Doctoral Studies

The Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies offers postgraduate programmes in Educational Work and Subject Matter Education with specialization.

The graduate school BEPPE

The graduate school on subject-specific didactic models in primary school (BEPPE) is a collaboration between Karlstad University and University of Gothenburg.

Nine doctoral studentships

Karlstad University and the University of Gothenburg are announcing nine doctoral studentships for the graduate school BEPPE, starting 1 September 2026.

Four doctoral students will be placed at the University of Gothenburg, and five at Karlstad University. We are looking for candidates who are interested in conducting research on practice-based subject-didactics in primary education (pre-school and school years 1–6) and teacher education.

Contact and more information

For questions, please contact Angelika Kullberg, angelika.kullberg@gu.se.

Read more about the four Doctoral positions in subject-matter education

In Swedish

Apply for Doctoral positions in BEPPE at University of Gothenburg

About doctoral studies at the department

An important part of the departments work is teacher education, research and developmental work that concerns school and teacher education. School-related work is often conducted in collaboration with, for example, the National Agency for Education (Skolverket), municipalities and individual schools.

The study programme

The study programme for a doctoral degree comprises 240 credits (equivalent to 48 months of full-time studies) and includes a course component of 85 credits and a thesis component of 155 credits. A licentiate degree comprises 120 credits and includes a course component of 50 credits and a thesis component of 70 credits.

Subjects

The Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies offers postgraduate programmes in Educational Work and Subject Matter Education with specialization.

Educational Work

Educational Work is a third-cycle subject that deals with different perspectives and aspects of work within educational…

Subject Matter Education with specialization

Subject Matter Education with specialization is a third-cycle subject focusing on the study of teaching and learning in…

Find and apply for doctoral courses at the Faculty of Education

The courses are open for application to doctoral students who are admitted to third-cycle studies. The number of course…

Research programmes at the department

The Department of Pedagogical, Curricular and Professional Studies host three research programmes; Didactic classroom studies, Critical education research and Phenomenography, Variation Theory and Learning Study.