The projects related to the Transactions group are:

Between Pupils 

BETWEEN PUPILS - Interaction, support and tensions in an inclusive pupil-culture. The project is led by Simon Michelet.

Computers and Digital Networks in the Lives of Young People in and out of School

COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL NETWORKS IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL The project is led by Håvard Skaar who is currently working on his Ph.D. thesis.

Cultural Complexities in digital stories

CULTURAL COMPLEXITIES IN DIGITAL STORIES The focus of the project, led by Professor Ola Erstad, goes towards studying the impact of digital storytelling in school based settings. 

Educational Pathways of Minority Youth

EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS OF MINORITY YOUTH This project is led by Professor Jon Lauglo. Project members invclude Kristin Hegna, Ingrid Smette (NOVA).

Education and civic engagement among Norwegian Youth

EDUCATION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AMONG NORWEGIAN YOUTH

Electronic Network in Political Activities

ELECTRONIC NETWORK IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES The research focus is on the World Wide Web made use of as a medium of political expression and civic engagement. The project is led by Knut G. Andersen, who is currently working on his Ph.D. thesis.

Evaluation as a Boundary Object

EVALUATION AS A BOUNDARY OBJECT. Discourses at municipal and school level. The project is led by Astrid Birgitte Eggen, who currently works as a post-doctoral researcher.

Evaluation of Private Schools

EVALUATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS IMPACT ON SOCIAL SEGREGATION IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLThis project is led by Professor, Jon Lauglo, Department for Educational Research, University of Oslo.
Project members include Håvard Helland, NIFU STEP.

International Youth Exchange as an Arena for learning and Identity Growth

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE AS AN ARENA FOR LEARNING AND IDENTITY GROWTH The aim of this project, led by Kristin Vasbø, is to examine the outcome of a short - term youth exchange from a youth perspective.

Inventio

INVENTIO

Knowing Identities - Inside and Outside the School

KNOWING IDENTITIES - INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL CONTEXT. Project leader: Hanne Sæthren Mostafa. This is a project within the research project Knowledge production and identity construction - school as part of the adolescent environment. 

Knowledge Building with Digital Tools

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING WITH DIGITAL TOOLS The aim of the project, led by Ola Erstad, is to study how different digital tools might support students in their knowledge building in different subjects.

Knowledge Production and Identity construction

KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION - Education as part of different growing up environments. The project, led by Sylvi Stenersen Hovednak, concentrates on the relationship between adolescence, education and identity.

Knowledge, Education and Learning

KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND LEARNING - Effects of multifunctional learning resources on interaction, learning, and teaching approaches. The project is led by Professor Svein Østerud.

Literacy and Converging Media

LITERACY AND CONVERGING MEDIA In the project, led by Prof Svein Østerud, the researchers use theoretical and methodological frameworks, such as 'cultural psychology', 'discursive psychology', 'actor-network theory', 'ethnomethodology' and 'semiotics in order to study how participants employ and coordinate different semiotic systems in order to carry out their tasks.

Media Producers of the Future

MEDIA PRODUCERS OF THE FUTURE The main in this project, led by Professor Ola Erstad, have been to study media production activities as part of media education in schools. This is the first quantitative study on 'Media and Communication' studies in schools in Norway.

Narrahand

NARRAHAND- A multimodal collaborative GPS-based fictional narrative, designed and led by Andrew Morrison, and developed by InterMediaLab and FasterImaging for use by young adult immigrants to Oslo as well as a range of students.

Negotiating Identity in the Internet Age

NEGOTIATING IDENTITY IN THE INTERNET AGE - The project, led by Liu Fengshu, aims to illuminate the role the Internet plays in identity construction by exploring the ways in which individuals (and groups) may appropriate this technology in negotiating their meaning making in an age when the organic unity of the world is no longer taken for granted.

Networks for Learning (Lærende Nettverk)

NETWORKS FOR LEARNING This is a large scale development program in Norway, which has been organized by the Directorate of Education, and from Spring 2008 taken over by ITU. On the national level there is an advisory board of experts, led by Professor Ola Erstad, leading the research being done in the program

Responsive Teaching and Evaluation

RESPONSIVE TEACHING AND EVALUATON - School as a learning organisation. The project is led by Prof. Sylvi Stenersen Hovdenak.

Social Capital

SOCIAL CAPITAL This project is  led by Elisabeth Backe-Hansen, who works as a researcher at NOVA. The project is funded by The Research Council of Norway (NFR) and Norwegian Social Research (NOVA).

Spaces and Places in Daily Life

SPACES AND PLACES IN DAILY LIFE

Knowledge Building with Digital Tools

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING WITH DIGITAL TOOLS - ELEVFORSK The aim of the project, led by Prof. Ola Erstad, is to study how different digital tools might support students in their knowledge building in different subjects.

Teacher Students' Learning

TEACHER STUDENTS' LEARNING - A socio-cultural perspective. The project is led by Britt Oda Fosse (doctoral researcher).

Transactions and the Idea of the Other

TRANSACTIONS AND THE IDEA OF THE OTHER In this research project, Kenneth Silseth seeks to explore different intersubjective processes in young peoples use of digital technology.

Transrhetoria

TRANSRHETORA

VLE as Actants in Didactic Practices

VLE AS ACTANTS IN DIDACTIC PRACTICESThe project, led by Monica Johannesen, examines how VLE use may affect teachers' work as professionals, in particular their autonomy.

Young Film Makes in a Digital World

YOUNG FILM MAKERS IN A DIGITAL WORLD This Ph.D. project, led by Øystein Gilje, highlights the concepts literacy and learning in digital editing processes