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Airi Rovio-Johansson
Affiliated to Research
Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional StudiesBenämning saknas
Gothenburg Research InstituteAbout Airi Rovio-Johansson
Airi Rovio-Johansson is Professor in Educational Sciences at Gothenburg Research Institute (GRI), School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg. The interest in human behaviour, learning and action in different educations, professions, and in different life-periods influenced my selection of education at the university. I have education as professional psychologist and as professional teacher as subject specialist. Afterwards I finished the degree as Licentiate of Philosophy in Education and in 1999 Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Sciences. In 2006, I was appointed Associate Professor in Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at University of Gothenburg. At GRI, I am senior researcher and PhD supervisor in Educational sciences.
Multidisciplinary phenomenon is focus in my research. I investigate how and what students learn in higher education; how people make sense of communication, in talks and in meetings in professional public and private organizations. My research fields are organizing change processes; students’ sustainable learning processes in higher education; organizing of subject content in teaching and lecturers´ professional development in higher education; sustainable inter-generations and intercultural lifelong learning. In a number of years as coordinator of institutional quality management projects at European University Association (EUA), I have taken part in developing a Quality Assurance System, “Institutional Evaluation Programme: Performance in Research, Performance in Teaching Quality, and Innovation”, for European national and international Institutions in Higher Education belonging to European Union (EU).
I have published articles in international and national journals and books and book chapters in international and national Publishing Houses.
On other web sites
Research areas
- Organizing change processes
- Qualitative methods
- Learning as intercultural and Intergenerational Lifelong learning
Research in progress
- Changing teaching, changing teachers through Variation Theory and patterns of variation., 2019-08 - 2022-12
Teaching areas
- Qualitative research methodologies
- Learning processes and teaching processes
Selected publications
Variation in approaches to lesson analysis - alterntive tools for the reconstruction of teaching
Rovio-Johansson, Airi
International Journal of Lesson and Learning Studies, Vol 7 No. 2, 78-84, 2018
Experiences of practice-based learning in phenomenographic perspective
Rovio-Johansson, Airi
Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol 30 No. 1, 48-64, 2018
Students’ Knowledge Progression: Sustainable Learning in Higher Education
Rovio-Johansson, Airi
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 28:3, s. 427-439, 2016
Continuity and Development in the Phenomenography and Variation Theory Tradition
Rovio-Johansson, Airi, Ingerman, Åke
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 60:3, s. 257-271, 2016
An Application of Variation Theory of Learning in Higher Education
Rovio-Johansson, Airi
Malcolm Tight & Jeroen Huisman (Eds.) Theory and Method in Higher Education Research. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Vol. 9, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, s. 261-279, 2013
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Between skills development and rural development: Agencing a Swedish training centre for furniture manufacturing in South
Africa
Andreas Diedrich, Airi Rovio-Johansson
In Gustavo Guzman, Andreas Diedrich and Franck Cochoy (2023). Space and Organizing. On spatial Agencing - 2023 -
Exploring Students’ Choice of Theories as Tools in Problem-Solving: A Pilot
Study
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Roy Liff, Gustavo Guzman
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - 2022 -
Reinvestigating the theory and practice gap in Participatory Educational
Research
Airi Rovio-Johansson
International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies - 2020 -
Studenters lärande: Livsvärldsfenomenologisk och fenomenografisk
analys
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Berndtsson, I., Lilja, A. och Rinne, I. (2019), Fenomenologiska sammanflätningar - 2019 -
What and how do teachers learn by participating in lesson study
(LS)?
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Paper presented at the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) Conference, 3-6 September 2019, at Vrije University (VU), Amsterdam, Netherlands. - 2019 -
Changing teaching, changing teachers: learning through contrast, generalization and
fusion
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Paper presented at the EARLI Conference 12-16 August 2019 at Aachen University, Germany. - 2019 -
Experiences of practice-based learning in phenomenographic
perspective
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Journal of Workplace Learning - 2018 -
What and how do teachers learn by taking part in Lesson Study and Learning Study? A qualitative
meta-analysis
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Keith Wood
Paper presented at the EARLI/SIG 9 Conference at Birmingham University, 16-18 September 2018 - 2018 -
Variation in approaches to lesson analysis - alternative tools for the reconstruction of
teaching
Airi Rovio-Johansson
International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies - 2018 -
Continuity and Development in the Phenomenography and Variation Theory
Tradition
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Åke Ingerman
Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research - 2016 -
Students’ Knowledge Progression: Sustainable Learning in Higher
Education
Airi Rovio-Johansson
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - 2016 -
Systematic and serendipitous discoveries: a shift in
sensemaking
Roy Liff, Airi Rovio-Johansson
Journal of Documentation - 2015 -
Gendered communicative construction of patients in consultation
settings
Joel Hedegaard, Helene Ahl, Airi Rovio-Johansson, Eleni Siouta
Women & health - 2014 -
Students' understanding of theory in undergraduate
education
Roy Liff, Airi Rovio-Johansson
Teaching in Higher Education - 2014 -
Communicative Construction of Native versus Non-Native Swedish Speaking Patients in Consultation
Settings
Joel Hedegaard, Airi Rovio-Johansson, Eleni Siouta
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration - 2014 -
A longitudinal study of progression in students’ knowledge in three accounting
courses
Airi Rovio-Johansson
15th Biennial Conference EARLI 2013, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, 27-31 August at Munich Technical University (TUM), TUM School of Education, Munich, Germany. - 2013 -
Students’ progression in knowledge development: A longitudinal
study
Airi Rovio-Johansson
the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS), International Conference, 6-9 September 2013 at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. - 2013 -
An Application of Variation Theory of Learning in Higher
Education
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Malcolm Tight & Jeroen Huisman (Eds.) Theory and Method in Higher Education Research. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, Vol. 9 - 2013 -
En metaanalys av en fragmentarisk slutteori om
ledarskap
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Cregård, A. & U. Eriksson-Zetterquist (Ed.). 800 ord till Rolf Solli. GRI Report 2013:1 - 2013 -
Institutional Evaluation Programme. Istanbul University. Follow-Up Evaluation
Report.
K. Edwards, T. Chevaillier, F. Galan, Airi Rovio-Johansson
2013 -
Institutional Evaluation Programme. Performance in Research, Performance in Teaching – Quality, Diversity, and Innovation in Romanian Universities Project. Technical Academy of Music Ghorghe Dima, Cluj Napoca. Evaluation
Report
T. Bull, G. Kurzynski, G. Alaburdaite, Airi Rovio-Johansson
2013 -
Institutional Evaluation Programme. Performance in Research, Performance in Teaching – Quality, Diversity, and Innovation in Romanian Universities Project. Technical University, Cluj Napoca. Evaluation
Report.
H. Nazare, E. Emel, N. Kiiskinen, Airi Rovio-Johansson
2012 -
Collaborative production of pedagogical knowledge: enhancing students'
learning
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Marie Lumsden
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education - 2012 -
Izmir University of Economics. Follow-Up Evaluation
Report
C Solà, N Whelan, C Stråhlman, Airi Rovio-Johansson
2012 -
Members' Sensemaking in a Multi-Professional
Team
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Roy Liff
Journal of Health Organization and Management - 2012 -
Multi-framing as a tool in top management
teams
Gary Kokk, Sten Jönsson, Airi Rovio-Johansson
Tengblad, S. (red.) The Work of Managers: Towards a Practice Theory of Management. - 2012 -
Teachers’ ways of understanding teaching and students’ learning: Implications of a Learning Study in
Accounting
Airi Rovio-Johansson
the World Association of Lesson Studies, International Conference, 25 – 27 November at University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. - 2011 -
Development of elementary school teachers’ inferential skills and reading comprehension in
Chile
Airi Rovio-Johansson, B. Sandoval Figueroa, M. Neumann Aillon, J. Chandía Herrera, V. Monje Yáñez, A. Palavecino Bustos
15th Biennial Conference EARLI 2011, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, August 31 August – 3 September 2011 at University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom. - 2011 -
Collaborative Production of Pedagogical Knowledge in Higher
Education
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Nation Institute of Education, NIE’s Symposium 1 - 3 June 2011 at university of Singapore, Singapore. - 2011 -
Instituto Politécnico do Porto. Report on Follow-Up
Visit
B. Schmidt-Nielsen, I. Leban, A. Gavra, Airi Rovio-Johansson
2010 -
Istanbul University. Evaluation
Report
K Edwards, Airi Rovio-Johansson, B. Weil, N. Whelan, B. Banaszak
2010 -
Relative Efficiency of Research Assessment Based on External Peer Review – Evidence from Copenhagen Business
School.
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Ole Stenvinkel Nilsson
the 3rd Annual Conference on Institutional Research: Informing Enhancement, Practice and Strategy, 29th-30th June, 2010, Dublin City University, Ireland. - 2010 -
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. Evaluation
Report.
