Mrs. Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter

Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter. Ph.d., professor at Department of Physical Education and Health at Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education (QMUC, and professor II at Department of Teacher education, NTNU. Her primary research focus is on children’s physical play, outdoor play, and risky/thrilling play among children in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions, as well as how to develop physical environments for children’s play, development and learning. She has also been involved in research on Norwegian children’s experiences of participation and well-being in Norwegian ECEC institutions, and projects about safety work, child injuries and injury prevention in Norwegian ECEC institutions. Currently, she is the project manager of a project exploring the effects of childhood risk experiences on children’s risk assessment and risk management skills through the use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology as well as eye-tracking and motion capturing.