Mikael Börjesson

Professor at Department of Education

E-mail:
mikael.borjesson@edu.uu.se
Visiting address:
Von Kraemers allé 1 A
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 2136
750 02 Uppsala

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Director at Department of History of Science and Ideas

E-mail:
mikael.borjesson@edu.uu.se
Visiting address:
Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3P
Postal address:
Box 629
751 26 UPPSALA

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Since 2014, Professor in Sociology of Education at Uppsala University. Scientific leader of the Research Unit Sociology of Education and Culture (SEC) and of The Swedish Centre for Studies of the Internationalisation of Higher Education (SIHE), as well as a member of the steering group for Higher Education and Research as a Field of Study (HERO). Since May 1 2026, teacher representative on the Board of Uppsala University.

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My main research areas are fields of education, the modern history of higher education, elites and elite education, transnational educational strategies and the internationalisation of higher education, social spaces and educational strategies and lifestyles of social groups, and applications of geometric data analysis.

Mikael Börjesson

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