About
My title at OsloMet is associate professor. While I do like to associate with professors, my main interest is teaching, and I'm always happy to learn from students and practicioners in the field of early childhood education.
I’m particularly passionate about inclusive pedagogy, especially in relation to religious and cultural diversity, but also concerning language, gender, and sexuality. I had the chance to nerd out thoroughly on these topics during my PhD in educational science. My dissertation was titled Enthusiasm and Discomfort: Children’s Navigation of Religion in Kindergarten. Here, I explored how children navigate religion in kindergarten settings through observations and interviews with children. Based on that material, I’ve written about how religion can influence relationships, play, language, and belonging; how children talk about religiously motivated food rules; and how children may experience exclusion related to skin color—even when those around them have no intention of being racist.
Occasionally, I write for newspapers, and I regularly share my teaching resources on the website www.religionsundervisning.no. It's written in Norwegian, but you're all cabable of running it through AI translation if interested. The name of the site reflects my dual academic identity. Originally, I’m a scholar of religion, but I’ve mostly worked as an educator, and my research is mainly in the field of early childhood education. Feel free to contact me!
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Iversen, Lars Åsmund Laird;
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird
(2025).
Skolegudstjeneste som identitetspolitikk og religionsdidaktikk.
Prismet.
Vol. 76.
https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.12821
Rosland, Kristine Toft; Iversen, Ragnhild Laird ; Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven (2024). Begynneropplæring i KRLE. ISBN: 9788202798192. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird (2024). Døden på Noahs ark. Risiko og mulighetsrom ved lekbasert undervisning i KRLE. Rosland, Kristine Toft; Iversen, Ragnhild Laird; Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven (Ed.). Begynneropplæring i KRLE. p. 139-155. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird
(2023).
Identification, Silence, Separation, and Imagination: Children’s Navigations of Christmas in a Religiously Diverse Norwegian Kindergarten.
Education Sciences.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13111077
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird
(2022).
The convivial concealment of religion: Navigating religious diversity during meals in early childhood education – A Norwegian case.
British Journal of Religious Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2022.2138829
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird
(2021).
Rampenissen i barnehagen: Formidling og forhandling av ikke-empiriske figurers ontologiske status i adventstiden.
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur.
Vol. 1.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2772482
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird (2021). Lydliggjøring av mangfold i barnehagen. Horrigmo, Kirsten Johansen; Rosland, Kristine Toft (Ed.). Fagdidaktikk for SRLE : Barnehagens fagområder kunnskapsgrunnlag og arbeidsmåter. p. 189-201. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird
(2020).
Religion i Nav. Variasjoner i bakkebyråkraters vurderinger av religiøse reservasjoner.
Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.0809-2052-2020-02-02
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird
; Krogstad, Kari
(2020).
Julevandring og yogakurs. Hvem definerer religion i barnehagen?.
Prismet.
Vol. 71.
https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.8000
Iversen, Ragnhild Laird
(2017).
Profesjonelle pedagoger eller trivelige tanter?.
Dagsavisen.
https://www.dagsavisen.no/debatt/2017/06/21/profes
