Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Social sciences General education
Subject areas
Early Childhood Education Critical reflection Digital praxis Mentoring and leadership
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Vibrant Connections
In the project Vibrant Connections, we are particularly involved with how music, both traditional and new songs, can contribute to the preservation and renewal of immaterial cultural heritage in kindergartens and in kindergarten teacher training programmes.
Completed research projects
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DigiGen – The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation
DigiGen aims to develop knowledge about how children and young people use and are affected by the technological transformations in their everyday lives.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Lafton, Tove
; Moxnes, Anna Rigmor
(2025).
String figuring toy pedagogy in kindergartens through sticky photos.
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14639491241304529
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk ; Lafton, Tove ; Andreasen, Kristina Johnsdatter (2024). Children’s digital boundary crossings when moving in between porous ecosystems. Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.). Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. Springer Nature.
Lafton, Tove
;
Wilhelmsen, Janniche Elisabeth Broch
;
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk
(2024).
Parental mediation and children’s digital well-being in family life in Norway.
Journal of Children and Media.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2023.2299956
Aaserud, Geir
;
Gulpinar, Tona
;
Lafton, Tove
(2024).
A Memory of Experiencing Milk in Kindergarten.
Lyngstad, Mette Bøe; Schei, Tiri Bergesen; Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen (Ed.).
The Shaping of Professional Identities
Revisiting Critical Event Narrative Inquiry. p. 149-163.
Brill | Sense.
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004699236_010
Wilhelmsen, Janniche Elisabeth Broch
;
Lafton, Tove
(2024).
Discourses and gender divides in children’s digital everyday lives.
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.).
Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People. p. 209-237.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46929-9_8#DOI
Roth, Maria; Schmidt, Eva-Maria;
Lafton, Tove
; Kapella, Olaf; Barbuta, Alina
(2024).
A developmental view on digital vulnerability and agency of children under 10 years of age.
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk; Seland, Idunn; Hyggen, Christer; Roth, Maria (Ed.).
Understanding The Everyday Digital Lives of Children and Young People.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-
Lafton, Tove
;
Holmarsdottir, Halla Bjørk
; Kapella, Olaf; Sisask, Merike; Zinoveva, Liudmila
(2023).
Children’s Vulnerability to Digital Technology within the Family: A Scoping Review.
Societies.
Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13010011
Lafton, Tove
; Hauge, Heidi
(2022).
Har «øyeblikkets pedagogikk» fortsatt en plass i barnehagen?.
Nordisk barnehageforskning (NBF).
Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.23865/nbf.v19.247
Lafton, Tove (2022). Når nettbrett dokumenterer barnehagens innhold, revidert utgave. Letnes, Mari-Ann; Lafton, Tove; Broström, Stig (Ed.). Barnehagedidaktikk. En dynamisk og flerfaglig tilnærming. 2. utgave.. p. 110-129. Fagbokforlaget.
Letnes, Mari-Ann; Lafton, Tove ; Broström, Stig (2022). Barnehagedidaktikk. En dynamisk og flerfaglig tilnærming. 2. utgave. ISBN: 9788245037845. 291 p. Fagbokforlaget.