Organization of KINDknow

The project received 25 mil. NOK from the program FINNUT in 2018. Afterwards the center was given additional 25 mil. NOK for the second period fo the project. KINDknow is one of the two ECE strategic research centers in Norway.  

• Center's director is Professor Elin Eriksen Ødegaard
  
  
• Center's administrative head is Olga Shangina Williams
  
  

The center has a Stearing group , a scientific advisory board, a user board and a leader team  

Stearing group

• Chair-woman: Christine Øye, prorector for research, HVL
• Jon Håkon Schultz, Professor UiT- The Arctic University of Norway
• Janne Christofersen, Bergen municipality
• Bjarte Håvik, senior advisor in the department for research, internasional affairs and innovation
• Sekretær: Elin Eriksen Ødegaard, Center's director

These have rtight to participate in the board meetings:

• Anita Nordseth, project economist
• Project cooredinator: Olga Shangina Williams
• Leader group: Aihua Hu, Zacharias Andreadakis, Alicja Reanata Sadownik 
• Partner UiT- The Arctic University of Norway: Veronica Bergan

   

  PhD Candidates and Postdoc Positions
  In 2020, the center employed 16 PhD candidates and two postdoc positions. This included 12 PhD positions from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet, HVL), one PhD from the University of Stavanger (UiS), two PhDs from UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, and one public-sector PhD from Bergen Municipality. The two postdoc positions were active: one at UiT and one at HVL.

  As of 2024, we have four postdoc positions and 14 PhD positions.

  In addition, some core researchers receive extra R&D resources from the Research Council of Norway. These researchers form the backbone of the center's research activities. Among them, there are currently five researchers with professorial competence and two with docent competence.

  Two associate professors at the center have been awarded a two-year professorial qualification grant from HVL. The center also has four ‘Professor II’ positions linked to the center with various responsibilities. Several researchers, students, research assistants, and collaborators are involved in research tasks through research groups and work packages.

  The center's researchers are involved in relevant education programs, including early childhood teacher education at HVL, UiT, and UiS; the master’s program in Early Childhood Knowledge; continuing and further education programs (such as ReKompetanse); and the PhD program Formation and Didactic Practices at HVL.

  Many of the core researchers work closely with international partners, including Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Gothenburg, East China Normal University, Beijing Normal University, and other institutions. The collaboration with China involves both research and education initiatives.