Ingvild Olsen Olaussen

Ingvild Olsen Olaussen is an Associate Professor of Drama and Theatre at the Department of Language, Art and Culture, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research focuses on artistic, bodily, and multimodal approaches to storytelling, interaction, and knowledge creation in educational and cultural institutions.

• Doctoral thesis: Chiasmic stories (2018), exploring multimodal storytelling with toddlers.
• Areas of interest: early childhood education, sensory engagement, and narrative ethics.
• Dissemination: lectures on play care ethics, multimodal didactics, and cultural transitions in education.

Her work integrates performative and artistic methods to address sustainability, cultural sensitivity, and bodily communication in kindergarten settings.