Photo: Charlotte Wiig
Research Areas / Expertise
- Music education sociology
- Music education and cultural diversity
- Music and informal learning arenas
- Music festivals
Research projects
Background
Education
- PhD in music education, School of Music in Piteå, Luleå University of Technology, 2007
- MA in vocal performance, Norwegian Academy of Music, 1999
- Music teacher certificate, Østlandet’s music conservatory, 1993
Professional experience
- 2018–present Professor of music education, Norwegian Academy of Music
- 2015–2018 Professor of music education and general education, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
- 2011–present Docent, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki
- 2010–2015 Professor of music education, Hedmark University College
- 2009–2011 Postdoctoral researcher, Sibelius Academy
- 2008–2010 Associate professor of music education, Hedmark University College
Publications
Boundary work as feminist work: Deliberations on the growth and expansion of the Nordic field of music education research.
Sidsel Karlsen
2025
Social class and musical gentrification
Petter Dyndahl, Sidsel Karlsen og Siw Graabræk Nielsen
2025
Hva er FoU på NMH?
Sidsel Karlsen
2025
Current trends in Nordic music education research: Invitation to a reflexive debate
Catharina Renate Christophersen, Sidsel Karlsen og Siw Graabræk Nielsen
2025
How higher music education leadership matters in times of challenge
Albi Odendaal, Tuulikki Laes, Katja Thomson og Sidsel Karlsen
2025
Normkritisk musikkpedagogikk: Mangfold og ansvar
Sidsel Karlsen
2025
Kjønnsbalanse, mangfold og inkludering i høyere musikkutdanning
Sidsel Karlsen
2024
CEMPE 10 years – what has changed?
Sidsel Karlsen, Veronica Ski-Berg og Ellen Mikalsen Stabell
2024
Centre for Excellence in Music Performance Education (CEMPE): an inquiry into institutional change processes in higher music education
Veronica Ski-Berg, Ellen Mikalsen Stabell og Sidsel Karlsen
2024
Assessing the state of the sociology of music education - an analysis of the becoming and being of an academic field
Petter Dyndahl, Live Weider Ellefsen, Anne Jordhus-Lier, Sidsel Karlsen og Siw Graabræk Nielsen
2024
