Professor

Tiri Beate Bergesen Schei

Department of Arts Education
Tiri Beate Bergesen Schei
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KRONSTAD B438
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Field of work

I am a Professor (Dr. art.) of Music Education at the Department of Arts. For five and a half years (2020–25), I served as the head of the strategic research program Arts, Creativity, and Cultural Practices at the Faculty of Education, Arts, and Sports. Nine research groups were affiliated with this program. For much of 2025, I was also Acting Vice Dean for Research. I established and led the research group VoiceInFormation (Sang i danning) from 2015 to 2020.

I have a music professional background, and extensive experience as a teacher, performer, choir conductor, supervisor, and educator within the University College system. My research interests are related to "Bildung" and identity processes, with a special emphasis on connections between voice and identity in both teaching and artistic expression on stage.

I am an active researcher in BarnKunne - Center for Kindergarten Research https://www.hvl.no/om/barnkunne/ and in the research group Voice InFormation https://www.hvl.no/forsking/gruppe/sang-i-danning /

I have worked actively with research schools, and among other things participated in the establishment of Grieg Research School in Interdisciplinary Music Studies (GRS), of which HVL is one of the owners. I was a member of the "Scientific Advisory Board" of GRS (2010-2020).

Courses taught 

I supervise on Master and PhD


Research areas

As a researcher, I have explored emotional, relational, and cultural aspects of singing in the span between the joy of singing and voice shame. My recent research targets art-based approaches in education and themes related to creative and artistic processes. In recent years, my research interests have shifted towards narrative research.

Research groups 

Courses taught
  • KUN808, Voice and singing, 25/26
  • PHD902, Theory of science, ethics and academic text, 25/26
  • PHD950, Doctoral thesis, 25/26

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