DACED: Democracy and Citizenship in Education – Research – Department of Teacher Education
DACED: Democracy and Citizenship in Education
Democracies need engaged and competent citizens. That is why democratic competence is an important goal of education. How can schools enable young citizens to protect and develop democracy in a world where many democratic societies are under pressure?
About us
Democracies are facing challenges such as lower trust, lower participation, increased polarization, the spread of fake news, and the rise of anti-democratic attitudes. This is happening at the same time as major international changes that are putting the world order under pressure. These developments create new challenges for democracy and citizenship education in schools, universities, and as a field of research.
DACED responds to these changes through a scientific collaboration between researchers who, in different ways, focus on youth, democracy, and citizenship. The research group is based in the social sciences section at the Department of Teacher Education at NTNU.
Aims and activities
- promote research in the field of democracy and citizenship in education.
- group seminars
- international conference participation
- project collaboration
Projects
- How to understand Generations Z and Alpha?
- NTNU Community - Team Knowledge for Democracy and Citizenship
- DEMOKOMP: Young people’s democratic competence
- Demokrati- og medborgerskapsopplæring for nyankomne ungdommer i grunnskole for voksne
- ICCS: International Civic and Citizenship Education Study
- Hvordan forstå generasjon Z?
- Farvel, Shtetl! Et forskningsprosjekt om norsk-jødisk migrasjonshistorie
PhD projects
- Perspektiver på jødisk migrasjonshistorie
- Demokrati- og medborgerskapsopplæring for nyankomne ungdommer i grunnskole for voksne (planlagt ferdig 2027)
Outreach
26.08.2025: Book launch: View recording: Unge medborgere i en ny tid.
14.08.2025: Arendalsuka: Demokratisk motstandskraft i en usikker tid.
Anthology
Unge medborgere i en ny tid. Den internasjonale demokrati- og medborgerskapsstudien i skolen (ICCS 2022). Oddveig Storstad, Joakim Caspersen og Christian Wendelborg (Ed.)
Doctoral thesis
Stine Johansen Utler (2026). "Åsså e det best med demokrati da" En studie av barns politikkforståelse i den norske småskolen.
Kjersti Eggen Dahl (2024). Å ha sine meningers mot: En studie av unges orientering mot politisk uenighet og hvordan demokrati- og medborgerskapsopplæring kan bidra til utviklingen av evne til uenighet.
Project Report
Nye medier – nye kunnskapsbehov for demokrati- og medborgerskapsopplæringen (only available in Norwegian) (PDF). Tre sentrale satsningsområder. Oddveig Storstad og Kjersti Eggen Dahl, 2025
2026
- 21 October: Public seminar: Political attitudes, Euroscepticism and Brexit examined through archived personal narratives, NTNU Kalvskinnet.
2025
- 26 August: Unge medborgere i en ny tid, book launch, Litteraturhuset i Trondheim.
- 14 August: Demokratisk motstandskraft i en usikker tid. Professor Oddveig Storstad will provide the keynote introduction for a panel discussion during Arendalsuka.
TBA
Participants from NTNU
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Maren Boldersløw PhD Candidate
+4790993037 maren.bolderslow@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Sanna Ørsjødal Brattland PhD Candidate
+47-73558984 +4795727232 sanna.o.brattland@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Kjersti Eggen Dahl Associate Professor
+47-73412394 +4790175428 kjersti.e.dahl@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Eir-Anne Edgar Associate Professor of Literature in English
eir-anne.edgar@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Reidun Heggem Associate Professor
+4797117193 reidun.heggem@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Guro Jørgensen Associate Professor in Social Studies (Museum Studies). Academic Programme Director for the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Archive and Collection Management
+47-73412993 +4741426569 guro.jorgensen@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Jørgen Klein Professor
+47-73558953 jorgen.klein@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Magne Brekke Rabben Associate Professor
+47-73412326 +4790626857 magne.brekke.rabben@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Jon Reitan Associate Professor
+47-73598209 +4790722776 jon.reitan@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Trond Risto Professor, Social Studies
+4790655378 trond.risto@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Hilde Storrøsæter Assistant Professor in Geography
+47004748400836 hilde.storrosather@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Oddveig Storstad Professor
+47-73591901 +4748119497 oddveig.storstad@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Martin Strickert PhD Candidate
martin.strickert@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Stine Johansen Utler Assistant Professor
+4798855783 stine.j.utler@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education -
Knut Vesterdal Associate Professor
+47-73598151 +4773598151 knut.vesterdal@ntnu.no Department of Teacher Education
External participants
- Julie A. Ødegaard Borge, Rafto Foundation of Human Rights
- Kjetil Børhaug, Professor, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen
- Martine Greek, Associate Professor, University of Inland Norway