Activities

NorTED doctoral student seminar in Malmö

Group photo taken at Lillatorget in the guided walk around Malmö city center

Thank you to all participating in 2024 NorTED doctoral student seminar in Malmö. 20 doctoral students from eight NorTED universities discussed their doctoral projects with peers and senior researchers from four NorTED universities. Participants had fruitful discussions and received useful feedback during the two seminar days, mixed with fresh air and good company.

Course in Iceland in August

Radical hope and social devastation

Doctoral seminar at the School of Education, University of Iceland

August 2024

Topic

The growing climate crisis, coupled with wars and political disfunction, has precipitated a global movement of peoples that promises to increase in the coming years. Climate refugees, political exiles, asylum-seekers, and others forced to migrate are moving into communities that are both welcoming and threatened by newcomers. Schools are becoming sites of conflict and possibility. Educators are often caught between the fears and distrust of settled members of the community, and the devastation and trauma newcomers bring into the classroom. These educators stand in need of concepts and ways of thinking that can bring hope to both groups.

This seminar will explore Jonathan Lear’s 2006 book, Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation, suggesting that Lear’s work can offer us the hope we so desperately need in these charged and challenging times. By developing a sense of radical hope in the face of fears and traumas, we might avert the worst outcomes of forced migrations: fear, distrust, violence, cultural catastrophe. In fact, by developing a sense of radical hope in the face of the worst, we might be able to create new forms of human flourishing.

Purpose

This is the hope of the seminar. We want to take a cleareyed look at the challenges confronting teachers, schools, and communities as the global movements of people continues apace so that we might foster ways of thinking that allow new hopes and new forms of community to replace suspicion, division, and despair.

Teachers

The main teacher will be Professor Jeff Frank, at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.

Other teachers will be Professor Atli Harðarson and Professor Ólafur Páll Jónsson, at the School of Education, University of Iceland.

Approach

The seminar will be organized around reading Jonathan Lear’s book Radical Hope and dialogues about its ideas, premises, and message. Additional readings will be brought in along the way, but the main emphasis is on small group dialogue where each participant is expected to participate both by listening and contributing to the discussion.

            Students get 2 ECTS for participating in the seminar. They can also register for a 5 ECTS course where they hand in a paper on a topic of their choice related to the discussion during the seminar.

Target group

Doctoral students at the University of Iceland (School of Education and other schools).

Doctoral students at the University of Akureyri.

Doctoral students in the NorTED network.

Faculty at the School of Education and University of Akureyri are welcome to participate.

Time and location

August 12 to 15, 2024.

Location will be announced later but will be in the vicinity of Reykjavík.

Readings

Lear, Jonathan (2006). Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.

Registration for the 2024 NorTED doctoral student seminar in Malmö, 4–5 March

Please note that registration for this event is open only to doctoral students and staff at the NorTED member institutions.

Deadline for registration to the NorTED seminar in Malmö in March is January 15, see registration link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Dl_6CRghVkaFKWd-2P2-eGbU6BBqC9NOv42DLRNDFilUQjE0UVVRSVZUVEpLU1pXVFk2RklWTUlDTS4u

The seminar is arranged in connection with NERA in Malmö. As before, our aim is to cut costs and to minimize travel while encouraging participation in the NERA conference 6-8 March.

We will start in the morning Monday 4th (ca 10:00) and finish in the afternoon on Tuesday 5th (depending on the number of participants). This means most of you will travel to Malmö already on Sunday the 3rd of March. Please indicate when you arrive when you register.

Accommodation: Rooms have been reserved at the Scandic S:T Jörgen in Malmö.  NorTED will pay for both hotel accomodation and meals in during the two seminar days but you will have to book and confirm your hotel room at Scandic S:T Jörgen when you have registered, more info on that later. You will get refund from NorTED afterwards.

https://www.scandichotels.com/hotels/sweden/malmo/scandic-st-jorgen

Instructions for abstracts and paper presentations

We will have two types of workshops, and you can choose yourself which type of workshop you would like to be part of.

1. Abstract presentations. Here you are expected to give a 15-minute presentation of your thesis project, or parts of it, which will be followed by constructive feedback from at least one senior researcher and one PhD candidate (as well as the other PhD candidates in your workshop). Focus will thus be on helping you move forward rather than critiquing what you have done. You are expected to read all abstracts in your group and to prepare feedback on at least one of the other abstracts to be discussed in your workshop. In order to give you the best possible feedback your abstract and presentation should include the following:

  • The background problem or challenge: Why this study?
  • The key question (questions) that your study seeks to answer.
  • The conceptual or theoretical framework of your study.
  • The main material and methods of your study.
  • Preliminary results (if you have any yet).
  • The main contribution that your study makes (or aims to make) to the research field, policy, or practice.

