Eva Insulander Senior lecturer

Eva Insulander is an Associate professor and senior lecturer at the Department of Education at Stockholm University. Her research focuses mostly on designs for learning, with an interest in social semiotics and multimodal analysis of educational communication, primarily in the context of museum and history education. She has been involved in several research projects focusing on museums as arenas for learning and communication. She is a member of the research group Utbildningshistoria och utbildningssociologi and also section editor of the peer-reviewed open access journal Designs for learning. 

Presently, Insulander is leading a project funded by the Swedish research council: "Collections and education: A historical study of the relation between schools and museums 1880-1980". It is a four year-grant 2022-2025 together with David Thorsén, SU.

Insulander is also leading a project funded by the Swedish national heritage board: "Exhibition materialities: Effects of digitization for meaning-making". It is a three year-grant 2023-2025 together with Fredrik Lindstrand, Konstfack University of arts, craft and design. The Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums are partners in the project.

She is also part of a collaborative project with Gothenburg Museums and Art gallery, funded by the Anna Ahrenberg Foundation, "The potentials of Museum Education", which runs from August 2024 to March 2025. Klar Grinell is leading the project.