Journal publications

• Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus. (2021) Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). vol. 18 (7).
• Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Storli, Rune; Sando, Ole Johan. (2021) The relationship between indoor environments and children’s play – confined spaces and materials. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education.
• Porsanger, Lise; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2021) Risk and Safety Management in Physical Education: Teachers’ Perceptions. Education Sciences. vol. 11 (7).
• Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2021) Risky Play and Children’s Well-Being, Involvement and Physical Activity. Child Indicators Research. vol. 14.
• Seland, Monica; Moe, Børge; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2021) Harassment in ECEC institutions: 4- to 6-year-old children’s experiences. Early Years.
• Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Kleppe, Rasmus; Sando, Ole Johan. (2020) The Prevalence of Risky Play in Young Children’s Indoor and Outdoor Free Play. Early Childhood Education Journal.
• Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Storli, Rune; Sando, Ole Johan. (2020) The dynamic relationship between outdoor environments and children’s play. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education.
• Obee, Patricia; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Gerlach, Alicon; Harper, Nevin J.. (2020) Lessons Learned from Norway on Risky Play in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Early Childhood Education Journal.
• Obee, Patricia; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Harper, Nevin. (2020) Children’s use of environmental features affording risky play in early childhood education and care. Early Child Development and Care.
• Sando, Ole Johan; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2020) Affordances for physical activity and well-being in the ECEC outdoor environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology. vol. 69.
• Kleppe, Rasmus; Sando, Ole Johan; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2020) Innendørs risikofylt lek – et bidrag til spenning og variasjon i barnehagens lekemiljøer. Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education. vol. 4 (2).
• Storli, Rune; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Sando, Ole Johan. (2020) Children's Involvement in Free Play and the Use of Play Materials in the Outdoor Early Childhood Education and Care Environment. Children, Youth and Environments. vol. 30 (1).
• Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Cordovil, Rita; Hagen, Trond Løge; Lopes, Frederico. (2019) Barriers for Outdoor Play in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions: Perception of Risk in Children’s Play among European Parents and ECEC Practitioners. Child Care in Practice. vol. 26 (2).
• Storli, Rune; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2019) Children's play, well-being and involvement: how children play indoors and outdoors in Norwegian early childhood education and care institutions. International Journal of Play. vol. 8 (1).
• Wyver, Shirley; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2019) A playful introduction. International Journal of Play. vol. 8 (1).
• İvrendi, Asiye; Cevher-Kalburan, Nilgün; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Storli, Rune; Sivertsen, Anne Holla. (2019) Children, mothers, and preschool teachers’ perceptions of play: Findings from Turkey and Norway. Journal of Early Childhood Studies. vol. 3 (1).
• Kleppe, Rasmus; Melhuish, Edward; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2017) Identifying and characterizing risky play in the age one-to-three years. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. vol. 25 (3).
• Sando, Ole Johan; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Pareliussen, Ingar; Egset, Camilla Kalvatn. (2017) Injuries in Norwegian early childhood and care (ECEC) institutions. Nordisk Barnehageforskning. vol. 14.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Seland, Monica. (2017) 4-6 year-Old Children's Experience of Subjective Well-Being and Social Relations in ECEC Institutions. Child Indicators Research. vol. 11.
• Storli, Rune; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2017) Gender matters: male and female ECEC practitioners’ perceptions and practices regarding children's rough-and-tumble play (R&T). European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. vol. 25 (6).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Sando, Ole Johan. (2016) We don't allow Children to climb trees: how a Focus on Safety Affects Norwegian CHildren's Play in Early-Childhood and Care Settings. American Journal of Play. vol. 8 (2).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Seland, Monica. (2016) Norske 4-6 åringers trivsel i barnehagen. Første steg.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Storli, Rune. (2016) Hvordan skape gode utemiljøer for barn?. Park og anlegg. vol. 7.
• Brussoni, Mariana; Brunelle, Sara; Pike, Ian; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Herrington, Susan; Turner, Heather; Belair, Scott; Logan, Louise; Fuselli, Pamela; Ball J., David. (2015) Can child injury prevention include healthy risk promotion?. Injury Prevention. vol. 21 (5).
• Brussoni, Mariana; Gibbons, Rebecca; Gray, Casey; Ishikawa, Takuro; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Bienenstock, Adam; Chabot, Guylaine; Fuselli, Pamela; Herrington, Susan; Janssen, Ian; Pickett, William; Power, Marlene; Stanger, Nick; Sampson, Margaret; Tremblay, Mark S.. (2015) What is the relationship between risky outdoor play and health in children? A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). vol. 12 (6).
