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). The common denominator in my research is an interest in the relationship between the state, family, and school. My research is permeated by critical perspectives.

The research problems I have worked on in recent years involve how school allocation, school choice, and homeschooling can be seen as negotiations between public and private educational values. Previously, I have studied how views on childhood emerge in relation to contemporary climate and environmental concerns.

Today, I work with research on how civil servants and guardians view the conflict between private and public goods in relation to school allocation and school choice. 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).

Teaching

I teach postgraduate (doctoral) education, and I give lectures to undergraduate students on the history of educational ideas 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).