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Berit Overå Johannesen

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Berit Overå Johannesen

Associate Professor
Department of Psychology

berit.johannesen@ntnu.no
+4773550869 Bygg 12, 12.415, Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1
Publications Teaching Outreach

Publications

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2025

  • Ramberg, Oda Slettebak; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2025) Unge voksnes barndomserfaringer­ med flytting mellom to hjem – en kvalitativ studie. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet)
    Academic article

2024

  • Thilliampalam, Aparna Malin; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2024) Who to marry? Norwegian-Tamil young adults reflecting on their conditions for partner choice. A narrative approach to intergenerational change processes. Culture & Psychology
    Academic article

2020

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2020) Stories told: integrational processes as experienced by immigrants with African backgrounds living in Norway. Ethnic and Racial Studies
    Academic article

2018

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå; Moe, Gjertrud. (2018) På egne premisser. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet)
    Feature article
  • Moe, Gjertrud; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2018) Fem fortellinger om å "få" ADHD i ungdommen og om å leve med diagnosen som ung voksen. Psykologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

2017

  • Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2017) Selvbestemmelse for ungdom med minoritetsbakgrunn og utviklingshemming – å måtte velge mellom familien og velferdsstaten?. SOR rapport
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2017) Forstår vi hverandre egentlig?. Fontene
    Feature article

2016

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2016) "My children are Norwegian but I am a foreigner": Experiences of African immigrant parents within Norwegian welfare society. Nordic Journal of Migration Research
    Academic article

2015

  • Sackey, Enoch Tawiah; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2015) Earning identity and respect through work: A study of children involved in fishing and farming practices in Cape Coast, Ghana. Childhood
    Academic article

2014

  • Corsaro, William A.; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Collective Identity, Intergenerational Relations, and Civic Society: Transition Rituals among Norwegian Russ. Journal of contemporary ethnography
    Academic article

2013

  • Corsaro, William A.; Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2013) "My mother and father are African, but I'm Norwegian": Immigrant Children's participation in Civic society in Norway. Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2013) Perspektiver på fantasilek. Psykologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

2010

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2010) Production de sens et positionnement moral dans les jeux d'imagination lego. Presses Universitaires de Rennes
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2010) Norwegian children negotiating cross-gender play. Oulu University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2008

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2008) Rapport fra observasjonsuke i SFO H-07. Psykologisk Institutt - NTNU
    Report
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2008) Rapport fra observasjonsuke om IKT i barnehagen. Psykologisk institutt, NTNU
    Report

2007

  • Corsaro, William A.; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2007) The creation of new cultures in peer interaction. Cambridge University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2006

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2006) Rapport fra observasjonsuke i SFO. Psykologisk institutt, NTNU
    Report
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2006) Deltakende observasjon og videoanalyser av barns samspill i lek metodiske, analytiske og teoretiske overveielser i relasjon til egen og annen forskning innenfor området barn, lek og samspill. Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2006) Å holde på med Lego, en empirisk studie i meningsdannelse. NTNU Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
    Doctoral dissertation

