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Maria Löfgren serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Media Studies at Umeå University, Sweden. Her research critically examines literacy development within contemporary educational frameworks, with particular focus on Swedish language education policy and multimodal communication practices.
Her scholarly work centers on Literacy Studies, Multimodal Literacy, and Educational Policy, investigating how literature functions within Swedish L1 education. Key themes include the relationship between literacy practices and democratic citizenship, the marginalization of literature in educational reform, and teacher professional development challenges in implementing multimodal literacy approaches. Her research often analyzes national initiatives like Läslyftet (The Literacy Lift) through policy implementation lenses.
Analysis of her publication trajectory reveals consistent engagement with tensions between global educational assessments and national literary traditions. Her work demonstrates how socio-political forces reshape literature's role in Swedish classrooms, with increasing emphasis on digital literacy competencies while traditional literary analysis faces institutional constraints. Recent scholarship particularly addresses epistemological foundations of literacy in teacher education contexts.
Löfgren actively participates in the Litum research group at Umeå University, which specializes in literacy research from educational sciences perspectives. Her collaborative work with Per-Olof Erixon forms a significant component of her scholarly output, particularly regarding literature's evolving position in Swedish educational policy.