You should then end your presentation (and abstract) by stating what you perceive to be the main challenge in your current work on your thesis. Depending on how far you have come in your process, it may be anything from theoretical or methodological issues to challenges in how to present your results or structure your discussion. See this as an opportunity to get constructive ideas from the participants in your workshop.

Your abstract should be written in English and be no longer than 500 words.

2. Text discussions. Here you are expected to have sent in a full paper, parts of a paper, or a paper/article/chapter in progress, that will be discussed and given constructive feedback from at least one senior researcher and one PhD candidate (as well as the other PhD candidates in your workshop). Besides preparing your own text, you are also expected to give feedback on at least one of the other texts to be discussed in your workshop. Depending on the number of participants, we will have between 30–45 minutes for each text. Every PhD candidate will be assigned a group, please read all of the texts in your group, as well as the text that will be primarily assigned to you.

To get the most out of the discussions, please include reader instructions to your critical friends about aspects that you particularly would like to have feedback or suggestions on.

Your text should be written in English and be no longer than 8000 words including references.

Deadline for registration and abstracts/texts is 15 January, final manuscripts for text discussions should be handed in February 12.

Abstracts and texts should be sent to steingeo@hi.is.  In the subject box, write «NorTED abstract» followed by your surname.

We look forward to seeing you in March!                                       

Best regards from NorTED steering group

Preliminary programme:

March 4:

10:00: Introduction and welcome, everyone presents themselves

10:30-12:00: Workshops

12:00-13:00: Lunch

13:00-14:30: Workshops

14:30-14:45: Coffee break

15:00-16:30: Workshops

16:45-18:00: Cultural experience

19:00: Dinner at the hotel

March 5:

9:00-10:30: Workshop

10:30-12:30 Panel discussion: The transition from doctoral student to independent researcher

12:30-13:15: Lunch

13:15-14:45: Workshop

14:45-15:45: “Speed dating“

15:45-16:15: Reflections and concluding remarks

Save the date for the 2024 NorTED doctoral student seminar in Malmö, 4–5 March

The NorTED steering group is happy to announce that we plan to organize a doctoral student seminar on March 4-5, 2024, in connection with next year‘s NERA conference in Malmö. As before, our aim is to cut costs and to minimize travel while encouraging participation in the NERA conference 6–8 March. We are looking into different possible venues for our seminar and will (asap) provide more information on how and when to register for this event on our website http://nor-ted.com/.  Deadline for sending in abstracts will be mid January. But if you also intend to participate in NERA, please note that their deadline for abstracts is already on 5 November (https://nfpf.net/blog/2023/10/04/conference-in-malmo-third-call-of-abstracts/).

 So, all you need to do right now is to save the date for our pre-conference seminar on 4-5 March 2024, and then check our website for updates.

Best regards,

Steingerdur Olafsdottir

on the behalf of the NorTED steering group

Registration open for PhD course in Sweden, November 27 – December 1, 2023

You are now welcome to register for the PhD course Setting educational issues in the Nordic and Arctic Contexts (3 credits) at Umeå University, Sweden. The course will be arranged as a Blended Intense Programme (BIP) which opens for PhD students to get travel funding from Erasmus +. 

We invite PhD students from the NorTED and Arctic Five networks with an interest in the field of educational sciences to register for this event.  

When: IRL – 27 November – 1 December 2023 (date for a digital introduction will be set later) 

Where: Umeå University Campus 
With: Nordic PhD students (NorTed and Arctic-5) 

Register: https://forms.office.com/e/ZU6ZeQKaM4 

Deadline for registration: 5 September 2023 

Preliminary themes for the course 
Postcolonial/Decolonisation issues   
Endangered languages and teacher education  
Research ethics/Indigenous ethics     
Ontological and epistemological dimensions  
Publication process and strategies 
Removing/Reducing redundancy in academic writing   
Approaches to research   

The course syllabus and a preliminary program will be published shortly. 

Contact 

Boel Elmroth, coordinator for research and post-grad education 

(boel.elmroth@umu.se

Course homepage: https://www.umu.se/en/umea-school-of-education/research/setting-educational-issues-in-the-nordic-and-arctic-contexts/

We hope to see you in Umeå! 

The directors’ team of the Post-grad school of Educational Sciences 
Umeå university 

Registration for NorTED seminar in Oslo 13-14 March 2023

Please note that registration for this event is open only to doctoral students and staff at the NorTED member institutions.