2002

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2002) "Virkelighet" forstått i lys av Wittgensteins Filosofiske undersøkelser og Gibsons The ecological approach to visual perception. Agora
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Ramberg, Oda Slettebak; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2025) Unge voksnes barndomserfaringer­ med flytting mellom to hjem – en kvalitativ studie. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet)
    Academic article
  • Thilliampalam, Aparna Malin; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2024) Who to marry? Norwegian-Tamil young adults reflecting on their conditions for partner choice. A narrative approach to intergenerational change processes. Culture & Psychology
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2020) Stories told: integrational processes as experienced by immigrants with African backgrounds living in Norway. Ethnic and Racial Studies
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå; Moe, Gjertrud. (2018) På egne premisser. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (Psykologtidsskriftet)
    Feature article
  • Moe, Gjertrud; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2018) Fem fortellinger om å "få" ADHD i ungdommen og om å leve med diagnosen som ung voksen. Psykologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2017) Selvbestemmelse for ungdom med minoritetsbakgrunn og utviklingshemming – å måtte velge mellom familien og velferdsstaten?. SOR rapport
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2017) Forstår vi hverandre egentlig?. Fontene
    Feature article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2016) "My children are Norwegian but I am a foreigner": Experiences of African immigrant parents within Norwegian welfare society. Nordic Journal of Migration Research
    Academic article
  • Sackey, Enoch Tawiah; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2015) Earning identity and respect through work: A study of children involved in fishing and farming practices in Cape Coast, Ghana. Childhood
    Academic article
  • Corsaro, William A.; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Collective Identity, Intergenerational Relations, and Civic Society: Transition Rituals among Norwegian Russ. Journal of contemporary ethnography
    Academic article
  • Corsaro, William A.; Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2013) "My mother and father are African, but I'm Norwegian": Immigrant Children's participation in Civic society in Norway. Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2013) Perspektiver på fantasilek. Psykologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2006) Deltakende observasjon og videoanalyser av barns samspill i lek metodiske, analytiske og teoretiske overveielser i relasjon til egen og annen forskning innenfor området barn, lek og samspill. Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
    Academic article
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2002) "Virkelighet" forstått i lys av Wittgensteins Filosofiske undersøkelser og Gibsons The ecological approach to visual perception. Agora
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2010) Production de sens et positionnement moral dans les jeux d'imagination lego. Presses Universitaires de Rennes
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2010) Norwegian children negotiating cross-gender play. Oulu University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Corsaro, William A.; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2007) The creation of new cultures in peer interaction. Cambridge University Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2008) Rapport fra observasjonsuke i SFO H-07. Psykologisk Institutt - NTNU
    Report
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2008) Rapport fra observasjonsuke om IKT i barnehagen. Psykologisk institutt, NTNU
    Report
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2006) Rapport fra observasjonsuke i SFO. Psykologisk institutt, NTNU
    Report
  • Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2006) Å holde på med Lego, en empirisk studie i meningsdannelse. NTNU Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
    Doctoral dissertation

Teaching

Courses

  • PSY1110 - The History of Psychology and Academic Communication
  • PSYK4110 - The history of psychology and academic communication

Outreach

2018

  • Poster
    Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2018) Self-determination for young people in Norway with minority background and developmental disabilities -having to choose between the family and the welfare state?. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Congress , Guelph 2018-07-01 - 2018-07-05
  • Poster
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2018) Navigating Citizenship: Experiences of African Families living in Mid Norway. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Congress , Guelph 2018-07-01 - 2018-07-05
  • Poster
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2018) Navigating citizenship: Experiences of African families living in Middle-Norway . 24th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology 2018-07-01 - 2018-07-05
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Wimbarti, S.. (2018) Shared meals and neighborhood walks. Longitudinal and comparative perspectives on emerging personhood in 1-3 year olds in Norway and Indonesia. . 24th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology 2018-07-01 - 2018-07-05
  • Academic lecture
    Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2018) Selvbestemmelse for ungdom med minoritetsbakgrunn og utviklingshemming. Norsk Nettverk for forskning om funksjonshemming 2018-06-04 - 2018-06-05

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2016) A study of social inclusion processes among African families with children who have disability. Norsk nettverk for forskning om funksjonshemming , Trondheim 2016-05-09 - 2016-05-10
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Wimbarti, Supra. (2016) Language use and the production of social space during episodes of outdoor free play among kindergarten children in Norway and Indonesia. The VII conference on childhood studies. , Turku 2016-06-06 - 2016-06-08
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2016) Stories told: Some African migrants’ Norwegian parenting experiences. The 18th Nordic Migration Conference. , Oslo 2016-08-11 - 2016-08-12
  • Academic lecture
    Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2016) En undersøkelse av sosiale inkluderingsprosesser blant Afrikanske familier i Midt -Norge med barn som har funksjonsnedsettelse. Norwegian Network on Disability Research 7 Forskningskonferanse , Trondheim 2016-05-09 - 2016-05-10
  • Academic lecture
    Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2016) My children are Norwegian but I am a foreigner: experiences of African immigrant parents within Norwegian welfare society. Nørd universitet Seminar , Bodø 2016-06-14 -
  • Academic lecture
    Raaum, Irene Buseth; Johannesen, Berit Overå; Flaten, Magne. (2016) Does the introduction of feedback on compulsory activities have an effect on student’s grades in large classes?. Center for Resarch in Learning and Teaching, Virginia Tech Conference on Teaching in Large Classes , Blacksburg, VA 2016-07-21 - 2016-07-21

2015

  • Interview
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2015) -Brukes med varsomhet (Kommentar om barneomsorg og standardiserte utviklingsidealer). Byavisa Byavisa [Newspaper] 2015-11-18
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Wimbarti, Supra. (2015) Kindergarden children’s construction of participatory spaces. Comparative views from rural Indonesia and Norway. A focus on the Norwegian data. . Cross-cultural workshop with preschool teachers , Fakultas Psikologi, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 2015-03-18 - 2015-03-19

