Doktorgrad – Prøveforelesning og disputas.
Rasa Holen, Fakultet for realfag og teknologi (REALTEK), vil forsvare sin doktoravhandling "Exploring and supporting a student-driven, co-curricular centre: A Collaborative Action Research study in a university-based learning environment" 12. desember 2025.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Utforskning og støtte til et studentdrevet, co-curricular senter: En samarbeidende aksjonsforskningsstudie i et universitetsbasert læringsmiljø"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture: "Elaborate on the epistemological and theoretical frameworks that underpin student agency and critically discuss its potential and inherent paradoxes within an academic learning environment"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
12 December 2025
10:15 Trial lecture
12:15 Public defence
Place: Auditorium SKP151, Kirkeveien 16, Ås
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Ragnhild Sandvoll, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Second opponent: Associate Professor Søren Frimann, Aalborg University, Denmark
Committee coordinator: Professor Erling Krogh, REALTEK, NMBU
Main supervisor: Professor Emerita Sigrid Gjøtterud, REALTEK, NMBU
Co-supervisors: Professor Dag Husebø, University of Stavanger
PhD Anne Kristin Rønsen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
A PDF version of the PhD candidate's thesis can be downloaded here. The link is valid through 12 December 2025, after which the thesis will be made available in National Science Archive.