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.
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
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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