Ingunn Størksen

Ingunn Størksen is a professor of educational psychology at the Centre for Learning Environment at the University of Stavanger. She has led multiple research and development initiatives focused on early childhood education and care (ECEC), with particular emphasis on children’s emotional development, social skills, and self-regulation.

Currently, Størksen leads a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) known as SELMA, which aims to foster children’s social and emotional development, well-being, and sense of mastery, thereby helping to prevent bullying and harassment among young children.