Meeting with the EST reference group

In addition to the EST-project group, we have an advisory board and a reference group. The latter consists of representatives of institutions, organizations or groups of people that our research can be beneficial to. Importantly, an overall aim of reference groups is to involve the users of the research in the research projects and the research projects to benefit from the users experiences and knowledge about the topic under study. In the EST-project, collaboration with many of the representatives were established when drafting the grant proposal, however, we have also gotten some new representatives in the group throughout the two years that the project has been running.

The meeting this time focused on important design issues such as pre- and post-measures, inclusion criteria and collaboration in recruiting participants. The fruitful discussions with the reference group gave us new perspectives, possible solutions, but also some challenges to work further with.

I believe that I can say that I talk from everyone in the EST project group when I say that we are privileged to have such an engaged, knowledgeable and reflective reference group!

From the left: Elisabeth Holm Hansen (USN EST), Karoline Hoff (Statped), Martin Wright (NIFS), Ane Hestmann Melle (Statped), Melanie Kirmess (UiO EST), Kari-Anne Næss (UiO EST), Linn Stokke Guttormsen (UiO EST), Konstantinos Antypas and Hilde Hofslundsengen (HVL EST). Karianne Berg (Nord University) and Astrid-Tine Bjørvik (Statped midt, NTNU) joined on SKYPE.