Health, upbringing, education and living conditions
Societal challenges cross borders, and a changing world demands innovation. UiA is committed to interdisciplinary efforts to find sustainable solutions.
About the area:
Within the field of health, upbringing, education and living conditions, we examine how these factors affect people's lives throughout all stages of life. At UiA, we work purposefully with research and education that promotes good health, secure upbringing conditions, quality education and good living conditions for all.
We emphasise research-based knowledge as the foundation for developing robust welfare solutions in collaboration with public and private partners. Our aim is to contribute to better public health and enhanced quality of life in society – from childhood through to old age.
Research groups
- Academic e-sports, games and game didactics
- Art and young people
- Arts and social relations
- Biomedicine
- Centre for lifecourse nutrition
- Childhood and society
- Children's and young adult literature
- Dialogical pratices
- Educational law
- E-health
- Ethics and philosophy
- General didactics and education policies
- Interaction between animals and humans - Anthrozoology
- Health, Behavior, Diversity, and Social Inclusion
- Health and quality of life in a family perspective
- Health economics
- Interdisciplinary professional health research
- Kindergardens, childhood and pre-school teacher education
- Mathematical thinking in schools
- Mathematics in higher education
- Mathematics teaching and learning in kindergarten and early school years
- Mobility, culture and gender
- Multilingualism in society and education
- Natural sciences education
- Patient safety and quality in hospitals
- Physical activity and health across the lifespan
- Practice, teaching, policy in teacher education
- Practice-Oriented Research and Development in and with Municipal Health and Care Services
- Professions and professionals in cooperation
- Reconfiguring historical, musical crafts education
- Religion, kindergarten and school
- Research in outdoor and physical education
- School development, evaluation and digital assessment
- Sensus Communis
- Sexology
- Social simulation
- Social studies didactics and educational research
- Social welfare and welfare services
- Society, Space, Psychosocial Health
- Sociological theory and analysis
- Socio-technical digital design for human flourishing
- Special education
- Sports Performance and Athlete Development Environments
- Substance use, family and close others
- University pedagogy
- Urban and regional planning
How we work with the area
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Meet UiA’s first student humanist Oct. 6, 2026 10:11 AM
“Sometimes you don’t need an answer. It can be enough to talk to someone and hear yourself say something out loud for a realisation to take shape within you”, says Dagfinn Ullestad, who has now started in a new and somewhat unusual role at UiA: student humanist.
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These habits help children become better readers Sep. 16, 2026 12:46 PM
The latest PISA results show that Norwegian 15-year-olds are weaker readers than they were ten years ago. Language expert Magnhild Selås has some tips on good reading habits for those who want to learn to read well.
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UiA stands together for diversity Aug. 24, 2026 12:56 PM
Updated 28 August: The Pride parade and Rainbow Square event in Kristiansand on 29 August have been cancelled due to the passing of His Majesty the King. Skeive Sørlandsdager instead invites people to gather at Kilden Concert Hall from 15:00.
