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Christina Löfving

Senior Lecturer

Department of Education and Special Education
Telephone
+46 31-786 31 53
+46 766-18 31 53
Mail
christina.lofving@gu.se
Visiting address
Västra Hamngatan 25
41117 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 300
40530 Göteborg

About Christina Löfving

Christina Löfving, PhD in Applied IT in Education, defended her thesis in 2025 on how student digital competence is catered for in practice in primary and secondary schools. Her thesis proposes ways for policymakers, school organizers, and school leaders to create conditions that support teachers in catering to this kind of competence. Her research contributes to the field of curriculum studies and school digitalization, where didactics and pedagogy are important parts.

Background: In addition to a PhD, Christina Löfving holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Education, specializing in School Development. She is a senior lecturer in teacher and principal education, with a lengthy background as a teacher and school leader. She has been part of the international research team, Reconfigurations of Educational In/Equality in a Digital World (RED), with scholars from Africa, Europe, and Latin America. She is part of the European Digital Education Hub hosted by the European Commission, and has been part of updating the Commission guidelines on how to deal with disinformation. She has been in Great Britain several times to learn from and work with scholars in the field of digital citizenship.