Deadline for registration to the NorTED seminar in Oslo in March is 1 February, see registration link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Dl_6CRghVkaFKWd-2P2-eGbU6BBqC9NOv42DLRNDFilURUxINEtQUTVMQlNES1lNOTJKUTAyQk1LUC4u

The seminar is arranged in connection with NERA in Oslo. As before, our aim is to cut costs and to minimize travel while encouraging participation in the NERA conference 15–17 March. We are looking into different possible venues for our seminar and will (asap) provide more information on that.

This year NorTED will pay for both hotel accomodation and meals in connection with the two seminar days.  We will start with lunch on Monday 13th (ca 12:00) and finish some time after lunch on Tuesday 14th (depending on the number of participants). If you plan to travel to Oslo already on Sunday 12th, please indicate so when you register.

Accommodation: Rooms have been booked at the Scandic Hotel Solli in Oslo. NorTED will pay for one night accommodation, lunches both days, dinner March 13 and coffee break refreshments during the seminar.

https://www.scandichotels.no/solli

Instructions for abstracts and paper presentations

We will have two types of workshops, and you can choose yourself which type of workshop you would like to be part of.

1. Regular paper presentations. Here you are expected to give a 15-minute presentation of your thesis project, or parts of it, which will be followed by constructive feedback from at least one senior researcher and the other PhD candidates in your workshop. Focus will thus be on helping you move forward rather than critiquing what you have done. In order to give you the best possible feedback your abstract and presentation should include the following:

  • The background problem or challenge: Why this study?
  • The key question (questions) that your study seeks to answer.
  • The conceptual or theoretical framework of your study.
  • The main material and methods of your study.
  • Preliminary results (if you have any yet).
  • The main contribution that your study makes (or aims to make) to the research field, policy, or practice.

You should then end your presentation (and abstract) by stating what you perceive to be the main challenge in your current work on your thesis. Depending on how far you have come in your process, it may be anything from theoretical or methodological issues to challenges in how to present your results or structure your discussion. See this as an opportunity to get constructive ideas from the participants in your workshop.

Your abstract should be written in English and be no longer than 500 words.

2. Text discussions. Here you are expected to have sent in a full paper, parts of a paper, or a paper/article/chapter in progress, that will be discussed and given constructive feedback from at least one senior researcher and the other PhD candidates in your workshop. Besides preparing your own text, you are also expected to give feedback on at least one of the other texts to be discussed in your workshop. Depending on the number of participants, we will have between 30–45 minutes for each text.

To get the most out of the discussions, you are welcome to include any reader instructions to your critical friends about aspects that you particularly would like to have feedback or suggestions on.

Your manuscript should be written in English and be no longer than 8000 words including references.

Deadline for registration and abstracts/papers is 1 February.

Abstracts should be sent to steingeo@hi.is.  In the subject box, write «NorTED abstract» followed by your surname.

We look forward to seeing you in March!                                       

Mats Tegmark. Magnus Hontvedt and Steingerður Ólafsdóttir,

on behalf of the NorTED steering group

Invitation to:

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CONFERENCE

Diversity in early childhood education – global and local arctic perspectives

November 21 – 22, 2022, Tromsø, Norway

Find out more at: https://site.uit.no/irece-tromso/

Save the date for the 2023 NorTED seminar in Oslo, 13–14 March

The NorTED steering group is happy to announce that we plan to organize two joint events during 2023.

First, we will arrange a two-day seminar on 13–14 March in connection with next year’s NERA in Oslo. As before, our aim is to cut costs and to minimize travel while encouraging participation in the NERA conference 15–17 March. We are looking into different possible venues for our seminar and will (asap) provide more information on how and when to register for this event on our website http://nor-ted.com/.  Deadline for sending in abstracts will be 1 February. But if you also intend to participate in NERA, please note that their deadline for abstracts is already on 15 November https://booking.berg-hansen.no/eventportal/#/event/109273/published/f770af4c8d01fec1c9737f4adeb685896ded6d03

Second, we will also arrange a NorTED seminar in Umeå in the fall of 2023. The dates and contents of this event will be posted on our website later this semester.

So, all you need to do right now is to save the date for our pre-conference seminar on 13-14 March 2023, and then check our website for updates.

Best regards,

Mats Tegmark

on the behalf of the NorTED steering group

Past Activities:

2022 NorTED seminar in Reykjavik, 30–31 May

Thanks to everyone who participated as presenters and discussants and made this year’s pre-conference seminar in Reykjavik a success!

program:

Instructions for abstracts and paper presentations

This year we will have two types of workshops, and you can choose yourself which type of workshop you would like to be part of.