Alberto Amaral, Airi Rovio-Johansson, F. D’Ínganna, I. Leban, N. Whelan
2009 -
Teachers’ ways of reconciling theory and practice: Experiences and implications of the Learning Study in an undergraduate Business
programme.
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Paper presented at the International Conference of the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) in 8 – 10th of December 2009 at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China. - 2009 -
Relating Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Steps towards Empirically Based Didactic
Knowledge.
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Marie Lumsden
Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference EARLI 2009, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, August 25-29 2009 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. - 2009 -
Essays on Supportive Peer
Review
Alberto Amaral, Airi Rovio-Johansson, Maria João Rosa, Don F Westerheijden
2008 -
Institutional Evaluation of Università Degli Studi Palermo,
Italy
Airi Rovio-Johansson, T. Bull, K. Wosokinsky, R. Lewis, L. Deca
2008 -
Design for redesign: Deliberating strategic action in an industrial
net
Sten Jönsson, Gary Kokk, Airi Rovio-Johansson
Third International Workshop on Organization Design, Centre for Organizational Renewal and Evolution (CORE), Aarhus School of Business, University of Arhus, 18-20 maj 2008, Aarhus, Danmark - 2008 -
Employability and Career Development – Perceptions of employability among professional
employees
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Stefan Tengblad
26:e International Labour Process Conference (ILPC), 18-20 mars 2008, Dublin, Irland - 2008 -
How can Learning Study be introduced into the academic system? An application study in Swedish Higher
Education
Airi Rovio-Johansson
World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) International Conference, 1-3 december, 2008, Hong Kong Institute of Higher Education, Hong Kong, China - 2008 -
Designat experiment - ett sätt att granska förbättringen av studenternas förståelse av grundläggande ekonomiska
samband
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Marie Lumsden
Företagsekonomiska Konferensen (FEKIS), 12-13 november 2008, Handelshögskolan, Göteborgs universitet, Göteborg - 2008 -
Teachers’ and Students’ different ways of constituting the learning object in
Accounting
Airi Rovio-Johansson
EARLI SIG 9 Workshop på Högskolan i Kristianstad, 22-24 maj 2008, Kristianstad - 2008 -
The IEP in a Multi-level, Multi-Actor
Future
Don Westerheijden, Alberto Amaral, Maria João Rosa, Airi Rovio-Johansson
A. Amaral, A. Rovio-Johansson, D. Westerheijden och M. J. Rosa (2008). Essays in Supportive Peer Review - 2008 -
Follow Up Processes: An analysis of the recommendations in Follow Up
Reports
Airi Rovio-Johansson
I A. Amaral, A. Rovio-Johansson, D. Westerheijden och M. J. Rosa (2008). Essays in Supportive Peer Review - 2008 -
What Was Evaluated in Terms of Teaching and
Research?
Airi Rovio-Johansson
A. Amaral, A. Rovio-Johansson, D. Westerheijden och M. J. Rosa (2008). Essays in Supportive Peer Review - 2008 -
Audits As Supportive Peer
Reviews
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Alberto Amaral, Don Westerheijden
A. Amaral, A. Rovio-Johansson, D. Westerheijden och M. J. Rosa (2008). Essays in Supportive Peer Review - 2008 -
Introduction to Essays in Supportive Peer
Review
Alberto Amaral, Maria João Rosa, Airi Rovio-Johansson, Don Westerheijden
In A. Amaral, A. Rovio-Johansson, D. Westerheijden and M. J. Rosa (2008). Essays in Supportive Peer Review - 2008 -
Learning Study Model adapted to Higher Education in Sweden: Enhancing Students’ Learning Outcomes in
Accounting
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Article presented at the World Association of Lesson Studies, International Conference 2007, 29-1 December 2007, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR, China. - 2007 -
Employability in working life: Graduates' expectations and possibilities after
graduation
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Stefan Tengblad
Paper presented at the 19th Nordic Academy of Management Conference, August 9-11, Bergen, Norway. - 2007 -
Forskningsledarskap - en översikt. Rapport till Stiftelsen för Strategisk
Forskning
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On the Nature of Boundary Objects in Post-Acquisition
Integration
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Sten Jönsson, Gary Kokk
ICFAI Journal of Mergers & Acquisitions - 2007 -
To enhance Students' Learning Outcomes in Accounting by a New Teaching
Methodology
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Marie Lumsden
Article presented at the 19th Nordic Academy of Management Conference, August 9-11, Bergen, Norway. - 2007 -
Har ämnesinnehållets behandling i undervisningen betydelse för studenternas
lärande?
