Trine E. Unander
About
Trine Unander is an associate professor of arts and crafts at the primary and lower secondary school teacher education at the Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Here she conducts research, teaches and supervises master students at MGLU. From 2022 on she is also coordinator of the Masters education in arts and crafts.
She defended her dissertation in Science and Technology Studies at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (Faculty of Humanities)/ NTNU) in 2019, with a study of how voluntary (environmental) organizations use knowledge in their work to influence policy at a national level in Norway (Found in Translation? How environmental organisations acquire environmental knowledge and communicate it to policymakers). The dissertation was paper-based and written in English, and opponents of the dissertation were Professor emeritus Andrew Jamison, Aalborg University / Malmö, Professor Claire Waterton, Lancaster University, England and Professor Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, NTNU.
Unander has a broad and solid education in various directions. This includes intermediate subjects in Nordic language and literature from UiO, vocational teacher education in arts and crafts [web p. only in Norwegian] from Oslo University College, now OsloMet, one year of information processing studies from HiST / NTNU, an arts education study at Fonty's academy for visual arts in Tilburg, NL, and a Master's degree in Science and Technology Studies from NTNU. Furthermore, she has worked for almost ten years at Huseby [web p. only in Norwegian], Ugla [web p. only in Norwegian] and Blussuvoll [web p. only in Norwegian] secondary schools in Trondheim, where a focus area has been to develop new subject programs in arts and crafts, but also in other subjects, especially interdisciplinary. In a break from teaching, from the turn of the millennium and for eight years onwards, Unander helped build and eventually lead TEKS - center for electronic arts in Trondheim, where she organized and curated a number of projects - also many related to education and training.
Unander's last undertaking before she was employed at the Department of Teacher Education at NTNU, was completing her doctorate at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, also NTNU, and her main areas of interest are now:
Arts and Crafts as a school subject in Norway through 100 years
How has the arts and crafts subject developed to get to where it is in school today, and where do we stand now, in terms of opportunities and limitations? What 'utility value' does the subject have today?
Else:
- How can arts and crafts be used to strengthen other school subjects? -As motivating factor, but also for learning input.
- What qualities can be linked to competence and knowledge in different disciplines, especially traditional academic vs. traditional practical / professional knowledge?
- Can arts and crafts education in primary schools be used to convey important knowledge about sustainability and the renewable society? How can demands for green change promote creativity rather than set limits? Can sustainability didactics be promoted through arts and crafts?
Research
Publications
2021
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Suboticki, Ivana;
Lagesen, Vivian Anette;
Unander, Trine E..
(2021)
En kartlegging og evaluering av tre kjønnsbalansetiltak ved NTNU. Startpakker, kvalifiseringsstipend og mentorprogram.
NTNU
Report
2020
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Unander, Trine E.;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan.
(2020)
Rhizomic learning: How environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) acquire and assemble knowledge.
Social Studies of Science
Academic article
2019
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Unander, Trine E.;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan.
(2019)
Found in translation? How environmental organisations acquire environmental knowledge and communicate it to policymakers.
Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2019/294)
Doctoral dissertation
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Unander, Trine E.;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan;
Aune, Margrethe;
Levold, Nora.
(2019)
Found in translation? How environmental organisations acquire environmental knowledge and communicate it to policymakers.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
Journal publications
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Unander, Trine E.;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan.
(2020)
Rhizomic learning: How environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) acquire and assemble knowledge.
Social Studies of Science
Academic article
Report
-
Suboticki, Ivana;
Lagesen, Vivian Anette;
Unander, Trine E..
(2021)
En kartlegging og evaluering av tre kjønnsbalansetiltak ved NTNU. Startpakker, kvalifiseringsstipend og mentorprogram.
NTNU
Report
-
Unander, Trine E.;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan.
(2019)
Found in translation? How environmental organisations acquire environmental knowledge and communicate it to policymakers.
Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2019/294)
Doctoral dissertation
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Unander, Trine E.;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan;
Aune, Margrethe;
Levold, Nora.
(2019)
Found in translation? How environmental organisations acquire environmental knowledge and communicate it to policymakers.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
Knowledge Transfer
2023
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LectureEikeseth, Unni; Lysne, Dag Atle; Staberg, Ragnhild Lyngved; Unander, Trine E.; Sanne, Vibeke Gilje. (2023) Skulehage, frå pynt til undervisningsressurs. NTNU NABU-konferansen 2023 , Trondheim 2023-10-19 - 2023-10-20
2018
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InterviewNæss, Robert; Thingvoll, Camilla Tjønn; Fjellså, Ingvild Firman; Unander, Trine. (2018) Elsykkelen gir folk frihet!. NRK P1 Mellom himmel og jord NRK P1 Mellom himmel og jord [Radio] 2018-04-29