Eric Kimathi

Lecturer

Department of Global Development and Planning

Email: eric.kimathi@uia.no
Phone: +47 38141019
Mobile phone: +4797381603

Research groups

Areas of responsibility

Eric Kimathi is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Development and Planning.

Previous education includes:

Doctorate (PhD) in Social Sciences specialization, Sociology and Social Work - University of Agder.
Master of Science in International Development Studies - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
Erasmus Mundus joint masters in Early Childhood Education and Care (IMEC) - Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), the University of Malta, and Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland).
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies) - (First Class Honors) - Kenyatta University in Kenya.

Research

Development aid and NGOs in the Global South
Migration and Integration
Early Childhood Education and Care

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

Tuition

UT-107-4 Power, Resistance, and Development
UT 114 - Culture and Development
SV 217 - Childhood Families and Gender
UT 300 - Critical Perspectives and Current Debates in Global Development
ME 107 - Research Methods (BA level)
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

Short biography

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikimathi/

Kimathi, Eric (2023). Negotiating positionality within institutional ethnography as a non-native researcher in Norway. In Magnussen, May-Linda & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Ed.), Erfaringer med institusjonell etnografi. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202714840. p. 251–268. doi: 10.23865/noasp.195.ch12.
Kimathi, Eric (2023). Tensions of Difference in Integrating Refugee Children in Norwegian ECEC Centers. Nordisk barnehageforskning. ISSN 1890-9167. 20(4), p. 43–62. doi: 10.23865/nbf.v20.409. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This article explores the tensions that arise in the integration process of refugee children in Norwegian ECEC centres. For many refugee children, ECEC centres form the first public institution where they learn about the norms and values outside of their homes. Using institutional ethnography as a method of inquiry, data was gathered using semi-structured interviews with ECEC professionals, focusing on how they interact with refugee children and how they do everyday integration work. The article adopts the concept of the "civilizing process" by Norbert Elias as the overarching analytical concept. The findings reveal that integration of refugee children involves tensions in negotiating language, civilising children into Norwegian ideals of childhood, and civilising parents into the Norwegian cultural ideal of parenting.
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), p. 53–78. doi: 10.31265/jcsw.v17.i2.386. Full text in Research Archive
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. p. 1–13. doi: 10.1177/14639491211045419. Full text in Research Archive

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Kimathi, Eric (2024). An institutional ethnographic study on the social organisation of integration work in Norwegian ECEC Centers. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 978-82-8427-187-3. Full text in Research Archive

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