Professor Ingvild Kvale Sørenssen

Professor Ingvild Kvale Sørenssen is Professor of Childhood Studies at the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. During her research stay at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2026–2027), she is visiting Digital Futures for Children

Her research lies at the intersection of childhood studies, media studies, and education. She studies children's everyday lives in digitally mediated societies, with particular attention to how children navigate identity, participation, social relationships, learning, and meaning-making across peer cultures, family life, and educational settings.

Drawing on relational, sociomaterial, and science and technology studies (STS) perspectives, her work explores how children, technologies, institutions, and material environments become entangled in the production of childhood and social life. Her research focuses on children's agency and participation, media practices, educational technologies, social media and children's rights.

She has been a visiting scholar at McGill University, Rutgers University, and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. She is currently involved in several international research projects, including INSPECT (NordForsk) and K-Reporters (Horizon Europe), where she leads the work package on Childhood Studies, Ethics, and Children's Rights.