• Deputy heads—leadership and power in change? 

      Abrahamsen, Hedvig Neerland; Aas, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Much current research emphasizes the importance of leadership as an interactive activity in leading school change and improvement. In the Norwegian context, there is growing interest in redesigning the historical ...
    • Leadership in low- and underperforming schools—two contrasting Scandinavian cases 

      Ahlstrøm, Bjørn; Aas, Marit (International Journal of Leadership in Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11-25)
      In this paper, we investigate how professional cultures and situated, material and external contexts relate to dynamic low- and underperforming schools in Scandinavia, particularly how the leadership is constructed through ...
    • Leading professional group discussions: a challenge for principals? 

      Vennebo, Kirsten Foshaug; Aas, Marit (International Journal of Leadership in Education;Published online 22 Feb 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Developing collective professional capacity in schools is viewed as important for improving schools. Furthermore, principals are seen as being in a key position to promote the development of collective capacity. Although ...