Education

Education is concerned with different aspects of upbringing, formation, education, learning, teaching and the prerequisites for and implementation of other social processes. It also concerns matters relating to governance, appraisal and leadership as well as digital media, communicative practices and aspects of diversity.

Questions such as how and why different forms of values, knowledge and skills come into being, how these are maintained and changed within and between generations, groups and individuals, are investigated.

Areas of research include, for example, how and why different forms of values, knowledge and skills arise, are maintained and change among and between generations, groups and individuals.

Education is taught both in the form of freestanding courses at basic level and within the framework of various programmes such as those dealing with matters relating to human resources and working life, as well as teacher training programmes. At advanced level Education can be studied as part of the Master’s Programme in Educational Sciences. Educational Leadership is another Master’s Programme closely affiliated with Education. Uppsala University has a long tradition of conducting doctoral programmes in Education.

The research is carried on within the framework of the research groups and environments shown below.