Collegium for the Sociology of Education
The Collegium for the Sociology of Education is a forum for the scholarly discussion of social, cultural and political dimensions of education and teaching.
Through presentations and working seminars, members and invited guests present and discuss their research activities, this including research related to ongoing and finished PhD projects, as well as other research of current interest, national and international. Theoretical, methodological and empirical developments related to the field of the sociology of education are also in focus.
Activities
Collegium activities and news of interest to collegium members are distributed on a mailing list. To join the mailing list send an e-mail to Mohammad Ammar Syed.
Upcoming seminars
18 November, 2026: Partially borrowed from Sweden: analysing the ‘free school’ experiment in England
Time: 15:00–16:30 CET
Location: Online, via Zoom
What happens to neighbouring schools when a new free school opens? In this webinar, Rob Higham and Golo Henseke from University College London present their research exploring this question in England.
More information and a webinar link can be found on the event page.
Previous seminars
September 8, 2026: Refugees’ social histories and their encounters with education in Sweden
With Nubin Ciziri, sociologist and researcher at Linköping university.