Andreas Nordin is professor of education. He conducts research within the following areas: curriculum theory, comparative and international education and education policy. He is co-leader of the research group Studies in Curriculum, Teaching and Evaluation (SITE) at the Linnaeus university.
Andreas is part of the research project : Policy Knowledge and Lesson Drawing in Nordic School Reform in an Era of International Comparison.
Forskning
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Mina pågående forskningsprojekt
Mina avslutade forskningsprojekt
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Projekt: Kunskap och utbildningsreformer i Europa – historiska och komparativa fallstudier Detta projekt avslutades 2014. Fakta om projektet Projektledare: Daniel Sundberg Projektmedlemmar: Daniel…
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Projekt: Vem har styrt skolan? Kommunen, skolan och staten under 60 år av svenska skolreformer i en föränderlig värld Detta projekt avslutades 2017. Fakta om projektet Projektmedlemmar: Andreas…
Publikationer
Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
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Nordin, A. (2025). Diskursiv institutionalism och dess bidrag till läroplansteoretisk forskning. Utbildning och Demokrati. 34 (1). 7-28.
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Baek, C., Nordin, A. (2024). Understanding implicit reference societies in education policy. Journal of education policy. 39 (5). 736-754.
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Nordin, A., Vogt, B. (2024). On the Relevance of Education Research From a Non-Affirmative Perspective : A Constructive Critique. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk. 10 (4). 57-70.
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Wahlström, N., Nordin, A. (2024). The OECD and the nation-state : an interdependent but ambivalent relationship. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 10 (2). 114-125.
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Sivesind, K., Nordin, A., Ydesen, C. (2024). Instrument constituencies and the brokering of OECD-knowledge in Nordic school reforms : a three country comparison. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy.
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Wahlström, N., Nordin, A. (2022). Policy of suspiciousness : mobilization of educational reforms in Sweden. Discourse. Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 43 (2). 251-265.
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Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2021). Transnational Competence Frameworks and National Curriculum-making : the case of Sweden. Comparative Education. 57 (1). 19-34.
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Hallsén, S., Nordin, A. (2020). Variations on Modernisation : Technological Development and Internationalisation in Local Swedish School Policy From 1950 to 2000. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 64 (2). 151-166.
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Prøitz, T., Nordin, A. (2020). Learning Outcomes in Scandinavian Education through the Lens of Elliot Eisner. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. 64 (5). 645-660.
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Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2019). Transnational policy discourses on ‘teacher quality’ : an educational connoisseurship and criticism approach. Policy Futures in Education. 17 (3). 438-454.
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Nordin, A. (2018). The idea of distance in data-driven curriculum policy making : a productive critique. Transnational Curriculum Inquiry. 5 (2). 26-37.
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Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2018). Exploring Curriculum Change Using Discursive Institutionalism : A Conceptual Framework. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 50 (6). 820-835.
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Nordin, A. (2017). Towards a European policy discourse on compulsory education : The case of Sweden. European Educational Research Journal. 16 (4). 474-486.
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Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2016). Exploring European Education Policy through the Lens of Dewey’s Democracy andEducation. European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy. 8 (1). 36-59.
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Nordin, A. (2016). Teacher professionalism beyond numbers : A communicative orientation. Policy Futures in Education. 14 (6). 830-845.
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Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2016). Travelling concepts in national curriculum policy-making : The example of competencies. European Educational Research Journal. 15 (3). 314-328.
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Román, H., Hallsén, S., Nordin, A., Ringarp, J. (2015). Who governs the Swedish school? : Local school policy research from a historical and transnational curriculum theory perspective. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy. 1 (1). 81-94.
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Nordin, A. (2015). Olika världar av internationalisering : En jämförande studie av internationella influenser och utbyten i svenska skola 1950-2000. Utbildning och Demokrati. 24 (1). 95-115.
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Nordin, A. (2014). Crisis as discursive legitimation strategy in educational reforms : A critical policy analysis. Education Inquiry. 5 (1). 109-126.
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Nordin, A. (2014). Centralisering i en tid av decentralisering : Om den motsägelsefulla styrningen av skolan. Utbildning och Demokrati. 23 (2). 27-44.
