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Maria Lindfors serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Umeå University, Sweden. Her work focuses on teaching practices within innovative learning environments, examining power dynamics between teachers and students through mixed-methods research approaches.
Her research interests center on epistemic cognition, student-centered learning, and professional digital competence in teacher education. She investigates how classroom characteristics influence students' epistemic beliefs, particularly in science education contexts, and explores transactional dynamics in remote teaching environments. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical classroom applications, emphasizing the balance between teacher authority and student autonomy.
Lindfors' recent publications reveal strong thematic consistency across educational psychology and science education domains. Her research demonstrates growing emphasis on digital competence in teacher education policy and innovative learning environments, with increasing focus on K-12 remote education challenges since 2020. The work consistently employs mixed-methods approaches to examine teacher-student dynamics.
Lindfors currently leads or participates in three major research projects:
- 2025-2028: The search for professional digital competence in Swedish teacher education
- 2023-2026: Towards a student-centered learning in innovative learning environments
- 2014-2018: Cognition, beliefs, interests and motivation in chemistry secondary education - comparative Sweden-Germany study
