Mari Lund Eide
Position
Researcher, Research Communication
Affiliation
Research groups
Short info
I am Head of Communication at the AI Centre for the Empowerment of Human Learning (AI LEARN) where I also do research on the dissemination of AI-related research.
My PhD thesis centers on the teaching of controversial issues in English language education.
My PhD thesis centers on the teaching of controversial issues in English language education.
Research
My work focuses on why controversy and polarization arise around various issues, what adolescents can learn from disagreement, and the particular strategies teachers use when teaching controversial issues.
I am also interested in science communication and dissemination of research on social media, in the media and through popular-scientific events.
Publications
Conference lecture
- Hild Elisabeth Hoff; Mari Lund Eide (2026). Med trygghet som mål? Ubehagets læringspotensial og begrensninger i undervisning om kontroversielle tema. (external link)
- Hild Elisabeth Hoff; Mari Lund Eide (2025). Navigating controversies: A case for critical post-truth pedagogies. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Emotional engagement with controversies: a pendulum between intercultural learning and risk-taking? The case of the English subject . (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2021). Rocking the binary boat: studying attitudes towards, and the use of gender-neutral pronouns in Australia. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2024). Teaching controversial issues: interdisciplinary and subject-specific perspectives. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2024). Research and teaching on controversial issues in cross-disciplinary projects and ELT. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2024). Integrative reviews: "using the past and present to explore the future". (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide; Sigrid Johanna Håheim Ørevik; Tijana Przulj (2024). From Auditorium to Classroom: Students’ perceived challenges with creating coherence in the teacher education program. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide; Hild Elisabeth Hoff (2025). Engaging critically with social media controversies: potentials and challenges in the classroom. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Emotional responses to controversial issues in the EAL classroom: exploring potentials for intercultural learning. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide; Christian Lomsdalen; Marie Lippe, von der et al. (2023). “Like, I wouldn’t go to jail for it” - Student discourses on the use of civil disobedience as a protest tool in climate activism . (external link)
Academic article
- Mari Lund Eide; Tijana Przulj; Sigrid Johanna Håheim Ørevik (2025). (U)integrert lektorutdanning? Studenters opplevde utfordringer med å skape sammenheng i lektorstudiet. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2025). Controversial Issues in the English Language Classroom: An Integrative Review of Empirical Studies of Teacher Beliefs, Experiences, and Approaches. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2020). Han, hun, men ikke hen - hvorfor det, egentlig?. (external link)
Media interview
- Mari Lund Eide (2025). Kjønnsnøytrale pronomen: personlig og politisk. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Forskar skal hjelpa forskar. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Christian Lomsdalen; Mari Lund Eide et al. (2022). Ny forskergruppe diskuterte kontroversielle temaer med VGS-elever. (external link)
- Christian Lomsdalen; Julius Paul Wesche; Mari Lund Eide (2023). Forskning på øret: Podcast som formidlingskanal. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2021). Debatt: – Dette er det aller viktigste tiltaket for å sikre flyktningers rettigheter. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2022). Slik kan forskere nå ut til flere med forskningen sin. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2022). Hvordan kan kommunikasjonsrådgivere støtte forskere i møter med media?. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Ny podcast om forskningsformidling. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2022). GendHER/HIMclusive-Language (a podcast on gender-neutral language). (external link)
- Jakob Semb Aasmundsen; Mari Lund Eide (2022). Kjønnsnøytrale pronomen skaper debatt: – Toleransen min slutter når folk skal lage sin egen grammatikk. (external link)
Academic book chapter
- Mari Lund Eide; Hild Elisabeth Hoff (2025). Online controversies in the English language classroom: Facilitating critical engagement with social media texts. (external link)
- Ida Vikøren Andersen; Mari Lund Eide; Hild Elisabeth Hoff et al. (2025). «Jeg ville ikke gått i fengsel for det, liksom»: Utforskende undervisning om sivil ulydighet som kontroversielt tema. (external link)
Radio or TV participation
- Mari Lund Eide (2022). Hen, N-debatten, og politisk korrekt språk. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2021). Akademisk Lunch: Hvem skal formidle forskningen?. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Undervisning som formidling. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Nå ut til flere med sosiale medier. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Formidling fra forskningsprosjekter. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Det gode foredraget. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Mediehåndtering for forskere. (external link)
Popular science article
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). Hen - vårt korte og kontroversielle kjønnsnøytrale pronomen. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2023). De - en kjønnsnøytral utfordrer til hen. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide (2019). Hen, men også they, zie, xe og ey – kjønnsnøytrale pronomen i norsk, svensk og engelsk. (external link)
Projects
I have been involved in several externally funded project initiatives, such as a Center of Excellence application focusing on reading as a human experience.