Jenny Wilder

Jenny Wilder is the Head of the Department of Special Education, Stockholm University. Jenny Wilder is a Professor in Special Education. She is also a Research Associate in the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, University of Pretoria https://www.up.ac.za. She is also a Research Associate at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University.

Jenny Wilder has a Ph.D. in Psychology, Stockholm University, 2008. Jenny Wilder’s research focuses primarily on intellectual disability and encompasses areas such as communication and interaction, participation, support provision, collaboration, and educational transitions. Jenny Wilder has run several larger research projects, the last one funded by the Swedish Research Council. She has supervised several Ph.D. students and is currently the main supervisor of 2 Ph.D. students, Linn Johnels and Sofia Wallin.

2020 - 2021 Jenny Wilder was Guest Professor at Högskolan Kristianstad.

2018-2022 Jenny Wilder was Director of Research Studies in Special Education at the Department of Special Education, Stockholm University. 

2018-2020 Jenny Wilder was Research Coordinator for the Doctoral Programme in Special Education directed towards Early Interventions in Early Childhood Education, run at the Department of Special Education, Stockholm University.