• Critical pedagogy - Freirian perspectives
• Multicultural edaucation
• Political movements (Kurds)
• Education in areas of war and political unrest
• Education in prison

Dissemination themes focus on Kurdish movements in Turkey and North Syria, with emphasis on political, democratic and educational issues. Active in sharing research results and fields of competence with the media.

Bachelor- and Master Programme in Education

EVU-course (PED665) Correctional Service as Learning Site

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Kariane Westrheim; Juhar Yasin Abamosa; Line Torbjørnsen Hilt (2022). Pathways to Social Inclusion: The Role of Institutions in the Social Inclusion of Refugees into Higher Education in Norway. Policies and practices in focus.. (external link)
• Morten Kronstad; Kariane Westrheim; Martin Eide et al. (2017). Frå skulebenk til deadlines. Korleis nettjournalistar og journaliststudentar lærer, og korleis dei utviklar journalistfagleg kunnskap. (external link)
• Martin Per Samuelsson; Steinar Bøyum; Kariane Westrheim (2019). Education for Deliberative Democracy. Theoretical assumptions and classroom practices. (external link)
• Eirik S. Jenssen; Kariane Westrheim (2012). Tilpasset opplæring i norsk skole. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2009). Education in a Political Context. A study of knowledge processes and learning sites in the PKK. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Opening remarks by Chair to the theme: The EU Turkey and the Kurds. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Knowledge in a Marginal Context. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2006). Transformation of Knowledge: The case of the PKK. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2008). The Impact of Education in War & Conflict Areas. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2007). The sensitive role of the researcher in conflict areas. (external link)
• Kariane Therese Gärtner Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide (2021). Utenlandske innsatte og det flerkulturelle klasserommet. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Researching Fields of Political Unrest. Ethical dimensions. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Olga Dysthe (2003). En treleddet veiledningsmodell for masterstudiet i pedagogikk ved UiB. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2012). Innsatte med irakisk bakgrunn i norske fengsler: en kvalitativ undersøkelse av utdanningsbakgrunn, ønsker og behov. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2017). Democratic Alternative to Tyranny and Chaos in the Middle East: Kurdish Vision and Strategies. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide (2016). Fengselsbetjenters fortellinger om rolle og posisjon i møte med innsatte og deres utdanningssituasjon i norske fengsler. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2017). Education in Rojava-Northern Syria. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2010). Kurdish Women and Political Participation: Moving towards a Democratic National Women’s Network. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2011). The Quest for Democracy. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Zone for Deliberation: Researching Fields of Political Unrest. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Whose knowledge counts?. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2018). Young Voices from Maxmur: Educational experiences from a living democratic autonomy. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2008). Terror eller frigjøringskamp?. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2010). Turkey and the Kurdish Conflict: Political Dialogue & Peace-building. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2004). Opening remarks by Chair to the theme: Eu Turkey and the Kurds. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2006). Knowledge Transformation in a Liberation Movement: The PKK as Alternative Knowledge and Identity Project. (external link)
• Terje Manger; Kariane Westrheim (2023). Foreign inmates: They wish to start an education but face too many barriers.. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Kristine Ludvigsen (2011). Conducting Qalitative Research in Multuicultural Norwegian Prisons: Approces and Dilemmas. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2017). Laudation to Professor Noam Chomsky. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2004). The Liberation Movement. An Alternative Identity and Knowledge project?. (external link)
• Olga Dysthe; Kariane Westrheim (2003). The power of the group in graduate student supervision. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2007). Å velge fjellene: PKK som kunnskaps og identitetsprosjekt. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Michael Gunter (2011). The Current Situation of the Kurds in Syria. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Critical Pedagogy at the University?. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2010). Education in the Warzone: the role of education in areas of war and poltitical conflict. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2009). The Impact of Education in Areas of war and Political Conflict. (external link)
• Terje Manger; Kariane Westrheim (2019). Utenlandske innsatte: Utfordringer og muligheter. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Michael Gunter (2012). THE STRENGTHS & ROOTS OF A SOLUTION TO THE KURDISH PROBLEM IN TURKEY BASED ON DEMOCRATIC SELF-DETERMINATION (invited Keynote). (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2012). A qualitative study on educational background, wishes and needs among groups of foreign prisoners in Nordic prisons. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2012). The Quest for a New Social Science (invited Keynote). (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Kristine Ludvigsen (2011). Conducting Qualitative Research in Norwegian Multicultural Prisons. (external link)
• Rune Johan Krumsvik; Kariane Westrheim; Eva Sunde et al. (2009). The PEK-Project "Teach as we preach" - Teacher educators digital competence. Preliminary findings from the project. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2016). From Sykes-Picot to the present. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2011). The Educational Contribution of the PKK in the Turkish-Kurdish Conflikt. (external link)