• Gray, Casey; Gibbons, Rebecca; Larouche, Richard; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Bienenstock, Adam; Brussoni, Mariana; Chabot, Guylaine; Herrington, Susan; Janssen, Ian; Pickett, William; Power, Marlene; Stanger, Nick; Sampson, Margaret; Tremblay, Mark S.. (2015) What is the relationship between outdoor time and physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and physical fitness in children? A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). vol. 12 (6).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2015) Innledningsartikkel til spesialnummer om Barn og rom. Nordisk Barnehageforskning. vol. 10.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Seland, Monica. (2015) Children's experience of activities and participation and their subjective well-being in Norwegian early childhood eduaction and care institutions. Child Indicators Research.
• Seland, Monica; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Bratterud, Åse. (2015) One- to three-year-old children’s experience of subjective wellbeing in day care. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. vol. 16 (1).
• Storli, Rune; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2015) Preschool teachers’ perceptions of children's rough-and-tumble play (R&T) in indoor and outdoor environments. Early Child Development and Care. vol. 185 (11-12).
• Tremblay, Mark S.; Gray, Casey; Babcock, Shawna; Barnes, Joel; Bradstreet, Christa Costas; Carr, Dawn; Chabot, Guylaine; Choquette, Louise; Chorney, David; Collyer, Cam; Herrington, Susan; Janson, Katherine; Janssen, Ian; Larouche, Richard; Pickett, William; Power, Marlene; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Simon, Brenda; Brussoni, Mariana. (2015) Position statement on active outdoor play. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). vol. 12 (6).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2014) Early childhood education and care practitioners' perceptions of childrens's risky play; examining the influence of personality and gender. Early Child Development and Care. vol. 184 (3).
• Prince, Heather; Allin, Linda; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Ãrlemalm-Hagsèr, Eva. (2013) Outdoor play and learning in early childhood from different cultural perspectives. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. vol. 13 (3).
• Bratterud, Åse; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Seland, Monica. (2012) Er barnehagene gode nok?. Barnehagefolk.
• Little, Helen; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Wyver, Shirley. (2012) Early childhood teachers' beliefs about children's risky play in Australia and Norway. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. vol. 13 (4).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2012) Children's risky play in Early Childhood Education and Care. ChildLinks. vol. 3.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2012) Den risikofylte lekens vilkår. Kroppsøving. vol. 62 (2).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2012) Forsker på barns lek. Slipp barna fri! (intervju). Tidsskriftet Steinerskolen. vol. 4.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2012) Restrictive Safety or Unsafe Freedom? Norwegian ECEC Practitioners' Perceptions and Practices Concerning Children's Riske Play. Child Care in Practice. vol. 18 (1).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Little, Helen; Wyver, Shirley. (2012) Does theory and pedagogy have an impact on provisions for outdoor learning? A comparison of approaches in Australia and Norway. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. vol. 12 (3).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2011) Den risikofylte lekens vilkår i barnehagen. Barnehagefolk.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen. (2011) Children’s Risky Play from an Evolutionary Perspective: The Anti-Phobic Effects of Thrilling Experiences. Evolutionary Psychology. vol. 9 (2).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2010) "It tickles in my tummy!" - Understanding children`s risk-taking in play, through Reversal Theory. Journal of Early Childhood Research. vol. 8 (1).
• Wyver, Shirley; Tranter, Paul; Naughton, Geraldine; Little, Helen; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Bundy, Anita. (2010) Ten ways to restrict childrens freedom to play. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. vol. 11 (3).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2009) Affordances for risky play in preschool: The importance of features in the play environment. Early Childhood Education Journal. vol. 36.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2009) Characteristics of risky play. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. vol. 9 (1).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2009) Children's expressions of exhilaration and fear in risky play. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. vol. 10 (2).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2009) Risky play and risk management in Norwegian preschools - a qualitative observational study. Safety Science Monitor. vol. 13 (1).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2007) Categorising risky play-how can we identify risk-taking in children's play?. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. vol. 15 (2).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2000) Barn i fysisk aktivitet. MMIs data om barns deltakelse og involvering i idrett og egenorganisert fysisk aktivitet. Barn. vol. 17 (2).
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Breivik, Gunnar. (2000) Sensation seeking as a predictor of positive and negative risk behaviour among adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences. vol. 30.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (1998) Spenning og risiko - noen ungdommer hopper i fallskjerm mens andre gjør innbrudd. Barn. vol. 1.

Books

• Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Storli, Rune. (2020) Barnehagens fysiske inne- og utemiljø. Inspirasjon til lek. Universitetsforlaget. 2020. ISBN 978-82-15-03443-0.
• Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Hagen, Trond Løge; Moser, Thomas. (2018) Kroppslighet i Barnehagen: Pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2018. ISBN 978-82-05-51221-4.
• Waller, Tim; Ãrlemalm-Hagsèr, Eva; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Lee-Hammond, Libby; Lekies, Kristi; Wyver, Shirley. (2017) The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning. Sage Publications. 2017. ISBN 978-1-4739-2660-8.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Jensen, Jens-Ole. (2014) Vilt og farlig - om barns og unges bevegelseslek. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2014. ISBN 9788205469457.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Hagen, Trond Løge; Moser, Thomas. (2013) Barnas Barnehage 3: Kroppslighet i Barnehagen - Pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse (2. utgave). Gyldendal Akademisk. 2013. ISBN 978-82-05-45382-1.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Hagen, Trond Løge; Moser, Thomas. (2010) Kroppslighet i barnehagen; pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse. Gyldendal Akademisk. 2010. ISBN 9788205397729.
• Lysklett, Olav Bjarne; Buaas, Ellen Holst; Bakke, Hjørdis H. K.; Hagen, Trond Løge; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2006) Temahefte om natur og miljø. 2006.

