Research on Educational Leadership (REL)

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Research on Educational Leadership (REL) brings together researchers interested in leadership in relation to the learning, knowledge-building, and development processes of schools and preschools, and, to some extent, pedagogical leadership in other types of educational settings.
In research conducted by the group's members, attention is directed towards school leaders' practice, identity, scope of action, and policy-related matters. Attention is also placed on activities that occur at the intersection of research and development, i.e., in sites where researchers and practitioners meet to support practice development while simultaneously producing new knowledge.
The work is grounded in various research traditions relevant to the field, which makes the choice of theory and method always present in the group's seminars.
Publications
Newly appointed principals' professional identity: insights from a Swedish perspective
Part of Educational Management Administration & Leadership, p. 6-24, 2025
School Leader Autonomy: a Systematic Review
Part of Educational Administration Quarterly, 2025
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The teaching and learning during the principal training program
2025
An anthropological study of the third generation survivors and their public commemoration
2025
Professional development through education for aspiring principals: a Swedish case
2025
2025
Part of Nordic Studies in Education, p. 59-75, 2025
- DOI for Att närvara där det händer: det pedagogiska ledarskapets betydelse för att leda lärares återkopplingsarbete
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2025
Part of International Journal of Educational Management, p. 1429-1433, 2025
Part of International Journal of Leadership in Education, p. 1-14, 2024
- DOI for What about feelings?: Elaboration on and consideration of the theoretical construct of emotions in practice and practice architectures
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Part of Skolan som politisk organisation, p. 131-156, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2024
Organizational Routines and Theorizing in Large-Scale School Improvement—Exploring a Swedish Design
Part of Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2024
Nytillträdda rektorers identitet som rektor
Part of Att leda mot skolans mål, p. 215-226, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2024
A critical study of the Swedish school intervention Collaboration for the Best School
2024
Deconstructing autonomy: The case of principals in the North of Europe
Part of European Educational Research Journal, p. 347-365, 2024
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Part of Professional Development in Education, p. 333-346, 2024
- DOI for The need for recognised educational infrastructures to support superintendents' professional development
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Part of Journal of Educational Administration & History, p. 1-19, 2024
The narrative imagination - listen to the stories of the third generation survivors
2024
Handlingsutrymme och kontroll i skärningspunkten mellan huvudmannens och rektors ansvar.
Part of Leda för likvärdighet., p. 75-90, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2024
Nurturing Eco-thinking by Leading and Learning from the Future as It Emerges
Part of Living Well in a World Worth Living in for All, p. 31-43, Springer, 2024
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Part of Forskning og Forandring, p. 3-22, 2024
- DOI for ”Det var som att hugga med machete i början – nu förfinar vi”: En studie av Samverkan för bästa skola som styrningsteknologi
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Kunskapsbildning för professionellt lärande genom kollegiala samtal
Part of Utbildning och Lärande / Education and Learning, 2024
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Part of International Journal of Educational Management, p. 302-316, 2024
- DOI for Big ideas, soft governance: managing large-scale school improvement at the national agency level in Sweden
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The Swedish National Professional program: A critical policy analysis
2024
Om detta må ni berätta: En analys av den tredje generationen överlevandes berättelser om Förintelsen
Part of Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies, p. 20-35, 2024
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