Book anthology

• Kariane Westrheim; Astrid Tolo (2014). Kompetanse for mangfold: Om utdanningens rolle og skolens utfordringer i det flerkulturelle Norge. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Thomas Jeffrey Miley; Federico Venturini (2018). My Encounter with the Kurdish Movement. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2010). Dagları Seçmek: Alternatif Bir Kimlik Projesi Olarak PKK. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide (2019). Kunnskapsbasert straffegjennomføring i kriminalomsorgen i Norge. (external link)

Media interview

• Kariane Westrheim (2004). The Brussels Conference 2004: The EU, Turkey and the Kurds. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2019). The Hard Resistance of the Kurds and Others in North Syria Prevented a Full Turkish Invasion’. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Azad Zal (2006). Ocalan pesengiya karen bas kirye (Öcalan har også gjort gode ting). (external link)
• farhad mohamad; Kariane Westrheim (2007). President Masud Barzani visits the European Parliament (Språk Sorani). (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2007). Alle vil tape på tyrkisk Irak-invasjon. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2009). Time for change in Turkey. (external link)
• Eystein Røssum; Kariane Westrheim (2014). Tyrkia leverer våpen til IS og gir dei open støtte. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2014). Female fighters in PKK. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Haci Akman (2001). Norges ansikter. (external link)
• Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide; Kariane Westrheim (2023). Transforming Corrections. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Asbjørn Kristoffersen (2006). Alt for partiet og Jesus. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2003). Tema: Etter Irak krigen: Fortiet kurdisk fredsinitiativ. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Azad Zal (2006). PKK rexistinek civaki u siyasi ye (PPK er en sosial og politisk bevegelse). (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Yuksel Celik (2013). Debattprogram, NUCE TV (71 minutter live)Meddebattant Judge Essa Moosa, South AfricaTema var de nylig påbegynte politiske forhandlingene mellom AKP regjeringen i Tyrkia og PPKs leder Abdullah Öcalan. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2004). Intervju på TV 2 nyhetene Om konferanse i EU parlamentet: The EU, Turkey and the Kurds. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Vegar Flå (2006). Glemte konflikter. (external link)
• Mehmet Korkmaz; Kariane Westrheim (2010). Ab yolundaki Türkiye icinkötü bir reklam. (external link)
• Walter Wehus; Hilde Kristin Kvalvaag; Kariane Westrheim (2013). Med kurdisk pensum. (external link)
• Yaprak Yildiz; Kariane Westrheim (2013). Turkey and the PKK: The Kurdish women who take up arms. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Bülent Kartal; S Okay (2006). Amed'i unutamam (Jeg glemmer aldri Amed). (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2007). En storpolitisk kasteball. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2008). Pressekonferanse om PKK. (external link)
• Bülent Kartal; Kariane Westrheim (2007). Westrheim PKK eğitimini anlattı (Özgur Politika). (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2014). TV2 Nyhetskanalen. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2017). Utdanning til barn rammet av krig og konflikt (i forbindelse med TV aksjonen 2017). (external link)

