Shilan Ahmadian

Shilan Ahmadian is a researcher at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research at the University of Oslo. Her work focuses on English didactics, particularly in vocational education contexts, and explores the intersection of gaming, digital literacy, and fiction reading in pedagogy. She is affiliated with the research groups Studies of Instruction across Subjects and Competences (SISCO) and contributes to the Vocational and General Students' Use of English in and out of school (VOGUE) project.

• Academic Interests: English didactics, English teaching in vocational subjects, impact of the LK20 educational reform, gamification in education, reading fiction in English classrooms.

• Projects: Vocational and General Students' Use of English in and out of school (VOGUE).

Her recent publications highlight trends in integrating digital games with traditional literary instruction to enhance critical literacy, particularly in vocational settings. These works address challenges such as gender bias in game-based learning and the redesign of narratives in educational contexts. She also investigates informal English usage patterns outside school through activities like gaming, social media engagement, and online surfing.

• Research Collaborations: Collaborates with Lisbeth M. Brevik and Elisabet Öhrn (2024), and Katharina Køber Garvoll (2020).