Anna Rigmor Moxnes

Anna Rigmor Moxnes serves as Associate Professor at the Department of Pedagogy, Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), where she has held continuous academic appointments since 2010 across USN's predecessor institutions. Her responsibilities include course leadership for master's programs in mentoring and change management, alongside teaching in pedagogical methodology and preschool education.

Her academic credentials feature:

• PhD in Sensing, Thinking and Doing Reflection in Early Childhood Teacher Education (2019)
• Master in Preschool Pedagogy (2010)
• Preschool Teacher Education (1991)
• Advanced studies in mentoring (60 credits)
• Advanced studies in oral storytelling (30 credits)

Moxnes' research pioneers intersections between materiality, ethics, and pedagogy in early childhood contexts. She investigates how child-animal relations, aesthetic environments, and physical objects shape educational experiences through feminist new materialist frameworks. Her work challenges traditional reflective practice models by examining 'diffractive' encounters where destruction, tension, and non-human elements become pedagogical catalysts.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent focus on methodological innovation in educational research, with increasing emphasis on posthuman and material-discursive approaches since 2018. Her scholarship spans journals like Reconceptualizing Educational Research Methodology and Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, demonstrating interdisciplinary reach across education, philosophy, and gender studies.

Her notable recognition includes:

• Årets barnehageinspirator (The Year's Preschool Inspirator Award, 2019)

As an active supervisor, Moxnes guides master's students through structured mentoring frameworks while leading the ViPU research group. Her supervision philosophy emphasizes ethical tension and material engagement as growth opportunities, reflected in students' nomination for her 2019 teaching award. Current research projects explore quality development through process mentoring and nature-based pedagogical transformations.

Her leadership extends to the BarneKraft Kompetanse research group, fostering collaborative investigations into children's agency. These platforms support methodologically adventurous work examining how everyday materials and unexpected encounters reconfigure educational possibilities beyond conventional human-centered paradigms.