1. Regular paper presentations. Here you are expected to give a 15-minute presentation of your thesis project, or parts of it, which will be followed by constructive feedback from at least one senior researcher and the other PhD candidates in your workshop. Focus will thus be on helping you move forward rather than critiquing what you have done. In order to give you the best possible feedback your abstract and presentation should include the following:

  • The background problem or challenge: Why this study?
  • The key question (questions) that your study seeks to answer.
  • The conceptual or theoretical framework of your study.
  • The main material and methods of your study.
  • Preliminary results (if you have any yet).
  • The main contribution that your study makes (or aims to make) to the research field, policy, or practice.

You should then end your presentation (and abstract) by stating what you perceive to be the main challenge in your current work on your thesis. Depending on how far you have come in your process, it may be anything from theoretical or methodological issues to challenges in how to present your results or structure your discussion. See this as an opportunity to get constructive ideas from the participants in your workshop.

Your abstract should be written in English and be no longer than 500 words.

2. Text discussions. Here you are expected to have sent in a full paper, parts of a paper, or a paper/article/chapter in progress, that will be discussed and given constructive feedback from at least one senior researcher and the other PhD candidates in your workshop. Besides preparing your own text, you are also expected to give feedback on at least one of the other texts to be discussed in your workshop. Depending on the number of participants, we will have between 30–45 minutes for each text.

To get the most out of the discussions, you are welcome to include any reader instructions to your critical friends about aspects that you particularly would like to have feedback or suggestions on.

Your manuscript should be written in English and be no longer than 8000 words including references.

Deadline for registration and abstracts/papers is 8 April (link will be added here).

Abstracts should be sent to mte@du.se.  In the subject box, write «NorTED abstract» followed by your surname.

We look forward to seeing you IRL in May!                                       

…but will of course conduct the seminar online if necessary.

Mats Tegmark and Steingerður Ólafsdóttir,

on behalf of the NorTED steering group

The 2021 NorTED seminar in Odense, 1–2 November

Thanks to everyone who participated as presenters and discussants and made this year’s pre-conference seminar in Odense a success!

From the invitation:

The NorTED steering group is happy to announce that this year’s joint seminar days will be held in Odense in the form of a pre-conference to NERA. Our aim has been to cut costs and to minimize travel while encouraging participation in the NERA conference 3–5 November.

Venue: The seminar, including coffee breaks and lunch, will be held at the SDU campus. The joint dinners will be enjoyed at nearby restaurants. The seminar including coffee breaks, lunch, and dinners will be free of charge for doctoral candidates and senior researchers from NorTED member institutions.

Accommodation: Rooms have been pre-booked at City Hotel at 625 DKK from 1–2 Nov. If you who plan to stay for NERA, you may extend your reservation. Reservations can be cancelled free of charge up to 15 days before arrival. https://www.cityhotelnattergalen.dk/

If this hotel is fully booked, you can find other options here:

Preliminary program: The seminar will start after lunch (13:00) on 1 November and end with a joint dinner on 2 November. The two days will primarily consist of student presentations with feedback and more informal discussions of doctoral students’ ongoing research. As before, our aim is to make good use of the joint expertise among our senior researchers.

Instructions for abstracts and paper presentations

All participating doctoral candidates are expected to give a 15-minute presentation of their thesis project, or parts of it, which will be followed by constructive feedback from at least one senior researcher and the other PhD candidates in your workshop. Focus will thus be on helping you move forward rather than critiquing what you have done. In order to give you the best possible feedback your abstract and presentation should include the following:

– The background problem or challenge: Why this study?

– The key question (questions) that your study seeks to answer.

– The conceptual or theoretical framework of your study.

– The main material and methods of your study.

– Preliminary results (if you have any yet).

– The main contribution that your study makes (or aims to make) to the research field, policy, or practice.

You should then end your presentation (and abstract) by stating what you perceive to be the main challenge in your current work on your thesis. Depending on how far you have come in your process, it may be anything from theoretical or methodological issues to challenges in how to present your results or structure your discussion. See this as an opportunity to get constructive ideas from the participants in your workshop. Your abstract should be written in English and be no longer than 500 words.

Deadline for registration and abstracts is 15 September.

To register for the seminar, click here.

Abstracts should be sent to mte@du.se. In the subject box, write “NorTED abstract” followed by your surname.

We look forward to seeing you IRL in November!                                       

…but will of course conduct the seminar online if necessary.

Mats Tegmark, on behalf of the NorTED steering group

mte@du.se

Developing academic identity in research and writing, Umeå and Dalarna universities

Screen dump from the final closing remarks of the seminar days.

