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Merete Lund Fasting

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Email
merete.l.fasting@uia.no
Phone
+47 37 23 30 57
Office
I2087 (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Areas of responsibility

Merete Lund Fasting is a Postdoctoral researcher in the field of children and young adults.

She has spoken to young adults about their experiences of movement and playing in nature as a child. Merete has in recent years written on the topic of knowledge and holistic learning outdoors. In addition to her main theme children playing outdoors.  

The book Playing Outdoors was translated into English in 2019 and is published as an open access book. 

Publications

  • Brandt, Lisa Annika; Menning, Soern Finn & Fasting, Merete Lund (2026). She is so cute. I love her. — Exploring ecological literacy through acts of spontaneous anthropomorphism in kindergarten. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. ISSN 1468-7984. doi: 10.1177/14687984261487658. Full text in Research Archive
  • Menning, Soern F.; Brandt, Lisa Annika & Fasting, Merete Lund (2026). Island pedagogies on Bragdøya: Potentials for embracing uncontrollability and resonance. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. doi: 10.1177/14639491261450313. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Merete Lund; Brandt, Lisa Annika & Menning, Soern Finn (2026). Creating a Deep Embodied Intimacy: Sensitivity, Identity and Well-Beeing in and Through Play and Movement on Bragdøya. International Journal of Early Childhood. ISSN 0020-7187. doi: 10.1007/s13158-026-00513-0. Full text in Research Archive
  • Høyem, Jannicke & Fasting, Merete Lund (2025). The power of play. Sustainability as a value and how it is embedded in children's outdoor play and local identity, Exploring the Pedagogy of Learning and Playing Outdoors: Questions of Purpose and Intention. Routledge. ISSN 9781003530480. p. 30–43. doi: 10.4324/9781003530480-4. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Merete Lund; Høyem, Jannicke & Ergler, Christina (2025). Sustainability as a relational value in early childhood - the power of nature play, joy and local place identity. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education (JOEE). ISSN 2206-3110. doi: 10.1007/s42322-025-00219-2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Merete Lund; Kjær, Ingirid Geirsdatter Heald & Bjørke, Ann Christin Helgesen (2025). ‘It’s kind of giving them that space […] it’s about freedom’—facilitating and supporting children’s play in nature. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. ISSN 1472-9679. doi: 10.1080/14729679.2025.2601845. Full text in Research Archive
  • Trangsrud, Lise Katrine Jepsen; Bischoff, Annette & Fasting, Merete Lund (2025). Outdoor facilitated research methods—transforming pedagogic competence into research, and back again. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. ISSN 1472-9679. doi: 10.1080/14729679.2025.2531991. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Merete Lund; Høyem, Jannicke; Neresen, Cathrine & Johansen, Bjørn Tore (2023). Friluftsliv og psykisk helsearbeid: Hvordan sosialt friluftsliv, bevegelsesglede og naturnærvær kan bidra til livsmestring. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 20(3), p. 174–186. doi: 10.18261/tph.20.3.2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Merete Lund; Høyem, Jannicke & Bischoff, Annette (2022). Barndommens landskap. En studie av unge voksnes minner i møte med barndommens nærnatur. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education. 6(1), p. 92–107. doi: 10.23865/jased.v6.3017. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Merete Lund & Høyem, Jannicke (2022). Freedom, joy and wonder as existential categories of childhood–reflections on experiences and memories of outdoor play. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. ISSN 1472-9679. doi: 10.1080/14729679.2022.2066008. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skreland, Lisbeth Ljosdal & Fasting, Merete Lund (2021). Forskerkroppen. In Fasting, Merete Lund; Skreland, Lisbeth Ljosdal & Kampmann, Jan (Ed.), Å forske blant barn : Kvalitative metoder. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202689025. p. 19–35. Full text in Research Archive
  • Høyem, Jannicke & Fasting, Merete Lund (2019). Kunnskap i friluftsliv. In Hallandvik, Linda & Høyem, Jannicke (Ed.), Friluftslivspedagogikk. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202575830. p. 33–49. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Merete Lund (2017). tha Magic of Outdoor Play: A Phenomenological Hermenetuc Approach. In Waller, Tim; Ãrlemalm-Hagsèr, Eva; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Lee-Hammond, Libby; Lekies, Kristi & Wyver, Shirley (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning. Sage Publications. ISSN 9781473926608. p. 630–645. doi: 10.4135/9781526402028.n40. Full text in Research Archive
  • Løndal, Knut & Fasting, Merete Lund (2016). Magien i utetiden. In Øksnes, Maria & Sundsdal, Einar (Ed.), Barndom i barnehagen: Læring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202473860. p. 95–116. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fasting, Merete Lund (2016). Det lekende friluftslivet, Ute! Friluftsliv - pedagogiske, historiske og sosiologiske perspektiver. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245017557. p. 65–81. Full text in Research Archive

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