Sverker Lindblad

UniversityUniversity of Gothenburg
DepartmentEducation and special education
Division
Keywordseducation policy, curriculum theory, comparative education, knowledge organization, teacher education

Website University of Gothenburg, in Swedish www.gu.se/om-universitetet/hitta-person/sverkerlindblad
Website University of Gothenburg, in English ips.gu.se/english/about-us/staff?userId=xlsves
Networks/thematic areasGlobal Sustainable Futures (GSF)
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Reasearch / work
The main issues I work with concern the shaping of pedagogical systems and processes and how this is related to different tendencies in society. Of particular interest are political aspects of educational phenomena. How should we understand the development and recognition of professional expertise? What shapes the events in classroom interaction and what does it mean for social and cultural reproduction? To seek answers to these questions, I work with research on how teaching and education are governed and what this means for the shaping of today's people and institutions. Here I work with research on curriculum theory and comparative pedagogy. I use concepts such as governance mentality and self-technologies. The picture includes attempts to contribute to international cooperation in educational research in research organisations and through editorial work. Selection of recent publications: Lindblad, S. and Lundahl, L. (2015): Utbildning – Makt och Politik. (Education – Power and Policy-making). Lund. Studentlitteratur Lindblad, S., Pettersson, D. & Popkewitz, T. S. (eds.) (2018). Education by the Numbers and the Making of Society: The Expertise of International Assessments. Routledge. www.routledge.com/9781138295834 Hultqvist, E., Lindblad, S. & Popkewitz, T. (2018) (eds): Critical Analyses of Educational Reforms in an Era of Transnational Governance. Cham: Springer https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319619699