Concepts such as leadership, development, learning, identity, creation of meaning, relationships, diversity and inclusion, are all central to this research area. What is it that forms, influences and develops us? How does our understanding of the surrounding world, as well our actions, change, based on the experiences we have? How and why do values, knowledge, and skills emerge. An important perspective in this research is how conditions for learning, bildung, and education are shaped by the society we live in. Both present day and historically.
Our research is characterised by diversity and contributes to well-informed decision-making related to many societal questions. The department collaborates extensively with the surrounding society’s various interest groups, organisations, and authorities. Collaborations with the surrounding society also aim at, and towards, the labour market and professional demands for education and development, as well as, complex societal challenges which require scientifically based collaboration and mutual learning.