Contested narratives and Controversial issues in Citizenship Education

Monday the 24th June: 

• 13:00-14:00:  Concitizen (1300-14.00) 
  Main findings, Associate Professors Lakshmi Sigurdson (ucviden.dk), Eva Lindhardt (ucviden.dk)
  and Dr. Eleni Christodoulou (University of Cyprus) (elenichristodoulou.com), students presentations- experiences and examples
• 14:00-14:15: Coffee break 
• 14:15-15:45: Contested narratives and indigenous people in education: The Sami and the Inuit cases. Professor Torjer Olsen (uit.no). Associate Professor Gitte Funch Henriksen (kp.dk)
• 17:00: Visit Utøya: Guided tour and dinner 
  Transforming Utøya to a place for reconciliation and education after the 22. July terrorist attack in 2011
• Guided tour with Jørgen Watne Frydnes (wikipedia.org), former CEO of Utøya and current chair of Nobel Peace Price Committee

Tuesday the 25th June: 

• 09:00-10:15: Interreligious dialogues in education and society 
  Professor Anne Hege Grung (uio.no): Religious dialogue – the Norwegian experience
  Panel discussion with Dr. Norman Richardson (stran.uk): Religious dialogue in Northern Ireland and Professor Ziad Fahed (Fahed.com): Religious dialogue in Lebanon
• 10:15-10:45:   Coffee break 
• 10:45-12:00:  Religious and secular narratives in Norwegian society and in school: The religious and secular dimension of the RE subject, KRLE. Associate Professor Espen Schjetne (hiof.no) and Associate Professor Ole Henrik Borchgrevink Hansen (hiof.no)
  Panel discussion with Professor Tony Gallagher (pure.qub.ac.uk) and Professor Marie von der Lippe (uib.no)
• 12:00-13:00:  Lunch 
• 13:00-14:00:  Researching and teaching controversial issues
  Presentations by research group from University of Bergen. Led by Professor Marie von der Lippe
• 14:00-15:00:  Coffee break 
• 14:15-15:00:  Political efficacy and social background of lower secondary students in Citizenship Education
  Presentation by Associate Professor Anders Granås Kjøstvedt (oslomet.no)