Pål Aarsand Editor & Author

Liselott Aarsand is Professor of Adult Learning at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research encompasses learning, identity work and power relations as manifested in everyday life. She has published widely on learning encounters mediated through popular culture, including parenting and dating, to explore their pedagogical workings.  

Pål Aarsand is Professor of Sociology of Education at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His research consists of focused ethnographic studies of children’s everyday lives, with particular emphasis on digital technology practices. He has published extensively on children’s epistemic activities.

Jorun Merethe Stenøien is Professor of Adult Learning at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on adults’ interest driven and self-directed learning. She has published works examining learning and participation within social contexts and practices, including social movements, traditional crafts and voluntary learning communities.

Christin Tønseth is Professor of Adult Learning at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on inclusion and diversity, particularly concerning easily marginalised groups in society. She has published on learning and rehabilitation in prisons, as well as on immigrants’ integration into local communities.