Future Skills lab

Objective

The research group work with studies related to future skills where this is understood as:

1) Skills that provide opportunities for self-development, lifelong learning and adapting to a changing reality.
2) Build a better society and succeed in life and at work.

Through the work with systematic review, there are five skills or competencies that stand out: creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication and digital literacy.

The research group will develop methods for operationalizing and understanding these skills. Standardized approaches are relevant, but also alternative research designs. A special focus will be on understanding processes of change and how to develop research design with interventions that can promote these skills. 

Activities

The group has regular meetings and emphasize both building research competence and having a continuous production of national and international research publications. The group aims to build a research network on the topic of "future skills" both nationally and internationally and prepare applications for larger projects with external funding.

Methodological approaches

The research activity is based on various methodological approaches. Both qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research will characterize research work in the group, but also purely theoretical contributions, artistic contributions, and neuropsychological contributions. 

Members

Professor Helga Synnevåg Løvoll (AKF, leder)

Professor Wenche Torrissen (AKF)

Professor Siv Gamlem (AHL)

Professor Øyvind Økland (ASH)

Ph.d.-stipendiat Eleanor Dodson (AKF)

Ph.d.-stipendiat Raul Ruis-Grau (ASH)

Professor Knut-Willy Sæther (AHL)

Førsteamanuensis Violeta L. Botellero (AKF)

Ph.d.-stipendiat Dag Erik Wold (AKF/AHL)

External members:

Associate Professor Eduardo Fernández Jiménez, Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology and Mental Health of La Paz University Hospital and Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain

Associate Professor Gunvor M. Dyrdal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)