Responsibilities
Research
Policy and practice: A study of learning outcomes-oriented policies in education and everyday classroom practices (PhD Project)
CLASS Comparisons of Leadership Autonomy in School districts and Schools (CLASS)
One Last Chance (study of students who fail their final exams in upper secondary school in Norway (grade 1))
Renewed perspectives on research use in education (RE-POSE). RE-POSE - OsloMet
Prosjektmedlem i forskningsprosjektet Tracing Learning Outcomes in Policy and Practice (LOaPP)/ Læringsutbytte i politikk og praksis (2016-2020) www.usn.no/loapp
Teaching
- Master in Education, course: "Informal Learning Processes in Childhood and Youth Culture" (Course Leader)
- Supervisor for master’s theses in the Educational Leadership specialization
- Practical Pedagogical Education (PPU), course: “The Professional Teacher”
- Teaching in General Teacher Education
- Professional Education in Teacher Education Programme Master in History at the School of Business
Research Groups
- Studies in Education Policy and Education Practice (SEPP)
- Transitions and Life Course Changes in Adolescence and Young Adulthood (TRALAYA)
- Studies of the Teaching Profession, Teacher Education and Education Policy (TEPEE)
Roles and Committees
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Member of the Project Group for the Development of NORCAM at USN (2024–present)
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Member of the PhD Committee for the Doctoral Programme in Cultural Studies (2020–2023)
CV
Assistant Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway (2025–present)
PhD in Educational Science, University of South-Eastern Norway (completed 2025). Title: Policy and practice: A study of learning outcomes-oriented policies in education and everyday classroom practice
Interdisciplinary Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway
Master’s Thesis Title: Relevant Work – But Not at Any Cost: A Qualitative Study of the Role of Social Networks in the Job Search Process for Higher-Educated Individuals
Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Publications
Stenersen, C. R. (2025). Policy and practice: A study of learning outcomes-oriented policies in education and everyday classroom practice [Doctoral Dissertation no. 258, University of South-Eastern Norway]. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5321665
Prøitz, T. S., Dieude, A., & Stenersen, C. R. (2025). School leader experiences with local education authorities – extended policy frames of well-functioning relationships across contexts of time. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2025.2550267
Aasen, P., Sørensen, V., Stenersen, C. R., Borgen, J. S., & Prøitz, T. S. (2025). Partnerskap i politikkutforming og utdanningspraksis (Skriftserien fra Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, Issue 176). https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3200698
Stenersen, C. R. (2023). Competing Policy Ideas in Classroom Practice: The Case of Student Group Work. In T. S. Prøitz, P. Aasen, & W. Wermke (Eds.), From Education Policy to Education Practice. Policy Implications of Research in Education (Vol. 15, pp. 247–264). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36970-4_13
Mausethagen, S., Prøitz, T. S., Fekjær, S. B., Stenersen, C.R., & Finnanger, T. S. (2021). «En fot i begge leire hadde vært ypperlig» - En studie av offentlig ph.d. i utdanningsfeltet. [“One foot in both places had been wonderful” – A study of public sector Ph.D. in the field of education]. Oslo Metropolitan University Report.
«En fot i begge leire hadde vært ypperlig». En studie av offentlig ph.d. i utdanningsfeltet
Stenersen, C. R. & Prøitz, T. S. (2020). Hva skjedde med ideen om en kultur for læring i skolen? Bedre Skole 2020 (4) s. 87-92
Hva skjedde med ideen om en kultur for læring i skolen?
Dieudè, A.; Stenersen, C. R.; Gjølstad, C.; Berg, P. J. & Prøitz, T. S. (2020). Skolelederen som endringsagent - hva nå under Fagfornyelsen? Skolelederen 2020 (05) s. 20-21
Skolelederen som endringsagent - hva nå under Fagfornyelsen? | Fagpressenytt
Stenersen, C. R., & Prøitz, T. S. (2020). Just a Buzzword? The use of Concepts and Ideas in Educational Governance. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2020.178815
Conference presentations
Stenersen, C.R. & Prøitz, T. S. (2024, september). Learning Outcomes as a Policy Frame for Student Engagement – Complexity Frames and Nuance Shifts in Classrooms. Paper presentert på Earli conference in Bari.
Stenersen, C.R. & Prøitz, T. S. (2024, august). Learning Outcomes as a Policy Frame for Student Engagement – Complexity Frames and Nuance Shifts in Classrooms. Paper presentert på Åsgårdstrandseminaret.
Aasen, P., Sørensen, V., Stenersen, C. R., Borgen, J. S., & Prøitz, T. S. (2024, august). Emergent structures for operationalisation of partnerships. (Presentert av Sørensen og Stenersen)
Stenersen, C.R. (2022, juni). Teacher instructions of student assignments: a multiple case study in lower secondary school. Paper presentert på NERA conference in Reykjavik.
Stenersen, C.R. (2021, august). Teacher framing of student group work in an individual and merit-oriented policy context. Paper presentert på Earli JURE conference online.
Stenersen & Prøitz. (2019, mars). Exploring discourses on learning culture in Norwegian educational policy: A discourse-inspired approach to document analysis. Paper presentert på NERA conference in Uppsala.
Prøitz, Dieudè & Stenersen (2019, januar). School leader - municipal relationships in school development work. Paper presentation at ICSEI Conference in Stavanger.