Honorary Doctor Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad has passed away

Language teacher Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad was appointed honorary doctor at the Teacher Education, Karlstad University in 2017. She has also served as a guest professor in the research groups ROSE, Research on Subject-specific Education and CSL, Center for Language and Literature Education. As a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Innlandet, she has collaborated at many levels with Karlstad University and has been very significant both for the collaboration between the institutions and for supporting research environments and individual researchers.

Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad was a trained teacher in Nordic languages, German, special education, and migration pedagogy. As a former Vice-Chancellor at the University of Innlandet, she was involved in several government assignments to develop Norwegian teacher education and the teaching profession. Karlstad University became the University of Innlandet's most important partner.

– Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad has been very significant in supporting research environments and individual researchers at Karlstad University, says Niklas Gericke, Dean of the Teacher Education. Many of us will miss her.

On April 14, Karlstad University will fly the flag at half-mast in honour of Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad.