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ABOUT US

The Activity Theory Group was established in the early 1990s. Sigrun Gudmundsdottir (1948-2003), professor in pedagogy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, introduced the tradition of holding special seminars with her Master’s degree students. Some of these students also completed their doctoral theses with Sigrun as their supervisor and are now the eldest members of the group. We meet twice a year. During one of these gatherings we meet for one day to discuss articles, our own forthcoming texts or articles published by other researchers, that we have read beforehand. These gatherings end with an informal dinner at one of the members’ homes. The other gathering is a three-day seminar where we write texts and give each other feedback. We now intend to publish a book of articles based on research conducted in various settings and with activity theory as the theoretical framework.

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May Britt 

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Anne Berit

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Eva

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Karen Birgitte

Nina

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Janne 

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Vivi

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Lise

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Gro Marte

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Kåre

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Kirsten

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Regional Coordinator, the Nordic and Baltic countries

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May Britt Postholm

Professor in pedagogy and qualitative methodology

NTNU, Norway

           +47 735 98 192

           +47 996 96 799

           may.britt.postholm@ntnu.no

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Group members

May Britt Postholm

Professor,  Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Leader of the Group and Regional Coordinator ISCAR, The Nordic and Baltic countries

Eva Brustad Dallan

Associate professor, North University

Karen Birgitte Dille

Associate professor, Norwegian Univerity of Science and Technology

Janne Madsen

Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway

Vivi Nilssen

Emerita, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology

Anne Berit Emstad

Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Nina Scott Frisch

Associate professor, Queen Maud Univerity College

Lise Vikan Sandvik

Professor, Norwegian Univerity of Science
and Technology

Gro Marte Strand

Associate professor, Norwegian Univerity of Science and Technology

Kåre Hauge

Associate professor, Norwegian Univerity of Science and Technology

Kirsten Foshaug Vennebo

Professor, OsloMet–Oslo Metropolitan University

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