My research is situated within areas of the sociology of education and critical welfare studies, focusing on the relationship between institutions (welfare) and various (social) groups or actors. The main research interest is how political reforms, based on their discursive character, affect institutional processes and conditions, as well as how these reforms shape and are shaped by human (inter)action. A particular focus is directed towards research questions regarding educational governance and organization in terms of policy reforms and their implications for school and its groups or actors. Thus, the research highlights broader issues regarding societal change and its influence on school as well as the role of education.
My thesis focuses on shifts in ideas, norms, and values regarding teacher professionalism and institutional conditions as reform ideas are negotiated and contested by various actors, such as teachers, teacher assistants, and policymakers. This brings to the fore issues regarding, for example, roles and shifts in responsibility and accountability, as well as different views on time and temporality in relation to teacher professionalism. The thesis highlights educational governance through policy ideas and discourses within and across transnational, national, and local levels in the Swedish education system. The thesis employs a theoretical and methodological framework with institutional and discursive dimensions, and with a particular focus on the actors' scope for interpretation and action.
I primarily teach at the secondary school teacher programme in social studies (sociology) and in courses, such as, behavioral science and education. I have also taught at the pre-school teacher programme and at the HRM-programme (on organization theory). For example, I teach sociological theory, gender and intersectionality, as well as social and cultural analysis. In addition, I teach sociological and educational perspectives on higher education, as well as academic writing. Teaching includes supervision and examination, for instance, within social studies (sociology) at the secondary school teacher programme.
I also work as a project manager at LiU Commissioned Education, where I facilitate education for professionals, among others, teachers and school leaders/principals, particularly education that LiU conducts on behalf of the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket).