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    Joint International Seminar: Education for Diversity

    The 4th Joint International Seminar between the Faculty of Education at the University of Tokyo and the Department of Education at Stockholm University, as well as the 2nd year with guests from the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the University of Jyväskylä, took place February 19th-21st, 2018 at Stockholm University.

    Joint International Seminar: Education for Diversity
    Doktorandplatser 2018

    Two PhD Positions in Education

    Are you inquisitive and interested in deepening your knowledge in a specific field? Are you passionate about a specific research question? Would you like to make a contribution to increasing knowledge concerning learning, education and development? Do you enjoy writing academic papers in English? Are you able to independently structure your tasks and your time and can meet deadlines? Then applying for a PhD position could be of interest to you. The Department of Education announces two PhD student vacancies in Education. The application deadline is March 1st, 2018.

    Two PhD Positions in Education
    NJVET Special Issue 2017

    Special Issue of the Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training (NJVET)

    NJVET published recently (late December) a special issue on cultural historical theory with Lázaro Moreno Herrera, professor, as Guest editor. NJVET is an open access research journal currently the best ranked journal in research in vocational education and training in the Nordic countries. The contributors in the special issue are researchers from Finland, Switzerland, Germany and Australia, Lázaro and Marianne Teräs from IPD contributed each with an article.

    Here is the link to the special issue
    Reed Curtis, Department of Education, Stockholm University

    Reed Curtis: First Reading Seminar in International and Comparative Education

    Preliminary title "Charting the Course: Exploring the transitions of higher education students" (compilation thesis). 

    Thursday: January 18, 9-11, room 1607
    Peter Alheit

    Open Seminar with Professor Emeritus Peter Alheit

    Professor Peters Alheit's research field includes:

    • international comparative educational research
    • biographical and mentality research
    • civilization processes in transformation societies (example: Brazil)
    • music and dementia. 

    Everyone is most welcome to attend!

    Thursday, November 30, 10-12, room 1703
    Tessa Bold

    Guest Lecture with Tessa Bold: A comparative project on teachers’ knowledge in the African continent

    Tessa Bold is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Economic Studies at Stockholm University.  She was previously a Professor of Development   Economics at the University of Frankfurt and holds a DPhil in Economics from Oxford University. All are welcome to attend!

    Thursday, November 30th, 1-3pm
    International and Comparative Education Research Seminar

    International and Comparative Education Research Seminar

    This half-day seminar offers an opportunity for collegial research encounters upon recollecting on the local and regional history within the research field, to the contemporary climate of knowledge exchange and inter-disciplinary re-generation. We invite our near and extended research communities to join us in contributing to the evolving dialogue on furthering the field of International and Comparative Education research from today into the future. The seminar is free of charge. Please register your attendance by November 24th (click link)

    Tuesday, November 28th, 13-17.30
    Natalie Nielsen

    Guest Lecture with Natalie Nielsen: Learning from 'disjuncture' in study abroad

    Natalie Nielsen is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Education at Stockholm University. Prior to her PhD studies, Natalie held the position of Director of International Affairs at Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University.

    Tuesday, October 24th, 3-5pm
    Visit from Tampere University

    Visit från Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere

    On October 17, we had guests from two collaborating universities in Finland. Professor Petri Nokelainen and Phd candidate Heta Rintala from Tampere University of Technology and Phd candidate Laura Pylväs from University of Tampere.

    Read more about the cooperation
    Yuto Kitamura

    Guest lecture with Yuto Kitamura: Internationalization of Higher Education in Asia

    Associate Professor Yuto Kitamura is specialized in comparative education and educational development studies, at Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo. He has conducted his research extensively on education policy in developing countries, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. Everyone is welcome!

    Thursday 21 September at 1-3 pm
    Karen Pashby Lecture 12 September 2017

    Guest lecture with Karen Pashby: "Reforming Global Education"?

    Dr Karen Pashby researches globalisation of education at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Everyone is welcome!

    Tuesday 12 September at 3-5 pm
    Jared Odero

    ICT-based Distance Education in Early Post-Apartheid South Africa

    Jared O. Odero defended his thesis in International and Comparative Education on June 12. The title of his dissertation is: ICT-based Distance Education - A Study of University Students’ Views and Experiences in Early Post-Apartheid South Africa.

    Read about Jared O. Odero's thesis here
    Visit by University of Texas

    Doctoral students from the University of Texas Arlington visit the Department

    On March 17, Associate Professor of Education Barbara Tobolowsky, University of Texas Arlington, paid a visit to the Department with a delegation of doctoral students. Read more about the visit here.

    Click here to read about the visit
    Khaleda Gani Dutt

    The Role of Adult Literacy in Transforming the Lives of Women in Rural India

    Khaleda Gani Dutt defends her thesis on April 4. The title of her dissertation is: The Role of Adult Literacy in Transforming the Lives of Women in Rural India: Overcoming Gender Inequalities. Comparative case studies in Bhilwara District Rajasthan & Howrah District West Bengal India.

    Read about Khaleda Gani Dutt's thesis here
    Ellen Carms disputation puffbild till startsidan

    Caught in Culture – Cultural Transformation through HIV/AIDS Prevention Education in Zambia

    Ellen Carm defends her thesis on March 31. The title of her dissertation is: Caught in Culture – Cultural Transformation through HIV/AIDS Prevention Education in Zambia.

    Read about Ellen Carm's thesis here
    Diana Garavito-Bermúdez defends her thesis on October 27th

    Learning ecosystem complexity – A study on small-scale fishers’ ecological knowledge generation

    Diana Garavito-Bermúdez defends her thesis on October 27th. The title of her dissertation is: Learning ecosystem complexity – A study on small-scale fishers’ ecological knowledge generation.

    Read about her study here
    Sydkoreas flagga

    A visit by the South Korean Ministry of Education

    On September 23 we had a delegation with teachers and policy makers from the South Korean Ministry of Education visiting the department to learn about the VET programme.

    Read about the visit
    Cambodian Ministry of Education Visit

    A Visit by the Cambodian Ministry of Education

    On May 26th we had a delegation from Cambodia visiting the Department to learn about the Swedish Education system and teacher education, more specifically. As part of the delegation, we also had officials from the Swedish School Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen) and from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).

    A Visit by the Cambodian Ministry of Education
    Julia Gillard

    Julia Gillard's Presentation on the Global Partnership for Education

    Julia Gillard, Chairwoman of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the former Prime Minister of Australia, visited the Department of Education on May 19th, 2016 and gave a presentation on GPE's work in supporting developing countries to ensure that every child receives a quality basic education, prioritizing the poorest, most vulnerable and those living in fragile and conflict-affected countries.

    Julia Gillard's Presentation on the Global Partnership for Education
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    Joint International Seminar with the University of Tokyo

    The 2nd Joint International Seminar between the Department of Education at Stockholm University and the Graduate School of Education at Tokyo University was held at Stockholm University from February 23rd-25th, 2016.

    Joint International Seminar with the University of Tokyo

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