Research interests: Child and youth studies with a focus on preschool education, early childhood interventions and interdisciplinary child studies.

Researches

• Quality issues in preschool institutions: documentation, assessment, and improvement of the quality and conditions of children's learning
• The preschool profession and the competence of preschool teachers
• Child well-being, learning, and development

Doctoral degree

2001: Education — Pedagogical Quality in Preschool Institutions: The Problem of Prospects. University of Gothenburg, Department of Education and Didactics.

2007: Education — Associate Professor.

Education and Training

1974 — Preschool Teacher.

2001 — PhD in Education, Pedagogical Quality in Preschools: The Problem of Prospects, University of Gothenburg, Department of Education and Didactics.

2007 — Associate Professor, Department of Education, Communication, and Learning, University of Gothenburg.

2010 — Course — Doctoral Student Supervision.

2011 — Professor of Education, University of Gothenburg, Department of Education, Communication, and Learning.

2011-2012 — Management Studies, CUP5, at the University of Gothenburg

2010–2015 — Deputy Head and Pro-Head (121219-130812) in the Department of Education, Communication and Learning (IPKL), University of Gothenburg, responsible for research and third-cycle studies (PhD studies — 121219-130812).

Honorary Professor in the Department of Education, Communication and Learning, University of Gothenburg.