Short
Curriculum Vitae
Presently my research is focused towards
engineering and physics education and I'm chairman of the Swedish Science Education
Research Association. Until mid 1990 my research was focused
to Solid State Physics and in Solid State Chemistry and I have
a Ph D in Solid State Physics from the School of Engineering at
Uppsala University.
I'm originally educated as an engineer with
a masters degree in engineering physics from the School of Engineering
at Uppsala University. My diploma work for my engineering degree
was made at a pulp and paper mill. In Uppsala I also studied philosophy.
Personal
- Born in Falun, Sweden, 1953. Have two daughters born 1985 (Jana) and 1991 (Sabina).
- Since 2004 married to Annagreta Bernhard.
Education
- Studies in Engineering and Philosophy with a M Sc in Engineering Physics at Uppsala University 1980.
- Ph D (Eng.) in Solid State Physics, Uppsala University, with a dissertation Magnetic ordering in cubic and hexagonal FeGe (1987).
Research partly done at Risø National Laboratory, Denmark.
- Teachers licence for teaching of Physics, Electrical engineering and Mathematics in the Swedish upper secondary school ("Gymnasium").
Positions held
- Teacher of Physics and Electrical engineering at Fyrisskolan (Engineering upper secondary school) 1987 - 89.
- Lecturer (part-time) in Physics and in Theoretical Physics at Uppsala University 1987 - 89.
- Guest researcher at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) in Wako-shi, Japan, 1989 - 90.
- Senior Lecturer in Engineering Physics at Högskolan Dalarna, Borlänge, Sweden, 1990 - 99.
- Head, Dep of Physics, Högskolan Dalarna, 1994 - 98.
- Visiting professor at the Physics Education Research Group, Dep of Physics, University of Maryland during the spring semester 1999.
- Senior Lecturer in Experimental Physics, especially electronics, at Linköpings University, Campus Norrköping, Norrköping, Sweden, 1999 - 2000.
- Associate professor at Linköpings University, Campus Norrköping, Norrköping, Sweden, since 2000.
- Active in the National Graduate School in Science and Technology Education Research, Linköping University. 2000 -
Teaching
- Have taught courses in physics and in electrical engineering in upper secondary school and for undergraduate students in physics,
engineering and teacher education.
- Have taught graduate courses in solid state physics and in science and engineering education.
- Two doctoral students have finished their doctoral dissertation
Appointments and commissions (Selection)
- Member of the national board of Liberal Youth of Sweden 1975 - 1981.
- Member of the board of the sub-faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Uppsala University, 1980 - 1985.
- Member of the board and the executive committee of the faculty of Science, Uppsala University, 1985 - 1987.
- President of the doctoral students committee, Uppsala University, 1982 - 1986.
- Member of the board of Swedish national doctoral students committee 1982 - 1987 and its executive committee 1984 - 1986.
- Member of the board of the Swedish Physical Society, section for Education , 1998 - 2005.
- Member of the board of the Center of Learning and Teaching, Linköping University. 2001 - 2008
- Chairman, Swedish Science Education Research Association. 2002 - 2008
- Boardmember, SEFI:s Working Group for Physics in Engineering Education. 2002 - 2005
- Member of The Delegation for Gender Equality in Pre-School. 2003 - 2006
- Chairman, SEFI:s Working Group for Physics in Engineering Education. 2005 - 2009
- Boardmember, SEFI:s Working Group for Engineering Education Research. 2008 - 2009
- Chairman, SEFI:s Working Group for Engineering Education Research. 2009 -
Research grants (Selection)
- Principal Investigator for Physics education project: Experientially based physics instruction - using hands-on experiments and computers.
The project is supported by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, The Council for the Renewal of Higher Education. 1997- 2000
- Principal Investigator for Physics/Engineering education project: Activity based education in electricity and circuit theory.
The project is supported by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, The Council for the Renewal of Higher Education. 2000 - 2003.
- Principal Investigator: Engineering and Science Education Research for Higher Education (graduate school, planning grant).
The Swedish Research Council. 2001 - 2002.
- Principal Investigator: Educational conditions for meaningful learning in science and engineering with
interactive technologies (4,05 milj SEK). Supported by The Swedish Research Council. 2004 - 2007.
- Principal Investigator: Helping students to make sense of formal physics through interactive lecture demonstrations (1,7 milj SEK).
The project is supported by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, The Council for the Renewal of Higher Education. 2004 - 2007.
- Coordinator: Nordic Network for Engineering Education Research (NNEER). The project is supported by NordForsk. 2009-2012.
- Co-applicant: Engineering Education Research Training Programme. The project is supported by NordForsk. 2009-2012.
