Andreas Bergh
Professor at Department of Education
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 713 45 80
- E-mail:
- andreas.bergh@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
Andreas Bergh is Professor of Education. Prior to time in the academy, Bergh has worked as teacher and school leader in compulsory school, and as Director of Education at the National Agency for Education. In higher education, he teaches in PhD-courses, teacher education and the national school leadership training programme.
Keywords
- juridifiering
- styrning
- segregation
- läroplansteori
- kvalitet
- utbildningspolitik
- iscensättning
- lärare
- skolledare
- professionalism
Biography
Berghs' area of research is in the field of Curriculum Theory with a specific interest in education policy, issues of quality and the professional roles of teachers and school leaders. He is currently engaged in studies of school segregation, teachers’ rebellion groups on Facebook and juridification. In previous research projects, he has studied academic development work in higher education, teachers’ anti-racist actions and the use of promotion and prevention programmes in school.
Bergh is on the editorial committee for the research journal Utbildning & Demokrati (Education & Democracy) and a member of the research groups STEP (Studies in Educational Policy and Philosophy) at Uppsala University and Utbildning och Demokrati (Education and Democracy) at Örebro University.

Publications
Selection of publications
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2020
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2020
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Higher education as and for public good: Past, present and possible futures
Part of Leading higher education as and for public good, p. 37-52, Routledge, 2020
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The Juridification of Teachers’ Professional Work on Knowledge and Values in School
Part of Nera 2019: Education in a Globalized World, p. 821-822, 2019
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Local quality work in an age of accountability - between autonomy and control
Part of Journal of education policy, p. 590-607, 2015
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Part of Journal of Curriculum Studies, p. 778-797, 2014
- DOI for A changed language of education with new actors and solutions: the authorization of promotion and prevention programmes in Swedish schools
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Recent publications
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Part of Journal of education policy, 2025
- DOI for Special issue introduction: education and the law: critical perspectives on juridification, education governance and social justice
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On collegial deliberation as a tool to counteract racism in education
Part of Education Inquiry, p. 1-17, 2025
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Part of Journal of education policy, p. 1062-1080, 2025
- DOI for The rise of law in education - exploring three drivers of juridification in the context of a changing welfare state
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Teachers' Facebook rebellion groups: sites for professional collegial deliberation?
Part of Educational review (Birmingham), p. 1815-1830, 2025
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Differentiation of education through juridification
Part of Journal of Curriculum Studies, p. 146-159, 2024
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of education policy, 2025
- DOI for Special issue introduction: education and the law: critical perspectives on juridification, education governance and social justice
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On collegial deliberation as a tool to counteract racism in education
Part of Education Inquiry, p. 1-17, 2025
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Part of Journal of education policy, p. 1062-1080, 2025
- DOI for The rise of law in education - exploring three drivers of juridification in the context of a changing welfare state
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Teachers' Facebook rebellion groups: sites for professional collegial deliberation?
Part of Educational review (Birmingham), p. 1815-1830, 2025
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Differentiation of education through juridification
Part of Journal of Curriculum Studies, p. 146-159, 2024
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Struggling to counter school segregation: a typology of local initiatives in Sweden
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, p. 246-259, 2024
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On Teachers' Professionalism When Colleagues Express Racism: Challenges and Choices
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, p. 169-180, 2023
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Part of Education Inquiry, p. 352-366, 2022
- DOI for Swedish teachers’ and school leaders’ rebellion groups on Facebook: collective formations and administrators as gatekeepers
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A conceptual framework for understanding juridification of and in education
Part of Journal of education policy, p. 822-842, 2021
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Deliberative academic development: The potential and challenge of agency
Part of International journal for academic development, p. 107-120, 2020
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University leaders’ talk about institutional missions and academic developers’ contributions
Part of European Educational Research Journal, p. 743-759, 2019
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Local enactment of the Swedish ‘advanced teacher reform’
Part of Journal of Curriculum Studies, p. 326-341, 2018
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Part of Barn, p. 147-162, 2018
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Part of Curriculum Journal, p. 134-149, 2018
- DOI for Conflicting goals of educational action: a study of teacher agency from a transactional realism perspective
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Redaktionellt U&D 25:1. Tema: Juridifieringen av skolan
Part of Utbildning och Demokrati, p. 3-9, 2016
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Hur villkorar juridifieringen lärarprofessionens arbete med skolans kunskaper och värden?
