Eric Kimathi
Assistant Professor
Eric Kimathi is an assistant professor in the department of Global Development and Planning and a final year Ph.D. Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Agder.
Previous education includes:
- Bachelor's degree in Early childhood Studies (First Class Honors) from Kenyatta University in Kenya.
- Erasmus Joint Masters in Early Childhood Education and Care (IMEC) from Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway), the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), the University of Malta, and Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland).
- Master of Science in International Development Studies from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Research interests
- Development aid
- Integration of refugee/migrant families
- Education.
- International politics
Courses and teaching
UT-107-4 Power, Resistance, and Development
SV 217 - Childhood Families and Gender
UT 300 - Critical Perspectives and Current Debates in Global Development
ME 107 - Research Methods for bachelor students
UT 201 - Supervision of Bachelor thesis in global development studies
UT 109 - Field course for bachelor students
Guest lecturer
UT 203 Global Development and regional analysis
Work experience
Projects
PhD Project:
An institutional ethnographic study on the role of ECEC centers as arenas for the integration of refugee children and parents in Norway.
Selected publications
Kimathi. (2022). construction of a ‘traumatized’ refugee child in need of safety in Norwegian kindergartens. Journal of Comparative Social Work, 17(2), 53–78. https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v17i2.386
General outreach
Kimathi. (2022). construction of a ‘traumatized’ refugee child in need of safety in Norwegian kindergartens. Journal of Comparative Social Work, 17(2), 53–78. https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v17i2.386
Scientific publications
- Kimathi, Eric (2023). Negotiating positionality within institutional ethnography as a non-native researcher in Norway. Erfaringer med institusjonell etnografi. ISBN: 9788202714840. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. 12. s 251 - 268.
- Kimathi, Eric (2023). Tensions of Difference in Integrating Refugee Children in Norwegian ECEC Centers. Nordisk barnehageforskning. ISSN: 1890-9167. 20 (4). s 43 - 62. doi:10.23865/nbf.v20.409.
- Kimathi, Eric (2022). The construction of a ‘traumatized’ refugee child in need of safety in Norwegian kindergartens. Journal of Comparative Social Work. ISSN: 0809-9936. 17 (2). s 53 - 78. doi:10.31265/jcsw.v17.i2.386.
- Kimathi, Eric; Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Managing categories: The role of social technology in kindergarten teachers’ work to promote early intervention and integration. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. ISSN: 1463-9491. s 1 - 13. doi:10.1177/14639491211045419.
Research groups
In social media
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