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Marie Lumsden
Den första nordiska ämnesdidaktiska konferensen, Oslo 14-16 maj, 2007. - 2007 -
Undervisning och lärande: Systematisk variation och invarians som lärandets villkor i ämnet redovisning i
civilekonomprogrammet.
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Marie Lumsden
Eskilsson, O och Redfors, A (Red) Ämnesdidaktik ur ett nationellt och internationellt perspektiv. Rikskonferens i ämnesdidaktik 2006. - 2007 -
Post-Acquisition integration: ways of sensemaking in a management team
meeting
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An international Journal - 2007 -
Lärandets kontextualitet: Hur utvecklas ekonomstudenters förståelse av ett grundläggande ekonomiskt begrepp under
utbildningen?
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Inga-Lill Johansson
Didaktisk Tidskrift - 2006 -
Förtroende i dilemman - en studie av
företagsuppköp
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Värdet av förtroende. - 2006 -
Roles and Interactions of Different Players in Quality
Assurance
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Tove Bull
In Froment, Eric, Kohler, Jürgen, Purser, Lewis and Wilson, Lesley: EUA Bologna Handbook: Making Bologna Work. - 2006 -
Systematisk Variation och Invarians som lärandets villkor i ämnet redovisning i
Civilekonomprogrammet
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Marie Lumsden
Rikskonferensen i Ämnesdidaktik, 4-5 maj 2006, Högskolan i Kristianstad, 4-5 maj 2006. - 2006 -
Strategies and Consequences of Employability and Career Development: A study of the impact of the employability doctrine in the Swedish labour
market
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Stefan Tengblad
The 34rd Congress of the Nordic Educational Research Association, Örebro University, March 9-11, 2006. - 2006 -
Equal Education and Unequal Learning Outcomes: Undergraduate students' conceptual
development
Airi Rovio-Johansson
EARLI SIG 9 Phenomenography and Variation Theory Biennial Workshop, 7th-9th December, 2006, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. - 2006 -
En extern utvärdering av magisterprogrammet Management i
byggsektorn
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Integrationen slutförd? VAN i Volvo-Areogruppen 2004. Återföring till företagen. Ej publicerad
rapport.
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En studie av studenters förståelse av ett ekonomiskt grundbegrepp i programmet för blivande
civilekonomer.
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Inga-Lill Johansson
Artikel presenterad på Rikskonferensen för Ämnesdidaktik forskning och forskarutbildning, 17-18 mars 2005, Karlstad Universitet. - 2005 -
Investigating the role of the resarcher in metodology
books
Airi Rovio-Johansson, Rolf Solli, Stefan Tengblad
Tengblad, Stefan; Solli, Rolf and Czarniawska, Barbara (eds). 2005. The art of science. - 2005 -
Managing Accountability: Exploring Reasoning in a Management
Team
Airi Rovio-Johansson
2005 -
Learning outcomes in Accounting: Researching undergraduate students' conceptual
development.
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Paper to be presented at the 18th Nordic Conference on Business Studies, 18th - 20th August 2005, Aarhus, Denmark. - 2005 -
On the discursive contruction of
action
Gary Kokk, Airi Rovio-Johansson, Sten Jönsson
Presenterad vid 18th Scandianvian Academy of Management, 18-20 Augusti 2005, Aarhus, Danmark. - 2005 -
An analysis of undergraduate students' conceptual development in
accounting
Airi Rovio-Johansson
33rd Congress of the Nordic Educational Research Association, University of Oslo, March 10-12 2005, Oslo, Norway. - 2005 -
Integration - A polyphonic concept in cross-border
acquisitions
Airi Rovio-Johansson
The ICFAI Journal of Mergers & Acquisitions, Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press - 2005 -
Teaching Excellence. An assessment
dilemma
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Nordisk Pedagogik/Nordic Educational Research. - 2004 -
"Integration" - a polyphonic concept in merging
companies
Airi Rovio-Johansson
2004 -
Articulation of principles on the micro level - observing argumentation in a merger
process
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Arguing your case on principles of management in a merger
context
Sten Jönsson, Airi Rovio-Johansson, Gary Kokk
Paper presented at the International the SAM/IFSAM Vllth World Congress, Göteborg, Sverige. - 2004 -
Contextualized meanings of integration in
mergers
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Paper presented at the International the SAM/IFSAM Vllth World Congress, Göteborg, Sverige. - 2004 -
Vilkår för Pedagogiskt Udviklingsarbejde. Evaluering av de Pedagogiske enheder på DTU och
CBS.
