Organisation

The Department of Education has approximately 170 employees, consisting of researchers, teachers and technical and administrative staff.

The Department of Education, Frescativägen 54. The sculpture "The Pearl", by Frida Tebus, just outside the entrance. Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger

Management of the department

The department is led by the head of department, deputy head of department and the department board (IS). The management team is responsible for the management of the ongoing work, which in addition to the head of department and deputy head of department, includes the head of administration, as well as directors of studies.

For each programme, there is a programme co-ordinator with special responsibility.

There is a head of education for The National School Leadership Training Programme and a director for the Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching (CeUL).

The department's research is organized in different research areas that include different research groups, to which our doctoral students are also attached.

Head of Department

Carina Carlhed Ydhag

Deputy Head of Department

Matilda Wiklund

Head of Administration

Pia Vångö

Directors of Studies

Åsa Broberg
Helena Rehn
David Thorsén
Maria Öhrstedt
Anneli Öljarstrand

The Departmental Board is lead by the Head of the Department (chairperson) and the Vice Chairperson (Deputy Head of the Department). The board members represent the various categories of personnel: faculty members/researchers and administrative staff. The board also contains student representatives who are elected by the doctoral student council and the student union.

Departmental board members

From 2024-01-01 – 2026-12-31.

Leading members
Head of the Department Carina Carlhed Ydhag
Deputy Head of the Department Matilda Wilklund

Faculty and researcher members
Camilla Thunborg
Åsa Sundelin
Larissa Mickwitz
Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg
Pelle Pelters
Mikael Persson
Tobias Malm

Alternate members - faculty/researchers
Gunilla Avby
Eva Eliasson
Stefan Lund
Staffan Nilsson

Administrative staff member
Eva Ahlzén
Marcus Bigert

Alternate members - administrative staff
Martin Rogberg
Linnea Tillenius

Student representatives (elected annually)
Amrah Heikkinen (PhD student representative)
Blanka Rósa (alternate PhD student representative)
Linnea Gladh (student representative)
Hanna Karlsson (student representative)

Contact

You can contact the departmental board through departmental secretary Eva Olsson.
Email: info@edu.su.se

Telephone and e-mail
Phone: +468162000 (switchboard)
Email: info@edu.su.se
Email education: studieinfo.edu@su.se
Email address for all staff at the Department: first name.surname@edu.su.se

Visiting address
Frescativägen 54, Frescati, Stockholm
Frescativägen 50, (taxi)

Address
Stockholms university
Department of Education
SE-106 91 STOCKHOLM

Last updated: 2025-10-17

Source: Department of Education

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