Karin Rehman

Karin Rehman (PhD, Linnaeus University, 2025) serves as a Lecturer and Director of Studies for Swedish as a Second Language at Linnaeus University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Her work bridges language education and subject content instruction, particularly for newly arrived adolescents.

Education

• PhD in Swedish (Multilingualism), Linnaeus University, 2025
• Bachelor of Education & Upper Secondary Teacher Degree, Stockholm University, 2006

Research focuses on:

• Language development in history education
• Source criticism pedagogy
• Metalanguage for cross-disciplinary teaching
• Utilizing student linguistic repertoires

Her publications analyze how clause structures and lexical complexity shape subject learning for multilingual students.

She leads teacher networks and contributes to national programs like 'Collaboration for the Best School' through the Swedish National Agency for Education.