Building Glocal Mindsets in Early Childhood Education

Professor Elin Eriksen Ødegaard is the Director of the Kindergarten Knowledge Centre for Systemic Research on Diversity and Sustainable Futures [KINDknow] [BARNkunne – Senter for barnehageforskning], at Western Norway University. Here she is also head of the Research School NORCHILD [NORBARN], a unique research school for early childhood education and transferable skills. She has from early years, been an advocate for environmental protection and later for education for sustainable futures. Her areas of expertise are children’s meaning-making, their play, exploration, formative development and interdisciplinary designs on collaboration and co-creation with children, families, staff, local and national authorities and organisations.