Part of book/report

• Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2020) Prosjektet EnCompetence: Bakgrunn, metode og hovedresultater. Barnehagens fysiske inne- og utemiljø. Inspirasjon til lek..
• Tobiassen, May Liss Olsen; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate. (2020) Hva gjør barna når de ikke leker i barnehagens tid til frilek?. Barnehagens fysiske inne- og utemiljø. Inspirasjon til lek..
• Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Ball, David. (2018) Risky Play and Growing Up: How to Understand the Overprotection of the Next Generation. Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Little, Helen; Ball J., David; Eager, David; Brussoni, Mariana. (2017) Risk and Safety in Outdoor Play. The SAGE Handbook of Outdoor Play and Learning.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Lysklett, Olav Bjarne. (2017) Outdoor education in the Nordic region. International Handbook of Early Childhood Education.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Hagen, Trond Løge. (2016) Scandinavian early childhood education: spending time in the outdoors. Routledge International Handbook of Outdoor Studies.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Lysklett, Olav Bjarne. (2016) Outdoor education in the Nordic region. Nordic Social Pedagogical Approach to Early Years Learning.
• Sandseter, Ellen B Hansen. (2014) Early years outdoor play in Scandinavia. Exploring Outdoor Play in the Early Years.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2014) Boblene glede og sug i magen: risikofylt lek i barnehagen. Vilt og farlig - om barns og unges bevegelseslek.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Sando, Ole Johan; Pareliussen, Ingar; Egset, Camilla Kalvatn. (2014) Kan man unngå det uungåelige? Skader og sikkerhetsfokus i norske barnehager. Vilt og farlig - om barns og unges bevegelseslek.
• Sandseter, Ellen B Hansen. (2013) Learning risk management through play. Varied Perspectives on Play and Learning: Theory and Research on Early Years Education.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Hagen, Trond Løge. (2013) Norwegian early childhood education and care. The adeventure of exploring diverse outdoor environments. Abenteuer, Natur und frühe Bildung.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Little, Helen. (2012) Rom for risikofylt lek i barnehagen - en komparativ studie av fysiske omgivelsers betydning for risikofylt lek i Australia og Norge. FoU i Praksis 2011. Rapport fra konferanse om praksisrettet FoU i lærerutdanning. Trondheim, 26. og 27. april 2011.
• Wyver, Shirley; Tranter, Paul; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Naughton, Geraldine; Little, Helen; Bundy, Anita; Ragen, Jo; Engelen, Lina. (2012) Places to play outdoors: Sedentary and safe or active and risky?. Perspectives, Places and Practices.
• Hagen, Trond Løge; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2010) Bevegelseslek i innemiljø. Kroppslighet i barnehagen; pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse.
• Hagen, Trond Løge; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2010) Sikkerhet ved bevegelseslek i barnehagen. Kroppslighet i barnehagen; pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse.
• Kibsgaard, Sonja; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2010) Bevegelseslek i barnekulturen, tradisjoner og kulturelt mangfold. Kroppslighet i barnehagen; pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2010) Det opplevelses- og spenningssøkende barnet. Kroppslighet i barnehagen; pedagogisk arbeid med kropp, bevegelse og helse.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2010) "Når det kile i magen, må æ bare flir og hyl!" Betydningen av barns risikofylte lek. Barnas Barnehage 2 - Barn i utvikling.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2010) Speningsfylt aktivitet i barnehagens uteområde - å balansere mellom trygghet og risiko. Måltider og fysisk aktivitet i barnehagen.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2007) Barns risikofylte lek i barnehagen - en pilotstudie. FoU i Praksis 2006.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2007) Risky Play Among Four and Five Year-old Children in Preschool. Vision into Practice. Making Quality a Reality in the Lives of Young People.
• Alvestad, Marit; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Moser, Thomas; Pettersvold, Mari. (2005) Forskningsnettverket Barnehageliv. Lek, læring, omsorg og oppdragelse i barnehagepraksis. FoU i praksis 2005. Konferanserapport.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2000) Spenningsbehov og risikomestring. Ut, naturligvis! Barn, natur og uteaktiviteter.

Report/dissertation

• Kernan, Margaret; Cortellesi, Giulia; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Seland, Monica; Sivertsen, Anne Holla; Rimul, Johanne. (2018) The Psychosocial Well-being of Young Children in ECEC Settings: Research Report of the SEED Project (2017-2019). 2018.
• Sivertsen, Anne Holla; Seland, Monica; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Rimul, Johanne. (2018) Psykososial well-being hos barnehagebarn. En studie fra fem europeiske land. 2018.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Seland, Monica. (2015) Barns trivsel i Oslobarnehagen 2015. 2015.
• Sando, Ole Johan; Lundheim, Rolv Sigmund; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Pareliussen, Ingar. (2014) Kommuners rutiner og praksis for å følge opp ulykker/hendelser som medfører skader på barn i barnehager. Rapport fra DMMH til Utdanningsdirektoratet. 2014.
• Sandseter, Ellen B Hansen; Sando, Ole Johan; Pareliussen, Ingar; Egset, Camilla Kalvatn. (2013) Kartlegging av hendelser og ulykker som medfører skade på barn i barnehagen. 2013.
• Bratterud, Åse; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Seland, Monica. (2012) Barns trivsel og medvirkning i barnehagen. Barn, foreldre og ansattes perspektiver. 2012. ISBN 978-82-91927-18-3. Skriftserien til Barnevernets utviklingssenter i Midt-Norge (21).
• Ãrlemalm-Hagsèr, Eva; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Waller, Tim; Wyver, Shirley; Maynard, Trisha. (2010) The dynamics of early childhood spaces: Opportunities for outdoor play. 2010.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (2010) Scaryfunny: A qualitative study of risky play among preschool children. 2010.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Hagen, Trond Løge. (2005) Klart vi kan klatre!. 2005.
• Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen. (1999) Ung og aktiv. En rapport om barn og ungdoms deltakelse og involvering i idrett og egenorganisert fysisk aktivitet. 1999.