News from Learning in STEM
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Organizational Persistence in Highly Institutionalized Environments:
Published Dec 16, 2021Lars Geschwind, Rómulo Pinheiro, and Bjørn Stensaker have written a chapter in the book Towards Resilient organizations and societies
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Department of Learning Hybrid Pilot tests future of Hybrid teaching
Published Nov 29, 2021A Hybrid pilot study was done at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), which included teachers, educational developers, and technicians who in several ways supported, followed and evaluated the pilot p...
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Publication: Recruitment of academic staff
Published Nov 15, 2021Recruitment of academic staff is a central aspect of university life, a vital instrument for university management and a pertinent issue in research on higher education. This study focuses on recruitm...
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Exploring tuition fees as a policy instrument of internationalisation in a welfare state
Published Nov 12, 2021This article sheds light on some challenges that internationalisation raises for policymakers regarding public funding of higher education in a welfare state by examining policy logics for introducing...
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To be or not to be a technical university
Published Oct 20, 2021The technical university category in the national context of Sweden involves two dominant actors, both founded in the early nineteenth century: KTH and Chalmers University of Technology.
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Universities in the Knowledge Society has just been released
Published Oct 19, 2021Lars Geschwind and Industrial doctoral student Stefan Lundborg have contributed a chapter on the Swedish higher education system in this volume.
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Meet our new colleagues at Learning in STEM
Published Sep 02, 2021We have three new colleagues at the Department of Learning/Learning in STEM who will be part of the research group HEOS (Higher Education Organization Studies). Here is an overview of their talents. W...
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Who can operate and manage smart buildings?
Published Jun 08, 2021New study aims to map the engineering skills that will be required for planning, construction, and management of the smart and sustainable buildings of the future.
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Three new publications from HEOS
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PhD position Engineering Education Policy and Management open
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New book about technical universities
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Dissertation on Professional Support Staff at Higher Education Institutions: Navigating Ambiguities
Published Aug 31, 2020On 28th August Malin Ryttberg defended her doctoral dissertation. Professional Support Staff at Higher Education Institutions: Navigating Ambiguities in Hybrid Roles
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Humanists most critical of performance measurement
Published Aug 14, 2020Johan Söderlind and Lars Geschwind have published the article Disciplinary Differences in Academics ’Perceptions of Performance Measurement at Nordic Universities.
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Evaluation of the title Excellent teacher at SLU
Published Aug 14, 2020Lars Geschwind and Kristina Edström have, on behalf of SLU's president, made an evaluation of the title Excellent teacher, which was introduced at the university in 2014.
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Analysis of the input to the research proposition
Published Aug 14, 2020Lars Geschwind and Stefan Lundborg have, on behalf of SUHF, made an analysis of the input to the research proposition.
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Dissertation on the impact of industry on engineering education
Published Aug 14, 2020On June 5, Per Fagrell defended his doctoral dissertation. Change and inertia in the development of Swedish engineering education: The industrial stakeholder perspective.
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Presentation to the Higher Education Authority (UKÄ)
Published May 28, 2019Malin Ryttberg was recently invited to The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) to present her research on the roles of professional support staff in higher education institutions (HEIs). With the...
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New publication: Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education
Published Apr 26, 2019A book entitled "Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries" was recently published.
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HEOS participation at the APIKS conference
Published Apr 17, 2019Lars recently attended the Academic Profession in the Knowledge Based Society (APIKS) conference in Hiroshima.
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Call for papers for a Special Issue of the European Journal for Engineering Education
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