Higher Education Research
Higher education research (HER) at MDU aims to highlight and understand factors that enhance teaching and learning in higher education – especially in a time when societal challenges must be met with knowledge and competence.
For the future we envison that:
Higher education Reserach (HER) is a nationally leading and internationally visible research environment that emphasizes the conditions, values, and developmental opportunities within higher education. The research takes its point of departure in various pedagogical contexts.
We act as a knowledge link between current research and the university’s development by contextualizing research on higher education in dialogue with stakeholders across the institution.
Our research is conducted in close collaboration between academia and society – in a spirit of progressiveness and global citizenship.
Researchers in the environment
Our research environment is interdisciplinary, dynamic, and collaborative. Below are the researchers active within the Higher Education Research Environment – do not hesitate to contact us for research collaboration in the area.
The research environment is led by Professor Samuel Edelbring.
Negotiating global challenges within higher education
Professional education takes place within the context of a rapidly changing professional landscape, where professionals need to be prepared to respond to a multitude of global substantial threats or crises where solutions within dominant paradigms are not evident.
Read more about Negotiating global challenges within higher educationPreparing professionals for social transformation triggered by the use and development of AI applications
The rapid development of AI, especially generative AI in the form of deep learning neural networks and Large Language Models, with broad applications across society, places great demands on higher education institutions.
Read more about Preparing professionals for social transformation triggered by the use and development of AI applicationsHigher education, practice, and development
Research on teaching within professional programmes is limited, yet crucial for both quality learning in general and for issues of accessibility in particular.
Read more about Higher education, practice, and developmentProgramme-specific research projects
At MDU, we engage in the study of higher education learning and teaching within professional degree programmes, in particular teacher education, engineering education, and health educatio
Read more about Programme-specific research projectsHigher Education Teaching and Learning
Read more about Higher Education Teaching and Learning at MDU.