Media feature article

• Kariane Westrheim; Arne Liljedahl Lynngård (2004). Får Leyla Zana en rettferdig rettsak?. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2014). “DÜNYAYI DEĞİŞTİRMEK BİR GÜNÜ ALIR...’’ Eng. oversettelse “IT TAKES ONE DAY TO CHANGE THE WORLD…”. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2018). All makt til forbryteren. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2011). De syriske kurderne er vår tids fredløse. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2015). Fredssamtaler ble snudd til krig. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2013). I geriljaen har alle en bok i lommen. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2018). Natos egen krigsforbryter. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2015). På full fart mot borgerkrig. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Dag Øystein Nordanger (2005). Polarisering av identiteter. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2007). PKK bekjempes ikke med våpen. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2016). Kuppmakeren Erdogan. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Kariane Westrheim (2012). Demokrati i det flerkulturelle klasserommet. (external link)
• Sølvi Lillejord; Kariane Westrheim (2006). På nett? Veiledning i IKT-basert master. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2014). Kurdish women of the diaspora and political participation. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger (2019). Utenlandske innsatte: høy utdanningamotivasjon, men mange hinder. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger (2012). Likheter og forskjeller i de nordiske landene. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger (2012). Oppsummering og drøfting. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2013). Den flerkulturelle skolen. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger (2012). Metode. (external link)
• Kari Hagatun; Kariane Westrheim (2014). "Vi klarer oss uansett - Det har vi gjort i fem hundre år": Perspektiver på utdanningssituasjonen til norske rombarn. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2011). Elevmangfold i skolen: Det flerkulturelle perspektivet. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide (2019). Kunnskapsbasert straffegjennomføring i Norge. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2013). Taking to the Streets! Kurdish Collective Action in Turkey. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Cultural identity and oppression experienced through the Kurdish liberation struggle. (external link)
• Olga Dysthe; Akylina Samara; Kariane Westrheim (2006). En treleddet veiledningsmodell i masterstudiet. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide (2019). Fengselsbetjentens rolle i oppfølging av utdannings- og opplæringstilbud til innsatte. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2011). Mangfold og demokrati i den flerkulturelle skolen. (external link)

Non-fiction book chapter

• Kariane Westrheim (2018). My encounter with the Kurdish Movement. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Michael Gunter (2018). The EU Turkey Civic Commission and the Peace in Kurdistan Campaign. (external link)

Popular science article

• Kariane Westrheim (2015). Karanliga Karsi deniz feneri (tyrkisk) A Lighthouse in the dark. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2006). PKK bevegelsen. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2012). PKK’de kadınlar ve Kürt ulusal hareket. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Voldtekt av kurdiske kvinner: Landsbyvoktersystemet i Tyrkia. (external link)

Academic article

• Beate Buanes Roth; Kariane Westrheim; Lise Øen Jones et al. (2017). Academic self-efficacy, educational motives and aspects of the prison sentence as predictors for participation in prison education.. (external link)
• Juhar Yasin Abamosa; Line Hilt; Kariane Westrheim (2019). Social inclusion of refugees into higher education in Norway: A critical analysis of Norwegian higher education and integration policies. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2010). Choosing the Mountains: The PKK as alternative knowledge and identity project. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Kari Hagatun (2015). Hva betyr "kompetanse for mangfold" i utdanningssystemet. Et kritisk perspektiv på mangfolddiskursen. (external link)
• Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide; Kariane Therese Gärtner Westrheim (2023). Being an Educator: Norwegian Prison Officers’ Conception of their Role Regarding Incarcerated Persons’ Education. (external link)
• Rune Johan Krumsvik; Kariane Westrheim; Eva Sunde et al. (2012). Lærerutdannerens digitale kompetanse. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2004). Kritisk pedagogikk og multikulturalisme i lys av Freiretradisjonen. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger (2014). Iraqi prisoners in Norway: Educational background, participation, preferences and barriers to education. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2008). Prison as Site for Political Education: Educational Experiences from Prison Narrated by Members and Sympathisers of the PKK. (external link)
• Olga Dysthe; Akylina Samara; Kariane Westrheim (2006). Multivoiced supervision of master students: A case study of alternative supervision practices in higher education. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2020). Cezaevinde Direnişin Önemi ve Anlam (The Importance and Meaning of Resistance in Prison). (external link)
• Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide; Kariane Westrheim (2020). Norwegian prison officers´ perspectives on professionalism and professional development opportunities in their occupation. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Sølvi Lillejord (2007). A Zone for Deliberation? Methodological challenges in fields of political unrest. (external link)

Research report

• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger (2013). Ethnic minority prisoners in Nordic prisons: Educational background,preferences and needs. A qualitative study of prisoners from Iraq,Poland, Russia, Serbia and Somalia. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Olga Dysthe (2004). Medstudenten som ressurs. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger; Ole-Johan Eikeland et al. (2012). Innsatte med irakisk bakgrunn i norske fengsler: en kvalitativ undersøkelse av utdanningsbakgrunn, ønsker og behov. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger (2012). Utenlandske innsatte i nordiske fengsler:Utdanningsbakgrunn, ønsker og behov. En kvalitativ studie av innsatte fra Irak, Polen, Russland, Serbia og Somalia. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide; Lise Øen Jones (2017). "Vi er ganske gode i hverdagen"... Fengselsbetjenters fortellinger om rolle og posisjon i møte med innsatte og deres utdanningssituasjon i norske fengsler. (external link)
• Ole-Johan Eikeland; Terje Manger; Linda Gröning et al. (2014). Innsatte fra Litauen, Polen og Nigeria: Utdanning, arbeid og kompetanse. (external link)

Lecture

• Kariane Westrheim (2009). Is there a Life after Dissertation?. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Dag Øystein Nordanger (2004). Multicultural Venues of Empowerment in Health and Education - critical perspectives. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2017). Democratic Federation of North Syria - Future Scenarios. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2016). Academia under pressure. The situation in post coup Turkey. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2016). The Kurdish Freedom Movement as Learning Site. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2014). Kurderne i Iran, Irak, Tyrkia og Syria. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2006). Opening remarks by Chair to the theme: Time for Justice, Dialogue and Solution. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2016). Universitet under press. Om situasjonen for universitetstilsette og studentar i Erdogans Tyrkia. (external link)
• Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide; Kariane Westrheim (2016). Hvordan forstår fengselsbetjenter i norske fengsler sin rolle i oppfølging og tilrettelegging av utdannings- og opplæringstilbud for innsatte?. (external link)
• Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide; Kariane Westrheim (2016). The prison offiser as a learning actor in inmates education. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2013). Turkey, the Kurds and the Imrali Peace Process: An Historic Opportunity (Opening speech). (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2004). Eu Turkey and the Kurds. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2004). Sentrale menneskerettighetsforkjempere. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2009). Opening speech by Chairwomen. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide (2023). Fengselsbetjenten som aktør i innsattes utdanning og læring. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide (2023). Being an educator - Norwegian Prison Officers' role in prison education.. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2012). “The Kurdish Question in Turkey - Time to Renew the Dialog and the Direct Negotiations” Opening speech. (external link)

Journal review

• Kariane Westrheim; Michael Gunter (2014). “Living Freedom”: The Evolution of the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey and the Efforts to Resolve it. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2010). Replikk til førsteamanuensis Rolf Fastings kommentar i Spesialpedagogikk nr. 10/2010, til boka Etnisk mangfold i skolen. Det sakkyndige blikket av Joron Pihl. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2005). Saklig ukyndighet?. (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Kariane Westrheim (2014). "Dünya Kobanê'deki Kürt direnişini desteklemelidir" Eng tittel "Support the Kurdish resistance in Kobane". (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2022). Madrid Agreement: It may seem hopeless, but the Kurds will never give up.. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2004). Kurderne blir forsøkt kneblet. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Helene Marie Kjærgård Eide (2018). Vårt samfunnsoppdrag er også å formidle på norsk. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Arne Liljedahl Lynngård (2006). Hinder for fredelig løsning?. (external link)

Popular science book

• Mark Muller; Claire Bringham; Kariane Westrheim et al. (2005). EU Turkey and the Kurds. (external link)

Radio or TV participation

• Kariane Westrheim (2017). TV2 Nyhetskanalen Om folkeavstemming i Tyrkia og veien videre. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Jon Rud; Senem Guneser (2006). Tyrkias vei til EU. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2022). NATO's Agreement with Turkey. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2014). Søndagsgjest Nyhetskanalen Om situasjonen i Kobane, Syria. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; ROJ TV Guneser Senem (2006). Kurds in Turkey. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim (2006). Dagsnytt 18. (external link)

Working paper

• Rune Johan Krumsvik; Kariane Westrheim; Knut Steinar Engelsen et al. (2011). A Tribute To Professor Olga Dysthe. With this booklet colleagues, research collaborators and friends, honour Olga Dysthe on her 70th year anniversary and also mark her retirement from the Department of Education, University of Bergen.. (external link)

Popular science book chapter

• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger; Ole-Johan Eikeland et al. (2012). Irakiske innsatte i Norge. (external link)
• Kariane Westrheim; Terje Manger (2012). Innledning. (external link)

Master’s thesis

• Kariane Westrheim; Julie Lillejord (2009). Mapping Discrimination: Trade Unions in Norway. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.