Anna Cecilia Rapp

Anna Cecilia Rapp is an Associate Professor at the Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She holds a PhD in educational organization studies, focusing on social inequality in primary schools across Nordic municipalities. Her research expertise spans social inequality, educational equity, and rural education. She has extensive practical experience in schools, including roles as a principal, teacher, and coach in Sweden and Norway.

Research interests include: organizational dynamics in education, inclusion/exclusion mechanisms, vocational education and training (VET), and the role of physical activity in schooling. She leads projects such as Nordic Unequal Childhood and UVIS, addressing systemic barriers to equity in education. She is affiliated with research groups Inequality, Welfare and Organization and Education Policy and Social Justice.

Her scholarly work critiques institutionalized inequality in schools and advocates for equitable transitions in VET systems. Recent publications analyze children’s well-being perceptions in Nordic communities and barriers to equality in urban schools. She has contributed to policy debates on teacher education funding and rural sustainability through collaborative educational research initiatives.

• Teaching: Courses include Theorizing in Social Science Research and Pedagogy and Pupil-related Skills.
• Outreach: Engages in public discourse on education reform via articles in Utdanningsnytt.no, Khrono.no, and others.
• Labs/Teams: Active in interdisciplinary research teams focused on rural VET systems and Nordic welfare-state education challenges.