Field of work

Liv Torunn Grindheimn is a researcher at KINDknow - Kindergarten Knowledge Centre for Systemic Research on Diversity and Sustainable Futures, leader of the research group Kindergarten as formative educational arena - children's, student's and teacher's activity and editor in the journal Nordic early childhood educational research. 

Her research is informed by children's sociology, cultural-historical approach, philosophy and critical ethnography. Her aims are to contribute to national, international and transdisciplinary approaches to sustainability for children's contemporary and future lives.



Courses taught
  • Bachelor: Sustainable development by involvement
  • Master: Kindergarten Knowledge
  • MBAS511 Kindergarten as arena for cultural formation and kindergarden teachers' professional assignment

Research areas
  • play and exploration
  • children as citizens
  • sustainable education
  • early childhood education
  • early childhood teacher education

Research groups
Courses taught
  • MBAS511, Kindergarten as arena for cultural formation and kindergarden teachers' professional assignment, 24/25, subject responsible
  • MBAS512, Epistemological and methodological perspectives in kindergarten research, 24/25
  • MBAS513, Leading quality improvements in kindergarten, 24/25
  • MBAS514, Participation in research groups in kindergarten research, 24/25
  • MBAS515, Advanced research methods and project plan for master's thesis, 24/25
  • MBAS516, Master's thesis, 24/25
  • PHD901, Bildung and pedagogical practices, 24/25
  • PHD902, Theory of science, ethics and academic text, 24/25
  • PHD916, Responsible management of knowledge development - establishing change agents, 24/25
  • PHD950, Doctoral thesis, 24/25

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