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Natalia Kucirkova is a Professor at the University of Stavanger, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Education and the Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioral Research in Education. Her work bridges educational research, digital technology, and early childhood development, with a strong focus on equity, agency, and sensory engagement.
Her research interests include digital literacies, personalized learning, multisensory reading (especially olfaction), generative AI in education, and social justice in children's reading. She investigates how children interact with digital books, the impact of personalization, and the role of sensory experiences in fostering reading for pleasure and empathy. Her work emphasizes children's agency and ethical considerations in EdTech.
The recent publications reveal a strong trend toward innovative methodologies in studying children's engagement with digital and multisensory texts. Her work spans disciplines including psychology, education, human-computer interaction, and literary studies, often employing meta-analyses, experimental designs, and scoping reviews. Key themes include olfaction in storytelling, gender representation in apps, cost-quality trade-offs in edtech, and ethical AI.
- Academia-industry partnerships in edtech
- Funds of courage and social justice in reading
- Generative AI and child agency
- Olfactory engagement in early education
- Digital equity and representation
Kucirkova actively collaborates with international scholars across Europe and beyond. She has received no explicitly mentioned awards in the provided text, but her extensive publication record in high-impact journals indicates significant scholarly recognition. She leads research on digital books, sensory literacies, and ethical EdTech design.
She is involved in multiple interdisciplinary research projects examining children’s digital engagement, parent-child reading practices, and the design of inclusive educational technologies. Her work often involves collaboration with educators, designers, and families, emphasizing participatory and responsive research methodologies.
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