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Lisbet Skregelid

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Email
lisbet.skregelid@uia.no
Phone
+47 38 14 14 97
Office
G2052 (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Background and experience

I am a Professor of Art Education at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Agder, where I have worked since 2005. My research examines how encounters with art can shape experiences in schools, teacher education, and society at large, and how art can open spaces for dissensus, sensibility, wonder, and critical reflection. I am committed to the intrinsic value of art and to its capacity to challenge established understandings and offer new ways of engaging with the world.

My work involves critical, aesthetic, autoethnographic and arts based approaches. In recent years, I have increasingly explored sensuous, situated and artistic modes of inquiry, including in the ongoing project My Stunning Stream: Made with a Little Mischief (2020–). Collaboration has been central throughout my career, including long term partnerships with teachers, artists and cultural institutions.

Areas of responsibility

  • Leader of the research group Art and Children & Youth (since 2017)
  • Leader of the PhD specialisation Art in Context
  • Co-leader Arts in Action: Itches and Edges in Arts and Art Education 2026
  • Co-leader Arts in Action: Doing Diversity 2024
  • Leader: Arts in Action:Urgencies in Arts and Art Education 2022
  • Co-leader Inclusion in Action: Urgencies in Arts and Art Education
  • Editorial board member of the series Art and Culture in Education (Cappelen Damm Academic)
  • Board member of the Agder Academy of Sciences
  • Convener for Art, Culture and Education in NERA: Nordic Education Research Association

Teaching

I teach art pedagogy, art dissemination, aesthetic theory and arts based research at teacher education, bachelor’s, master’s and PhD levels. 

PhD candidates (completed and ongoing):

• Monica Klungland (completed 2021)

• Heidi Kukkonen (completed 2023)

• Helen Eriksen (completed 2023)

• Anne Elmis Vestergren (completed 2025)

• Egil Ovesen (ongoing)

• Julie Kirkeng (ongoing)

Research

My research is situated at the intersection of art, education, aesthetic theory and democratic perspectives. I am particularly interested in how art can create productive disturbances that open for reflection, disagreement, sensuous engagement and new ways of understanding.

Recent publications include:

  • Dissens and Sensibility: Why Art Matters (Intellect, 2024)
  • Being Human Today: Art, Education and Mental Health in Conversation (Intellect, 2024, editor)

I publish widely in peer reviewed journals, monographs, edited volumes and special issues, and I also enjoy communicating research through opinion pieces and public scholarship.

Current and recent research projects:

  • Skapende kunstmøter
  • Art on Campus
  • My Stunning Stream: Made with a Little Mischief (2020–)
  • pARTiciPED (2021–2024, Research Council of Norway) – leadership team member, leader of Work Package 4

I work closely with artists, teachers, museum educators, students and cultural institutions. Long term partnerships — including collaborations with Kunstsilo (formerly Sørlandets Kunstmuseum) — have played a central role in my research. Through these collaborations, I seek to develop research and educational practices that honour the complexity of art while encouraging experimentation, disagreement, sensuous attention and new ways of being in the world.

