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Cecilia Lundholm is a Professor at Stockholm University’s Department of Subject Didactics, focusing on conceptual change in social science education and climate/environmental education. Her research emphasizes teaching strategies that revise students’ prior knowledge in geography, economics, and social studies. She leads the research group Conceptual Change and collaborates with international institutions like the University of Southern California and the University of Staffordshire.
- Educational Background: PhD in Educational Psychology from Stockholm University (2003), with prior studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2001).
Her research explores how social science knowledge (economics, political science, law) influences climate action, supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, and Åke Wiberg Foundation. Key projects include analyzing students’ conceptions of environmental policies and developing interdisciplinary courses on climate solutions.
Recent publications address topics like earthquake understanding, Gulf Stream dynamics, and ownership rights in legal education. Her work appears in journals such as Environmental Education Research, Journal of Political Science Education, and Education Sciences. She also contributes to policy discussions through presentations at conferences like EARLI and the Swedish National Agency for Education.
External funding includes:
- 2021-11-04: SEK 5.8 million (Swedish Research Council, Committee for Educational Science).
- 2016-06-09: SEK 1 million (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond).
- 2007-06-05: £18,000 (Leverhulme Foundation).
She co-developed a multidisciplinary online course Klimatförändringar och lösningar - ett didaktiskt perspektiv and participates in international initiatives like the CIVIS master’s program on climate and energy studies.
