Liselott Aarsand

About

My research mainly takes a discourse analytical perspective and addresses the interactive work of adult learning and subjectification in everyday practices (e.g. education, family life, the media, popular culture). Recently I have investigated family life and parenting as lifelong learning practices, and I am currently working on the pedagogics of lifestyle change portrayed in popular culture. I am interested in methodological debates on qualitative research, for instance, the socially interactive aspects of ethnographies and interviews, analysis and reflexivity. I regularly conduct reviews for several international journals, and I am a member of the editorial advisory board for Pedagogy, Culture and Society.

Together with some colleagues I run the Discourse Seminar where researchers within various research fields come together to analyse interactional data:

https://www.ntnu.edu/ipl/liep/discourse

I have initiated the research group Learning in Everyday Practices focusing on learning beyond formal education:

https://www.ntnu.edu/ipl/liep

I am also part of a research group highlighting the role of dialogue in adult learning and counselling practices:

https://www.ntnu.no/ipl/samtale-som-barekraft-i-fornyelse

Publications

2025

Næss, Siri Christine Kvernmo; Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna. (2025) Finding the silver lining: the transformative power of dating practices. International Journal of Lifelong Education
Academic article

2024

Næss, Siri Christine Kvernmo; Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna. (2024) På tide med et opprør mot unyansert datingsnakk?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
Feature article
Næss, Siri Christine Kvernmo; Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna. (2024) «Heller hurpe enn haremsdame»: En kvalitativ analyse av ekspertise i norske podkaster om dating. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
Academic article

2019

Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2019) Doing Data Analysis – Collaboration, Creativity and Critique. Sage Publications
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Wallin, Patric; Aarsand, Liselott. (2019) Challenging Spaces: Liminal Positions and Knowledge Relations in Dynamic Research Partnerships. International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP)
Academic article

2018

Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) The joint production of confession in qualitative research interviews. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Framing and switches at the outset of qualitative research interviews . Qualitative Research
Academic article

2015

Aarsand, Liselott. (2015) Confessional talk on parenting. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Liselott; Håland, Erna. (2015) Balancing freedom and commitment - making higher education matter to working life. UNIPED
Academic article

2014

Aarsand, Liselott. (2014) The knowledgeable parenting style: stance takings and subject positions in media encounters. International Journal of Lifelong Education
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott. (2014) Parental self-work: governing enactments in family life. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott. (2014) Book review: The Confessing Society - Foucault, confession and practices of lifelong learning. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
Book review

2013

Aarsand, Liselott. (2013) Föräldraidentiteter och (själv)disciplineringens dynamik. Studentlitteratur AB
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2012

Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Familjeliv och lärande. Studentlitteratur AB Studentlitteratur AB
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Lärandepraktiker i familjen. Studentlitteratur AB
Other
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Med lärandeblick på familjers vardagsliv. Studentlitteratur AB
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Liselott. (2012) Föräldraskapets noviser, erfarna och expertis. Studentlitteratur AB
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2011

Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2011) 'How to be good': media representations of parenting. Studies in the Education of Adults
Academic article
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Håland, Erna; Tønseth, Christin; Tøsse, Sigvart. (2011) Voksne, læring og kompetanse. Gyldendal Akademisk Gyldendal Akademisk
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2011) Parents, expertise and identity work: the media conceptualised as a lifelong learning practice. Pedagogy, Culture & Society
Academic article
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2011) Foreldreskapets identitetsarbeid - om media som ressurs i voksnes læring. Gyldendal Akademisk
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

Næss, Siri Christine Kvernmo; Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna. (2025) Finding the silver lining: the transformative power of dating practices. International Journal of Lifelong Education
Academic article
Næss, Siri Christine Kvernmo; Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna. (2024) På tide med et opprør mot unyansert datingsnakk?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
Feature article
Næss, Siri Christine Kvernmo; Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna. (2024) «Heller hurpe enn haremsdame»: En kvalitativ analyse av ekspertise i norske podkaster om dating. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna; Jarvis, Christine. (2023) Teaching parenting in a pandemic: social and pedagogical discourses. International Journal of Lifelong Education
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott. (2022) "Are you good at dating?" The emergence of learning discourses in dating television. Educare
Academic article
Aarsand, Pål; Aarsand, Liselott. (2022) «Innenfor», «utenfor» og «i grenseland»: samtaler om sosiale normer og vurderinger i en pandemi. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
Academic article
Madsen, Gyrid Otnes; Tønseth, Christin; Aarsand, Liselott. (2021) Læring som livsstil og normalitet: Konstruksjoner av samfunnsborgere i kompetansereformens grunnlagsdokumenter. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk
Academic article
Wallin, Patric; Aarsand, Liselott. (2019) Challenging Spaces: Liminal Positions and Knowledge Relations in Dynamic Research Partnerships. International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP)
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) The joint production of confession in qualitative research interviews. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2018) Framing and switches at the outset of qualitative research interviews . Qualitative Research
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott; Håland, Erna. (2015) Balancing freedom and commitment - making higher education matter to working life. UNIPED
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott. (2014) The knowledgeable parenting style: stance takings and subject positions in media encounters. International Journal of Lifelong Education
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott. (2014) Parental self-work: governing enactments in family life. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
Academic article
Aarsand, Liselott. (2014) Book review: The Confessing Society - Foucault, confession and practices of lifelong learning. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
Book review
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2011) 'How to be good': media representations of parenting. Studies in the Education of Adults
Academic article
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2011) Parents, expertise and identity work: the media conceptualised as a lifelong learning practice. Pedagogy, Culture & Society
Academic article