Publications

  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2026). Disruptions of Pedagogy of Dissensus. In Lutters, Jeroen; Camuti, Fabiola & Gairola, Rahul K. (Ed.), Art-Based (Un)Learning Unexpected Dialogues with Artworks. Valiz. ISSN 9789493246614. p. 184–200. doi: https:/valiz.nl/en/publications/art-based-un-learning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet; Klungland, Monica & Pedersen, Tor Jørund Føreland (2026). Tid i skapende kunstmøter. In Myrvold, Charlotte Blanche; Skregelid, Lisbet & Tronstad, Ragnhild (Ed.), Den kulturelle skolesekken: Forskning møter praksis. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202917814. p. 599–625. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Moments of Doubts. International Journal of Art & Design Education. ISSN 1476-8062. doi: 10.1111/jade.70002. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Inside or Outside? Morten Traavik as a Director of Scenes of Dissensus – An Autoethnographic Approach. In Schrag, Anthony (Eds.), Socially Engaged Art and Ethics: Power, Politics and Participation. Routledge. ISSN 9781032730035. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). The Art of Teaching in the Museum: A Proposition for Pedagogy of Dissensus. In Sinner, Anita; Osler, Patricia & White, Boyd (Ed.), Propositions for Museum Education: International Art Educators in Conversation. Intellect Ltd.. ISSN 9781789389128. p. 343–356. doi: 10.1386/9781789389135_30. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Illeris, Helene (2024). «Hadde lite forventninger, ble positivt overrasket»: Lærerstudenters erfaringer med Den kulturelle skolesekken i en kunstmuseumskontekst. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education. 8(2), p. 41–59. doi: 10.23865/jased.v8.6223. Full text in Research Archive
  • Illeris, Helene & Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). «Lukte, smake, høre og føle naturen» Sanselig bæredygtighedsdidaktik som kunstfagdidaktisk tilgang. In Østern, Tone Pernille; Illeris, Helene; Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt; Jusslin, Sofia & Holdhus, Kari Mette (Ed.), Kunstfagdidaktikk som kunstnerisk, forskende og oppmerksom undervisningspraksis. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215065953. p. 136–155. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karlsen, Kristine Høeg; Karlsen, Joakim & Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Facilitating Labs for Innovating Cross-sectorial Collaborations in Teacher Education. In Stigberg, Susanne Koch; Karlsen, Joakim & Müller, Nicholas H. (Ed.), The Seventeenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions. International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA). ISSN 9781685581633. p. 22–28. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). I Want You to Run. In Lee, Nicole Y.S; Irwin, Rita L.; Baldus, Angela; Barney, Daniel T; Ursino, Joanne M. & Eskandary, Zohreh Valiary (Ed.), Pedagogical Propositions: Playful Walking with A/r/tography. Book One: Encounters. InSEA Publications. ISSN 9789895360093. p. 70–75. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). The Art of Running and Being (Or Just Running and Being?). In Biesta, Gert; Skregelid, Lisbet & Bøe, Tore Dag (Ed.), Being Human Today: Art, Education and Mental Health in Conversation. Intellect Ltd.. ISSN 9781789388848. p. 35–56. doi: 10.1386/9781789388848_4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kukkonen, Heidi Marjaana & Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Når kunsten leder an – Konkret kunst og abstrakte kunstmøter. In Østern, Tone Pernille; Illeris, Helene; Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt; Jusslin, Sofia & Holdhus, Kari Mette (Ed.), Kunstfagdidaktikk som kunstnerisk, forskende og oppmerksom undervisningspraksis. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215065953. Full text in Research Archive
  • Biesta, Gert; Skregelid, Lisbet & Bøe, Tore Dag (2024). A Catalogue of an Exhibition That Didn't Take Place. In Biesta, Gert; Skregelid, Lisbet & Bøe, Tore Dag (Ed.), Being Human Today: Art, Education and Mental Health in Conversation. Intellect Ltd.. ISSN 9781789388848. p. 3–8. doi: 10.1386/9781789388848_1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). BAD: Body – Art – Digital Technology. Nordic Journal of Art & Research (A & R). 13(3). doi: 10.7577/ar.5454. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Den kulturelle skolesekken som dissens og kunstens betydning i lærerutdanningen. FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk. 16(2). doi: 10.7577/formakademisk.4806. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Klungland, Monica (2023). Editorial: Arts in Action: Urgencies in Art and Art Education. APRIA [Artez Platform for Research Interventions of the Arts]. 6. doi: 10.37198/APRIA.05.06.A1. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). When you get what you want but not what you need… A PROPOSITION FOR A PEDAGOGY OF DISSENSUS. APRIA [Artez Platform for Research Interventions of the Arts]. doi: 10.37198/APRIA.05.06.A8. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Pedersen, Tor Jørund Føreland (2023). The Art of Adressing Urgencies. APRIA [Artez Platform for Research Interventions of the Arts]. doi: 10.37198/APRIA.05.06.A5. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Myrvold, Charlotte Blanche; Skregelid, Lisbet & Tronstad, Ragnhild (2026). Den kulturelle skolesekken: Forskning møter praksis. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202917814. 620 p. doi: 10.23865/cdf.286. Full text in Research Archive
