Kajsa Falkner

Kajsa Falkner is a Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University's Department of Education. Her academic work focuses on citizenship education and developing competences for pluralistic democracy within educational contexts.

Her primary research interests include:

• Citizenship Education
• Democracy Education
• Educational Competence Development
• Pluralistic Democracy
• Civic Education

She is actively involved with the Educational Research in Citizenship Competences (ERiCC) research group at Stockholm University. This group defines competence as "acquisition and mobilization of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values through a process of reflection, anticipation and action to meet complex demands in order to develop the interrelated competences to broaden, deepen and develop pluralistic democracy."

Dr. Falkner's work examines how educational systems can foster the development of competences necessary for active participation in democratic societies, focusing on the integration of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values through reflective processes.