Ida Marie Lyså
About
Ida Marie Lyså is associate professor in interdisciplinary childhood and youth studies at the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning. She has a MA degree in social anthropology (UiB) and a PhD in interdisciplinary child research (NTNU). Idas PhD dissertation (2018) is about children’s everyday experiences with disciplinarian practices in kindergartens in Shanghai, China. Her postdoctoral project is about the experiences and aspirations of ghanaian youth about their contemporary and future lives in Accra, Ghana.
Ida teaches in several courses on BA, MA and PhD-level in interdisciplinary child research, and supervises master students in Mphil in Childhood studies.
Ida is an editor in the nordic journal BARN.
Academic interests:
- Anthropology and child research
- Culture, cultural encounters and migration
- Disciplinarian practices and children's everyday lives
- Qualitative methods, methodology and ethics in child research
- Decolonial and postcolonial theory
Research group membership:
Publications
2026
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Nilsen, Sindre Andreas;
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Ursin, Marit.
(2026)
Teddy bears: an artistic and collaborative exploration of masculinity-in-the-making in Norway.
NORMA - International Journal for Masculinity Studies
Academic article
2025
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Lorgen, Linn Cathrin;
Ursin, Marit;
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Jensen, Magnus Rom.
(2025)
The Published Child: Absences and Presences in 40 Years of Knowledge Production in the Nordic Journal Barn.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Academic article
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Lyså, Ida Marie;
Faye, Reidun.
(2025)
Exploring opportunities and pitfalls of nurturing empathy through Virtual Reality in higher education in Norway.
Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE)
Academic article
2024
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Ramirez, Carla;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2024)
Norskhet i bevegelse.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Anthology
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Lyså, Ida Marie;
Hoem, Irene Bisasso.
(2024)
«De leker gjemsel med N-ordet»: Et kulturanalytisk blikk på hverdagsrasisme i Norge.
Academic chapter
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Ramirez, Carla;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2024)
Norskhet og rasialisering – friksjon, omveltning og utvidelse.
Academic chapter
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Lyså, Ida Marie;
Satish, Kjersti.
(2024)
Norsk med hud og hår: Internasjonal adopsjon i Norge.
Academic chapter
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Ursin, Marit;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2024)
“Not Everyone Can Become a Rocket Scientist”: Decolonising Children’s Rights in Ethnic Minority Childhoods in Norway.
Social Sciences
Academic article
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Ursin, Marit;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2024)
The Cardamom Law and Postcolonial Re-readings in Times of War.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Editorial
2023
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Lyså, Ida Marie;
Vehkalahti, Kaisa;
Jouhki, Essi.
(2023)
Under the Radar: Children and Childhoods Missing from Nordic Childhood Studies.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Editorial
2022
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Abebe, Tatek;
Dar, Anandini;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2022)
Southern theories and decolonial childhood studies.
Childhood
Editorial
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Ursin, Marit;
Langfeldt, Camila Caldeira;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2022)
Relational rights and interdependent wellbeing: Exploring the experiences of an ethnic minority girl with the Norwegian Child Welfare service.
Global Studies of Childhood
Academic article
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Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2022)
Fra redaksjonen: Forestilt likhet i mangfoldige Norge.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Editorial
2021
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Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2021)
Managing Risk and Balancing Minds.
Transforming the Next Generation through ‘Frustration Education’.
Academic chapter
2020
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Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2020)
Embodying discipline: Remembering bodies and cultural values in Chinese kindergartens.
Academic chapter
2019
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Ursin, Marit;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2019)
Agency and Rights in Childhood (Norway).
Academic chapter
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Lyså, Ida Marie;
Ursin, Marit.
(2019)
Migration and Mobility in Childhood (Norway).
Academic chapter
2018
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Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2018)
Sammendrag av doktorgradsavhandlinger. Duties and Privileges: an Ethnographic study of Discipline as
Relational Practice in two urban Chinese Kindergartens.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norsk senter for barneforskning, Insitutt for
Research report
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Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2018)
Komparativ forskning på (barne)institusjoner - forskningsfokus og forsåelser av barn og barndom.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norsk senter for barneforskning, Insitutt for
Research report
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Lyså, Ida Marie;
Nilsen, Randi Dyblie;
Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen.
(2018)
Duties and Privileges: An Ethnographic Study of Discipline as Relational Practice in two Urban Chinese Kindergartens.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
2012
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Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2012)
Danningsbegrepet som analytisk begrep i lys av nyere barndomssosiologi.
Academic chapter
2009
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Lyså, Ida Marie;
McNeish, John Andrew.
(2009)
The ‘Brutal Freedom’ of Street Life. Challenges in Assisting Street Children out of Street Life.
Universitetet i Bergen
Master thesis
Journal publications
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Nilsen, Sindre Andreas;
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Ursin, Marit.
(2026)
Teddy bears: an artistic and collaborative exploration of masculinity-in-the-making in Norway.
NORMA - International Journal for Masculinity Studies
Academic article
-
Lorgen, Linn Cathrin;
Ursin, Marit;
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Jensen, Magnus Rom.
(2025)
The Published Child: Absences and Presences in 40 Years of Knowledge Production in the Nordic Journal Barn.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Academic article
-
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Faye, Reidun.
(2025)
Exploring opportunities and pitfalls of nurturing empathy through Virtual Reality in higher education in Norway.
Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE)
Academic article
-
Ursin, Marit;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2024)
“Not Everyone Can Become a Rocket Scientist”: Decolonising Children’s Rights in Ethnic Minority Childhoods in Norway.
Social Sciences
Academic article
-
Abebe, Tatek;
Dar, Anandini;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2022)
Southern theories and decolonial childhood studies.
Childhood
Editorial
-
Ursin, Marit;
Langfeldt, Camila Caldeira;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2022)
Relational rights and interdependent wellbeing: Exploring the experiences of an ethnic minority girl with the Norwegian Child Welfare service.
Global Studies of Childhood
Academic article
-
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2022)
Fra redaksjonen: Forestilt likhet i mangfoldige Norge.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Editorial
-
Ursin, Marit;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2024)
The Cardamom Law and Postcolonial Re-readings in Times of War.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Editorial
-
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Vehkalahti, Kaisa;
Jouhki, Essi.
(2023)
Under the Radar: Children and Childhoods Missing from Nordic Childhood Studies.
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden
Editorial
Books
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Ramirez, Carla;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2024)
Norskhet i bevegelse.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Anthology
Part of book/report
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Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2020)
Embodying discipline: Remembering bodies and cultural values in Chinese kindergartens.
Academic chapter
-
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Hoem, Irene Bisasso.
(2024)
«De leker gjemsel med N-ordet»: Et kulturanalytisk blikk på hverdagsrasisme i Norge.
Academic chapter
-
Ramirez, Carla;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2024)
Norskhet og rasialisering – friksjon, omveltning og utvidelse.
Academic chapter
-
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Satish, Kjersti.
(2024)
Norsk med hud og hår: Internasjonal adopsjon i Norge.
Academic chapter
-
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2012)
Danningsbegrepet som analytisk begrep i lys av nyere barndomssosiologi.
Academic chapter
-
Ursin, Marit;
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2019)
Agency and Rights in Childhood (Norway).
Academic chapter
-
Lyså, Ida Marie;
Ursin, Marit.
(2019)
Migration and Mobility in Childhood (Norway).
Academic chapter
-
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2021)
Managing Risk and Balancing Minds.
Transforming the Next Generation through ‘Frustration Education’.
Academic chapter
Report
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Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2018)
Sammendrag av doktorgradsavhandlinger. Duties and Privileges: an Ethnographic study of Discipline as
Relational Practice in two urban Chinese Kindergartens.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norsk senter for barneforskning, Insitutt for
Research report
-
Lyså, Ida Marie.
(2018)
Komparativ forskning på (barne)institusjoner - forskningsfokus og forsåelser av barn og barndom.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norsk senter for barneforskning, Insitutt for
Research report
Student thesis or dissertation
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Lyså, Ida Marie;
Nilsen, Randi Dyblie;
Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen.
(2018)
Duties and Privileges: An Ethnographic Study of Discipline as Relational Practice in two Urban Chinese Kindergartens.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
-
Lyså, Ida Marie;
McNeish, John Andrew.
(2009)
The ‘Brutal Freedom’ of Street Life. Challenges in Assisting Street Children out of Street Life.
Universitetet i Bergen
Master thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2025
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Feature articleVik, Nassira Essahli; Stuvøy, Ingvill; Sørsveen, Aurora Terjesdatter; Lyså, Ida Marie. (2025) Hvorfor blir ikke disse barna beskyttet?.
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Feature articleAbebe, Tatek; Ally, Amina Abdulrahman; Lyså, Ida Marie; Ursin, Marit. (2025) Å jobbe mot eurosentrisme i akademia.
