Årets hedersdoktor bygger broar mellan Europas utbildningsforskare
När EU-samarbetet fortfarande var i sin linda tog professor Martin Lawn initiativ till att skapa ett europeiskt forskningsnätverk inom utbildningsvetenskap. Nu utses han till hedersdoktor vid utbildningsvetenskapliga fakulteten på Göteborgs universitet.
Professor Martin Lawn, from the University of Edinburgh, UK, is a distinguished European scholar in the field of Educational Sciences. His research encompasses teachers’ work and development, educational policy, the history of Educational Sciences, comparative education, and the Europeanization and globalization of education.
His extensive publications have been influential and of importance for numerous researchers worldwide, not the least for researcher at the University of Gothenburg. Martin Lawn was the Founding Editor of the European Educational Research Journal and the first Secretary General of the European Educational Research Association (EERA).
Through his work, he has made significant contributions to the intellectual and social organization of Educational Sciences. He has thereby provided a platform for the researchers at the Faculty of Education at University of Gothenburg to publish internationally and to establish research networks associated to EERA as well as other related activities. During a long period, he has collaborated with researchers at the Faculty of Education, particularly through European studies where educational inclusion and politics of categorization were intertwined with educational governing and policy making.
With his broad experience and methodological knowledge, Martin will contribute to the development of the faculty’s research on teacher education and the organization of Educational Sciences in a comparative and historical perspective.