Research subject Sociology of Education

Computer gaming and educational outcomes among youth: how does gaming relate to achievement and school relevant behavior? Using a multidimensional perspective on education and unusually detailed measures of computer gaming, this project addresses mechanisms suggested by theories in the field.

Why are educational inequalities by gender and immigrant background not those we would expect given students’ aspirations, confidence, and stress?

The overall objective of this program is to study educational segregation in Sweden in the light of three major phenomena during the past 30 years: far-reaching school reforms, immigration, and women starting to dominate men in educational outcomes.

There is a lack of empirical research on the processes behind the fact that females on average do better than males in school, and we still lack knowledge about why there is such a strong horizontal gender segregation in education. This project tests hypotheses on how gender differences in education arise and are maintained.

This project aims at evaluating long term causal effects of educational contents on voter turnout and health outcomes, as well as to analyze the determinants of educational choices. Educational contents is an underdeveloped area of research although it is widely assumed to affect a number of outcomes.

The project offers insights into whether and how increasing income inequality spills over into disparities in future generations' educational outcomes. The evidence provided is instrumental to understanding the long-term challenges for the Swedish welfare state to provide equal opportunities for its citizens.

The aim of this project is to provide evidence on the outcomes of individuals who choose their high school program gender-atypically and start a program where they belong to the minority gender.

How school systems respond to migration has an enormous impact on migrant integration. The project TEAMS - Teaching that matters: Understanding Levers of Integration in Scotland, Finland and Sweden addresses the urgent need to understand and help teachers meet the needs of migrant students.

This paper presents an evaluation of the effects of changing access, due to supply variations, to three fields of academic upper secondary education in Sweden: Natural Science/Engineering, Social Science/Humanities, and Business.