Hanna Sjögren
Associate Professor/Senior lecturer

Presentation

Research

I am Associate Professor in Education, and my background is in Political Science and Science and Technology Studies (STS). My research concerns the relationship between the state, family, and school. My projects in recent years are concerned with educational choices, educational rights, and the relation between public and private educational values.

In recent years I have worked with projects on school choice in Sweden and homeschooling in Finland (funded by the Swedish Research Council and The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland). I am the PI of the research project Comprehensive school allocation through school choice: How local civil servants organize for freedom of choice and equal opportunity funded by the Swedish Research Council (2024–2027).

Previously, I studied how new views on childhood emerge in relation to contemporary climate and environmental concerns.

Teaching

I am head of Doctoral Studies in Education at Malmö University. I primarily teach within the doctoral program, but I also lecture undergraduate students on the philosophy of science and critical perspectives on education.

Miscellaneous

I am the Editor-in-Chief of the book series Malmö University Critical-Vitalist Studies in Childhood, Education and Society; Chair of the Faculty of Education’s Nominating Committee; and a member of the management team for the Malmö Research Centre for Imagining and Co-Creating Futures (2025-2030).