Susanne Mellerskog

My research focuses on external support in school development processes. In my ongoing licentiate thesis, I investigate schools' experiences of support from higher education institutions during the national school development program Collaboration for School Improvement (SBS). The study can contribute to knowledge about how external support can strengthen schools' ability to plan, implement and follow up school development work.

I am part of the research group SOL (School Development, Organization & Leadership) which, in an interdisciplinary environment, brings together researchers with a common interest in school development and its organizational conditions.

I teach on teacher training programs, mainly on various practicum courses. I also lecture on classroom leadership and school development. 

In 1998, I graduated from Karlstad University and worked as a teacher of Swedish, English and French for many years. Since 2017, I work at the department of educational studies, and as of 2024, I am also a PhD student in Educational Work, one of the university’s largest research environments.

Transformation of professional knowledge in teacher education: Student teachers’ ability to discuss their professional development

Linda Söderlind, Susanne Mellerskog, Nina Kilbrink (2023)