  • Biesta, Gert; Skregelid, Lisbet & Bøe, Tore Dag (2024). Being Human Today: Art, Education and Mental Health in Conversation. Intellect Ltd.. ISBN 9781789388848. 234 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Dissens and Sensibility: Why Art Matters. Intellect Ltd.. ISBN 9781835950432. 132 p. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt (2022). Kunstens betydning? Utvidede perspektiver på kunst og barn & unge. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202763299. 363 p. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt (2026). Welcome to Arts in Action. doi: https:/www.artsymposium-uia.com. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2026). Navigating in a noisy art field. doi: https:/www.artsymposium-uia.com. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2026). Kunsten først. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2026). Kunstens betydning og en pedagogikk informert av dissens. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2026). Åpningstale Lena Trydals Arguineguín. Full text in Research Archive
  • Østern, Tone Pernille; Skregelid, Lisbet; Torrissen, Wenche; Lundh, Lise & Myrvold, Charlotte Blanche (2026). Inclusion in Action - Kulturtanken. doi: https:/www.kulturtanken.no/aktuelt/2025/call-for-presentations/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myrvold, Charlotte Blanche; Skregelid, Lisbet & Tronstad, Ragnhild (2026). Innledning. In Myrvold, Charlotte Blanche; Skregelid, Lisbet & Tronstad, Ragnhild (Ed.), Den kulturelle skolesekken: Forskning møter praksis. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202917814. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2026). Innledning: En autoetnografisk kunstvitenskapelig vandring. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2026). Slipp løs Skapende kunstmøter. doi: https:/www.uia.no/arrangementer/slipp-los.html. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myrvold, Charlotte Blanche; Skregelid, Lisbet & Tronstad, Ragnhild (2026). Lansering av DKS-jubileumsantologi. doi: https:/www.kulturtanken.no/kalender/2026/dks-nettverkssamling-2026/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2026). Åpningstale "Fra frø til form". Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet; Klungland, Monica & Pedersen, Tor Jørund Føreland (2026). Encountering Artand Resonance Through MakingAcross School and Teacher Education. doi: https:/nera-conference-2026.via.dk. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet; Klungland, Monica & Pedersen, Tor Jørund Føreland (2026). "Skapende kunstmøter" - et samarbeidsprosjekt i kunst og håndverk. doi: https:/www.uia.no/om-uia/fakultet/lererutdanningene/arrangementer/kurs-konferanse-seminar/nn-luus-2026.html. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Klungland, Monica (2025). Skapende kunstmøter - fra egosentrisk til økosentrisk arbeid med portrett. doi: https:/kunstkultursenteret.no/forskning-og-utvikling/nettverk-for-formgiving-kunst-og-handverk/tidligere-konferanser/khuh-2025-volda/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet; Illeris, Helene; Wergeland, Tor Jarle; Pedersen, Tor Jørund Føreland; Thrane, Lissi Wiingaard & Klungland, Monica (2025). Præsentation af arbejdet med INOBACE i Norge, ved UiA. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Lærerutdanningsforskning i kunst og håndverk på UiA og i Norge. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Tid til å skape – i møter med kunst. doi: https:/periskop.no/tid-til-a-skape-i-moter-med-kunst/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet; Klungland, Monica & Pedersen, Tor Jørund Føreland (2025). Skapende kunstmøter. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Kan det bli for mye snakk om hva man skal lære av kunsten? Periskop - Kritikk av kunst for barn og unge. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Rage Within the Machine. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Forventninger til kunsten og til forskningen om den. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). The Art of Teaching: A Proposition for Pedagogy of Dissensus. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Art cannot help you. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Pre conference: Exploring a Pedagogy of Hope through Art. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Kunstens betydning. Episode 41. [Internet]. Hva er kunst? Podcast. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2025). Pedagogy of dissensus - As a pedagogy of hope (or not). Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Moments of Doubts. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet; Olsen, Veslemøy & Willbergh, Ilmi (2024). Lab for å initiere dissens og utforske grensene og mulighetene mellom kunst og utdanning. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Ut av syne ut av sinn – DKS og problemet med å sette avtrykk. [Internet]. Periskop. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Kunstens plass i skole og samfunn. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Introduksjon til Being Human Today: Et tverrfaglig forsknings- og utdanningsfellesskap ved Universitetet i Agder. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Illeris, Helene (2024). Welcome to Arts in Action: Doing Diversity. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Kunsten på campus. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Kunst i krisetid. Full text in Research Archive
