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
- 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
- Barn og politikk
- Demokrati- og medborgerskapsopplæring for nyankomne ungdommer i grunnskole for voksne (planlagt ferdig 2027)
Publications
Nye medier – nye kunnskapsbehov for demokrati- og medborgerskapsopplæringen (only available in Norwegian) (PDF). Tre sentrale satsningsområder. Oddveig Storstad og Kjersti Eggen Dahl, 2025
2025
- 26 August: Unge medborgere i en ny tid, book launch, Litteraturhuset i Trondheim
TBA
Participants from NTNU
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Sanna Ørsjødal Brattland PhD Candidate
+47-73558984 +4795727232 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Kjersti Eggen Dahl Associate Professor
+47-73412394 +4790175428 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Eir-Anne Edgar Associate Professor
+47-73559713 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Reidun Heggem Associate Professor
+4797117193 [email protected] 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 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Jørgen Klein Professor
+47-73558953 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Jes Heise Rasmussen
[email protected] -
Jon Reitan Associate Professor
+47-73598209 +4790722776 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Trond Risto Professor
+4790655378 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Hilde Storrøsæter Assistant Professor in Geography
+4748400836 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Oddveig Storstad Professor
+47-73591901 +4748119497 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Martin Strickert PhD Candidate
[email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Stine Johansen Utler Assistant Professor
+4798855783 [email protected] Department of Teacher Education -
Knut Vesterdal Associate Professor
+47-73598151 +4773598151 [email protected] 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