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Nordin, A. (2011). Making the Lisbon strategy happen : a new phase of lifelong learning discourse in European policy?. European Educational Research Journal. 10 (1). 11-20.
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Nordin, A. (2010). Bildningens motspråk : I riktning mot en diskursiv bildningsförståelse. Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige. 15 (2/3). 115-136.
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Nordin, A. (2010). Från bildning till kvalitet? : Om diskursiva förskjutningar i svenskt läroplansarbete. Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige. 15 (1). 1-17.
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Nordin, A. (2008). Lära för (arbets)livet? : Om löften och begränsningar i diskurser om livslångt lärande. Nordisk Pedagogik. 28 (2). 146-154.
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Ekstrand, B., Nordin, A. (2007). Bilder av bildning : och dess frånvaro i det politiska talet om ett livslångt lärande. Utbildning och Demokrati. 16 (1). 109-122.
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Konferensbidrag (Refereegranskat)
- Nordin, A. (2025). The use of crisis in legitimizing curriculum reform : the case of Sweden. .
- Nordin, A. (2024). Discursive institutionalism and its contribution to curriculum research : A theoretical argumentation. .
- Nordin, A., Niemi mølstad, C. (2024). Nordic perspectives on curriculum research : historical trajectories and current trends. .
- Sivesind, K., Nordin, A., Ydesen, C. (2023). Internationalization of Nordic school reform : a two country comparison. .
- Baek, C., Nordin, A. (2023). "Silent borrowing" and beyond : A comparative analysis of reference societies in Norwegian and Swedish school reform. Presented at NERA Conference 2023 15. – 17. March Oslo.
- Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2023). The interdependence between the OECD and the nation-state in legitimizing educational reforms. .
- Pettersson, D., Nordin, A. (2022). Curriculum policy making by control, prediction, and comparison. Education between Hope and Happening – Developing Powerful Curriculum Theorizing in Challenging Times, 9:e Nordiska Läroplansteorikonferensen, Linnéuniversitetet, 20-21 oktober 2022, Abstracts. 11-12.
- Steiner-khamsi, G., Nordin, A., Baek, C., Karseth, B. (2021). How Much Policy Advice is Changed and Lost in Political Translation?. .
- Nordin, A. (2021). Transnational exchange in Swedish educational policy making 1950-2018. .
- Nordin, A., Karseth, B., Baek, C., Steiner-khamsi, G. (2021). How Much Policy Advice is Changed and Lost in Political Translation?. .
- Steiner-khamsi, G., Karseth, B., Nordin, A., Baek, C. (2020). How Much Policy Advice is Changed and Lost in Political Translation?. Presented at NERA 2020.
- Sundberg, D., Nordin, A. (2019). Hybrid competences in Swedish curriculum policy making. Presented at CIES 2019.
- Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2019). Reform of 2015/2018 in Sweden: A gathering for school - national strategy for knowledge and equivalence. NERA 2019, Education in a Global World, 6-8 March, Uppsala, Sweden : Abstract book, 2019-03-06. 813-814.
- Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2019). Reform of 2015/2018, the renewal entitled: A gathering for school - national strategy for knowledge and equivalence. Presented at CIES 2019.
- Nordin, A. (2019). The idea of ‘distance’ in data-driven education : a productive critique. Presented at CIES 2019.
- Nordin, A. (2019). On the normativity of data-driven curriculum work : a discursive and non-affirmative approach. .
- Nordin, A. (2018). United in fear : Governing knowledge in a state of crisis. Presented at NERA2018.
- Sellbjer, S., Nordin, A. (2018). I laughed aloud when I read that knowledge requirements come from middle school-Knowledge Progression in the Swedish Educational System. .
- Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2018). Teacher Quality Beyond Measurability : a Connoisseurship and Criticism Approach. .
- Nordin, A., Uljens, M., Hardy, I., Sivesind, K., Wahlström, N., et al. (2018). Examining Educational Change Within and Between National Policy Spaces Using Discursive Institutionalism. .
- Prøitz, T., Nordin, A. (2018). Learning outcomes in Scandinavian education through the lens of Elliot Eisner. .