2014

  • Programme participation
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Utviklingspsykologi episode 3: Språket. NRK P1 Kveldsåpent NRK P1 Kveldsåpent [Radio] 2014-10-15
  • Programme participation
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Utviklingspsykologi episode 1: Starten. NRK P1 Kveldsåpent NRK P1 Kveldsåpent [Radio] 2014-10-02
  • Programme participation
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Utviklingspsykologi episode 5: Leik. NRK P1 Kveldsåpent NRK P1 Kveldsåpent [Radio] 2014-10-29
  • Programme participation
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Utviklingspsykologi episode 6: Vennskap. NRK P1 Kveldsåpent NRK P1 Kveldsåpent [Radio] 2014-11-13
  • Interview
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Barndomsforskning i Indonesia. Jogja insights (Indonesisk TV-program) Jogja insights (Indonesisk TV-program) [TV] 2014-12-31
  • Programme participation
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Utviklingspsykologi episode 2: Byrjande forståing. NRK P1 Kveldsåpent NRK P1 Kveldsåpent [Radio] 2014-10-09
  • Programme participation
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) Utviklingspsykologi episode 4: Sjølvet. NRK P1 Kveldsåpent NRK P1 Kveldsåpent [Radio] 2014-10-23
  • Academic lecture
    Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2014) "I am an African but my Children are Norwegian": Experiences of African Parents Raising their Children in Norwegian Context. 22nd International Congress Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology , Reims 2014-07-15 - 2014-07-19

2013

  • Interview
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2013) Legoansiktene blir stadig sintere, hva betyr det for barnas lek?. Kveldsåpent P1 Kveldsåpent P1 [Radio] 2013-06-16
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2013) Multiculture, intergenerational relations and identity development - a case of (children in) immigrant families in Trøndelag. Workshop Children’s everyday lives (children 0-18) , Oslo 2013-06-03 - 2013-06-04
  • Academic lecture
    Appoh, Lily; Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2013) “I am an African but my Children are Norwegian”: Experiences of African Parents Raising their Children in Norwegian Context. The 15 National Conference on Social and Community Psychology , Bergen 2013-11-20 - 2013-11-21

2012

  • Programme participation
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2012) Hvordan forholde seg som foreldre dersom man har et barn med spesielt gode evner. Kveldsåpent NRK P1 Kveldsåpent NRK P1 [Radio] 2012-04-23
  • Academic lecture
    Corsaro, William A.; Johannesen, Berit Overå; Appoh, Lily. (2012) “My Mother and Father Are African, But I’m Norwegian”:Immigrant Children’s Participation in Civil Society in Norway. Workshop at Department of Sociology, University of Padua 2012-06-15 -

2011

  • Interview
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2011) Bør vi bekymre oss over at barn sier stygge ord?. Nattåpent P1 Nattåpent P1 [Radio] 2011-05-15
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Corsaro, W.. (2011) Italian and Norwegian children and youth perception and participation in civic events related to life transitions. Seminar ved Høgskolen i Oslo , Oslo 2011-06-21 -

2008

  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå; Corsaro, William A.. (2008) Children and Civic Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perseption and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions. "Active Citizenship: Democratic Practices in Education" the 9th Annual Conference of the International Step by Step Association , Budapest 2008-10-09 - 2008-10-12
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2008) Children's participation in cultural change. Northern childhood - lenses to childresn's lives in northern areas , University of Oulu 2008-11-23 - 2008-11-25

2007

  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2007) Meaning making and moral positioning in children's fantasy play with lego. Children’s cultures: universality and diversity , Nantes 2007-03-15 - 2007-03-17

2004

  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2004) Play as a dialogue. On shared experiences and intentional actions emerging within a community of lego-playing children. Third internaional conference on the dialogical self 2004-08-26 -
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2004) Playing reality into being. Linguistic regularities within Lego play as a gateway to an analysis of meaning production. National research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) , Helsinki 2004-06-17 -

2003

  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2003) A study of children's life world structures as they emerge in play situations. An example of two boys collectively enhancing their individual agency though the just distributions of Legos. XI European Conference on Developmental Psychology , Milano 2003-08-27 - 2003-08-31
  • Academic lecture
    Johannesen, Berit Overå. (2003) Co-regulation processes and microgenetic designs. An example of two boys collectively enhancing their individual agency through the just distribution of Legos. XIth European Conference on Developmental Psychology , Milan, Italy 2003-08-31 -

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