Applied History of Education: News and interviews

Interview: Martin Andersson

Martin Andersson is a PhD student (1,5 year left to finish his thesis) that has studied in Gothenburg for his bachelor and master in history before moving to Umeå in order to pursue his PhD. Furthermore, he has also worked for a few years as a teacher in a folk high school, teaching Swedish, history,…

Interview: Victor Johansson

Victor Johansson is a PhD student in education at Stockholm University. He has experience working for several different youth associations. Hence, an interest in what is often called the “civil society” has followed him throughout his university studies in history, education and sociology. He wrote a masters thesis on the topic of late modern transformations…

Interview: Ann Helene Mork

Ann Helene Mork is a PhD student from USN (University of Southeastern of Norway), whom I interviewed regarding her PhD thesis and her experiences of the Summer School on Historical Analysis, which was organized a few weeks ago in Groningen, 5-9 June, 2023, by the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences. Mork is one of…

Workshop: Historical Writing for PhD students

On the 6th and 7th of March, 2023, a Workshop about Historical Writing for PhD students was held at the University of Groningen. At this workshop, PhD students and a number of experts in the field of academic and historical writing were invited to share their knowledge on the matter. The event included presentations on…

Interview: Carin Fröjd

In 2017 Carin Fröjd graduated as a teacher in civic and history education for upper secondary school. After graduating she worked as a teacher in a Swedish gymnasium until 2020 when she started her PhD at Örebro University. Her supervisors are Prof. Christian Lundahl and Prof. Andreas Bergh. Interviewer: How did you find out about…

Interview: Sebastian Piepenburg

Sebastian Piepenburg is a third-year PhD candidate at the graduate school of applied history of education via Örebro University. Previously, he worked as a social science and history teacher at a lower secondary school and, after that, at the teacher training program at Örebro university. Christian Lundahl is his main supervisor, and Johannes Westberg is…

Interview: Emma Hellström

Emma graduated from Dalarna University in 2020 with a teacher’s degree. She began her PhD in August 2020 at Uppsala University. Her supervisors are Esbjörn Larsson, David Sjögren, Iva Lucic and Peter Bernhardsson. Interviewer: What are your general research interests?Emma: Well, I mean my PhD project is about Christian education so my general research interest…

Interview: Rebecka Göransdotter

Rebecka Göransdotter is a second-year PhD candidate studying at the graduate school of applied history of education, via the Uppsala University. Her Master’s Degree is in Humanities, with a focus on Rhetoric. Her main supervisor is associate professor Johanna Ringarp, and her two assistant supervisors are associate professor Anne Berg and PhD Germund Larsson. She…

Interview: Andreas Westberg

Andreas graduated from Umeå University in 2003 with a teacher’s degree, and began a career as a secondary education teacher in Skellefteå. In 2012, he returned to university to obtain a Master of Arts in History. He began his PhD studies with a licentiate degree in 2014. He joined the graduate school in 2020, with…

Interview: Sophie Winkler

Sophie Winkler is a second-year PhD student at Örebro University, Sweden. During her last semester of master’s studies, she applied for the graduate school for Applied History of Education. Her supervisors are Prof. Christian Lundahl, Prof. Johannes Westberg, and Dr. Emma Vikström. Interviewer: How did you find out about the graduate school?Sophie: I was informed…

Interview: Chelsea Rodriguez

Chelsea Rodriguez is in her second year of her PhD at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in The Netherlands. She obtained her BA in Education and History in the US and taught at a public school for 3 years before moving to Leuven for her MA in Educational studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Her supervisors are Johannes…

Johannes Westberg intervjuas i Läraren

Jane af Sandberg skriver om forskarskolan: ”Tillämpad utbildningshistoria blir till hösten en ny forskningsinriktning i Sverige. Den riktas mot alla nivåer i skolan, från förskola och uppåt och får nio nya doktorandtjänster, på fyra olika universitet. Ledare blir Johannes Westberg.” Se hela artikeln här>>

Forskarskolan uppmärksammas i P4

Forskarskolan i tillämpad utbildningshistoria har uppmärksammats i P4 Västerbotten. Anna Larsson (Umeå) presenterar idén med forskarskolan i ett inslag som är ca 5 minuter. Inslaget börjar efter omkring 33,5 minuter. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1405901. En kortversion (1,19 minuter), finns också tillgänglig här: https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=109&artikel=7356607


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