EDU-NOR is a research group at the Department of Education, UiT The Artctic University of Norway. The research group members share a common social science research orientation in studies of education, with a particular emphasis on the north. Using social science approaches and methods, we seek to understand, analyze, and contribute to the development of educational processes and education systems. The research is locally rooted in the northern areas but has international dimensions through collaboration and comparative studies.
Members
Unn-Doris K. BæckProfessor (Group leader)
Unn-Doris K. Bæck – Professor
Research interests:
- education and social inequality
- education policy
- home-school cooperation and parental involvement in school
- geographical educational differences
- youth in the north and in the Arctic
- rural education
Chair of the research group EDU-NOR EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE HIGH NORTH
LATEST PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
Aakvaag, Gunnar C. & Unn-Doris K. Bæck (Eds.) (2024): Robuste fellesskap. Sosiologiske perspektiver på fellesskap i Norge (Robust community. Sociological perspectives on community in Norway). Oslo, Norway: Fagbokforlaget. Open access
Archer, Margaret S., Unn-Doris K. Bæck, and Tone Skinningsrud (Eds) (2022). The Morphogenesis of the Norwegian Educational System. Emergence and Development from a Critical Realist Perspective. Routledge. Routledge Studies in Critical Realism.
Journal Articles & Book Chapters:
Bæck, Unn-Doris K. (upcoming Aug 2025): Navigating Change – Adult Learning Systems in Norway from 1990 onwards, in Desjardins, Richard & Kalenda, Jan (Eds.): A Modern Guide to Adult Learning Systems. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bæck, Unn-Doris K. (2024): Utdanning som fellesskapsskapende prosjekt (Education as a community creating project”, in Aakvaag, Gunnar & Unn-Doris K. Bæck (Eds.): Robuste fellesskap (Robust community). Oslo, Norway: Fagbokforlaget.
Aakvaag, Gunnar C. & Bæck, Unn-Doris K. (2024): Å studere det norske fellesskapet som robust fellesskap (Studying the Norwegian community as a robust community), in Aakvaag, Gunnar & Unn-Doris K. Bæck (Eds.): Robuste fellesskap (Robust community). Oslo, Norway: Fagbokforlaget. https://doi.org/10.55669/oa240201
Bæck, Unn-Doris K. (2024): Approaches to spatial inequalities in a Nordic welfare state – the case of Norway. Research in Education, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/00345237241242992
Bæck, Unn-Doris K. (2022): Towards a critical realist ontology of spatial education analysis, in Archer, Margaret S., Unn-Doris K. Bæck, and Tone Skinningsrud (Eds). The Morphogenesis of the Norwegian Educational System. Emergence and Development from a Critical Realist Perspective. Routledge. Routledge Studies in Critical Realism. Routledge.
Archer, Margaret S., Unn-Doris K. Bæck, and Tone Skinningsrud (2022): Introduction, in Archer, Margaret S., Unn-Doris K. Bæck, and Tone Skinningsrud (Eds). The Morphogenesis of the Norwegian Educational System. Emergence and Development from a Critical Realist Perspective. Routledge. Routledge Studies in Critical Realism. Routledge.
Contact:
Position: Professor
E-mail: unn-doris.k.back@uit.no
Work phone: +4777644367
Annfrid Rosøy SteeleAssociate Professor
Annfrid Rosøy Steele – Associate Professor
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: annfrid.r.steele@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660263
Tatiana WaraAssociate Professor
Tatiana Wara – Associate Professor
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: tatiana.wara@uit.no
Morten BrattvollAssociate Professor
Morten Brattvoll – Associate Professor
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: morten.brattvoll@uit.no
Work phone: +4777646481
Håkon Rune FolkenborgProfessor
Håkon Rune Folkenborg – Professor
Contact:
Position: Professor
E-mail: hakon.folkenborg@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660438
Maria DardanouAssociate Professor
Maria Dardanou – Associate Professor
Research interests:
Digital technology and early years, professional digital competence, museum and early childhood, diversity, place, STEM/STEAM
Contact:
Position: Associate Professor
E-mail: maria.dardanou@uit.no
Work phone: +4777660404
