Nils Kirsten
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Education
- E-mail:
- nils.kirsten@edu.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Von Kraemers allé 1 A
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 2136
750 02 Uppsala
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Short presentation
I am a senior lecturer in education. My research focuses on, among other things, teachers' professional development and special needs support.
I lead two research projects:
- Studying the effects of teachers’ professional development through quasi-experimental analyses of TIMSS and PIRLS
- Do special education teachers improve student achievement?
I also participate in a research project led by Anna Eva Hallin:
Interprofessional Coaching to Enhance Language and Learning in Secondary Classrooms

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2025
- DOI for Investigating the relationship between educational inequity and teacher participation in professional development: A cross-national and quasi-experimental approach using TIMSS
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Part of Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2025
- DOI for How and why do teachers’ participation in professional development and collaboration with colleagues differ across countries?
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Part of Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2025
- DOI for A critical review and meta-analysis of studies investigating the effects of the professional development teachers typically receive
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Forskningsstöd för kompetensutvecklingsmodellers effekter på undervisning och lärande
2024
Part of Teaching and Teacher Education, 2023
- DOI for How effective is the professional development in which teachers typically participate?: Quasi-experimental analyses of effects on student achievement based on TIMSS 2003–2019
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Recent publications
Part of Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2025
- DOI for Investigating the relationship between educational inequity and teacher participation in professional development: A cross-national and quasi-experimental approach using TIMSS
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Part of Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2025
- DOI for How and why do teachers’ participation in professional development and collaboration with colleagues differ across countries?
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Part of Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2025
- DOI for A critical review and meta-analysis of studies investigating the effects of the professional development teachers typically receive
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Remissinstanserna splittrade om lärarutbildningsutredningen
2025
”Nej – Finland är inte bättre på stödundervisning”
2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2025
- DOI for Investigating the relationship between educational inequity and teacher participation in professional development: A cross-national and quasi-experimental approach using TIMSS
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Part of Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2025
- DOI for How and why do teachers’ participation in professional development and collaboration with colleagues differ across countries?
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Part of Teaching and Teacher Education, 2023
- DOI for How effective is the professional development in which teachers typically participate?: Quasi-experimental analyses of effects on student achievement based on TIMSS 2003–2019
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Part of European Journal of Teacher Education, p. 1-19, 2023
- DOI for Does the duration of professional development programs influence effects on instruction?: An analysis of 174 lessons during a national-scale program
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Kompetensutveckling för professionella lärare?: Introduktionen av kollegialt lärande i svensk skola
Part of Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige, p. 7-34, 2020
Persuasion and resistance: Large-scale collaborative professional development as a policy instrument
Part of Journal of Curriculum Studies, p. 395-412, 2020
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Part of Education Inquiry, p. 368-384, 2019
- DOI for Improving literacy and content learning across the curriculum?: How teachers relate literacy teaching to school subjects in cross-curricular professional development
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Part of Journal of Curriculum Studies, p. 391-411, 2017
Articles, review/survey
Part of Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2025
- DOI for A critical review and meta-analysis of studies investigating the effects of the professional development teachers typically receive
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A systematic research review of teachers' professional development as a policy instrument
Part of Educational Research Review, 2020
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Comprehensive doctoral thesis
2020