Christian Lomsdalen
- E-mailchristian.lomsdalen@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 24 48+47 930 83 015
- Visitor AddressØysteins gate 35007 BergenRoom515
- Postal AddressPostboks 78055020 Bergen
Ph.D candidate on a project regarding the right to be exempted on religious, philosophic, or life stands grounds in the norwegian primary education. This is a continuation of my master thesis in the didactics of religion from the University of Bergen.
I have a background from the norwegian school system, where I mainly taugth in secondary school. My educational background is in social studies and the humanities with bachelor degrees in political science (NTNU, 2009), study of religion (UiB, 2017), and history (UiB, 2021). This has been continued with masters degrees in peace and conflict transformation (UiT, 2012) and didactics of religion (UiB, 2019). This has been complimented with Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (UiB, 2013), and continuing education in teaching controversial topics (UiB, 2019) and sex education (HiOA, 2017; INN, 2021).
I am a member of the research group Educational Law and are admitted as a member of the research school Religion-Values-Society (RVS).
Since 2016 I have been publishing and creating the podcast Lektor Lomsdalens innfall that deals with different aspects of and perspectives on education and the norwegian school system.
Peer-reviewed articles:
Lomsdalen, C. (2023). Islam, Kjønn, og Fritaksproblematikk i Skolen: Svømmeundervisningen som Kjerne til Konflikt i Fritakssaker. Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies, 17(1), 11–34. https://doi.org/10.7146/tifo.v17i1.137275.
Lomsdalen, C. (2021). Fritak og religiøse spenninger i skolen. Prismet, 72 (2), p. 153–170. https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.8884.
Lomsdalen, C. (2021). Motstridende rettigheter i klasserommet og fordommer mot enkeltgrupper. In M. v. d. Lippe (Ed.), Fordommer i skolen. Gruppekonstruksjoner, utenforskap og inkludering. Universitetsforlaget. https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215037417-2021-12.
Articles:
Lomsdalen, C. (2017). SKAM i skolen. Prismet, 68 (1-2), p. 149–154. https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.4772.
Lomsdalen, C. (2022). Fritaksklagene jeg ikke fant. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift, 106 (1), p. 69-78. https://doi.org/10.18261/npt.106.1.7.
Master thesises:
Lomsdalen, C. (2019). Den besværlige fritaksretten. Om klagesaker og henvendelser gjort til fylkesmannsembetene knyttet til Opplæringsloven §2-3a [Master thesis, Universitetet i Bergen]. Bora. https://hdl.handle.net/1956/21167.
Lomsdalen, C. (2012). Gendered resistance(?): is gender significant in the “National Popular Resistance Front” of Honduras? [Master thesis, Universitetet i Tromsø]. Munin. https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4349.
Cristin
- (2023). Islam, gender and exemption in school. Swimming lessons as the core of conflict in exemption cases . Tidsskrift for islamforskning. 11-34.
- (2021). Fritak og religiøse spenninger i skolen. Prismet. 153-170.
- (2023). Undervisning av kontroversielle spørsmål. Teori, praksis, og etikk.
- (2023). Podkast som undervisning, vurdering, og læringsform. Utstyr, metode, og praktiske muligheter.
- (2023). Podkast som undervisning, vurdering, og læringsform. En praktisk og muntlig mulighet.
- (2023). Kjønn, seksualitet, og kontrovers. Hvordan og hvorfor møte elevene der de er når den de er er blitt en sak.
- (2023). Hvordan kan vi undervise om kontroversielle tema i ulike skolefag? Refleksjoner fra forskningsprosjekt.
- (2023). Humanistisk kritikk av og perspektiver på kristendom og islam.
- (2023). Fritak på religiøst grunnlag i skolen. Et praktisk perspektiv på fritaksretten i grunnskolen og i videregående skole. .
- (2023). Fritak på religiøst grunnlag i skolen. Et praktisk perspektiv på fritaksretten.
- (2023). Fagdag i forbindelse med Skeivt kulturår.
