Background and experience
Teacher at lower and upper secondary school in Sweden. Doctoral student and teacher at Linköping University. Associate professor at Stockholm University.
Teacher education, school year 4–9 (in Sweden, i.e. approx. 10–16 years old), in the two subjects of physical education and mathematics. The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (Stockholm), and Stockholm University.
Bachelor of Science with major in mathematics. Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University.
Licentiate of Philosophy, mathematics. Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University.
Supplement courses in mathematics at advanced level (15 credit points). Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University.
Doctor of Philosophy, mathematics education. Department of Mathematics, Linköping University.
University pedagogy I and II (3.0 and 4.5 credit points respectively). Centre for University Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University.
Course for supervisors at doctoral level (two-day seminar). Faculty of Science, Stockholm University. Corresponding course at UiA (in collaboration with Nord University).
Author of textbooks in mathematics for upper secondary school in Sweden, Matematik Origo, Sanoma Utbildning.
Areas of responsibility
Teaching mathematics and mathematics education at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, UiA. Supervision of master’s and PhD students (currently no PhD student). Member of the Research Education Committee for the PhD Programme in Engineering and Science, Specialisation in Mathematical Sciences (FDM). Member of the faculty board for the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, UiA. Runs the podcast Spøkelser etter avdøde størrelser, connected to UiA.
Teaching
Spring 2026: Teaching MA-607, Research methodology in mathematics education (doctoral course). Coordinator of the web course MA-921 Arithmetics, algebra, functions and didactics. Coordinator of MA-314/315 Bachelor thesis.
Autumn 2026: Coordinator of MA-444N Didactics of algebra and number theory. Coordinator of MA-314/315 Bachelor thesis. Teaching a few sessions in MA-456 Theoretical perspectives on Teaching of Mathematics.
Research
A research project about how pre-service teachers explain the solving of a linear equation and how another group of pre-service teachers rank these explanations assessed by comparative judgement. This involves students in Norway and Sweden and is a combination of different projects I have worked with earlier. Further, I am active in projects about algebra in compulsory school, and computer aided assessment. We were also invited to submit a paper to a special issue of Uniped, about the Centres of Excellence in Education. This study deals with engineering teachers’ views and experiences of a new assessment form in Mathematics 1, where MatRIC was involved. (updated in March 2026)
Academic interests
The teaching and learning of mathematics, mainly at university level – including teacher education, but also in secondary school.