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Katja Hakel

Associate Professor

Associate Professor in Educational Development

Katja Hakel is an associate professor in educational development. She has been working on enhancing the competence of faculty in Norwegian higher education since 2013, initially at NTNU and since February 2024 at UiA. At NTNU, she has developed and researched the training and use of teaching assistants, as well as taught and mentored faculty in educational development work. Her interests in teaching and research lie within Universal Design for Learning, and the associate professor (førstelektor) - full professor (dosent) promotion as an equitable career path in academia. She has been a member of the leadership group of the international network Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (UDLHE) and chaired the international peer-reviewed conference Digicon. In 2022-2023, she was on a research stay at the University of Kansas, USA. In Norway, she has researched the promotion of associate professors and contributed nationally to the teaching and mentoring of associate professor candidates from many higher education institutions. At UiA, she leads the associate professor program and is the head of the excellent teaching practitioner scheme. In 2022, she was awarded the status of excellent teaching practitioner at NTNU herself.

Research interests

Research interests:

  • Organizational learning / competence development in knowledge organizations
  • The "second career path" - qualification for associate professorship and full professorship
  • Educational development needs following the structural reform in Norwegian higher education
  • Universal design for learning

Courses and teaching

Job responsibilities:

  • Leader of the qualification program for associate professorship (førstelektor) and full professorship (dosent) at UiA
  • Chairperson of the excellent teaching practitioner committee at UiA
  • Mentoring of faculty regarding educational research and development at the Center for Vocational Education and Training in Working Life (SYA)
  • Teaching courses on study program management at UiA
  • Teaching, mentoring, and research on universal design for learning, teaching, and assessment (Universal Design for Learning)
  • Member of UiA-representation in the FORTHEM alliance, work package 5 Innovative Pedagogies

Scientific publications

  • Hakel, Katja (2023). Universell utforming i høyere utdanning - NTNUs eksperter i team som pitch case.
  • Hakel, Katja; Magin, Melanie (2023). Inkluderende læringsmiljø. Hva skal til for en systematisk implementering i fagmiljøer ved NTNU?.
  • Magin, Melanie; Hakel, Katja (2023). Universell utforming av undervisning og vurdering – hva skal til for å få det realisert?.
  • Eriksen, Stig; Hakel, Katja; Nordkvelle, Yngve Troye (2023). Kvalifisering til førstelektor - en analyse av søkeres og komiteers anvendelse av førstelektorkriteriene.
  • Hakel, Katja (2022). A Live Podcast on International Perspectives on Universal Design for Learning.
  • Eriksen, Stig; Hakel, Katja; Nordkvelle, Yngve Troye (2022). Kvalifisering til førstelektor - en analyse av søkeres og komiteers anvendelse av førstelektorkriteriene.
  • Hakel, Katja; Eriksen, Stig; Nordkvelle, Yngve Troye (2022). Merits of Teaching in Higher Education.

Last changed: 27.03.2024 10:03