Bent Olsen
Background and activities
Research areas:
Educational sociology
Sociological approaches to professions and pre-school
· Knowledge profiles within teacher training programmes
· Tensions of exchange between educational practices, professional knowledge and educational theory (following Aristotle, Durkheim and Bourdieu)
· Educational discourses, their historical, societal and professional roots
Body and pedagogical practice
Social class, lifestyles and educational practice
Social differences in relation to the family, day-care, school and educational system
State, government and market
Knowledge and symbolic domination
Epistemology and the historical epistemology
School architecture and symbols
Positions
I have an academic degree in pedagogy from the University of Copenhagen from 1985 and a Ph.D. degree from the Danish University of Education, 2006.
Since 1985 I have been preoccupied with educational research and served within a broader range of teacher training enterprises. From 2000, I have been employed as a Danish University of Education.
I was employed as assistant Professor of educational sociology the 1. December 2007, and professor of educational sociology from 2010 at the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning.
Ongoing research
· The importance of social background for professional's and educational preferences.
· Gender differences in the educational preferences among staff in the pre-school settings.
· Professional knowledge and symbolic domination.
Current and upcoming projects
The Norwegian educational field: structure, positions and preferences
On comparing A. patterns of professional educational knowledge with B. patterns of social heredity and accumulation of capital among teacher trainers and educational researchers.
TO COMFORTA CHILD
On cultural, bodily and pre-reflexive capacities of professionals in kindergartens.
The symbolic effect of symbol: On ornamentation and decoration of schools in a time of crisis
On generation, reproduction and symbolic power.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2020) Kønnene i sociologisk krydsild: De vil have flere mænd ind i børnehaverne, men hvorfor egentlig?. Kvinder, Køn og Forskning.
- (2020) Når magten slår sig sammen med magien: et nærstudie af dannelsespædagogikkens hemmeligheder. Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie.
- (2019) Does cultural capital matter in professional settings? Educational value profiles among the personnel in kindergartens. International Research in Early Childhood Education. vol. 9 (1).
- (2019) Fortællinger fra lærerværelsets underverden i afprofessionaliseringens tidsalder. Unge Pædagoger.
- (2019) Når det nationale sniger sig ind i det lokale: En hverdagspraktisk kritik af hånen. Point of view international.
- (2018) Den upåagtede og den politiske stigmatisering af straffedømte. Fængselsfunktionæren.
- (2018) Har et vejskilt, krokodiller og retspolitisk praksis noget med hinanden at gøre?. Social kritik : tidsskrift for social analyse og debat.
- (2018) Med Foucault på tur i skilteskoven. Trafik & Veje.
- (2018) Gender and distribution of educational values among the staff in kindergartens. Early Child Development and Care. vol. 188 (8).
- (2018) Kønnene i sociologisk krydsild:Gør det mandlige personale i børnehaverne egentlig nogen forskel?. Praktiske grunde. Tidsskrift for kultur og samfunnsvitenskab. vol. 3-4.
- (2017) Universitetspedagogikk & universitetspolitikk. REPLIKK – Tidsskrift for samfunnsvitskap og humaniora.
- (2017) Mænd i børnehaven – gør de egentlig nogen forskel?. Tidsskrift for professionsstudier.
- (2015) Det er ikke den enkelte som har valgt prinsippene for sine valg. Introduksjon til Bourdieu & pedagogikk. Barnehagefolk.
- (2015) Foregribelsens dialektik: ”skolens” nærvær i børnehavens pædagogiske værdiunivers. Nordisk Barnehageforskning. vol. 11.
- (2015) Lærerarbejdet mellem konceptstyring og professionsetos : om liv og modstandsformer i skolestrukturerne. Acta didactica Norden. vol. 9 (1).
- (2015) Magt & meninger: Pædagogiske værdiprofiler blandt personalet i danske børnehaver. Nordisk Barnehageforskning. vol. 9.
- (2015) Sammenhænge mellem social oprindelse og pædagogiske profiler blandt personalet i danske børnehaver. Praktiske grunde. Tidsskrift for kultur og samfunnsvitenskab. vol. 2015 (3-4).
- (2014) Kunnskap og symbolsk dominans. Første steg. vol. 10 (1).
- (2014) Kunnskap og symbolsk dominans - en studie av kampen om barnehagen. Paideia.
- (2014) Mener du virkelig det. Fire værdiprofiler blandt personalet i børnehaverne. Gjallerhorn.