Projects
*Project Leader
Several group members are involved in projects linked to the Centre for Special Education Research and Inclusion (SpedAims), SpedAims TUPP, SpedAims ProCIP, and SpedAims Cohort.
SpedAims TUPP: Intervention trials – low-frequency and extensive difficulties (2021–2026)
David Lansing Cameron* (UiA), Kari-Anne Bottegård Næss (UiO), Johannes Finne (UiS), Arne Lervåg (UiO), Nadia Abu-Salah (UiA), Anna Lange Moi (UiS)
https://www.uv.uio.no/spedaims/english/SpedAims-TUPP/index.html
SpedAims ProCIP: Professions in collaboration for inclusive practice (2021–2026)
Camilla Herlofsen* (UiA), Kathrin Olsen (NU), Elisabeth Hesjedal (UiB), Marianne S. Tveitnes (UiS), David Lansing Cameron (UiA), Christian Brandmo (UiO)
https://www.uv.uio.no/spedaims/english/spedaims-procip/index.html
SpedAims Cohort: Development of language, reading, writing, mathematics, and social skills in children (2021–2026)
Øistein Anmarkrud* (UiO), Bjarte Furnes (UiB), Janaina Hartveit Lie (UiA), Hilde Lowell Gunnerud (UiS), Natallia Bahdanovich Hanssen (NU)
https://www.uv.uio.no/spedaims/english/spedaims-kohort/index.html
Artificial Intelligence: The Path to Human Intelligence (2024–2025)
Participants: Eivind Aarli*, Eva Haldammen, and Mauricio Cifuentes
Guidance Pedagogy: A Communication Method in Meeting Vulnerable Students and Their Guardians, as Well as Collaborative Partners to Ensure Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Efforts Around Each Student (2023)
Participants: Eivind Aarli* and Eva Nordby Haldammen
Co-Creation and Collaboration in Practice Guidance in Kindergartens – SAMBA (2022–2025)
Participants: Mette B. Cyvin*, Espen Slemdahl, and Helene Wanner
Evaluation of the School Development Project “Digital Didactics and Inclusion” from Statped (2020–2023)
Participants: Marianne Engen Matre*, David Lansing Cameron, Esther Canrinus
https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2544616
Speech Technology for Improved Literacy (STIL) (2019–2021)
Participants: David Lansing Cameron*, Marianne Engen Matre, Esther Tamara Canrinus
Funded by the Research Council of Norway (NFR), 2019
https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2534280
Student Perspectives on Bullying in Secondary School (2019–2023)
Participants: David Lansing Cameron*, Ingunn Stray, Lisbeth Ljosland Skreland
Funded by Kristiansand Municipality/Education Directorate
https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2546338
Pedagogical Application of Educational Law (2018–2023)
Participants: Camilla Herlofsen*, Marianne Bahus, David Lansing Cameron, Velibor Bobo Kovac
Funded by UIA Teacher Education Relevant Research Funds
https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2559763
Learning Environment Survey in Teacher Education
Participants: Maryann Jortveit, Åse Haraldstad, and Per Garmannslund
PhD and Postdoctoral Projects
The Relationship Between Children’s Language and Mathematical Skills (2023–2026)
PhD candidate Anne Mari Høgetveit
A Pedagogical Focus on Vocationally Adapted Work (VTA): Learning Perspectives in Frameworks and Practices (2023–2026)
PhD candidate Gry Fossan
Educational Technology Interventions for Language Development in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) (2023–2026)
PhD candidate Nadia Abu-Salah
Can Dyslexia Be Identified in a Second Language? (2020–2023)
PhD candidate Helene Berntsen
University Students’ Behavioural Intentions Towards Peer Ostracism (2020–2024)
PhD candidate Mareike Brehmer
Bullying and the Learning Environment in Higher Education (2020–2023)
PhD candidate Emmanuel Tay
Teacher–Pupil Co-Regulation in Primary School (2020–2023)
PhD candidate Elin Marie Frivold Kostøl
STIL: Speech Technology for Improved Learning (2019–2022)
PhD candidate Marianne Engen Matre
Participation in Meetings on Individual Learning Plans from Students with Learning Difficulties: A Qualitative Interview Study
PhD candidate Janaina Hartveit Lie (2018–2020)
Completed Projects
CLEAR: Capacity Building for Improved Learning Environments in the Agder Region (2014–2016)
Participants: Ingrid Lund*, Anne Dorthe Tveit, Velibor Bobo Kovac, Ragnar Thygesen, and Astrid Birgitte Eggen
Collaborators: Kristiansand Municipality, represented by Director of Education Arild Rekve; Professor Judy Parr, University of Auckland; Professor Roger Säljö, University of Gothenburg; Professor Trond Eiliv Hauge, University of Oslo; Professor David Galloway, University of Durham; and Professor Andreas Lund, University of Oslo.
Project link: [https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=450436](https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=450436)
The Whole Child, the Whole Path: Bullying in Kindergarten (2013–2015)
Participants: Ingrid Lund*, Dag Øystein Nome, Anne Helgeland, Velibor Bobo Kovac, and David Lansing Cameron
Collaborators: Kristiansand Municipality; Sørlandet Hospital, Department for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (A-BUP); Parent Committee for Kindergartens (FUB); Parent Committee for Primary Schools (FUG).
Project link: [https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=433959](https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=433959)
Democratic Processes in Public Schools in Norway
Participants: Anne Dorthe Tveit*, Åse Haraldstad, and Velibor Bobo Kovac
Funded by the University of Agder’s Educational Research and Development Funds, 2017
The Dialogue Model: Evaluation of Developmental Work Against Bullying in Kindergartens
Participants: Ingrid Lund*, Velibor Bobo Kovac, David Lansing Cameron, Marianne Godtfredsen, and Anne Helgeland
Funded by the Ministry of Education and Research, 2017
Project link: [https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=552831](https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=552831)
Collaboration Between Special Education Teachers and Class Teachers (2019–2020)
Researcher: Maryann Jortveit
SUPPE: Special Education – Education and Practice. Changing Professions (2014–2018)
Participants: Maryann Jortveit*, David Lansing Cameron, and Anne Dorthe Tveit.
Funded by the University of Agder’s Educational Research and Development Funds, 2015
Project link: [https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2559751](https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2559751 )
The Importance of Teachers’ Assessment Competence in Supporting Children with Reading and Writing Difficulties
Participants: Marianne Engen Matre*, Ragnar Thygesen, and Maryann Jortveit.
Funded by the University of Agder’s Educational Research and Development Funds, 2018
Success Stories in the Interaction Between the Educational Psychological Service (PPT) and Schools
Participants: Maryann Jortveit* and Elin Frivold Kostøl.
Funded by the County Governor of Aust- and Vest-Agder, 2018
Doctoral Dissertations
Elin Marie Frivold Kostøl (2026). Co-regulation in emotional situations. A qualitative study of parent–child and teacher–child social interactions in natural settings.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5364338
Mareike Brehmer (2024). The Complex Antecedents of Bystander Intentions in Higher Education Bullying.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3165288
Helene Berntsen (2024). Reading Difficulties and Bilingualism: Can Decoding Difficulties Be Identified in a Second Language?
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3137992
Marianne Engen Matre (2024). Speech as a Writing Tool: An Exploratory Study of Speech-to-Text Technology in Lower Secondary Education. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3113616
Janaina Hartveit Lie (2021). Participation in Meetings About Individual Education Plans from the Perspective of Students With Learning Disabilities: A Qualitative Interview Study.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2712369