; Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi Katarina; Sheridan, Sonja; Williams, Pia (Ed.). Nordic Families, Children and Early Childhood Education. p. 139-171. Palgrave Macmillan.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16866-7_8

Bjørnestad, Elisabeth ; Os, Ellen (2018). Quality in Norwegian childcare for toddlers using ITERS-R. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Vol. 26.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2018.1412051

Os, Ellen ; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth (2016). Undersøkelse av støtte til samspill mellom småbarn. Et kritisk blikk på ITERS-R-skalaen. Gulpinar, Tona; Hernes, Leif; Winger, Nina (Ed.). Blikk fra barnehagen. p. 69-95. Fagbokforlaget.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3308773



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Research reports

Os, Ellen ; Hernes, Leif (2023). Pilotprosjekt – veiledning til barnehageeiere for å styrke kvaliteten i barnehagen. ISBN: 9788283645347. 207 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3102105

Os, Ellen ; Hernes, Leif ; Bjerklund, Monica; Gotvassli, Kjell Aage; Gulbrandsen, Lars Petter ; Ljunggren, Birgitte; Mørreaunet, Sissel; Nissen, Kjersti; Westerhus, Mari; Winger, Nina (2023). Pilotprosjektet - veiledning til barnehageeiere for å styrke kvaliteten i barnehagen. ISBN: 9788283645354. 207 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3432177

Gulbrandsen, Lars ; Os, Ellen (2022). Liten, men god. Om kompetansebehov i små barnehager i Oslo og Viken. ISBN: 9788283643831. 48 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3031347

Myrvold, Trine ; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth ; Dalland, Cecilie Pedersen ; Hernes, Leif ; Hølland, Silje ; Os, Ellen ; Winger, Nina (2022). Koronapandemiens konsekvenser for overgang mellom barnehage og skole. ISBN: 9788283093711. 83 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3014063

Myrvold, Trine ; Os, Ellen ; Hernes, Leif ; Winger, Nina (2022). Koronapandemiens konsekvenser for barnehagesektoren – en oppfølgingsstudie. ISBN: 9788283093704. 100 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3014056

Os, Ellen ; Myrvold, Trine ; Danielsen, Ole Andreas ; Winger, Nina ; Hernes, Leif (2021). Håndtering og konsekvenser av koronautbruddet for barn og barnehager. ISBN: 9788283093315. 141 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/6502

Hernes, Leif ; Myrvold, Trine ; Gulpinar, Tona ; Os, Ellen ; Winger, Nina ; Zeiner, Hilde Hatleskog (2021). Mulighetenes barnehage. Kvalitet i Oslo kommunes barnehager. ISBN: 9788283093308. 139 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/6523

Os, Ellen (2020). Voksnes mediering av jevnaldringsrelasjoner i barnehager: En undersøkelse av voksnes bidrag til samhandling mellom barn under tre år. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/10852/75161

Os, Ellen ; Hansen, Ole Henrik; Haaland, Gunnar; Hannevig, Lise ; Laski, Alona Krieken ; Løberg, Hege Støylen Kvalbein ; Naustheller, Henna (2020). "Man tager hvad man haver ...". 40 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4223559

Klages, Wiebke ; Bingham, Gary; Os, Ellen (2017). Final Report: Creating University and Community Partnerships to Improve the Quality of Teacher Education: Coordination, Collaboration and Data Utilization. 8 p. Senter for Internasjonalisering av utdanning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5141953



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Dissemination

Laski, Alona ; Os, Ellen ; Baadstø, Vegar (2025). #115 Jevnaldringsrelasjoner i barnehagen – ansattes rolle i barns samspill - SELLpodden.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5354082

Odegard, Nina Elisabeth Houge ; Skundberg, Øystein ; Os, Ellen (2025). Episode 41: Ellen Os - om de yngste barna i barnehagen, i jevnaldringssampill og i kunstformidling.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4492423

Os, Ellen ; Winger, Nina ; Hernes, Leif (2024). «Sånn må det være nå.» Barns handlingsrom i barnehager under korona-pandemien. Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4232350

Os, Ellen (2023). Kunsten å involvere seg.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4907217

Os, Ellen (2023). Kompetansebygging innenfra. Utvikling av barnehageansattes relasjonskompetanse. 40th Anniversary conference of the Nordic journal BARN. BARN, NTNU.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4816722

Os, Ellen (2023). Building compentence from the inside. What might research reveal about the centrality of curiosity and agency in children’s and adult’s learning and wellbeing?. EECERA konferanse. EECERA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4273050

Myrvold, Trine ; Os, Ellen ; Hernes, Leif ; Gulpinar, Tona ; Winger, Nina (2023). Good enough: Kindergartens of opportunities. Quality in Oslo municipality’s kindergartens. Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) conference. NERA/OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4528583

Os, Ellen ; Hernes, Leif ; Winger, Nina (2023). Distant, but still present. Challenges and dilemmas regarding use of digital research methodology on studying consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in everyday life in Norwegian ECEC institutions. NERA 2023. NERA.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4461445

Os, Ellen (2022). Hvordan involverer ansatte seg i de yngste barnas samspill?.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3753332

Winger, Nina ; Os, Ellen (2022). Forskning på kvalitet i barnehager for barn under tre år. Forskningsfremlegg. Universitetet i Sør-Øst Norge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3481052



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