Saga Pardede

Saga Pardede is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and Education, University of Agder (UiA), where she has been a PhD Research Scholar since 2019. Her academic trajectory includes roles as Research Assistant for the Erasmus+-funded ValiDe-Value in Democracy Education project (2022), Research Consultant for the NGO Mothers in Science (2021-2022), and Events Coordinator for UiAdoc Representative Body.

Her research examines:

• Social Cognition's impact on learning and social interactions
• Emotion-appraisal relationships in interpersonal contexts
• Social Learning Theory applications in motivation and behavior
• Experiential Learning through reflective meaning-making
• Democratic Education as dialogic pedagogy

Publications focus on belongingness, social identity, and educational psychology, appearing in journals like Frontiers in Psychology and European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. Her work consistently explores psychological mechanisms underlying social inclusion and self-concept development.

She contributes to collaborative projects including the Erasmus+-funded ValiDe initiative on democratic education. No information is available regarding laboratory leadership or research teams.