Books

Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Familjeliv och lärande. Studentlitteratur AB Studentlitteratur AB
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Håland, Erna; Tønseth, Christin; Tøsse, Sigvart. (2011) Voksne, læring og kompetanse. Gyldendal Akademisk Gyldendal Akademisk
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2019) Doing Data Analysis – Collaboration, Creativity and Critique. Sage Publications
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Liselott. (2015) Confessional talk on parenting. Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Liselott. (2013) Föräldraidentiteter och (själv)disciplineringens dynamik. Studentlitteratur AB
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Lärandepraktiker i familjen. Studentlitteratur AB
Other
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål. (2012) Med lärandeblick på familjers vardagsliv. Studentlitteratur AB
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Aarsand, Liselott. (2012) Föräldraskapets noviser, erfarna och expertis. Studentlitteratur AB
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2011) Foreldreskapets identitetsarbeid - om media som ressurs i voksnes læring. Gyldendal Akademisk
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

Outreach

2023

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna. (2023) «Singel och redo att mingla?» Om kunskapsrelationer, subjektspositioner och dejtingpraktiker . Högre seminarium , Linköpings universitet 2023-11-28 - 2023-11-28
Academic lecture

Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna; Næss, Siri Christine Kvernmo. (2023) «Single and ready to mingle?» Exploring dating practices through the lens of learning in everyday life. NERA NERA congress , Oslo 2023-03-15 - 2023-03-17

2019

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Liselott. (2019) The emergence of 'learning talk' in popular culture. ESREA Life History and Biographical Network: 'Artful language and narratives of adult learning' , Bergen 2019-02-28 - 2019-03-03

2018

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Liselott. (2018) Changing lifestyles: Exploring the pedagogies of popular culture. NERA NERA Congress , Oslo 2018-03-08 - 2018-03-10

2017

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Liselott. (2017) Adult learning in the social practices of everyday life. UCL Knowledge Lab Academic talk , London 2017-03-02 - 2017-03-02

2016

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Pål André; Aarsand, Liselott Assarsson. (2016) Opening up the opening: Exploring framings of qualitative research interviews. PAperpresentasjon 2016-11-23 - 2016-11-25

2015

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Liselott. (2015) Confessional talk: The shaping of parental selves. NERA NERA Conference , Gothenburg 2015-03-04 - 2015-03-06

2014

Academic lecture

Aarsand, Liselott. (2014) Communicative Styles in Media Encounters: Adults Negotiating the Parental Subjectivity. NERA NERA conference , Lillehammer 2014-03-05 - 2014-03-07

2012

Academic lecture

Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2012) Identity work in family life. Conceptualising parenting as a learning practice. NERA/NFPF NERA conference , Copenhagen 2012-03-08 - 2012-03-10

2010

Academic lecture

Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2010) Changeable parents and responsible adults: On negotiating 'good' parenting in media settings. ESREA ESREA conference , Linköping 2010-09-23 - 2010-09-26
Popular scientific lecture

Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2010) Vuxnas lärande - möjligheter & dilemman i kommunikativa möten. Antenn Coachutbildning , Stockholm 2010-05-11 - 2010-05-11
Popular scientific lecture

Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2010) Vuxna i studier - deltagande, dialog & möten. HiST Kompetensutvecklingsdag , Trondheim 2010-04-29 - 2010-04-29
Academic lecture

Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott; Aarsand, Pål-Andre. (2010) How to be good? Media images, parenting and learning. NERA/NFPF NERA conference , Malmö 2010-03-11 - 2010-03-13

2009

Popular scientific lecture

Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2009) Vuxnas lärande - möjligheter & dilemman i kommunikativa möten. Antenn Coachutbildning , Stockholm 2009-11-24 - 2009-11-24
Popular scientific lecture

Assarsson Aarsand, Liselott. (2009) Vuxna i studier: flexibilitet - hur då & för vem?. Fyrkantens vuxenutbildning Kompetensutvecklingsdag , Piteå 2009-10-28 - 2009-10-28

Språkvelger

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