Collaborations at Gothenburg University

UGU project at the University of Gothenburg

1. MapIe - MapIE (international research project funded by EU Horizon) focuses on the contextual differences between the Nordic and Central European countries (participating countries are Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Hungary) that have structurally different education systems and thus different approaches to tracking and school choice, which are considered to be central factors at the system level that contribute to school segregation. To better study school segregation, participating countries will compile a common database, where UGU is Sweden's contribution. 
2. UGU LIFE Learning later in life: from description and prediction to prevention and intervention - The aim is to identify factors in childhood that predict lifelong learning ability, map the challenges faced by older adults, and identify older people who struggle with learning. With this knowledge, the project will later in the program develop interventions aimed at facilitating learning for older people.
3. UGU HPI - The project investigates health, health behaviours, motivation and socioeconomic status early in life, to explain why better cognitive ability early in life is related to a longer and healthier life. The new knowledge generated by the project may be used to create better and more effective models for how ill health can be prevented for large groups in society.
4. UGU HOPE – The research project investigates relationships between different types of personal characteristics with a main focus on gender and motivation to learn, self-concept, well-being and mental health, and school-related characteristics with a main focus on classroom teaching in a broad sense, relationships between teachers and students and between students, and support measures, classroom composition and grading systems.
5. SLANT - The project has three main aims: to develop knowledge about determinants of school success; consequences of school failure and mental health problems; and how school failure can be prevented and compensated. The project is interdisciplinary, with participants from education, public health, psychology, sociology and social work.
6. Which assessment system promotes and develops lifelong learning in Swedish schools? - The project aims to understand how students with different performance levels are affected by different types of assessments in school, e.g. earlier and more grades. Students have different conditions, experiences and opportunities to learn and are affected in different ways by their knowledge being assessed. Some students experience stress in assessment situations while others do not experience this. Knowledge from the project can offer governments, policymakers, school leaders and teachers valuable insights into how assessment systems either facilitate or limit students' development of socio-cognitive competences and how these interact with school performance and attitudes to learning.
7. SENSE - This project will investigate the importance of students' self-concept/self-efficacy for performance in school. The project will also investigate the effects of grades on students' continued learning and motivation.
8. FEEL – The project aims to investigate which factors mainly contribute to the recent decline in the mental health of children and young people. To find out what causes this and what significance different education and grading systems have, the researchers will use UGU data.