I supervise UiO master’s students and consider visiting scholar requests when the project connects closely to literacy, assessment, learning, inequality, AI in education, or quantitative and mixed-methods research.
My goal is to help students turn an interesting educational problem into a feasible, well-structured, and methodologically sound thesis. A strong master’s project is carefully bounded, but it should still make a real contribution to the field and could, at least in principle, be developed toward publication.
If I am the only supervisor, I generally prefer to supervise and review theses written in English. I also co-supervise students when a project would benefit from another content expert, methodological expert, or supervisor with closer expertise in the specific topic area.
These areas are examples, not a fixed list. The best fit is a project with a clear educational question, feasible data, and a method that matches the question.
Reading development, academic vocabulary, comprehension, disciplinary literacy, multilingual learners, reading difficulties, and literacy support in schools.
Tests, surveys, screeners, validity, fairness, item quality, and how assessment results are used by students, teachers, and schools.
Generative AI, learning analytics, AI-supported feedback, student use of AI tools, and technology-supported learning.
Socioeconomic, linguistic, and other inequalities in educational outcomes, especially when linked to language, literacy, assessment, or support systems.
Projects where the main contribution is methodological: survey design, quantitative analysis, mixed-methods design, interview studies, literature reviews, or evaluation research.
It does not need to be perfect, but it should help us decide whether the project is feasible and whether I am the right supervisor.
For empirical and quantitative projects, I most often support analytic work done in Stata and R. I can help students think through research design, data structure, variable construction, model choice, tables, interpretation, and how to write up results clearly.
Students do not need to be advanced users before beginning, but projects should be realistic given the student’s current methods background and the thesis timeline.
Data management, regression models, tables, diagnostics, and transparent analysis workflows.
Data wrangling, visualization, reproducible scripts, statistical models, and reporting.
Aligning research questions, measures, samples, and analysis plans.
Turning analytic choices into clear methods and results sections.
A useful default thesis structure is introduction, literature review and theoretical framework, methods, results/analysis, and discussion/conclusion. Some projects may need a different structure, but every thesis needs a clear plan.
Clarify the research question, theoretical framing, feasibility, data, methods, and timeline.
Complete the supervision contract and clarify expectations, including UiO/IPED's maximum of 40 supervision hours total.
Agree on a chapter order, draft deadlines, and meeting cadence.
Confirm the methodology, data access, and whether SIKT/NSD or other approvals are required. Do not assume a project is exempt.
Agree on what gets feedback, turnaround expectations, and how many revision cycles are realistic.
Check whether the research question is still viable, the scope is controlled, and the data and analysis plan are working.
Focus on structure, argument coherence, methods clarity, formal requirements, abstract, references, and formatting.
Complete final checks and make sure expectations for the examination process are clear.
Feedback is most useful when drafts are submitted with specific questions. Before each meeting, send a short note that answers the questions on the right.
I also consider requests from visiting scholars, doctoral students, and researchers whose work connects closely to my research areas. A productive visit usually has a clear intellectual purpose, a defined visit period, and a realistic plan for scholarly exchange.
Students are responsible for checking the official UiO and IPED pages for current requirements, deadlines, forms, and submission guidance.
Send a focused inquiry through the contact page. For thesis supervision requests, include your programme, topic, research question, possible data and method, timeline, language of the thesis, and any ethics or data protection issues you already know about.