Part of Utbildning och Demokrati, p. 11-31, 2016
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Part of Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2015
- DOI for Local educational actors doing of education: A study of how local autonomy meets international and national quality policy rhetoric
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Local quality work in an age of accountability - between autonomy and control
Part of Journal of education policy, p. 590-607, 2015
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Part of Journal of Curriculum Studies, p. 778-797, 2014
- DOI for A changed language of education with new actors and solutions: the authorization of promotion and prevention programmes in Swedish schools
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Kvalitetsbegreppet: en central drivkraft i en förändrad syn på utbildning
Part of Vägval i skolans historia. Tidskrift från Föreningen för svensk undervisningshistoria, p. 3-8, 2012
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Part of Education Inquiry, p. 709-723, 2011
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Den paketerade valfriheten: om framtidsvägen för den svenska gymnasieskolan
Part of Nordic Studies in Education, p. 116-129, 2010
Chapters in book
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Praktiknära forskning: ett rättviseprojekt?
Part of Praktikutvecklande forskning mellan skola och akademi, Nordic Academic Press, 2022
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Lärares antirasistiska arbete: möjligheter och utmaningar i skola och samhälle
Part of Interkulturella dimensioner, p. 43-70, Studentlitteratur AB, 2021
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Deliberative communication: Stimulating collective learning?
Part of Leading higher education as and for public good, p. 92-106, Routledge, 2020
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Nurturing pedagogical praxis through deliberative communication
Part of Leading higher education as and for public good, p. 142-156, Routledge, 2020
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Higher education as and for public good: Past, present and possible futures
Part of Leading higher education as and for public good, p. 37-52, Routledge, 2020
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Part of Nordic Education in a Democratically Troublesome time, p. 61-64, Örebro University, 2019
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De villkorade utbildningskvaliteterna
Part of Yrkesmänniskan i den kapitaliserade välfärden, p. 157-178, Södertörns högskola, 2019
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Juridification of Swedish education – changing conditions for teachers’ professional work
Part of Policing Schools, p. 53-70, Springer, 2019
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I ”larmrapportens” skugga: om undervisning och kvalitet i förskolan
Part of Berättelser, p. 57-72, Karlstad University, 2018
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En skola som främjar eller förebygger, eller både och?
Part of Att bli lärare, p. 200-204, Liber, 2018
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Promotions- och preventionsprogram i skolan
Part of Skolans arbete med elevers psykiska hälsa, p. 49-72, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2017
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Rektorer i ett föränderligt utbildningslandskap
Part of Skolans arbete med elevers psykiska hälsa, p. 73-90, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2017
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Systematiskt kvalitetsarbete – vad förväntas lärare göra?
Part of Utvärdering och bedömning i skolan, p. 93-107, Natur och kultur, 2017
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Professionella förstelärare?: Om den svenska förstelärarreformen
Part of Att ta utbildningens komplexitet på allvar, p. 364-377, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2016
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Rektorsutbildningens Janusansikte. Vad ska en rektor kunna?
