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  • TU Delft taking the initiative for innovation in education

    Professor Kristina Edström with the TU Delft & KTH logo in the picture.
    Published Feb 12, 2024

    TU Delft, in the Netherlands, is making a major investment in educational enhancement, called Initiative on Innovation in Delft Engineering Education (IDEE). Kristina Edström will dedicate 20% of her ...

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  • From basic course to deep dive: Students return to technology!

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    Madeléne Beckman one of the teachers on the course
    Published Nov 17, 2023

    Stockholm University and KTH (The Royal Institute of Technology) are working together to train future primary school teachers on the Science and technology for primary teachers, F-3, II course. Studen...

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  • Promoting excellence in engineering education: Kristina Edström made a Fellow of SEFI

    2 people standing looking in the camera, the woman Krisitna Edström on the right receiving the prize
    SEFI President Hannu-Matti Järvinen giving prize to Krisitna Edström. Photo Conor Mulhern.
    Published Sep 25, 2023

    Kristina Edström Associate Professor at the Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to engineering ...

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  • Lena Gumaelius appointed as the new manager of the KTH Global Development Hub

    Lena Gumelius leaning against a KTH building
    Published Sep 19, 2023

    Lena Gumaelius has recently been appointed as the new manager of KTH's Global Development Hub (GDH). This is an initiative created at KTH to promote education and innovation in a global context. The m...

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  • Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education

    Book cover The Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education
    Published Aug 18, 2023

    Lars Geschwind Secreatary General for SULF and head of the research group HEOS (Higher Education Organization Studies) at The Department of Learning in Engineering Science with Stefan Lundborg Industr...

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  • Unveiling Pathways: Embracing a Decolonized Approach in internationalising the curriculum

    Associate Professor Jens Jungblut Professor Arnold Pears och Dr. Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa
    Associate Professor Jens Jungblut (University of Oslo) Professor Arnold Pears och Dr. Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa
    Published Jun 13, 2023

    Dr. Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa Successfully Defends Doctoral Thesis, The Interpretation and Translation of Global Ideas into Local Practices. A Study of the Internationalisation of Higher Education in Mo...

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  • Unpacking emerging hybrid arrangements in Nordic higher education

    Published May 17, 2023

    The first workshop in the series was held in Tampere University, Finland on 10th - 11th May 2023.

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  • New report out - Crisis and catalyst by Dr Ruth Graham

    Book cover of Crisis and catalyst
    Published Oct 27, 2022

    Dr Graham brings 20 years of professional experience in academic research and higher education reform, working with universities, professional bodies, industry and governments from across the world. H...

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  • Science books for everyone everywhere at the Forskartorget

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    Published Sep 28, 2022

    On Friday 23 September, Lars Geschwind participated in Forskartorget and talked about scientific books.

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  • HEOS researchers present at the The European Higher Education Society (EAIR)

    Published Sep 13, 2022

    HEOS group members Lars Geschwind, Per Fargell, Kieve Saling and Khayala Ismayilova presented at: The European Higher Education Society (EAIR) 44th annual form hosted by Malta College of Arts, Science...

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  • Comparing public policies in Higher Ed to bring women to the board

    Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash
    Published May 10, 2022

    The purpose of this study is to compare academic leadership prospects for women in four countries: Germany, Poland, Norway, and Sweden.

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  • The university as Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

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    Published May 04, 2022

    The authors use Tönnies' twin concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft to analyze what early career academics (ECAs) gone through when they were recruited as assistant professors to gain tenure.

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  • Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions in Mozambique

    Photo by Alexandr Podvalny on Unsplash
    Published Apr 26, 2022

    University curriculums have undergone major reform with international content, branch campuses have been established, cross-border collaborations have been formed and programmes for international stud...

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  • Nordic researchers do not suffer from the law of Jante

    A map of Norway, Sweden and Finland
    Published Apr 11, 2022

    How do Nordic academics assess their own performance in teaching and research when compared to their peers? What does that assessment tell us about the changing culture of the academic profession in...

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  • Job satisfaction findings for Swedish faculty

    A group of teachers at KTH working together over a paper
    Published Apr 07, 2022

    The project Academic Profession in the Knowledge Society (APIKS) held a conference in Aveiro, Portugal. The Swedish APIKS team, Khayala Ismayilova, Anders Broström and Lars Geschwind from HEOS were...

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  • More space technology at KTH

    SMOS - Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite
    Published Mar 24, 2022

    Space technology is literally speeding ahead in the world and it is important for Swedish schools to keep up with developments. KTH wants to support teachers in keeping up with developments and can de...

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  • Do you want to become a VFU supervisor?

    Different coloured cushions with UN text on in KTH library
    Published Feb 24, 2022

    The university and the municipalities / districts have a joint task to collaborate on teacher students' VFU (work-based education) and to develop teacher education.

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  • Crossfire of interests in the recruitment of academic staff

    Universitetslärare logo
    Published Feb 15, 2022

    Malin Henningson and Lars Geschwind publish an article in the magazine Universitetsläraren about the employment process in universities.

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  • Research school ROCIT

    2 students writing on a whiteboard and laughing
    Photographer Johan Persson
    Published Jan 20, 2022

    ROCIT is a new graduate school in collaboration between eight higher education institutions.

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  • Peer review in an Era of Evaluation

    Peer review in an Era of Evaluation
    Published Jan 10, 2022

    Over the past few decades, peer review has become an object of great professional and managerial interest (Oancea, 2019) and, increasingly, academic scrutiny (Bornmann, 2011; Grimaldo et al., 2018). N...

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