Field of work
Educated as a vocational teacher and holds a master’s degree in nutrition, health, and environmental studies from Stabekk College/Oslo Metropolitan University. Doctoral work on the health effects of lean seafood.
Leads the research project TASTE, which aims to enable children to make informed and reflective food choices based on critical thinking. In the TASTE project, the school subject Food and Health in primary school is central.
Courses taught
- Teacher traning program: Food and Health
Research areas
- School subject Food and Health
- Food and meals in school and kindergarten
- Nature as a learning arena
- Seafood in education and didactics
- MDIP550A, Master's thesis, 26/27
- MGBPP550, Profession oriented pedagogy 2, module 2 - Master's thesis, 26/27
- MGUMH502, Food and health 3, module 2 - Education and learning in food and health, 26/27, subject responsible
- MGUMH550, Food and health 3, module 4 - Master's thesis, 26/27
- MHE803, Food and health 1, module 1 - Introduction to food and health, 26/27, subject responsible
- MHE804, Food and health 1, module 2 - Food and health as a teaching subject, 26/27, subject responsible
- NHR101, Nature, Health and Physical Activity, 26/27
Publications
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Bringing policy to the table: kindergarten staff perspectives on food and meals
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Free school lunch or packed lunch: The relationship between lunch type, meal quality and family affluence in Norwegian primary schools
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Secondary school students' social experiences and perceptions from school lunch breaks. A discussion of how informal lunch breaks with unrestricted seating can influence students' acquisition of social skills and social competence
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Headteachers’ Knowledge, Perceptions and Prioritization of the school subject Food and Health in Grades 1-4 in Norway
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Vann – kysten, havet og miljøet; forskningsseminar for masterstudenter, fremtidens lærere.
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