Max Scheja

Max Scheja, Professor at the Department of Education and Didactics, Stockholm University, specializes in higher education pedagogy and student learning processes. He actively contributes to the Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching and leads the Swedish Higher Education Research Network (SHERN) seminar series. His research examines how students develop understanding of subject matter across disciplines including engineering, medicine, psychology, and political science.

• Collaboration with Sophiahemmet University, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and University of Edinburgh.
• Key research areas: Student learning strategies, organizational conditions in higher education, and teacher development.
• Previous roles: Assistant/Acting Director at Karolinska's Centre for Cognition Understanding and Learning (2003-2005); Visiting Research Fellow at University of Edinburgh (2005).

His publications focus on:

• Emergency medical service training and support systems
• First-year engineering students' learning approaches
• Psychology education optimization
• Professional transition challenges for ambulance nurses

Max Scheja has served on the Expert Panel for Social Sciences and Humanities at the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation and Research in Higher Education since 2013.