Airi Rovio-Johansson, B. Due, A. Havnes, I. Enroth
2003 -
XX:s förvärv av YY. Återföring till företagen. Ej publicerad
rapport.
Dorit Christensen, Sten Jönsson, Gary Kokk, Ole Ö. Madsen, Airi Rovio-Johansson
2003 -
Organisational learning: Understanding of 'integration' in merging
businesses
Airi Rovio-Johansson
The 6th European regional Congress of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology, 12-16 July, Budapest, Hungary. - 2003 -
Students' process of knowledge development in Accounting in Higher
Education.
Airi Rovio-Johansson
the 17th Nordic Conference on Business Studies, 14th - 16th of August 2003, Reykjavik, Iceland. - 2003 -
On Students' Understanding of Accounting in Higher
Education.
Airi Rovio-Johansson
The 26th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, April 2-4, 2003. Seville, Spanien. - 2003 -
On understanding and development of knowledge in Accounting: A follow-up study of students in Higher
Education
Airi Rovio-Johansson
Paper presented at the 10th Conference of European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), August 26-30, 2003, Padova, Italy. - 2003 -
Accounts of integration and integration of
accounts
Airi Rovio-Johansson
17th Nordic Conference on Business Studies, 14th - 16th of August 2003, Reykjavik, Island. - 2003 -
Exploring reasoning and representations of the top management team - What is at
stake?
Airi Rovio-Johansson
The 17th Nordic Conference on Business Studies, 14th - 16th of August 2003, Reykjkavik, Island. - 2003 -
Articulation of principles on the micro level - observing argumentation in a merger
process
Sten Jönsson, Airi Rovio-Johansson, Gary Kokk
the 17th Nordic Conference on Business Studies, 14th - 16th of August 2003, Reykjavik, Island. - 2003 -
Rapport om Volvo Aeros förvärv av Norsk Jetmotor. Återföring till företagen. Ej publicerad
rapport.
Sten Jönsson, Airi Rovio-Johansson, Dorit Christensen, Gary Kokk
2002 -
On the Educational Constitution of Different Meanings of the Content of Teaching in Higher
Education
Airi Rovio-Johansson
The 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 1st-5th, 2002 in New Orleans, USA - 2002 -
The students' Learning and Understanding of
Accounting
Airi Rovio-Johansson
the 25th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, April 25-27, 2002, Copenhagen Business School. - 2002 -
A Historical Perspective of the Lecturers' Teaching Excellence and Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Higher
Education
Airi Rovio-Johansson
The 30th Nordic Educational Research Association's (NERA) Congress, March 7-9, 2002. Tallinn, Estonia. - 2002 -
Students' experiences of the conditions of learning in a program, "Problem Solving in Science", during the first semester in Higher
Education.
Airi Rovio-Johansson
the 30th Nordic Educational Research Association´s (NERA) Congress, March 7-9, 2002. Tallinn, Estonia. - 2002 -
LÄRANDETS BETINGELSER: En intervjustudie av studenters erfarenheter under första universitetsterminen på programmet Naturvetenskaplig
problemlösning.
Airi Rovio-Johansson
2001 -
The students' learning space in economics in Higher
Education
Airi Rovio-Johansson
9th European Conference for Learning and Instruction, 28 August - 1 September, 2001 at the University of Fribourg. Fribourg, Switzerland. - 2001 -
Pedagogisk skicklighet och pedagogisk meriter - historik och
praktik
Airi Rovio-Johansson, G. Tingbjörn
2001 -
Exploring Teaching in Higher Education from a Learning Perspective in Management
Accounting.
Airi Rovio-Johansson
The 16th Nordic Academy of Management Meeting 2001, August 16 - 18, 2001, Uppsala Universitet. Uppsala, Sweden. - 2001 -
Teaching in Higher Education from a Learning
Perspective
Airi Rovio-Johansson
The conference on 'Innovations in Higher Education 2000', August 30 - September 2, 2000, University of Helsinki. Helsingfors: Finland. - 2000 -
Being Good at Teaching: Exploring different ways of handling the same subject in Higher
Education.
Airi Rovio-Johansson
1999