Much of the research will be conducted in collaboration with other departments and universities where we are either the main applicant or co-applicant.
 

Local prerequisites for successful schooling of newcomer pupils

The overall aim of the study is to investigate how the reception of newly arrived pupils differs between sparsely populated areas and large cities, and how a local education policy can be designed so that more newly arrived pupils make the transition to upper secondary school. 

Main applicant and project manager is Eric Larsson, senior lecturer at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. Co-researchers are Biörn Ivemark, Department of Education, Stockholm University, and Anna Ambrose, senior lecturer at the Department of Culture and Education, Södertörn University.

Local prerequisites for successful schooling of newcomer pupils

Schools' work with parents of pupils in risky transitions

School support for parents to be able to support their children is important, especially for parents of children with different challenges. In the project, we want to develop new knowledge about how schools cooperate with parents of students who risk not being qualified for upper secondary school.

Main applicants and project managers are Åsa Sundelin, senior lecturer, and Anneli Öljarstrand, senior lecturer, both at the Department of Education, Stockholm University.

Reaching secondary school? School's support for parents.

Professional self-confidence, emotional challenges and moral stress in teacher and medical education

In this project we investigate the professional development of teacher and medical students in relation to professional self-confidence, emotional challenges and moral stress during the first years of their training.

Co-researchers are Maria Weurlander, associate professor, and Linda Barman, senior lecturer, both at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. Main applicant and project leader is Henrik Lindqvist, associate professor, Linköping University.

Teacher and medical education - self-confidence, emotional challenges and moral stress.

Trust and resistance: Swedish parents' relationship to school 1861-2012

The purpose of the project is to describe the role that parents have played in the formation of the Swedish school and to investigate parents' trust in the school as an institution and how this has changed over time.

Co-researchers are Joakim Landahl, professor and Germund Larsson, senior Lecturer, both at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. Lead applicant and project manager is Sara Backman Prytz, associate professor, Uppsala University.

Trust and resistance: Swedish parents' relationship to school 1861-2012

Understanding epilepsy

The aim of the project is to examine changing and enduring attitudes towards epilepsy and how these changes have affected access to school and education for people with epilepsy.

Co-researcher is Johanna Ringarp, senior Lecturer at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. Main applicant and project manager is Matilda Svensson Chowdhury, senior lecturer, Malmö University.

Understanding epilepsy

Reinterrogating Language Education in Adulthood

In this research project, we examine the significance of accommodated language education for adults in municipal adult education and folk high school, with a particular focus on Swedish language learning.

Co-researcher is Enni Paul, senior lecturer at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. Main applicant and project manager is Christina Hedman, professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University.

Reinterrogating Language Education in Adulthood

Existential aspects of teaching – religious studies and psychology

Religious studies and psychology are school subjects connected to identity and worldview issues, which can be experienced as "close to life". We investigate how teaching can be designed so that teachers can offer students increased opportunities in learning the subject with integrity.

Co-researcher is Maria Öhrstedt, senior lecturer at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. Project leader is Maria Olson, professor, Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University.

Existential aspects of teaching – religious studies and psychology

Empowering Cultural Integration and Language Learning through Conversational AI

Language learning is critical to the integration process, posing significant challenges for learners and educators. We aim to develop a language learning system focusing specifically on conversational skills utilizing social robots and conversational AI.

Researchera in the project are Ali-Reza Majlesi, senior lecturer at the Department of Education, Stockholm University and Gabriel Skantze, professor in Speech Communication and Technology at KTH. The project duration is 2 years and is funded by Digital Futures, research centre at KTH.

Grants for visiting researchers

In 2024 the Department of Education will be visited by Dr. Mathieu Albert, guest researcher from McGill University. At the department of education, he will collaborate with researchers and staff within the research group HELP (Higher Education Learning and Practices) as well as work with his own projects and publication work regarding the consequences of interdisciplinarity in an academic environment from a power perspective.