Associate Professor

Janne Iren Robberstad

Department of Arts Education
Janne Iren Robberstad
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Field of work

Janne Iren Robberstad is the coordinator of the EU Erasmus+  GSO4SCHOOL, a Strategic Partnership project in 5 countries.

She is the Production Manager of the Global Science Opera which was the H2020 SWAFS project "Developing an Engaging Science Classroom (Creations)" International flagship initiative during the years 2016-2018 (globalscienceopera.com).

Robberstad is a PhD-student and an Assistant Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL), connected to the Faculty of Education, Arts and Sports. In her PhD-work she researches the relationship between sustainability and creativity in an artistic design-process within education.

She coordinated of the EU Erasmus+  “Creativity, Arts and Science in Education” (CASE) a Strategic Partnership project in 5 countries.

She is also involved in developing “Global Hands-On Ocean”, as part of her participation in the Norwegian Research Council's INTPART iScope-project focusing on advancing knowledge on ocean-health in education.

Through these projects, she has taught internationally in a variety of EU-funded (and other) contexts, including arts education workshops in Japan, USA, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Portugal and Chile. Her work-experience includes 15 years in the folk high schools teaching theatre, fashion- and costume-design and arts and crafts.  She has also earned a living as a visual artist and scenographer in her own company for over a decade. Robberstad has a masters degree in creative disciplines and learning-processes from HVL.

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Publications

  • Embodied eco-embroidery Creative craftsmanship in sustainable STEAM-education

    Robberstad, Janne Iren, Kvellestad, Randi Veiteberg (2023)
    Nordic Journal of Art and Research (A & R) 2023 Volum 12 ;(2)

  • NASA, Goddard’s Office of Communications, StoryLab: “Meet the Global Science Opera” https://video.ibm.com/recorded/131485342

    Ben Horin, Oded, Robberstad, Janne Iren (2022)

  • Broderi i samspel

    Kvellestad, Randi Veiteberg, Robberstad, Janne Iren (2022)

  • Robberstad, Janne Iren Eco-creativity in the GSO4SCHOOL - Key Note, GSO4SCHOOL international final conference, Athens, Greece, 2022 17th December 2022

    (2022)

  • “Broderi i samspel” Presentasjon under nettverkskonferanse for kunst og håndverk i UH-sektoren

    Robberstad, Janne Iren, Veiteberg, Randi (2022)
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