- (2022). Podkast. En kjapp innføring i opptak og redigering.
- (2022). Kan skolen bli mer fleksibel – en podcast.
- (2022). Fra enkeltstående dokumenter til en sammenheng.
- (2022). Ekskursjon og podkast som metode. Rettigheter, religion og besøk.
- (2020). Lydopptak og podkast som vurderingsform.
- (2020). Lansering av: Ti uløste Problemer: KRLE og Religion og etikk, 2020-2030.
- (2017). Hva skal vi med religion og livssyn i skolen?
- (2022). Fritak på religiøst grunnlag i alle fag. Et praktisk perspektiv på fritaksrett i grunnskolen .
- (2022). Den hemmelige klubben.
- (2023). “Like, I wouldn’t go to jail for it” - Student discourses on the use of civil disobedience as a protest tool in climate activism .
- (2023). How resistance to and disagreement with common norms for gender, sexuality, and morals affects the classroom. A glance at new data on the workings of the right to be exempted on religious grounds in Norway.
- (2022). The Icelandic and Norwegian schemes for exemptions based on religion or lifestance in basic education.
- (2022). Fritaksretten i Opplæringsloven. En prosjektbeskrivelse.
- (2022). Fritaksretten fra et lærerperspektiv. Noen glimt inn i et lite utforsket fenomen. .
- (2022). Education about christianity as a controversial topic for christians.
- (2022). Education about christianity as a controversial topic for christians.
- (2021). The right to be exempted as religiously based otherness.
- (2021). Religiøst mangfold som en didaktisk utfordring. En undersøkelse av praksis i skolen knyttet til fritaksretten i Opplæringsloven §2-3a.
- (2021). Religiøst mangfold som en didaktisk utfordring. En undersøkelse av praksis i skolen knyttet til fritaksretten i Opplæringsloven §2-3a.
- (2021). Religious diversity as a didactic challenge. A study of the practice of exemption in Norwegian basic education. .
- (2019). Den besværlige fritaksretten. Om klagesaker og henvendelser gjort til fylkesmannsembetene knyttet til Opplæringsloven §2-3a.
- (2012). Gendered resistance(?): is gender significant in the “National Popular Resistance Front” of Honduras?
- (2022). Foreldrene som ville bytte ut en lærer. Bedre Skole. 35-39.
- (2022). Foreldrene som ville bytte ut en homofil lærer . utdanningsforskning.no.
- (2022). Foreldrene som ville bytte ut en homofil lærer. Bedre Skole.
- (2022). Ufrivillig skolefravær og vold i skolen, to sider av samme sak? Utdanningsnytt.no.
- (2022). Fritak - yoga, svømming, pride og skolegudstjenester. Utdanningsnytt.no.
- (2021). Vil du snakke om det, Bent Høie? Dagens medisin.
- (2021). Hva mener de politiske partiene om seksuell folkehelse? Forskning.no.
- (2021). Motstridende rettigheter i klasserommet og fordommer mot enkeltgrupper. 18 pages.
- (2021). What areas in school are challenged by religious diversity? An overview of complaints and inquiries about exemptions on religious grounds by parents in Norwegian basic education. Based on known religious affiliation.
- (2023). Folk, kirke, eller folkekirke? Ett (?) dilemma for folkekirken i det livssynsåpne samfunnet. Luthersk Kirketidende. 208-211.
- (2022). The requests for exemptions I did not find. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift. 69-78.
- (2017). SKAM i skolen . Prismet. 149-153.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
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.
Lektor Lomsdalens innfall
- LL-505: Martin Andre Johansen om skolens møte med utviklingstraumatiserte barn
- LL-504: Henning Fjørtoft om ChatGPT, vurdering, og karakterer
- LL-503: Berit Skretting Solberg om ADHD, gener, og kjønn
- LL-502: Espen Andersen om ChatGPT, et déjà vu, enda en gang
- LL-501: Mona Martnes om skolefravær, autisme og rettigheter