Associate Professor

Janne Iren Robberstad

Department of Arts Education
Janne Iren Robberstad
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Field of work

Janne Iren Robberstad is the coordinator of the EU Erasmus+  GSO4SCHOOL, a Strategic Partnership project in 5 countries.

She is the Production Manager of the Global Science Opera which was the H2020 SWAFS project "Developing an Engaging Science Classroom (Creations)" International flagship initiative during the years 2016-2018 (globalscienceopera.com).

Robberstad is an Associate Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), connected to the Faculty of Education, Arts and Sports. She researches the relationship between sustainability and creativity in an artistic design-process within education.

She coordinated of the EU Erasmus+  “Creativity, Arts and Science in Education” (CASE) a Strategic Partnership project in 5 countries.

She is also involved in developing “Global Hands-On Ocean”, as part of her participation in the Norwegian Research Council's INTPART iScope-project focusing on advancing knowledge on ocean-health in education.

Through these projects, she has taught internationally in a variety of EU-funded (and other) contexts, including arts education workshops in Japan, USA, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Portugal and Chile. Her work-experience includes 15 years in the folk high schools teaching theatre, fashion- and costume-design and arts and crafts.  She has also earned a living as a visual artist and scenographer in her own company for over a decade. Robberstad has a masters degree in creative disciplines and learning-processes from HVL.



Research groups

Courses taught
  • KUL801, Professional Digital Competence for Schools of Music and Performing Arts, 25/26
  • MGUKH201, Arts and crafts 1, module 2 - Basic introduction to arts and crafts 2, 25/26, subject responsible
  • MGUKH550, Arts and crafts 3, module 4 - Master's thesis, 25/26
  • MGUMU502, Music 3, module 2 - Artistic Research, 25/26
  • MKUF501D, Musical identities and profession knowledge, 25/26
  • MKUF502C, Arts and crafts in education and society, 25/26
  • MKUF505, Project pre-design and contextual reflection, 25/26
  • MKUF550, Master's thesis, 25/26
  • PFS801, Stage production 1, 25/26
  • PFS802, Stage production 2, 25/26
  • PPUA305, Postgraduate Certificate in Education 1, 25/26

Publications

  • Inter-relationships of science and the arts & STEAM education

    Oded Ben-Horin, Janne Iren Robberstad (2024)

  • Embodied eco-embroidery Creative craftsmanship in sustainable STEAM-education

    Janne Iren Robberstad, Randi Veiteberg Kvellestad (2023)
    Nordic Journal of Art and Research (A & R) 2023 ;Volum 12.

  • Meet the Global Science Opera

    Oded Ben-Horin, Janne Iren Robberstad (2022)

  • NASA, Goddard’s Office of Communications, StoryLab: “Meet the Global Science Opera” https://video.ibm.com/recorded/131485342

    Oded Ben Horin, Janne Iren Robberstad (2022)

  • “Broderi i samspel” Presentasjon under nettverkskonferanse for kunst og håndverk i UH-sektoren

    Janne Iren Robberstad, Randi Veiteberg (2022)
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