Associate Professor

Ingrid Onarheim Spjeldnæs

Field of work

Teaches

  • Participation and citizenship
  • Interactionism/interaction in the welfare state  
  • Social psychology 
  • Developmental psychology
  • Qualitative research methods and philosophy of science


Researching

  • Digital interactions in the welfare state 
  • Social media and identity among young people with a migration background
  • Belonging and identity in foster care (HOMI project)
  • Teaching in higher education on health equity (HEQED project)  
  • Migration health 
  • Reproductive Health: Family Values, Parenting Roles, Masculinity in South Africa (PhD)


Research groups

Courses taught
  • MAMET1SO, Philosophy of Science, Ethics and Research Methods, Spring 2026
  • MASO510, Participation and Citizenship, Spring 2026
  • MASO510, Participation and Citizenship, Fall 2025, subject responsible
  • MASO591, Master's Thesis, Spring 2026
  • MASO591, Master's Thesis, Fall 2025
  • PHDH909, Health, Function and Participation, Fall 2025