Lisa-Marie Karlsen

Lisa-Marie Karlsen is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oslo. Her research examines adult-child interaction quality during play activities in early childhood education settings.

PhD project investigates impacts of the Oslo Early Education Study intervention on interaction quality. Research interests include practitioner involvement in children's learning during free play, comparative education approaches, and assessment of classroom quality in multicultural contexts.

Educational background includes Master of Philosophy in Comparative and International Education (University of Oslo) and Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Studies (Oxford Brookes University). Recent publications analyze factors influencing classroom quality and language development interventions in childcare centers.