I worked in teacher education in Stockholm (2004-2008), educating teacher students (pedagogy, ethics, psychology, culture analyses, digital competence, and further education for foreign teachers/internationally trained teachers) and continuing education for teacher educators. I continued to teach internationally trained teachers when I worked at CeUL. I have taught a variety of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 

I have worked as an educational developer at Stockholm University since 2008. I taught education courses for university teachers (and teacher educators), evaluated pedagogical merits, and more within the Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching (CeUL) framework.

Through the years, alongside teaching, I have participated in research and development projects dealing with pedagogy, intercultural education, refugee teachers, blended learning in courses for autism intervention, and digital competence. I have also developed different Open Educational Resources (OER), such as teaching portfolios.

Stockholm University -22 yrs 3 mos - A short summary

•  Assistant Head of Department, Director of Studies, Jan 2025 - Present.
  • I currently serve as the Assistant Head of Department and Director of Studies, as well as a steering group member, at the Department of Special Education at Stockholm University. Additionally, I will continue with my research.
• Director of Studies for Teacher Programme Courses, Jan 2024 - Present.
  • I am the Director of Studies for Teacher Programme Courses at the Department of Special Education, Stockholm University, as well as a steering group member. All teacher students (from different programs) study courses in our department. We have approx. 1200-1500 teacher students studying at our department each year.
•  Ph.D. Senior Lecturer - Department of Special Education, Jan 2020 - Present.
  • Member of the Departmental Board, 3 years, Jan 2021 - Dec 2023. Teaching courses in special education.
  • I was a member of the Education Council for Foreign Teachers' Further Training, ULV, and Further Training of Teachers, VAL.
  • On behalf of the Swedish National Agency for Education, Stockholm University I designs and conducts aptitude tests where teachers with foreign degrees can have their previous professional qualifications tested and recognised. I am involved in constructing and assessing these tests.
  • Coordination Section for Commissioned Education - Project Sep 2018 – Feb 2021: R/EQUAL Requalification of (recently) immigrated and refugee teachers in Europe. R/EQUAL supports existing programmes at Stockholm University, University of Vienna, University of Cologne, and the University of Education Weingarten by collaborating on a European level.
• Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching (CeUL) - Educational developer. Jan 2008 - Jul 2020 · 12 yrs 7 mos.
  • Teaching courses in Higher Education (university teachers) Intercultural education, Teacher education, Blended learning, Course design, Teaching portfolio.
  • Section for External Contacts, Jan 2011 – Aug 2012. Teacher in the course "To be a teacher in Sweden" 22,5 ECTS. Teachers who hold foreign teaching degrees, coming from up to 90 countries participated.
  • Project 2006-2012 LIKA: The project was a six-year collaboration between The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm University (SU), Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH) and the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. The goals of LIKA were to integrate digital literacy as a progressive part in courses and programmes throughout the teacher education.
• Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, DSV - Educational developer Jan 2011 - Dec 2019 · 9 yrs.
  • All my work were connected to Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching, CeUL.
  • Project 2011-2013 Future Learn: A university-wide educational development project at Stockholm University.
•  Teacher Education - Teacher trainer/educational developer, Stockholm. Jan 2004 - Dec 2008 · 5 yrs.
  • Teaching and Learning - teacher trainers deveopment, digital competence, course development
  • Teacher education - students (pedagogy, psychology, ethics, cultural analysis, courses in ICT)
  • Research project 2005-2007 LEARNIT: “Digital Teaching Aids and Learning Design Sequence in Swedish Schools – Users´ Perspective.”
  • Project 2006-2012 LIKA: The project was a six-year collaboration between The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm University (SU), Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH) and the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. The goals of LIKA were to integrate digital literacy as a progressive part in courses and programmes throughout the teacher education.

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• TeacherSchools and adult education Jan 1991 - 2004 · 13 yrs Uppsala, Lund, Helsingborg and Stockholm. Teaching and other tasks (development) for various groups and subjects.
  • Upper secondary school (subject teacher)
  • Special education (Compulsory school)
  • Folk high school (independent adult education college) and Adult education

I belong to two research domains at the Department of Special Education, "Learning environments and didactic knowledge" and "Migration and education".

ONGOING RESEARCH

Special teachers' and special education students' experiences of digital technology in education for children, young people, and adults with special needs. The aim is to examine the digital competence (including AI) and experience of using digital technology in special education and special education students and their schools' resources in this area. (Heidi Selenius, Helena Hemmingsson, Joacim Ramberg & Annika Käck) Submitted: Teachers' Perceptions of AI to Enhance Learning and Participation for Students with Special Educational Needs

Migrant Teachers Professional Development - A Nordic research collaboration network (teacher education) between Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. (University of Iceland, University of Helsinki, Oslo Metropolitan University - Storbyuniversitetet, Stockholm University, and Malmö University.)

A Process of Professional Transition —Immigrant Teachers in the Bridging Programme in Sweden. This study examines the educational needs of immigrant teachers and how teacher educators perceive the training they provide. It aims to deepen our understanding of how pedagogical professional development and improvement efforts can be designed to support foreign teachers better  and make the most of their expertise. (Larissa Mickwitz and Annika Käck)

University teachers' pedagogical skills: Käck, A. (2024). Assessment of Internationally Trained Teachers: Challenges and Implications.

FORMER RESEARCH

Who am I as a teacher? Internationally trained teachers' re-defined teacher identity. Käck, A. (2025). Who Am I as a Teacher?: Migrant Teachers’ Redefined Professional Identity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009341042

How students (at Stockholm University) in need of special educational support experienced online education during the Corona period. (Maria Öhrstedt, Annika Käck and Helena Reierstam). Öhrstedt, M., Käck, A., Reierstam, H., & Ghilagaber, G. (2024). Studying online with special needs - a student perspective. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-3802.12670

Distance education at university level - Student experiences from the Corona fall 2020. Meta-analysis of 250 interviews with students at Stockholm University. (Patrik Hernvall, Annika Käck and Johan Stymne). Hernwall, P., Käck, A., & Stymne, J. (2022). Norms, appropriation, and social affordances in studying in emergency remote teaching: a meta-analysis of student experiences. Högre utbildning, 12(3), 47–60. https://doi.org/10.23865/hu.v12.3830

R/EQUAL Requalification of (recently) immigrated and refugee teachers in Europe (Sep 2018 - Feb 2021). This is a development project, but it is also carried out as a research project. Project description and results: https://blog.hf.uni-koeln.de/immigrated-and-refugee-teachers-requal/. It is a collaboration between universities in Stockholm, Vienna, Cologne, and the University of Education Weingarten. 

Digital Competence and Ways of Thinking and Practising in Swedish Teacher Education. My dissertation explored the various ways of thinking and practicing related to earlier experiences, digital competence, and pedagogical perspectives of foreign teachers from 57 countries/regions during their studies at four Swedish Universities.

International (Nordic-Baltic) study about students’ collaborative work and flexible learning in higher education in a course about dealing with autism. Globalisation has presented education with new opportunities and obstacles, about which I have studied. (Lise Roll Pettersson and Annika Käck) https://doi.org/10.2478/eurodl-2014-0006

The project LIKA was a six-year collaboration (2006 – 2012) between the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm University (SU), the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (KMH), and the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. The project engaged 600 teacher educators in 245 activities to integrate digital literacy into teacher education programs. I was the process leader at SU.

LearnIT, Didactical Design and Digital Teaching Aids (2005-2007) have explored digital teaching aids and their users, with the aim of understanding how digital media can be utilized as a resource for teaching. Here, I have focused on teachers’ interventions while students worked.