The Swedish National Graduate School of Science and Technology Education Research (FontD) is funded by the Swedish Research Council for the period 2020-2030.

A strong, broad scientific and technical education is critical for democracy, not least in view of the increasingly important role of science and technology in society. Without this, we are more poorly equipped to discuss and make balanced choices in relation to issues concerning new technology and health, as well as democratic processes that touch on how we as a society should tackle issues concerned with our global fate, such as climate change, food supply, epidemics and antibiotic resistance. In addition, young people have to deal with the impact of growing up surrounded by high levels of information via different media channels.

A closer relationship between research and school can hopefully continue reversing the negative trends by finding new avenues for teaching. A heightened quality in school teaching of science and technology is critical in order to realise these visions, and teacher education is a natural and important interface for developing schools.

Eight universities collaborate

The research school is a collaboration between Linköping University, which is the host institution, and the following seven higher education institutions: Halmstad University, Kristianstad University, Karlstad University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Linnaeus University, Malmö University, Mälardalen University, and Umeå University.

Contact persons at Malmö University