Part of Vad ska en svensk kunna?, p. 41-72, Daidalos, 2016
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Om utbildningspolitiska honnörsbegrepp och deras olika tolkningsutrymmen
Part of Skola för kunskap, valfrihet och trygghet?, p. 85-100, Iustus förlag, 2016
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Differentieringsfrågan under 70 år av skol(forms)reformer
Part of Utbildning, makt och politik, p. 98-117, Studentlitteratur AB, 2015
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Kunskapsmätning och uppföljningssystem
Part of Utbildning, makt och politik, p. 164-180, Studentlitteratur AB, 2015
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Från gemenskap till självkontroll: om den skiftande synen på jämnårigsocialisation i skolan
Part of Sociala relationer, värdegrund och lärarprofessionalitet, p. 17-33, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2015
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Från likvärdighet till kvalitet
Part of Vadå likvärdighet?, p. 165-182, Daidalos, 2008
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When national policy meets local meaning: education quality as a reform issue
Part of Dilemmas of implementing education reforms, p. 133-144, Uppsala universitet, 2007
Conference papers
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From 64 sections to 900 in the Education Act –: on juridification of Swedish education
2023
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Enacting the Convention on the Rights of the Child -: in times of juridification
2023
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What happened to the glowing activism in the Swedish school rebellion group on Facebook?
2023
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2023
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Part of Läroplansteoretiska konferensen, 2022
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2020
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2020
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2020
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Net based Rebellion and Resistance in education: a comparative study
2020
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On collegial deliberation as a tool to counteract racism
2020
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On teachers professional ambivalence´when colleagues express racism
2020
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2019
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Teachers' experiences of conditions for anti-racist action
2019
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The Juridification of Teachers’ Professional Work on Knowledge and Values in School
Part of Nera 2019: Education in a Globalized World, p. 821-822, 2019
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Enactment of juridification in education: a theoretical exploration
2018
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Leading Universities: Senior leaders’ perspectives on the contributions of academic developers?
2018
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2018
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Enactment of Juridification in Education: a Theoretical Exploration
2018
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2018
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How to Theoretically Understand the Relation between Curriculum Theory and Enactment Studies?
2018
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Higher Education Between Public and Private Good
2018
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Do Teachers have a Responsibility to act when Colleagues Express Racism?
2018
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Exploring a theoretical framework for understanding juridification in education
2017
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Help, my colleague expresses racism!: On professional ambivalence and moral responsibility
2017
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Exploring a theoretical framework for understanding juridification in education
2017
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Part of Learning and education– material conditions and consequences, 2017
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2017
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Development toward what?: Aims and values guiding academic developers' practices
2017
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Har lärare ett ansvar att agera när kollegor ger uttryck för rasism?
2017
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Local enactment of the Swedish national 'advanced teacher reform'
2017
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Local enactment of the Swedish national "advanced teacher reform"
2017
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A comparative approach to how universities interpret and enact democracy and the public good
2017
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Session: Att motverka rasism inom utbildningsväsendet
2017
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From influence to rights?: On the need to bring in life, uncertainty and risk in education
Part of NERA2016, 2016
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A framework for studying formation of academic developers in higher education
Part of ECER 2016, 2016
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2016
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Part of ECER 2016, 2016
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2016
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A study of local enactment of the 'Advanced teacher reform' in Sweden
Part of ECER 2016, 2016
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A study of local enactment of the 'Advanced teacher reform' in Sweden
Part of NERA2016, 2016
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From influence to rights? On the need to bring in life, uncertainty and risk in education
Part of NERA2016, 9-11 March 2016, Helsinki, Finland, 2016
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2015
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Student Influence: a Paradox in a Goal and Result Oriented Curriculum?
2015
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2015
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2015
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Part of ECER 2015, 2015
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What might the 'first-teacher-reform' lead to in terms of professionalism and professionalization?
2014
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Part of ECER 2014, The Past, the Present and Future of Educational Research in Europe, 2014
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Teacher agency from a perspective of transactional realism
Part of Teachers matter - But how?, 2014
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Local Quality Work - in the Age of Accountability
2013
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2013
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2013
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Trying to handle the question of differentiation: 70 years of Swedish school reforms
2013
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International knowledge assessments and the strengthened national system for follow-ups
2013
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2013
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Systematic quality work: the way to good education?
2012
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2012
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2011
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Systematiskt kvalitetsarbete: en garant för en likvärdig undervisning med hög kvalitet?
2011
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Does quality work give a better quality?
2008
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2007
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Från skola för bildning till skola med kunskapskrav
2007
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Utbildning med kvalitet?: Visst! Men vilken?
2007