Graduate School on Teachers’ Work Environment in the Age of GenAI

Time period:

1 December 2025 – 30 November 2032

Project leader:

Mats Daniels

Project member:

Arnold Pears, Jessica Lindblom, Anna Eckerdal, Åsa Cajander, Jan Grannäs, Calkin Suero Montero, Lars-Åke Nordén, Niklas Humble, Aletta Nylen, Anneli Frelin

Funder:

Swedish Research Council

Type of award:

Research environment

Total funding:

41,997,926 SEK

LärA-AI is a pioneering graduate school exploring how generative AI (GenAI) transforms the teaching profession, psychosocially, physically, and digitally, amid increasing stress, ethical tensions, and rapid tech change in schools. As AI supports planning, assessment, and decision-making, teachers face shifting roles, added pressures, and new demands for ethical judgment and digital skills.The programme includes nine interdisciplinary doctoral projects across three themes: (1) GenAI and the changing nature of pedagogical work, (2) Professional autonomy, responsibility, and ethical decision-making, and (3) Digital competence, professional learning, and organizational change in AI-integrated schools.All doctoral students are embedded within teacher education programmes at Uppsala University, KTH, and the University of Gävle, ensuring a continuous feedback loop between research, practicum-based development, and course renewal. Their work directly informs curriculum reform, addressing urgent gaps identified in national education policy and teacher preparation.LärA-AI stands out through interdisciplinary supervision, school-based secondments, and international summer schools. It draws on state-of-the-art theory to examine how GenAI shapes daily teaching and learning. The programme builds research capacity, strengthens theory–practice integration, and prepares scholars to lead ethical, inclusive, and sustainable transformations in digital education.