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Liselott Aarsand

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Liselott Aarsand

Professor
Department of Education and Lifelong Learning

liselott.aarsand@ntnu.no
+4773592809 Paviljong B, 157, Dragvoll, Loholt allé 85
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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

Competencies

  • Adult learning
  • Communication
  • Governmentality
  • Identity
  • Parenthood

Publications

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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

2023

  • Aarsand, Liselotte Eva Anna; Jarvis, Christine. (2023) Teaching parenting in a pandemic: social and pedagogical discourses. International Journal of Lifelong Education
    Academic article

2022

  • 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

2021

  • 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

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

  • VL3013 - Vitenskapelig skriving og design med selvvalgt fordypning
  • VL3012 - Utforming og analyse av læringsmiljø i arbeidsliv og samfunn
  • PED8040 - Diskursanalyse og pedagogiske praksiser

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

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