Frode Skarstein

Frode Skarstein is an Associate Professor at the University of Stavanger (UiS), affiliated with the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Humanities and the Department of Primary and Secondary Teacher Education, Sports and Special Education. He has been at UiS since 2013, focusing on educational research in schools and teacher education, particularly exploring intersections between student teachers' attitudes and socio-scientific controversies like climate change and environmental issues. His work emphasizes dialogical approaches to enhance awareness of socio-scientific debates in teacher training.

Research interests include sustainable development education, socio-scientific controversies, climate skepticism, anti-scientism, and scale-related challenges in science education. He has published widely on topics such as pre-service teachers' climate beliefs, game-based learning for environmental education, and species knowledge in early childhood education.

Key contributions include studies on student teachers' attitudes in oil-dependent economies, the role of scale in sustainability education, and innovative pedagogical approaches using digital tools. He has organized and chaired seminars like Hell-seminaret and Green transitions workshop, advocating for transformative education in the Anthropocene era.

His work bridges environmental science, education policy, and cultural history, with notable publications in journals like Environmental Education Research and Education Sciences. He has also authored biographies of polar explorers like Helge Ingstad and Adolf Hoel, showcasing interdisciplinary scholarly engagement.