2024
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Feature articleUrsin, Marit; Lyså, Ida Marie; Vik, Nassira Essahli. (2024) «Ubarnliggjøring» av det palestinske barnet.
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Conference lectureUrsin, Marit; Lyså, Ida Marie; Lorgen, Linn Cathrin; Bostad, Runa Rannov. (2024) Migration in ”the spirit of goodness”: Exploring Norwegians as privileged migrants throughout history. Paper presentation
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Conference lectureUrsin, Marit; Lyså, Ida Marie. (2024) Decolonising children’s rights. Why is it necessary, and how do we move forward?. Childlife conference 2024
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Feature article
2023
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2023) Homogenous solidarity and elusive Norwegianness. Omveltninger NAF konferanse. Paper presentasjon
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Feature articleRamirez, Carla Macarena Chinga; Hoem, Irene Bisasso; Ursin, Marit; Jjunju, Charlotte; Lyså, Ida Marie. (2023) Finnes det virkelig ikke 'farge' i norsk høyere utdanning og arbeidsliv?.
2021
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LectureØdegaard, Elin Eriksen; Borgen, Jorunn Spord; Oropilla, Czarecah Tuppil; Pesch, Anja Maria; Grindheim, Liv Torunn; Wergedahl, Hege; Lyså, Ida Marie; Engelsrud, Gunn Helene; Ylönen, Susanne; Evensen, Kristin Vindhol. (2021) Book Launch - Celebrating 'Childhood Cultures in Transformation - 30 Years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Action towards Sustainability'. Book launch
2018
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2018) Presentér og diskutér samfunnsvitenskapelig forskning om (barne)institusjoner, og reflektér over hvordan man kan arbeide komparativt med institusjonsforskning. Prøveforelesning for disputas
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2018) Embodying disciplinarian practices: examples from Chinese kindergartens. VIII Conference on Childhood studies, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie; Faye, Reidun. (2018) Stepping into the 'virtual shoes' of another. Young People's Civic Engagements in Latin America and the Nordic Region
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2018) Imagining Africa – Ghanian youths’ perceptions and aspirations. Governing child mobility: Contemporary discourses and policy responses
2017
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2017) Relasjoner i barnehagen: med fokus på disiplinering. IPL Konferansen - Relasjoner i ord og handling
2016
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2016) The pleasure/pressure paradox of urban Chinese childhoods?. BIN-Norden konferanse 2016: Fears and Pleasures in Nordic Childhoods
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2016) Duties and privileges: an ethnographic study of discipline in two urban Chinese kindergartens. Barns hverdagsliv i barnehager- et tverrfaglig seminar
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2016) Everyday ethics and participant observation in two urban Chinese kindergartens (self-organized symposium 'Everyday Ethics'). VII Conference on Childhood studies, Turku, Finland
2014
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2014) Plikter og privilegier - en etnografisk beretning fra to kinesiske barnehager. Barnehagen som danningsarena - forskning på barns vegne
2013
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Interview
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Lecture
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Conference posterLea, Kjersti; Faye, Reidun; Langørgen, Ketil; Tynæs, Arne Kristoffer; Birkeland, Åsta; Lyså, Ida Marie; Borgen, Siv Kristin Yndestad; Aaserud, Geir; Bjørlo, Berit Westergaard; Onsrud, Silje Valde. (2013) PhD-prosjekter ved AL, Høgskolen i Bergen. Danning og didaktiske praksiser, FoU-konferansen på Landås
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2013) Duties and Privileges: Class Officials in Chinese Kindergartens. The Glocal Teacher and Researcher. Policy, Theory and Practice.
2012
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Conference lectureØdegaard, Elin Eriksen; Lyså, Ida Marie; Birkeland, Åsta; Nilsen, Randi Dyblie. (2012) Kindergarten as an arena for cultural formation - methodological issues. 22nd EECERA Conference, Pre-Birth to Three: Identities, learning, diversities
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2012) Cultural formation in Chinese kindergartens. Project Presentation. PhD research fellow seminar
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Conference lectureLyså, Ida Marie. (2012) A questionable question of consent: Reflections on consent forms and child informants. Examples from Chinese kindergartens. Glocal Teacher research forum
2011
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Conference lecture
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Conference lecture
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureØdegaard, Elin Eriksen; Lyså, Ida Marie. (2011) Conditions for Cultural Formation in Chinese Kindergartens. The 63rd OMEP World Conference Meeting the learning an Developmental Needs of Young Citizens