
Health and Life Skills Through Music, Arts and Culture in Education
Av Anne-Lise Heide, Kari Bjerke Batt-Rawden, Marit Stranden and Elin Angelo (Eds.)
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Harald Bentz Høgseth (dr.art.) holds a position as Professor of Arts and Crafts Education with focus on Craft at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and is appointed as professor in Conservation (Kulturvård) with focus on Craft Science, University of Gothenburg. Høgseth’ s background as skilled carpenter and archaeologist has influenced his scientific work. His approach is related to ontological and epistemological aspects of craft science. Hermeneutic- and phenomenologically oriented craft research related to Heidegger's existentialism and posthumanism has been carried out together with embodied learning in qualitative/ post qualitative studies.
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Dag Atle Lysne is an associate professor in biology and in teaching and learning of science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Teacher Education. His research interests include how learning can be contextualized and facilitated through place-based teaching in school and in teacher training.
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Erik R. Sund (PhD) is a researcher at the Trøndelag Health Study, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU. His research interests include epidemiology and public health.
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Egil Reistadbakk er førsteamanuensis i musikk og musikkpedagogikk ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU), Institutt for lærerutdanning. Hans forskningsinteresser inkluderer musikkteknologi, digital musikkskaping og populærmusikkpedagogikk. Han er også en aktiv utøvende musiker.
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Jenny Wiik is a project researcher and designer at Novia University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Welfare. In previous research and teaching in Åbo Akademi University they focused on Arts Policy, Gender and Art History and Visual Culture. Wiik has also worked as a professional freelance illustrator for 15+ years, and facilitated art workshops for all ages. Their current research interest is design and creative methods in the social and healthcare sector.

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Elin Angelo er professor i musikkpedagogikk ved NTNU (Institutt for musikk/ Institutt for lærerutdanning) og var fra 2021–2024 professor II ved Nord universitet (fakultet for lærerutdanning og kunst- og kulturfag). Hennes forskning dreier seg særlig om musikkundervisning og kulturskoleutvikling.
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Vegar Rangul (PhD) is Associated Professor in behavioral epidemiology at HUNT Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). His expertise is in behavioral epidemiology, measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in large epidemiological population studies. He has been project leader for several project with external founding, both educational programs and research projects. Currently leading a national educational programme in music-based caregiving at the Norwegian Resource Center for Arts and Health, financed by The Norwegian Directorate of Health.
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Anne-Lise Heide is associate professor of music at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Teacher Education. Her research interests include music, arts and wellbeing in education, interdisciplinarity and aesthetic learning processes in education.

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Ellen Foyn Bruun is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre at Department of Art and Media Studies, NTNU Trondheim. Her research contributions cover drama and theatre education in higher education, voicework, dramatherapy and applications of the arts in therapeutic and educational contexts.
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Jorid Bakken Steigumis Assistant Professor at the Department of Art, Design and Drama, Oslo Metropolitan University. She is a drama lecturer and pedagogical supervisor in teachers’ education. Her work experience covers secondary drama teaching and special counselling in students’ mental health in secondary education. Her research interests include drama and mental health along with diversity and minority perspectives.
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Marit Stranden (PhD) is CEO at the Norwegian Resource Center for Arts and Health (https://kulturoghelse.no/) and visiting associate professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She has a background in research, teaching, and management. The research interest has changed from neuroscience towards public health and the role of culture in perceived quality of life and sustainability.
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Monika Haga is professor of physical education and sports at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Teacher Education. She is a qualified physiotherapist and teacher in physical education/sports. Teaching and research interests include physical education, motor development and learning, motor competence, physical activity, health, and public health.

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Kari Bjerke Batt-Rawden is a sociologist, professor emerita in Health Sciences/Health Promotion at NTNU. She has her PhD studies from the University of Exeter, England in “Music and Health Promotion”. Batt-Rawden works with research and development work within nature-culture-health interplay from a salutogenic perspective. She has published several international and national publications.
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Sofia Lång is assistant professor of arts and crafts at Nord University, Faculty of Education and Arts. Her research interests include the aesthetic experience from a visual arts perspective, for the time being in early childhood education, as well as in conjunction with arts and health.
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Runa Hestad Jenssen (PhD) er førsteamanuensis i musikkpedagogikk ved Fakultet for lærerutdanning og kunst- og kulturfag ved Nord universitet. Runa har en bakgrunn som klassisk sanger, med lang erfaring som solist med ulike kor og orkestre, både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. Forskningen hennes fokuserer på stemme, inkluderende musikkpedagogiske praksiser, musikk og kjønn, politiske og sosiokulturelle aspekter ved sang.
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Elisabeth Nygård-Pearson is an Assistant Professor of Music at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Music and a Coordinator at Trondheim School of Culture. Her research interests include Music and Health in a hospital setting, the Kodaly method philosophy, Didactics in teaching and the collaboration between Primary Education and Music Schools.
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Ronald Kibirige (PhD) er musikk- og danselærer, forsker, utøver og musikkhåndverker. Han er førsteamanuensis i kunstutdanning ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU). Hans forskningsinteresser er å utforske tverrfaglige formelle og uformelle pedagogiske tilnærminger for musikk-, danse- og dans-musikk kunstutdanning, og ser derfor på dansing, musisering og dans-musisering som sosial-artistiske og sosialt situerte samfunnskulturelle spesifikke prosesser for å vite og gjøre.
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Kirsti Kvaløy (D.Phil.) is professor in epidemiology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and Nursing. She is also the PI of The Young-HUNT Study. Her research interests includes population-based studies on prevalence and trends related to disease and behavioural patterns. In addition, to explore the associations between exposures and health outcomes; cross-sectionally and longitudinally.
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Bente Irene Løkken (PhD) is a research advisor at the North Trøndelag hopital trust. She is an epidemiologist and her research interests include culture, activity and mental health within public health, biostatistics, healthcare, and international health (analytical approach). For the present book chapter, Løkken was a researcher at the Norwegian Resource Center for Arts and Health.