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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, has recently defended her thesis on how student digital competence is catered for in practice in primary and secondary schools. Her thesis provides proposals for how policymakers, school organizers and school leaders can provide helpful conditions for teachers to cater for this kind of competence. Her research contributes to the field of curriculum studies and school digitalization, where didactics and pedagogy are important parts.

Background: Besides a PhD, Christina Löfving holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree 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. Now, she is part of an international collaboration hosted by the European Commission and is working on a writing project together with researchers in Great Britain.