- Norwegian Reading Centre

Åse Kari Hansen Wagner
Director/professor

Tel: +47 51 83 23 01
aase-kari.h.wagner@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Two Teachers
On Track
The Stavanger Project
Multilingualism and reading
Language development and language stimulation in early age
Observation of language in early age
Language contact / Language history / Onomastics

Trude Alfsvåg
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 23 02
trude.alfsvag@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading in secondary school
The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
The Strategy for Lower Secondary Education 2013-2017

Joachim Kolnes Andersen
Adviser

Tel: +47 51 83 35 41
joachim.k.andersen@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Administration
Two Teachers

Edit Marie Asperanden
Assistant professor

edit.asperanden@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading in upper secondary school

Edle Inga Bentsen
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 61
edle.i.bentsen@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading difficulties / Dyslexia
Early screening of reading ability
Early reading instruction

Ingeborg Margrete Berge
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 11 57
ingeborg.m.berge@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading literacy in high school
The Norwegian Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
FYR
Reading and writing literacy 1, years 8-13

Anne Charlotte Begnum
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 56
anne.c.begnum@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Assessment of reading comprehension
IGEL (research project)

Mary Genevieve Billington
Associate professor / post doctor

Tel: +47 51 83 11 59
mary.g.billington@uis.no

Areas/projects:

SkillsREAL (research project)
Adult basic skills

Inga Kjerstin Birkedal
Assistant professor

inga.k.birkedal@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading difficulties
Early reading instruction
Transition ECEC - school
Reading in elementary school
Reading in middle school

Anne Elisabeth Dahle
Associate professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 47
anne.e.dahle@uis.no

Areas/projects:

The Stavanger project
Reading and writing difficulties / dyslexia
Early screening of reading ability
Reading in elementary school

Nikolaj Frydensbjerg Elf
Associate professor

nikolaj.f.elf@uis.no

Areas/projects:

RESPONSE (research project)

Zahra Esmaeeli
Ph.D.-student

Tel: +47 51 83 32 67
zahra.esmaeeli@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading and writing difficulties
Family history of reading difficulties
Emergent literacy and early reading-related skills
Home literacy Environment
On Track (research project)

Elisabeth Rege Filbrandt
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 31 30
elisabeth.rege@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Language development and reading in ECEC

Njål Foldnes
Associate professor II

njal.foldnes@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Multivariat statistics
Psychometrics

Unni Fuglestad
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 31 19
unni.fuglestad@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading in secondary school
The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019

Bjarte Furnes
Associate professor II

Margaret Klepstad Færevaag
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 62
margaret.k.ferevaag@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading and writing difficulties / dyslexia
TRAS screening instrument
Early screening of reading ability
Reading in elementary school

Egil Gabrielsen
Professor

Tel: +47 51 83 31 35
egil.gabrielsen@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Adult basic skills
Progress in Reading Literacy Skills (PIRLS)
Reynell Developmental Language Skales

Trine Mathiesen Gilje
Ph.d-student

Tel: +47 51 83 45 93
trine.m.gilje@uis.no

Areas/projects:

The Norwegian Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016–2019
Two Teachers

Åse Kathrine Gjestsen
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 31 46
ase.k.gjestsen@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading and writing difficulties / dyslexiai
The Stavanger project(research project)
Reading in middle school
Reading in secondary school

Aslaug Fodstad Gourvennec
Assistant professor / Ph.D-student

aslaug.f.gourvennec@uis.no

Areas/projects:

High-achieving students
Reading in upper secondary school
Assessment of reading comprehension
RESPONSE (research project)
Literature education

Hilde Gunnerud
Ph.D-student

Tel: +47 51 83 32 69
hilde.gunnerud@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading and writing difficulties
Language development and reading in ECEC
Multilingualism
The Stavanger project (research project)

Lise Helgevold
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 46
lise.helgevold@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Leselos
Support for school and ECEC owners
Reading in middle school
Reading in secondary school

Trude Hoel
Associate professor / post doc

Tel: +47 51 83 32 09
trude.hoel@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Language development
Reading activities and children’s literature
Reading on paper and on screen
Early Childhood education
COST - DigiLitEY
VEBB

