Short Curriculum Vitae

Presently my research is focused towards engineering and physics education and I'm coordinator for the Nordic Network for Engineering Education Research (NNEER). 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.

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.
- Active in the National Graduate School in Science and Technology Education Research, Linköping University, 2000 -
- Associate professor in experimental physics, especially electronics, at Linköpings University, Campus Norrköping, Norrköping, Sweden, 2000-2012.
- Professor in engineerin education research, Linköping University, 2012 -

Teaching and related
- 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.
- Three doctoral students have finished their doctoral dissertation
- Have been faculty opponent at Christer Gruvberg’s dissertation defense at Gothenburg University, December 8, 2008.
- External examiner for Jens Kabo's PhD thesis at Queens University, ON, Canada, on March 9, 2010.

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 - 2011.
- Associate editor, European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009 -

Research grants (Selection) I have until now received approximately 15.4 million SEK in total in external funding as principal investigator.
- Principal Investigator: Investigating learning in engineering and in techno-science as a material discursive practice (4.9 million SEK). Supported by The Swedish Research Council, 2012 - 2014.
- Coordinator: Nordic Network for Engineering Education Research (NNEER). The project is supported by NordForsk, 2009 - 2012.
- Principal Investigator: Educational conditions for meaningful learning in science and engineering with interactive technologies (4.05 million 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 million SEK). The project was supported by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, The Council for the Renewal of Higher Education, 2004 - 2007.
- Principal Investigator: Engineering and Science Education Research for Higher Education (graduate school, planning grant). The Swedish Research Council,. 2001 - 2002.
- Principal Investigator for Physics/Engineering education project: Activity based education in electricity and circuit theory. The project was supported by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, The Council for the Renewal of Higher Education, 2000 - 2003.
- Principal Investigator for Physics education project: Experientially based physics instruction - using hands-on experiments and computers. The project was supported by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, The Council for the Renewal of Higher Education, 1997- 2000.