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Maria Rönnlund is a Professor in Educational Work at Umeå University's Department of Applied Educational Science. She leads the research group RECEUM (Research in Early Childhood Education) and specializes in democratic education, citizenship, gender identity, and rural education dynamics.
- Professor in Educational Work
- Leader of RECEUM research group
- Department of Applied Educational Science, Umeå University
Her research explores how educational spaces shape democratic learning through projects like The Swedish schoolyard's cultural history and Youth in transitions, a qualitative longitudinal study tracking 74 rural Swedes navigating education and labor markets over 10 years. She examines spatial/material dimensions of learning environments and participates in Nordic collaborations analyzing youth transitions across ten rural regions.
Recent publications address refugee integration through school placement policies, gender dynamics in vocational transitions, and active learning classroom implementation. Her work emphasizes how physical spaces influence pedagogical practices and citizenship formation.