Toril Frafjord Hoem
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 53
toril.f.hoem@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading in secondary school
Reading in middle school
School development
Teacher leaders

Johanne Birgitte Hovig
First consultant

Tel: +47 51 83 27 45
johanne.b.hovig@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Data management
PIRLS

Karoline Holmboe Høibo
Head of Office

Tel: +47 51 83 32 78
karoline.hoibo@uis.no

Areas:

Head of Administration
HR management
Financial management
External funding
Proposal writing
Research administration
HSE-Q

Anne Håland
Associate professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 48
anne.haland@uis.no

Areas:

Reading and writing in elementary school and secondary school
Reading and writing instruction

Mari-Ann Igland
Professor

mari-ann.igland@uis.no

Areas/projects:

RESPONSE

Maria Therese Jensen
Post doctor

Tel: +47 51 83 18 20
maria.t.jensen@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Two Teachers
Psychology
Psychometrics and quantitative method

Margrethe Jernes
Associate professor / postdoctor

Tel: +47
edle.i.bentsen@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Kindergarten and professional education
Observation work in ECEC
Practice and pedagogy
Adult education and guidance
John Dewey and pragmatism
Children and technology
COST - DigiLitEY
VEBB

Maya Dybvig Joner
Assistant professor

maya.d.joner@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading and writing difficulties
ECEC
Transition ECEC - school
Early reading instruction
Coordinator - Lesegledere

Miao Li
Associate Professor

miao.li@uis.no

Fagområder:

Language and Literacy
Response-to-Intervention
Bilingual Education

Kjersti Lundetræ
Associate professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 60
kjersti.lundetre@uis.no

Areas/projects:

On Track (research project)
BRAIN (research project)
Two Teachers (research project)
Early literacy instruction
Reading- and writing difficulties
International reading literacy surveys (PIRLS, PIAAC)

Anne Mangen
Professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 64
anne.mangen@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Effects of digitization on reading and writing
COST E-READ: Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitisation
IGEL – Empirical research on literary reading

Erin Margaret McTigue
Post doctor

erin.m.mctigue@uis.no

Areas/projects:

On Track

Thomas Moser
Professor II

thomas.moser@uis.no

Margunn Mossige
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 31 42
margunn.mossige@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Manager - national assignments
The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
Writing difficulties in older pupils
Reading in secondary and upper secondary school

Ingrid Nielsen
Associate professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 43
ingrid.nielsen@uis.no

Areas/projects

Response (research project)
Literary reading
Reading for the mentally ill
Reading in Year 8-10

Morten Njå
Ph.d.-student

morten.nja@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Assessment of reading comprehension
RESPONSE
Reading in Years 8-10

Arne Olav Nygard
Associate professor

Tel: 51 83 31 39
arne.o.nygard@uis.no

Areas:

Digital text culture
RESPONSE research project
Literary education in the upper secondary / high school classroom

Gunn Helen Ofstad
Assistant professor / phd.student

Tel: +47 51 83 32 10
gunn.h.ofstad@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Language development and reading in ECEC
Reading and writing difficulties
The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
Transition ECEC - school
National language support program
Continuing education for ECEC teachers

Ellen Rafos
Senior consultant

Tel: +47 51 83 31 45
ellen.rafos@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Finance
Administration

Hege Rangnes
Ph.D.-student

hege.rangnes@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading instruction in elementary school (grades 5-7)
Second language learning

Linda Refvik
Assistant professor

linda.refvik@uis.no

Areas/projects:

The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
Reading and writing difficulties
Complex learning difficulties

Elisabeth Rongved
Communications adviser

Tlf.: +47 51 83 32 06
elisabeth.rongved@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Communication
Media response
Social media
Web content/editing

Elin Kristi Lie Reikerås
Associate professor

Tel: +47 51 83 34 51

elin.reikeraas@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Learning and development in early age
Reading and arithmetic
The Stavanger Project - the Learning Child (research project)

Vibeke Rønneberg
Ph.D-student

Tel: +47 51 83 32 72
vibeke.ronneberg@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Assessment of reading comprehension
CATO (research project)
Writing research

