"Democracy still needs protection and support from informed citizens," says Professor Knut Dørum. "That is why it's important to teach young people critical thinking and to read books."
In a new, international project, researchers will study how we use our inner sound perception to understand and learn languages.
"They are made so beautiful that it becomes intrusive," says researcher Gunhild Kvåle.
Donald Trump was thrown off balance and Kamala Harris was in control.
For Democracy Week 2024, the Erasmus+ Project ValiDe and the Udforsk: Centre for Education Research hosted a seminar on what role education can play in promoting democratic values and counteracting antidemocratic attitudes.
With books like Ole Aleksander Filibom-bom-bom and the Eight Children series, Anne-Cath. Vestly renewed Norwegian children's literature. But is she still relevant?
The literature written today about the Nazi occupation is written by people who did not experience the war. How does that affect the stories?
Students at UiA are studying history while also learning how to utilise artificial intelligence with a critical approach.
Vikas Thakur embraces diversity and sustainability as the new dean of engineering and science at the University of Agder. Here are all the new faculty leaders at UiA.
The Nobel Prize winner deals with anxiety in a way that draws on both Sigmund Freud and Søren Kierkegaard, says Professor Unni Langås.
We need a third alternative between democracy and eco-fascism, says philosopher Odin Lysaker. In a new book, he advocates ecological love.
The failure rate in a history course has dropped from 27 to four percent. New teaching methods, including writing practice and more student active learning, are among the reasons for this improvement.
Teachers must become more aware of why they are using technology in the classroom, says Assistant Professor Marianne Engen Matre.
When Norway was a Catholic country, it was customary to indulge in a rich and filling meal on Fat Tuesday. All festivities and merriment were to be completed before the long period of fasting leading up to Easter began on Ash Wednesday.
New measures have contributed to a better education and a more relevant teaching practice period for student teachers at UiA.
“The Sami have since 1990 enjoyed special protection and been granted extraordinary rights as indigenous people, but this does not guarantee traction in the Fosen case,” according to a UiA professor.
Jamie Callison says that modernism is more than a goodbye to tradition. It is also an effort to remake religion and traditional thinking.
Researcher says that chess commentator Torstein Bae has a large share of credit for keeping people glued to chess broadcasts around Christmas time.
The Christianisation of Norway washed away the most brutal traces of the Vikings' holiday celebrations, but we have retained some festive traditions.
Norse texts can provide new insight into how people in the Middle Ages adapted to environmental changes and how they viewed their place in nature.
They possess charisma and score goals for our favourite teams. This is how we are influenced by today’s football heroes.
Poor women with weak social ties were more often accused of witchcraft. And the punishment for this was brutal.
What is it about the Roman Empire that captivates the minds of so many men? We posed this question to a historian.
Researchers discuss the loss of meaning for teachers in a new book about everyday life in Scandinavian schools.
Having a reading dog in school has a number of positive effects for pupils. Andreas Reier Jensen and Ilmi Willbergh are researching why the interaction works so well.
