Diana von Börtzell-Szuch Lecturer

About me

I am a PhD Student at the Department of Special Education at Stockholm University, where I attend the research school GiftED that focuses on high-ability students in inclusive educational systems. Also at Stockholm University, I am a teacher within the Special Education Teachers programme where I teach in courses that focus on reading and writing development and reading and writing difficulties.

My research interests are advanced reading ability and related reading instruction, and also well-being, motivation and attitudes toward learning in school among high-ability students and its relation to academic performance. 

Supervisor: Professor Mara Westling Allodi (Department of Special Education, Stockholm University)

Assistant supervisor: Affiliated researcher Attila Szabo (Department of Learning and Teaching, Stockholm University)

have extensive experience of teaching (course coordinator and course teacher) in courses on reading and writing development as well as reading and writing difficulties in various teacher programs at the Department of Teaching and Learning at Stockholm University. 

Now, I teach at the Department of  Special Education within the Special Education Teachers programme, second cycle, in courses that focus on reading and writing development and reading and writing difficulties.

Collaboration:

Reading instruction to stimulate advanced readers in elementary school: Case studies in different contexts, Intelligence Day Webinar, lecture, Nordic Mensa Fund, 2024-10-01, youtube.com/watch?v=30_KFy3YbxA

Reading and writing instruction for all students, lecture at Läromedia Conference, 2025-05-08, Karlstad