Past Seminars 2024

Enacting occupational values in peripheral spaces: Teachers’ work in the hallways

Speaker: Jennifer Nelson, University of Illinois
Topic: Teachers’ informal practices and professional identity
Date and time: Tuesday, March 12, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Is educational leadership (still) worth studying, or is it a myth that we have reified?

Speaker: Linda Evans, University of Manchester
Topic: Rethinking educational leadership
Date and time: Friday, March 15, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Managerial discretion of superintendents in Swedish schools: The institutional logics perspective

Speaker: Timur Uman, Jönköping University
Topic: School superintendents and institutional logics
Date and time: Friday, March 22, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

The relationship between socioeconomic status and Swedish students’ achievement

Speaker: Marie Wiberg, Umeå University
Topic: Socioeconomic background and academic achievement
Date and time: Tuesday, May 17, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Sverige behöver reformera lärarutbildningen i grunden

Speaker: Inger Enkvist, Lund University
Topic: Teacher education reform in Sweden (in Swedish)
Date and time: Friday, September 20, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

The organizational economics of school chains

Speaker: Lorenzo Neri, University of St. Andrews
Topic: School chains and organizational dynamics
Date and time: Tuesday, October 4, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Intervening and implementing changes in school work environments

Speaker: Lydia Kwak, Karolinska Institutet
Topic: Promoting occupational health, well-being, and teacher retention
Date and time: Friday, October 18, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Evaluating teacher impacts under endogenous mobility

Speaker: Matias Mørk, Aarhus University
Topic: Measuring teacher effectiveness and mobility
Date and time: Tuesday, October 29, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Philanthropic giving in US K–12 education

Speaker: Fredrik O. Andersson, Indiana University
Topic: Philanthropy in US education
Date and time: Tuesday, November 5, 11:30–13:00
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Changing associations between low achievement and mental health or mortality in Sweden, 1990–2018

Speaker: Björn Högberg, Umeå University
Topic: Low achievement and long-term mental health and mortality
Date and time: Friday, November 8, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

“Should I stay or should I go?”: Teachers’ motivation to stay at their workplace

Speaker: Jeffrey Casely-Hayford, Karolinska Institutet
Topic: Teacher motivation and retention
Date and time: Friday, November 15, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

How self-image, well-being, and mental health issues in school students are changing – a complex issue

Speaker: Eva Hoff, Lund University
Topic: Changing student well-being and mental health in schools
Date and time: Friday, November 22, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Education for students with ADHD and autism: A perspective on wellbeing and environmental changes

Speaker: Mona Holmqvist, Lund University
Topic: Education for students with ADHD and autism – Wellbeing and learning environments
Date and time: Friday, November 29, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Teachers’ unions and academic performance: A contradiction in terms?

Speaker: Susanne Wiborg, University College London
Topic: Teachers’ unions and academic performance
Date and time: Friday, December 13, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics