Degrees
2002 Doctoral degree in Human-Machine-Interaction at Stockholm University, Sweden.
Title: SENIOR CYBORGS – About Appropriation of Personal Computers Among Some Swedish Elderly People.
Supervisors: Prof. Jacob Palme, Prof. Emerita Yvonne Waern
1985 Master of Arts at the University of Helsinki, Finland (Subjects: General ethnology, history of Finland, general history, general linguistics, sociology)
Languages
Finnish, Swedish, English, Romanian fluently
French, Spanish, German basic skills
Competence development courses
2014 Pedagogical Merit Portfolio, 4,5 credit points, Stockholm University
2011 To lead and coordinate, HRoffice, Stockholm University
2009 Supervision of doctoral students, Centre of University pedagogy, Stockholm university.
2008 Learning today and in the future – copyright, privacy andaccess to new teaching materials, Foundation Fakultetskurser.
2007 Basic course in evaluation, Ekonomistyrningsverket.
2007 Informal leader, IBC Euroforum.
2007 Economy for non-economists in the public administration, Confex Sverige AB.
2005 Pedagogy in higher education, 10 credit points, Stockholm Institute of Education.
2003 – 2004 Academic Leadership for Tomorrow. Cooperation between Karolinska Institute, KTH, Stockholm Institute of Education and Södertörn university.
Latest positions
April 2014
Director of postgraduate studies at the Dept of Computer and Systems Sciences
2011 July
Senior lecturer, researcher and director of undergraduate studies (KTH) at the Dept of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University
2008 Aug – 2011June
Director of graduate studies at the Dept of Education in Arts and Professions at Stockholm University.
Responsible for the master’s programme and doctoral programme in Didactics with specialisation in practical traditions of knowledge.
Researcher in the area of ICT and learning; teacher education, professional development during practicum.
Supervisor for doctoral students and for degree work in teacher education programme.
International coordinator at the Department.
2008 Jan – 2008 July
Director of undergraduate studies at the Office of Teacher Education at Stockholm University.
Responsible for evaluation and development of teacher education
Supervisor for degree work in the CL-programme.
2002 March – 2007 Dec
Director of undergraduate studies at the Office of student and research affairs, Stockholm Institute of Education.
Responsible for evaluation and development of teacher education
Supervisor for degree work in the CL-programme.
1995 May – 2002 Nov
Research assistant at the Dept of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University
Research within computermediated communication and learning.
National and international research cooperation
2010 – 2011 Collaborative Action Research for Teachers CART – Teachers’ Professional Development in a joint venture between Sweden and South Africa. A research and development project supporting teachers in professional knowledge development. Partially funded by Sida.
2009 – 2011 LIKA – implementing ICT in teacher education. Cooperation between four institutions of higher education in Stockholm area, KTH, SU, KMH and GIH. Development project financed by the Swedish KKfoundation.
2008 – Cross-cultural inquiry of practicum experience – an international research and development project examining practicum in teacher education programmes in Australia, China and Sweden.
2007 – 2009 ETT – Exemplary Tasks in Technology – a research and development project on supporting Swedish technology teachers in designing technology teaching.
2006 – 2008 ICT4T. EU-project within Minerva programme about developing pedagogical models and materials for ICT training of adult learners.
2003 – 2004 The Practice of Learning Encounters. A research project financed by the Swedish Research Council about the use of physical and virtual spaces in teacher education.
2002 – 2004 SI (Supplementary Instruction) for diversified recruitment. A development project financed by the Recruitment Delegation with the aim of enhancing recruitment of high school students to technical university programmes.
2002 – 2003 Cybervote. By EU financed development and research project about enhancing citizen involvement with the help of ICT.
2000 – 2002 Useful, Pleasant, Necessary?! – How elderly people appropriate information technology. By KFB/VINNOVA financed research project.
1998 – 2000 SeniorOnLine. By EU financed development and research project about supporting elderly people in ICT use.
1997 – 1999 Evaluation of a school development project in ICT, ”GOTT-IT-LAND” financed by the Swedish KK foundation.
Other assignments
2011 Member of the board. Association InterAction4Change which supports development work in Africa.
2011- Member of the board. SPARC – Swedish Participatory Action Research Community.
2009 – Member of the international research network “Pedagogy, Education and Praxis”.
2008 – Member of the working group for ICT in teacher education within the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE).
2008 – 2011 Member of the board. TEKNIKUM, regional centre for technology education at Stockholm University.
2005 – 2006 Member of the ICT council at the Stockholm Institute of Education.