Paolo Haaland Scarbocci
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 20 89
paolo.h.scarbocci@uis.no

Areas/projects:

The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
On Track

Knut Schwippert
Professor II

Tlf: +49 (40) 42 838 - 2565
knut.schwippert@uis.no

Atle Skaftun
Professor

Tel: +47 51 83 31 32
atle.skaftun@uis.no

Areas/projects:

RESPONSE: Literacy practices in digitalized classrooms
Two Teachers
Literacy and Literature education
Literacy practices in school
Dialogic perspectives on technologies and thinking
Orality and Disciplinarity

Oddny Judith Solheim
Associate professor

Tel: +47 51 83 31 36
oddny.j.solheim@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Dyslexia
Assessment of reading
Motivation and engagement
Teacher-student ratio
On Track
Two Teachers
PIRLS 2016

Hanne Egenæs Staurseth
Ph.D-student

Tel: +47 51 83 32 63
hanne.e.staurseth@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading 8th-10th grade
Disciplinary literacy
Multimodality
Assessment of reading comprehension

Elisabeth Brekke Stangeland
Ph.D.-student

Tel: +47 51 83 32 75
elisabeth.b.stangeland@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Language development and reading in kindergarten/ECEC
Play and social competence in early age
The Stavanger Project
The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019, ECEC
Assessment of reading comprehension

Olaug Strand
Ph.D-student

Tel: +47 51 83 31 08
olaug.strand@uis.no

Areas/projects:

PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study)
Second language learning

Hildegunn Støle
Associate professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 74
hildegunn.stole@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Reading assessment
Reading in upper secondary vocational school
The subjects of English and Norwegian in school
IGEL - the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literary Reading

Kristin Sunde
Ph.D-student

kristin.sunde@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Early reading instruction
Two Teachers

Johanne Ur Sæbø
Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 23 84
johanne.u.sebo@uis.no

Areas/projects:

The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
Reading in elementary school
Reading and learning disabilities
Coordinator – Lesegledere

Leif Tore Sædberg
Communications adviser

Tel: +47 51 83 24 08
leif.t.sedberg@uis.no

Areas/projects:

The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
Research communication
Media response
Marketing
Social media
Web editor
Media production

Margrethe Sønneland
Ph.D-student

Tel: +47 51 83 31 18
margrethe.sonneland@uis.no

Areas/projects:

The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
RESPONSE (research project)
Disciplinary literacy
Literary education

Kirsti Thisland
Consultant

Tel: +47 51 83 20 34
kirsti.thisland@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Administration
The Stavanger Project
The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
PIRLS

Jenny Thomson
Associate professor II

j.m.thomson@sheffield.ac.uk

Areas/projects:

Reading literacy
Digital literacy
Rhythm and reading

Trond Egil Toft
Communications adviser

Tel: +47 51 83 31 38 / +47 906 62 489
trond.e.toft@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Research communication
Media response
Marketing
Social media
Web editor
Graphic design

Jostein Tollaksen
Adviser

Tel: +47 51 83 31 34
jostein.tollaksen@uis.no

Areas

IT
Administration

Mark Torrance
Associate professor II

mark.torrance@uis.no

Finn Egil Tønnessen
Professor

Tel: 51 83 32 65
finn-egil.tonnessen@uis.no

Areas:

Reading
Dyslexia
Research Methods
Philosophy of Science

Per Henning Uppstad
Professor

Tel: +47 51 83 12 68
per.h.uppstad@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Writing processes
Computer assisted reading instruction / technology enhanced learning
Dyslexia
Literacy
Bilingualism
CATO
Two Teachers
On Track

Bente Rigmor Walgermo
Ph.D-student / Assistant professor

Tel: +47 51 83 32 44
bente.r.walgermo@uis.no

Areas/projects:

Motivation for reading
On Track research project
Reading and writing difficulties
Reading instruction
Reading assessment

Marit Aasen
Assistant professor
marit.aasen@uis.no

Areas/projects:

The National Strategy for Language, Reading and Writing 2016-2019
Literacy and learning
Second language learning
Literature education in middle school

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