During the autumn, several foundations that fund research make their funding decisions. So far, eight applications from researchers at Karlstad University have been awarded a total of SEK 36.5 million. Several of these projects are affiliated with ROSE (Research on Subject-specific Education), a multidisciplinary research environment with a particular focus on subject-specific education, that is, teaching and learning within specific subject areas:
Funding awarded by The Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (Skolforskningsinstitutet):
Maria Fahlgren, Associate Professor of Mathematics and project leader, Andreas Borg, PhD in Educational Work and Upper Secondary School Senior Lecturer, and Mats Brunström, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, have been awarded funding for the project Instructional Design for AI-Supported Problem Solving in Mathematics. The grant amounts to approximately SEK 4,400,000.
Funding awarded by The Swedish Research Council:
Stig-Börje Asplund, Professor of Educational Work and project leader, Birgitta Ljung Egeland, Senior Lecturer in Swedish Language, Jakob Olsson, Lecturer in Comparative Literature, and Sofia Wijkmark, Professor of Comparative Literature, have been awarded funding for the project Boys’ Reading Engagement: Place-Sensitive Reading Instruction in Upper Secondary Vocational Education. The grant amounts to SEK 3,899,000.
Anna Lindholm, Associate Professor of Swedish as a Second Language and project leader, and Susanne Duek, Senior Lecturer in Educational Work, have been awarded funding for the project Promoting Pupils’ Reading and Writing Engagement: Enacting School Library Policy in Linguistically Diverse Primary Schools. The grant amounts to SEK 5,174,000.
For more information, see the article SEK 36.5 Million Awarded to the University’s Researchers.
