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Ronny Kjelsberg

Department of Physics · NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Thechnology

https://researchid.co/ronnykj
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11Scopus Publications
21Google Scholar Citations
2Google Scholar h-index

Biography

Ronny Kjelsberg is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Department of Physics at NTNU, presently deputy head of department for education. He holds an MSc in theoretical physics and has worked in physics and engineering education since 2003. In addition to teaching physics, he has been responsible for developing the course ‘Introduction to the Engineering Profession’ since 2011, attempting to integrate Bildung elements in engineering education, and has written the textbook for the course which came with its 2nd edition in 2022. His research and development interests include the systemic interplay between science, technology, and society, and how to integrate the knowledge of this in STEM education.

Education

Cand.scient. in Physics, NTNU 2003

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Teaching Climate Change to Engineering Students in an Oil-Based Economy
    Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 2025
  2. Usefulness and Bildung: Engaging Students in a Bildung-oriented Engineering Education
    Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 2025
  3. Attending to care in responsible and innovative design Devices for teaching care ethics in Engineering Ethics Education
    Sefi 2025 53rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education Engineering and Society Proceedings, 2025
  4. “The joy of being a cause” versus “the pleasure of finding things out”: subalternity and Bildung in higher education engineering and physics
    Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2024
  5. Skepticism and physics: epistemic beliefs of Norwegian physics students compared with other student groups
    Discover Education, 2024

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