Natalia Kucirkova
Professor, University of Stavanger and The Open University
Natalia Kucirkova is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Development at the University of Stavanger, Norway and Professor of Reading and Children’s Development at The Open University, UK. Natalia’s work is concerned with social justice in children’s literacy and use of technologies. She is the founder of the International Collective of Children’s Digital Books that connects research and design in children’s e-books and literacy apps and Chair of the Children’s Digital Book Award that is the first award judged entirely by teachers. Her research takes place collaboratively across academia, commercial and third sectors. Natalia is a Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow 2021-2023.
Contributions by Natalia
Natalia Kucirkova, Alexis Hiniker, Sho Tsuji, Robert Wolfe, Aayushi Dangol, Megumi Ishikawa / 13 October 2025
Natalia Kucirkova / 16 July 2025
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Natalia Kucirkova / 21 March 2024
Annie Brookman-Byrne / 26 October 2023
Garvin Brod and Natalia Kucirkova / 23 March 2023
Natalia Kucirkova / 7 July 2022
Natalia Kucirkova / 6 December 2021
Natalia Kucirkova / 30 September 2021
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