  • Myrvold, Charlotte Blanche; Østern, Tone Pernille; Orset, Ann Karin; Skregelid, Lisbet & Hassel, Ragnhild Merete (2024). Digital lesesirkel av UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Kunst i krisetid 2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Bra at kunst skaper debatt. [Internet]. UiA innaskjærs. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Klungland, Monica (2024). Hvorfor kunst i barnehage og skole? Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). When art informs the beat of education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). Penismuraler och fläskfobi. [TV]. YLE TV. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2024). WHY DISSENSUS MATTERS UNITING ART, NATURE, TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). pARTiciPED:An example of a National research project based on co-creation in between art and society. Full text in Research Archive
  • Illeris, Helene & Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). sanselig bæredygtighedsdidaktik som tilgang til læreruddannelserne i kunst- og håndverksfag. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). BAD: Body – Art – Digital technology. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Tale til Zayne og Ellinor. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Tale Vår Vrå. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Unge kunstnere med utstilling på Søgne gamle prestegård. [Internet]. Fritidsnytt. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Art-based approaches to education in the museum. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Art as an overall principle. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Presentasjon av publikasjonen Kunstens betydning? Utvidede perspektiver på kunst og barn & unge. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt (2023). ForskerFokus: Kunstens betydning? Utvidede perspektiver på kunst og barn & unge. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Kolloen, Kristine (2023). Making dissens – Kunstbasert formidling er i fremvekst. Full text in Research Archive
  • Klungland, Monica; Skregelid, Lisbet & Liene, Anne-Mette (2023). Kunst er viktig - Ikke nyttig. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt (2023). Presentasjon av publikasjonen Kunstens betydning? Utvidede perspektiver på kunst og barn & unge, Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Møt en forsker. [Internet]. Kulturtanken, Facebook. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Lab for initiating dissensus and exploring the edges between art and education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Art in Agder. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Willbergh, Ilmi (2023). Betydningen av tvang og frihet i lærerskolestudenters møter med DKS. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt (2023). Kunstens betydning? Utvidede perspektiver på kunst og barn & unge. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Den kulturelle skolesekken som dissens og kunstens betydning i lærerutdanningen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Dissens and Sensibility. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Opening speech. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). DKS: Estetiske fag må (gjen)innføres i grunnskolelærerutdanningen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Innledning til debatt: Hvordan konfrontere en polarisert kunstdebatt? Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Den brysomme kunsten – igjen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Dissens and Sensibility. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Keynote: Blurring the boundaries between art and education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). My stunning stream: Made with a little mischief. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Debatt: Seminar om FoU i LU. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). The Art of Adressing Urgencies. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Conversation 3: Dialogue on the experiences of the students. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Debatt: Kunst i skolen, er det viktig? Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2023). Samarbeid med universitetet som pådriver. Samarbeid med kunstnere. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2022). Reimagining Critical Spaces for Arts Education. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet & Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt (2022). Innledning. Kan kunstens betydning begrunnes? In Skregelid, Lisbet & Knudsen, Kristian Nødtvedt (Ed.), Kunstens betydning? Utvidede perspektiver på kunst og barn & unge. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202763299. p. 10–28. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2022). My stunning stream - Made with a little mischief. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skregelid, Lisbet (2022). Kunst i samfunn. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jamouchi, Samira; Illeris, Helene; Jortveit, Anne Karin; Skregelid, Lisbet & (Dosent), Jadwiga Blaszczyk-Podowska (2023). A performative approach to wool felting : Rhizomatic relations in visual arts making and art education. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 9788284271309. Full text in Research Archive

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