PEPiNord is part of the international research network Pedagogy, Education and Praxis (PEP), and represents the Norwegian branch of this network (NOR-PEP). The research group's thematic focus is on the core concepts of pedagogy, education and practice. The international network is a cross-institutional collaborative research programme that unites researchers from Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, the Netherlands, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The researchers investigate the traditions and conditions of pedagogy, education and practice, and how they are understood, developed and maintained in different national contexts and educational environments. The theory of practice architectures is a central tenet of the international PEP network, which has been developed over time, from 2006 until the present day.
The primary objective of the research group is to make a contribution to practice-based research within the focus areas of PEP. The theory of practice architectures offers a comprehensive perspective that encompasses the intricate nuances of a practice, its occurrences, and the factors that influence and constrain it.
The research group is closely affiliated with the Ph.D. in professional science at Nord University, both in terms of the fellows who are members of the group and more generally in relation to the focus areas of language, actions and relations.
The group's members work on various ongoing projects that shine a spotlight on various themes within PEP. All members publish and actively communicate at national and international level. We are happy to invite PhD students and other faculty members to be part of the research group.
Ola Buan Øien, leader of the research group
Jessica Aspfors
Anne Marit Valle
Kathrin Olsen
Natallia Bahdanovich Hanssen
Ingrid Elden
Elise Sivertsen Arnsby
Anna Katharina Jacobsson
John Eivind Storvik
Hilde Kjelsrud
Trine Soleng Nedregård
Solveig Salthammer Kolaas
Tove Anita Fiskum
Veronica Isaksen
Anne Weidemann Skagseth
Anna Elisabeth Kristoffersen, research fellow
Active research projects
The research group is coordinating a symposium for the NERA conference 2025 in Helsinki on the theme Pedagogy of Hope: Gratitude, Diversity and Sustainability in Education. The research group is involved in collaboration related to professional learning together with Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia. The collaboration will result in an anthology: Supporting, sustaining, and nurturing educators: professional learning in the contemporary world (Springer). The research group is also collaborating with researchers from Finland, Sweden and Norway within a Nordic network on student teachers’ conceptions of success and failures in their future profession.
