Oslo — Physics & Science Communication
Vidar Skogvoll teaching a group class
Photo: Lin Stensrud

Vidar Skogvoll — physicist, researcher & science communicator

Senior lecturer at the University of Oslo's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, researching phase-field modeling and how AI is reshaping the classroom.

Cover of Lære med KI by Vidar Skogvoll and Andreas D. Haraldsrud
Forthcoming book

Lære med KI

Written in Norwegian for teachers, the book draws on cognitive learning psychology to give a grounded account of what generative AI changes in the classroom — and what it doesn't.

About me

I'm a physicist based in Stockholm, currently a senior lecturer at the University of Oslo's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. My PhD work was on phase-field modeling of crystal deformation and microplasticity — how grain boundaries move, and what that means for how a material yields.

My current research looks at how AI shapes teaching and learning more broadly.

Alongside research and teaching, I work in science communication: I co-host the podcast Under Kappa, appear regularly on NRK's Abels tårn, and give talks on AI and learning.

Elsewhere

More of my work, in a few different places.