Katarina Lindahl
Educational Developer
PIL Pedagogical Development & Interactive LearningAbout Katarina Lindahl
Current role at the Unit for the Pedagogical Development and Interactive Learning (PIL)
Katarina is an educational developer at the Unit for Pedagogical Development and Interactive Learning (PIL). Her work includes teaching, supervision, and pedagogical development in higher education. She teaches in courses and modules, supervises independent projects, and leads workshops with a focus on online teaching, examination, and supervision. Katarina has developed the module Online Teaching, which forms part of the qualifying higher education pedagogical course PIL101.
Background
Katarina is a certified subject teacher of English and Religion and hold a Licentiate of Philosophy in Subject Matter Education with a focus on English. She also studied at Gothenburg University at the Centre for Education Science and Teacher Research (CUL) and finished her licentiate thesis in 2015. Her thesis focused on vocationally oriented English teaching in the Swedish Building and Construction Programme at upper secondary level. Prior to her research studies, she received a Master of Education degree from Karlstad University, and she has worked in both secondary and upper secondary school as a teacher of English and religion.
Previously, she worked as a university lecturer in English with a didactic focus at Dalarna University. She was primarily engaged in online teaching using Zoom and other digital tools and has published several book chapters and conference papers on the topic of online education in higher education. At Dalarna University, she also worked extensively with course progression, curriculum design, and course development in language didactics and degree projects for student teachers.
In spring 2021, Katarina was recognised as an Excellent Teacher. At the University of Gothenburg, she is currently a member of the planning group for the Pedagogical Academy, a network for the university’s excellent teachers, and a member of the editorial committee at PIL.
National and international networks
Katarina is also active in several national networks related to higher education pedagogy, including the Swedish Network for Educational Development in Higher Education (Swednet), the National Network for Assessment Development in Higher Education (NEHU) and the National Network for Excellent Teachers.
During 2025–2026, Katarina is part of the planning group for the national NU2026 conference, co-organised by several Swedish universities, with Chalmers University of Technology as the host institution.
Katarina also serves as a reviewer of conference submissions and scholarly texts in the field of higher education pedagogy, including for conferences such as EARLI, ISSOTL, and HKG, as well as for academic journals.