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Gun-Britt Wärvik

Professor

Department of Education and Special Education
Telephone
+46 31-786 22 66
+46 766-18 22 66
Mail
gun-britt.warvik@ped.gu.se
Visiting address
Västra hamngatan 25
41117 Göteborg
Room number
A3 130
Postal address
Box 300
40530 Göteborg

Pro-Dean

Faculty of Education
Mail
gun-britt.warvik@ped.gu.se
Visiting address
Västra Hamngatan 25
41117 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 300
40530 Göteborg

About Gun-Britt Wärvik

Research interest

My research primarily focuses on politics of knowledge and changing demands for professional skills. This involves examining how such ambitions are materialized and consequently, how they affect people’s lives and work by stipulating new competencies. My approach is rooted in a bottom-up perspective, focusing on those who are the targets of these change demands and directives, including the hierarchies, boundaries, and disparities that are created and/or perpetuated as a result.

Key words

lifelong learning, politics of knowledge, formation of educational systems, professions, doctoral education, history of womens' vocational education