Democracy and citizenship: Participatory research and inclusive education

DEMCI is an interdisciplinary program area with participants from different disciplines and departments.

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The Democracy and Citizenship (DEMCI) strategic programme area is an interdisciplinary programme area with collaborations between several subjects:

  • English
  • Norwegian
  • NORINT
  • Social sciences
  • Pedagogy
  • Drama
  • Physical education
  • Sociology

between different departments and faculties:

  • Department of Education and Sport Science
  • Department of Cultural Studies and Language
  • Department of Media and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Arts and Education
  • Faculty of Social Sciences

and across national and international research networks:

  • Gender network
  • Smart City network
  • Dembra LU national network
  • TCLN: Transnational critical literacy network
  • ITAP: International association for teaching pragmatics

Centred around global citizenship education, DEMCI focuses on inclusive participatory research and education methods aimed at increasing learner participation and giving voice to underrepresented groups. The programme area has three main research foci that are interrelated:

  • (1) development of inclusive participatory teaching and research methods with children and young adults;
  • (2) narrative research drawing on the methods of photovoice, testimonio and process drama; and
  • (3) research and development of teaching approaches to counteract discrimination and prejudice through democratic citizenship practices that highlight inclusion, participation, critical thinking and diversity competence.

DEMCI comprises several interdisciplinary subgroups that collaborate across thematic projects: Multilingual and second language acquisition, including pragmatics, intercultural competence, and critical literacy; refugee and migration studies, including migration literature, identity and social inclusion; and the Dembra research group focused on pedagogical approaches to countering prejudice and racism in education.

DEMBRA teacher education

The University of Stavanger is part the DEMBRA teacher education network. Dembra is a programme for schools for the prevention of racism, group-based hostility and antidemocratic attitudes.

DEMBRA er Senter for Holocaust og livssynsminoriteter sitt lærerutdanningsopplegg. Gjennom dette partnerskapsarbeidet skal UiS jobbe tverrfaglig med utvikling undervisningsopplegg og ressurser som styrker profesjonskompetanse i temaer knyttet til rasisme, antisemittisme, fordommer og diskriminering i lærerutdanningen. Dette skal gjøres gjennom Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) på tvers av fag og lærerutdanningene ved Fakultet for utdanningsvitenskap og humaniora. 

DEMBRA is the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies's teacher education program. Through this partnership work, UiS will work interdisciplinary with the development of teaching programs and resources that strengthen professional competence in topics related to racism, anti-Semitism, prejudice and discrimination in teacher education. This will be done through Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) across disciplines and teacher educations at the Faculty of Arts and Education.

Read more about DEMBRA

Questions?

Contact Silje H. A. Nordmand.

Contact

Associate Professor
51831286
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Kem Saichaie on Faculty Learning Communities

Research group

Associate Professor
51831286
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
51832785
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
51833592
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
51832956
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
51831315
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
51831496
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Associate Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Associate Professor
51833616
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Associate Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Assistant Professor
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Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Professor
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Elise Ottesen-Jensen 319
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Media and Social Sciences
Associate Professor
51831162
Faculty of Arts and Education
National Centre for Reading Education and Research
Ekstern tilknyttet UiS
Faculty of Social Sciences
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Ekstern tilknyttet UiS
51832566
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Cultural Studies and Languages
Ekstern tilknyttet UiS
51832217
Faculty of Arts and Education
Faculty Administration UH
Administration IGIS
Praksisveileder
51831993
Faculty of Arts and Education
Department of Education and Sports Science
Ekstern tilknyttet UiS
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Media and Social Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Media and Social Sciences
Monica Torreiro-Casal
Ekstern
Department of Education and Sports Science

External members

Rebecca Stuvland (Høgskolen i Innlandet)

Sandra Fylkesnes (Høgskolen i Østfold)

Delia Schipor (Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge)

Jena Lee Habegger-Conti (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)

Kimble Walsh-Knarvik (UiT Norges arktiske universitet)

Spiwe Thandabani Rønning (Fremmedspråksenteret/Høgskolen i Østfold)

Monica Torreiro-Casal (University of California, Davis, USA)

Johanna Ennser-Kananen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)

Alberta Giorgi (University of Bergamo, Italia)