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 a PhD-student and an Assistant Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), connected to the Faculty of Education, Arts and Sports. In her PhD-work 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
  • 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
  • MKUF501C, Profession knowledge in arts and crafts, 25/26
  • MKUF501D, Musical identities and profession knowledge, 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
  • TEK802, Textile culture 2, 25/26, subject responsible

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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