Research at the Faculty of Educational Sciences
Educational sciences encompass research in a variety of subjects concerned with education, training, teaching, upbringing and learning. This research covers a wide range of topics, from knowledge about practical teaching methods to questions of how education both preserves and transforms society.
Studying religious education in secular France
How is Christianity taught in French upper secondary schools? That is the question Henrik Edgren will be exploring for four months in Angers. The exch...
Mapping parents’ trust in schools
School strikes were not uncommon in early 20th-century Sweden, with disgruntled parents keeping their children at home. With the emergence of the welf...
Plans for research on early interventions in social services
Which methods work for catching children and young people at risk at an early stage, in the social services or in school, for example? This is the the...
PhD studies
Department of Education
Upcoming doctoral theses
Events att Uppsala University
Research groups
- Child and Youth Studies
- Pedagogics and Special Needs (the PS-group)
- Research on Educational Leadership (REL)
- Studies in Childhood, Learning and Identities as Interactional Practices (CLIP)
- Studies in Educational Policy and Educational Philosophy (STEP)
- Civics Education Design Lab (CEDEL)
- Laboratory for Teching Practices (TePlab)
- Mathematics Education
- Studies of Language Practices (STOLP)
- Studies of Comparative Didactics (SCOD)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Education (ÄDISH)
- Uppsala Studies of History and Education (SHED)
Honorary doctoral degrees
Honorary doctoral degrees are awarded to distinguished individuals who have made an outstanding academic contribution or in some other way promoted research at the University. Each year, the faculty boards have the opportunity to appoint one or more honorary doctors.