Early Childhood Education and Care Leadership research group
Welcome to the ECEC Leadership research group at QMUC!
We are a research group on ECEC leadership, organization, governance, and leadership training for the ECEC sector from a wide range of perspectives.
There is great need for research about/with/on leadership in the ECEC field and our ambition is to produce research that is relevant for not only for the ECEC field but also for an audience outside the sector. The field of ECECs is developing rapidly and this has implications for leadership, which is itself a large and complex field of research.
We emphasize participation in various national and international research networks and play an active part in discussions with significance for the ECEC field. The group aim to promote good and relevant research for and together with the ECEC field.
The research group consists of staff at QMUC with different disciplinary backgrounds and staff positions.
Our research interests within the ECEC field are:
- Leadership education in professional perspective
- Leadership and supervision/guiding
- Strategic leadership and Outward leadership
- Relational perspectives
- Political leadership in the sector and ownership
- Sustainable leadership
- Leadership of quality work, change and development in organisations
- Pedagogical leadership
- Value-conscious leadership
- Post-humanist and more-than-human perspectives on leadership and organization
Presentation of us:
Co-ordinators for the research group: Birgitte Ljunggren and Merete Moe
Dean for research: Lisbeth Gederaas
Phd-project: Sine Bjerregaard Hanssen: How can ECEC leaders’ descriptions and experiences be important for understandings of ECEC leadership?
Publications:
-
ECEC leadership in motion. Scientific book. Fagbokforlaget 2023. https://www.fagbokforlaget.no/Barnehageledelse-i-bevegelse/I9788245033472
Associated researchers: Moe, Mørreaunet & Nissen. Students' reflections and meta-communications in teams as alternative learning for leadership in a world not-yet-seen. Article related to UH-ped in progress. Tvinnereim, Heldal, Haugen & Moe. https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2525461
- Researchers and ECEC’s leaders in research apparatus. Chapter in Nordic anthology: Nordic rhizomes. https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2525466
Associated researchers: Moe & Forr.
- Standing in/with the complex – exploring the conditions for affective leadership in ECECs.
Associated researchers: Forr; Johansson, Holst & Moe.
- Leadership of co-created learning processes in the partnership between ECEC teacher training and ECECs (REKOM). https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2525467
Associated researchers: Nordnes and Knutsen.
- Newly qualified ECEC teacher in the crossroads between good relationships and professional leadership. https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2493873
Associated researchers: Schram, Selmer-Olsen and Søraunet.
- ABLU students' various learning arenas https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2558203 Associated researchers: Søraunet, Selmer-Olsen and Børve
- Pilot project – guidance to ECEC’s owners to strengthen quality in the ECEC. https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2528664 Associated researchers: Ljunggren, Mørreaunet, Nissen, Westerhus
- Competence mapping in the Competence Lift for special pedagogy and inclusive practice https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2557773 Associated researchers: Ljunggren, Janninger, Iversen, Eckhoff Salvesen, Åmot, Ebbesen
- Improving relevance of the education of early teachers through co-creation based partnership https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=2559902
Associated researchers: Salvesen, Rystad & Moe
Participants:
- Hanssen, Sine Bjerregård, Assistent Professor /Phd. candidate
- Holst, Vera, Assistent Professor of Social science
- Hungnes, Åse Kristin, Assistent Professor of Pedagogy
- Joa, Cecilie Sundberg, Assistent Professor of Sosial science
- Ljunggren, Birgitte, Associate professor of social science
- Moe, Merete, Professor of Pedagogy
- Mørreaunet, Sissel, Assistent Professor of Pedagogy
- Nissen, Kjersti, Assistent Professor of Pedagogy
- Salvesen, Paal Eckhoff, Assistent Professor of Social science
- Selmer-Olsen, Maria, Assistent Professor of Pedagogy
- Storhaug, Siri-Ann Oterhaug, Assistent Professor of Social science
- Søraunet, Gunn Anita, Assistent Professor of Pedagogy
- Aandahl, Hilde Holmeide, Assistent Professor of Pedagogy