Per Gynther

Per Gynther is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education, Stockholm University. He is actively affiliated with the Educational Research in Citizenship Competences (ERiCC) research group.

His research focuses on citizenship education and democratic values in educational contexts:

• Citizenship Education
• Democracy
• Educational Competences
• Pluralistic Democracy
• Pedagogy
• Didactics

The ERiCC research 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."

Per Gynther's work examines how educational systems can foster competencies necessary for active participation in democratic societies through reflection, anticipation and action.

He is based at Frescativägen 54, Room 2604, Stockholm, with the postal address Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik, 106 91 Stockholm.