Christian Lomsdalen

Research groups

The research group Educational Law

"Children's rights in schools and kindergartens follow both from international conventions to which Norway is bound, as well as from national laws and regulations. Children are today independent legal entities which, among other things, have the right to be heard and involved in decisions that concern themselves, and the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration in the final decision.

We are an interdisciplinary research group focusing on how children's rights are implemented in kindergarten and school."

The research group is led by Marianne K. Bahus and Camilla Herlofsen.

Web page: Utdanningsrett.no.

Research and teaching on controversial topics

The researchers in the group are concerned with how to research topics that often cause discussion and disagreement, and how such topics are treated and taught about, both in school and in higher education. The research group was founded in the spring of 2022, and consists of researchers from the University of Bergen, the University of Stavanger, and teachers from the Raftostiftelsen.

Website: Research and teaching on controversial topics

Methodological and empirical questions

Research group at the University of Bergen to work with contemporary research from a methodological perspective.

Website: Metodiske og empiriske spørsmål

Research School Affiliation

The Research School Religion Values Society

"The goal of the Research School is to mobilize and enhance academic expertise in the field related to the interplay between religion, values and society, as well as forming long-lasting research networks in the field, and to promote cooperation between PhD students and senior researchers on relevant and appropriate subjects in the field."

"A wide pool of academic disciplines is relevant to the study of religion - values and society: Theology, religious studies, educational sciences, (social) pedagogics, missiology, sociology (of religion), political science, social anthropology, psychology (of religion) etc. The participating institutions in various ways engage in research and teaching of these academic disciplines. By focusing on the interplay between religion – values – society, the research school defines its area of interest by these phenomena and the mutual interaction, interplay and different possible connection they may have, and not from the scholarly disciplines represented in the partaking institutions. Thus, the research school contributes represents a new field of expertise and insight, which may also have an impact upon already existing academic disciplines and the way in which these disciplines are taught and studied at the participating institutions."

Web page: rvs.mf.no.

Research networks

Norwegian RE-research Forum

"NoReFo – wants to encourage and increase research in the field of religion, beliefs and education in Norway, and to promote national cooperation about RE research. It aims at initiating and arranging opportunities for sharing knowledge, experiences and results related to the research of the members through seminars and conferences with a focus on research, cooperation with national and international colleagues with a related research interest, and through facilitating publication of relevant research."

Nettside: NoReFo.no.