22-24 March on Zoom

Umeå University together with Dalarna University are arranging a three-day virtual seminar event for doctoral students. We are happy to invite members of NorTed to attend these virtual days. Initially we can accept two doctoral students per NorTed member, but please let us know if there are more students interested from your university as there may be fewer interested from other universities. The programme, along with the instruction for the facilitated group work, is available here.

If you wish to take credits (2.5 ects or 3 ects), please contact us and we can provide more information. 

If you wish to attend, please inform your NorTED contact person and then sign up on this link:
http://bit.ly/39QC0cD


Last day for registration is February 8.

For questions, please contact Carina Rönnqvist, carina.ronnqvist@umu.se

Virtual Conference for Emerging Researchers in Teacher Education

20-22 October 2020

20-22 October 2020 The Norwegian National Research School in Teacher Education (NAFOL) will arrange a virtual conference for emerging researchers in teacher education in collaboration with Western Norway University of Applied Science (HVL) and Nordic Research School in Teacher Education Relevant Research (NorTED).

The conference seeks contributions representing a broad perspective of teacher education research and related topics with a focus on the conference theme: Inquiry as a Bridge between Theory and Practice in Teaching and Teacher Education

We welcome contributions by PhD students from our collaborating international institutions and invite them to submit paper proposals.

Important dates
• Deadline for submission of proposals: 15 August 2020
• Notice of acceptance: 1 October 2020
• Deadline for registration: (will open later) 1 October 2020

For more information, please visit the conference webpage for further information or send an email to post@nafol.net if you have any questions.

NorTED Kick-off seminar 11-14 November 2019

NTNU, Trondheim

Professor Kari Smith welcome to NorTED. photo
Professor Kari Smith (NTNU)
Professor Pat Thomsons lecture "What does it mean to do a PhD". Photo.
Professor Pat Thompson (University of Nottingham)

11 November 2019

14.30–15.00 Welcome

  • Musical piece
  • What is Norted? Who is Norted?Head of Department of Teacher Education Torberg Falch (NTNU) and Professor Kari Smith (NTNU)

15.00–16.00 What does it mean to do a Ph.D. Professor Pat Thompson (University of Nottingham)

16.00–16.15 Break

16.15–17.15 Getting to know each other: brief presentation of your projects – no power point!

  • Groups of seven. The doctoral students will briefly present their doctoral project orally without any power point. A supporting handout might be useful. Each student has max. 8 minutes.

18.30 Joint dinner, self-funded

12 November 2019

09.00–11.30 Workshop: Academic writing workshop. Professor Pat Thompson (University of Nottingham)

11.30–12.30 Lunch

12.30–13.30

  • The Norwegian Partners: Presentation of institution s- key issues in doctoral education in Norway. Representatives from Norwegian partner institutions
  • The Danish: Presentation of institution- key issues in doctoral education in Denmark. Representative from Danish partner

13.30–14.00 Break

14.00–15.00 The Swedish partners: Presentation of institutions- key issues in doctoral education in Sweden. Representatives from Swedish partner institutions

15.00–15.15 Break

15.15–16.30 Paper presentations doctoral students

  • The same groups will meet again. Three of the students will present a paper (20 min.) and a senior researcher will discuss the papers (15 min.) at the end of the session. This will be a regular conference presentation and power points may be used.

16.30 Free evening

13 November 2019

09.00–12.00 Workshop Academic writing jointly with NAFOL students. Professor Pat Thompson (University of Nottingham)

12.00–13.00 Lunch

13.00–14.40 Paper presentations doctoral students

  • The same groups will meet again. Four of the students will present a paper (20 min.) and a senior researcher will discuss the papers (15 min.) at the end of the session. This will be a regular conference presentation and power points may be used.

14.40–15.30 Tips of how to get published

15.30–16.00 Break

16.00–16.30 Department of Teacher Education, NTNU. Presentation of PhD program and NAFOL. Professor Kari Smith (NTNU)

18.30 Cultural event and dinner at Rockheim Museum

14 November 2019

09.00–09.30 The Finnish partner: Presentation of institution – key issues in doctoral education in Finland. Representative from Finnish partner institution

09.30–09.45 Break

09.45–10.15 The Icelandic partner: Presentation of institution – key issues in doctoral education in Iceland. Representative from Icelandic partner institution

10.15–11.45 Meeting the resource experts – speed dating. Resource people inform about their work and respond to questions

11.45–12.45 Lunch

12.45–14.30 Summary academic writing. Professor Pat Thompson (University of Nottingham)

14.30–14.45 Break

14.45–15.30 Plenary discussion: Your suggestions for NorTED’s work

  • Summing up the seminar