Helen Eriksen

Helen Eriksen serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Kindergarten Teacher Education at Oslo Metropolitan University's Faculty of Teacher Education and International Studies. Her academic work centers on cultural diversity, multilingualism, and art-based research within global educational contexts, with explicit focus on decolonial methodologies and antiracist practice.

Her research interrogates whiteness and colonial legacies through interdisciplinary lenses combining art education, critical race theory, and postcolonial studies. Key areas include pluralistic knowledge production, destabilization of ethical spaces, and material culture's role in identity formation. This manifests in projects addressing racializing silence and challenging monologic frameworks in Nordic educational settings.

Recent publications (2020-2025) demonstrate consistent thematic evolution toward embodied decolonial practice, with increasing emphasis on material interventions and cross-cultural dialogue. Her work bridges kindergarten pedagogy, visual arts, and social justice through collaborative methodologies.

• Co-curator, Momentum 12 Nordic Art Biennial (2023)
• Contributor, Norwegian Drawing Trienniale (2023)
• Active in research groups: Cultural diversity and multilingualism in global perspective; KunstForsk (Art-based R&D); MUBU (methodological developments in kindergarten research)