Wenche Rønning holds a Ph.D in Education from Leeds University, UK, from 2010. She is currently Vice Dean for research and Professor in pedagogy at Nord university, Faculty of Teacher Education and Arts. Before starting at the university in 2012, she worked for more than a decade at Nordland Research Institute, conducting contract research within various areas. During her time at the research institute Rønning gained extensive experience from coordinating and managing large-scale research projects, including a national research project (2007-2012) into the implementation of a curriculum reform within Norwegian compulsory and upper-secondary education. She also managed a major classroom research project (2011-2013) in compulsory education, funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. She is currently managing a research project about so-called Newton-rooms, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. Rønning’s major research interests lie in research about teacher thinking and pupils’ learning processes, focussing on active learning approaches and place-based education, but she has published research papers and reports within several different research areas, including Sami education issues. Since 2007 much of her research has focussed on using video observations to study education practices, and she is currently managing a research group focussing on video as research tool.
