Seminar Series

The Center for Educational Leadership and Excellence holds regular academic seminars where invited guests presents scholarly work, as well as internal brown-bag seminars where staff members discuss work in progress. All seminars are held in our premises at floor 7, Saltmätargatan 13-17, and simultaneously online via Zoom.

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Upcoming Seminars

Hands-on, evidence-informed strategies for better teaching – What we always needed but never got
Speaker: Jonas Linderoth (Gothenburg University)
Topic: Hands-on, evidence-informed strategies for better teaching – What we always needed but never got
Date and time: Friday, May 8, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Subtle Webs: How Local Organizations Shape US Education
Speaker: Eos Trinidad (UC Berkley)
Topic: Subtle Webs: How Local Organizations Shape US Education
Date and time: Friday, May 15, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

How Do Teachers’ Teaching Styles Affect Students’ Outcomes?
Speaker: Xuemeng Wang (Uppsala University)
Topic: How Do Teachers’ Teaching Styles Affect Students’ Outcomes?
Date and time: Friday, May 22, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Does teacher professional development improve the test scores of low-SES or struggling students? International and Swedish evidence
Speaker: Leah Natasha Glassow (University of Gothenburg)
Topic: Does teacher professional development improve the test scores of low-SES or struggling students? International and Swedish evidence
Date and time: Friday, May 29, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Cycles of Disruption: An Ethnographic Study of Disruptivity in a Swedish Secondary School
Speaker: Isabella Strömberg (Stockholm University)
Topic: Cycles of Disruption: An Ethnographic Study of Disruptivity in a Swedish Secondary School
Date and time: Friday, June 5, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

School improvement from both classroom and system-level perspective
Speaker: Marcus & Anna Danielsson (Södertälje and Järfälla Municipalities)
Topic: School improvement from both classroom and system-level perspective
Date and time: Friday, June 12, 12:00–13:30
Location: Terrace room, Holländargatan 32, Stockholm School of Economics

From isolation to calibration–strengthening teachers' assessment literacy and self-efficacy in STEM
Speaker: Eva Hartell (KTH)
Topic: From isolation to calibration–strengthening teachers' assessment literacy and self-efficacy in STEM
Date and time: Friday, October 16, 12:00–13:30
Location: B706, Stockholm School of Economics

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Check Check Check: The Swedish Schools Inspectorate and the burdens of auditing
Speaker: Mats Alvesson, Lund University
Topic: Check Check Check – Skolinspektionen och granskandets vedermödor (in Swedish)
Date and time: Tuesday, January 18, 13:00–14:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

School autonomy, students' grade-rank, and educational achievement in Sweden
Speaker: Iman Dadgar, Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University
Topic: School autonomy and student achievement in Sweden
Date and time: Friday, February 25, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Dumbing Down: The crisis of quality and equity in a once-great school system—and how to reverse the trend
Speakers: Magnus Henrekson & Johan Wennström, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Topic: Dumbing Down – The crisis of quality and equity in Swedish schools
Date and time: Friday, April 1, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Behavioral barriers and the socioeconomic gap in child care enrollment
Speaker: Philipp Lergetporer, TUM School of Management (with co-authors)
Topic: Behavioral barriers and the socioeconomic gap in child care enrollment
Date and time: Friday, May 20, 12:00–13:00
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Organizing the state: Reforms and governance in the Swedish school system
Speaker: Bengt Jacobsson, Södertörn University
Topic: Organiseringen av staten – Reformer och styrning inom skolan (in Swedish)
Date and time: Friday, June 3, 13:15–14:45
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Reforming mathematics instruction at scale – What does it take to make a difference?
Speakers: Andreas Ryve & Jannika Lindvall, Mälardalen University
Topic: Reforming mathematics instruction at scale
Date and time: Friday, November 18, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

Gender and technology: Social psychological perspectives on women’s underrepresentation in the tech sector
Speaker: Una Tellhed, Lund University
Topic: Gender and technology – Social psychological perspectives on women in tech
Date and time: Friday, November 25, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics

School management as meta-practices of teaching practices in Swedish schools
Speaker: Jan Löwstedt, Stockholm University
Topic: Skolledning som undervisningens metapraktik (in Swedish)
Date and time: Wednesday, December 9, 12:00–13:30
Location: Room B706, Stockholm School of Economics