Gunilla Lindqvist
Professor at Department of Education
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 38 13
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 167 94 82
- E-mail:
- gunilla.lindqvist@edu.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Von Kraemers allé 1 A
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 2136
750 02 Uppsala
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Gunilla is Full Professor in Education, specializing in special education. She leads the PS-group. She is the director of studies for the doctoral program and for the master's courses in education. Her research interests are directed at preschool, school, special school and higher education with a special focus on leadership and professions as well as prerequisites for learning and inclusion. She is part of international and national networks and collaborates in education and special education.
Keywords
- education
- pedagogik
- ledarskap
- inkludering
- leadership
- special needs
- specialpedagogik
- yrkesgrupper
- inclusion
- occupational groups
- learning environments
- undervisningsmiljöer

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, p. 1-18, 2025
- DOI for How educational leaders in Sweden address interculturalism: a systematic literature review and an illustrative case
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2025
Part of European Journal of Special Needs Education, p. 849-865, 2024
- DOI for The special education profession in four Nordic countries in light of evolving policies on inclusion and special needs education
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Mapping Children’s Actions in the Scaffolding Process Using Interactive Whiteboard
Part of Early Childhood Education Journal, p. 1209-1220, 2024
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Construction of learning environments: A multiple case study in special education settings
Part of Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, p. 242-253, 2024
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, p. 1-18, 2025
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Part of European Journal of Special Needs Education, p. 849-865, 2024
- DOI for The special education profession in four Nordic countries in light of evolving policies on inclusion and special needs education
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Mapping Children’s Actions in the Scaffolding Process Using Interactive Whiteboard
Part of Early Childhood Education Journal, p. 1209-1220, 2024
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Construction of learning environments: A multiple case study in special education settings
Part of Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, p. 242-253, 2024
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Part of Educational action research, p. 1-18, 2024
Part of Nordisk Barnehageforskning, p. 61-81, 2022
- DOI for Specialpedagogens roll i förskolan – förskollärares beskrivningar av arbetsfördelning, anspråk och förhandlingar
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Part of Paideia, p. 18-28, 2022
Part of International Journal of Inclusive Education, p. 1367-1382, 2022
- DOI for Segregated Education as a Challenge to Inclusive Processes: A Total Population Study of Swedish Teachers’ Views on Education for Pupils with Intellectual Disability
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Specialpedagogiken bör ta ett vidgat ansvar för elever med traumatiska upplevelser av krig och kris.
Part of Skola och Samhälle, 2022
Part of Högre Utbildning, p. 13-28, 2022
Experiences of a dual system: motivation for teachers to study special education
Part of European Journal of Special Needs Education, p. 743-757, 2021
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Part of Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, p. 355-367, 2021
- DOI for Special needs educators’ roles and work in relation to recently arrived immigrant pupils in need of special educational support
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Working from a distance? A study of Special Educational Needs Coordinators in Swedish preschools
Part of Nordic Studies in Education, p. 55-77, 2020
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Undervisning i förskolan – en företeelse i rörelse
Part of Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige, p. 30-56, 2020
A Cooperative Learning Intervention to Promote Social Inclusion in Heterogeneous Classrooms
Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
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A comparative study of Norwegian and Swedish special educators’ beliefs and practices
Part of European Journal of Special Needs Education, p. 350-365, 2020
Part of International journal of disability, development and education, p. 151-166, 2020
- DOI for Instructional Practices for Pupils with an Intellectual Disability in Mainstream and Special Educational Settings
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Part of Early Childhood Education Journal, p. 79-92, 2020
- DOI for Putting scaffolding into actions: Preschool teachers’ scaffolding actions using Interactive Whiteboard
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Contextualizing inclusive education in educational policy: the case of Sweden
Part of Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, p. 559-574, 2019
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Part of International Journal of Inclusive Education, p. 559-574, 2019
- DOI for Professionalism, governance and inclusive education –: A total population study of Swedish special needs educators
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, p. 89-104, 2019
Comparative Study of Special Educator Preparation in Norway and Sweden
Part of British Journal of Special Education, p. 256-276, 2018
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Part of Educational review (Birmingham), p. 490-505, 2017
Voices of special educatiors in Sweden. A total population study.
Part of Educational research (Windsor. Print), p. 287-304, 2015
Promoting inclusion? ‘Inclusive’ and effective head teachers’ descriptions of their work
Part of European Journal of Special Needs Education, p. 74-90, 2014
Part of International Journal of Inclusive Education, p. 669-685, 2014
Part of International Journal of Inclusive Education, p. 95-110, 2013
Part of Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, p. 198-207, 2013
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, p. 379-391, 2013
What is the problem? – explanations of school difficulties by eight occupational groups
Part of International Journal of Special Education, p. 161-171, 2013
Different agendas? The views of different occupational groups on special needs education
Part of European Journal of Special Needs Education, p. 143-157, 2011
Books
Studentlitteratur AB, 2022
Stöd och anpassningar: Att organisera särskilda insatser
Gothia Förlag AB, 2015
Chapters in book
Part of Inclusion and Special Needs Education for Immigrant Students in the Nordic Countries, Routledge, 2023
Elevers röster: Frågor om parallellitet och föreställningar om att få svar på det man frågar efter
Part of I väntan på inkludering, p. 123-136, Karlstad University Press, 2023
Undervisning i grundsärskolan: fyra olika lärandemiljöer
Part of Utbildning och undervisning i särskolan, Natur och kultur, 2021
Studier i en främmande skolkultur
Part of Didaktisk utvecklingsdialog, p. 49-66, Studentlitteratur AB, 2019
Part of Barn och Unga i Skola och Samhälle, p. 178-199, Mälardalen University, 2017
Olika yrkesgruppers syn på arbetet kring barn i behov av särskilt stöd inom förskola och skola
Part of Praktiknära utbildningsforskning vid Högskolan Dalarna, p. 89-107, Högskolan Dalarna, 2011
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
2025
Part of Inclusion and Special Needs Education for Immigrant Students in the Nordic Countries, Invited speaker session, Symposium, 2024
Språkverkstaden- i skärningspunkten mellan breddad rekrytering och excellens?
2023
2023
Special Education professions in Sweden
Part of The Nordic Special Education Profession – History, State of the Art and Future Directions (Symposium), 2023
2022
Teaching in Preschool - a concept in motion
2021
The world moves in to the Everyday school
2019
SENCOs and preschool teachers – their work with children in need of special support
2019
Preschool Teachers’ use of the Interactive Whiteboard to Scaffold Children’s AnalyticalThinking.
2018
A different school?Teaching and learning in school for pupils with intellectual disability
2018
2018
A Comparative Investigation of Special Educator Preparation in Norway and Sweden.
2017
2016
2016
Special educators in Sweden: descriptions of their education and work
2015
Åskådliggörande av sätt att arbeta med olika lärandeområden i förskolan
2015