Academic interests
- Developmental psychology
- Cognitive development
- Epistemic uncertainty and critical thinking
- Social cognitive skills and social learning processes
- Experimental psychology
Background
2020 → Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
2018 – 2019: Fulbright fellow, HGSE, Harvard University
2017 – 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development
2012 – 2017: PhD-student, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
Grants and Funding
- 2021: Strategic funding grant, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
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2021: Internal teaching grant, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
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2019: Fulbright Fellowship grant, Fulbright Foundation
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2018: Personal Overseas Grants, The Research Council of Norway
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2016: Internal research grant, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
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2015: Internal research grant, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
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2015: Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund
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2012: Student scholarship, The Research Council of Norway
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2011: Student scholarship, The Research Council of Norway
Registered Reports in Stage 1
Hermansen, T. K., Viana, K. M. P., Harris, P. L., Engel, S., Zambrana, I. M., & Ronfard, S. (Accepted pending data). Checking out the unexplained – an age change in the search for evidence. Developmental Psychology - RR
Hermansen, T. K., Mathisen, K. F., & Ronfard, S. (Accepted pending data). Knowing why: Children’s reflection on their own uncertainty about an adult’s surprising claim increases their tendency to test that claim. PCI-RR