Max Scheja Professor

As Professor of Higher Education a substantial part of my work within the Department of Education involves supervising PhD students and teaching on various courses offered at the department. I also take an active role in Stockholm University's Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching, aiming to support academics in their professional development as university teachers.

Research 
My research interests centre broadly on students' studying and learning processes in higher education. In particular I am interested in understanding students' processes of coming to understand subject matter in different higher education settings. Over the years I have been involved in research projects investigating studying and learning processes in, for instance, engineering, mathematics, medicine, nursing, psychology, teacher education and political science.

Over the years I have had, and still have, a long standing research collaboration with colleagues at Sophiahemmet University, the Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, The Royal Institute of Technology, and The University of Edinburgh.

Seminars
I act as convenor of the Swedish Higher Education Research Network (SHERN) Seminar at the Department of Education, which invites colleagues to regular discussion of ongoing research on issues of topical interest for teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. 

Previous engagements
Between 2003 and 2005 I was Assistant and Acting Director of the Centre for Cognitition Understanding and Learning at Karolinska Institutet. I have also been a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh in the UK.

Expert assignments
Since 2013 I serve on the Expert Panel for the Social Sciences and Humanities at the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation and Research in Higher Education.