- Sundberg, D., Nordin, A. (2018). Reframing Curriculum Change : The Potentials of Discursive Institutionalism in Globalised Education. Symposium: Comparative curriculum studies: discursive institutionalism, curriculum and educational leadership.
- Nordin, A. (2018). United in fear : governing knowledge in a state of crisis. .
- Wahlström, N., Nordin, A., Hallbäck, M. (2018). Externalisation as standardisation? : Examining the use of references in the Swedish school commission. NERA 2018 - 46th CONGRESS Educational Research: Boundaries, Breaches and Bridges : Abstracts. 101-102.
- Román, H., Hallsén, S., Ringarp, J., Nordin, A. (2017). Building a new school : Municipal school planning during the Swedish comprehensive school reform 1950-1970. Presented at ECER 2017, Copenhagen.
- Román, H., Hallsén, S., Ringarp, J., Nordin, A. (2017). School history, municipalities and geographical justice : Comparisons in time and space. Abstract book. NERA 2017. Learning and education - material conditions and consequences. Copenhangen, Denmark, 23-25 March, 2017. 159-160.
- Nordin, A., Román, H., Hallsén, S., Ringarp, J. (2017). Skolreformer och geografisk rättvisa 1950-2010. .
- Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2017). Exploring curriculum change using discursive institutionalism : methodological considerations. Presented at ECER 2017, Copenhagen.
- Nordin, A., Prøitz, T. (2017). From individual accountability to shared responsibility : Reconceptualising learning outcomes. Abstract book. NERA 2017. Learning and education - material conditions and consequences. Copenhangen, Denmark, 23-25 March, 2017. 140-140.
- Wahlström, N., Nordin, A. (2016). Exploring European Education Policy Through the Lens of Dewey's Democracy and Education. Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies, AERA 2016, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington D.C., April 8-12, 2016.
- Román, H., Hallsén, S., Nordin, A., Ringarp, J. (2016). 50 years of Swedish school reform visions from a municipal perspective : Historio-geographical reform aspects as a contribution to curriculum theory. ECER 2016, Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers, Dublin, 22-26 August, 2016..
- Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2016). Exploring the Democratic Potential in European Education Policy within today's Crisis Discourse : a Deweyan reading. ECER 2016, Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers, Dublin, 22-26 August, 2016.
- Román, H., Hallsén, S., Ringarp, J., Nordin, A. (2015). Swedish comprehensive school reforms and geographical justice. : Municipal school policy in Stockholm, Växjö and Tierp 1950-2010. ECER 2015, Education and Transition. Contributions from Educational Research, Network: 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education, 2015.
- Nordin, A. (2015). Different worlds of internationalisation : A historical comparison of local school policy in Sweden 1950-2010. Abstract book. NERA 2015, Marketisation and differentiation in education. : 43rd Annual Congress of the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Gothenburg, March 4-6, 2015..
- Nordin, A. (2015). Governing by instruction : Strengthening the role of the EU in national educational policy-making. Presented at: ECER 2015, Education and Transition. Contributions from Educational Research, Network: 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education.
- Nordin, A. (2015). Från radioengelska till IB-program : Om den kommunala skolans internationalisering 1950-2000. Sjätte nordiska utbildningshistoriska konferensen : Tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv..
- Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2014). The transnational policy quest for competencies : Discursive shifts in recent Swedish curriculum reforms. AERA Online Paper Repository.
- Nordin, A. (2014). Bringing communication back in : Teacher professionalism beyond numbers. .
- Román, H., Ringarp, J., Nordin, A., Hallsén, S. (2014). Who governs the Swedish school? : Municipality, school and state during 60 years of Swedish school reforms in a world of change. Abstracts. NERA 42nd Congress, Education for Sustainable Development, N 21. Politics of Education and Education Policy Studies (B), Parallell sessions 3.
- Nordin, A. (2013). Crisis as discursive legitimation strategy in educational reforms. ECER 2013, Creativity and Innovation in Educational Research : Network: 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education.
- Sundberg, D., Nordin, A. (2012). Re-visiting the Content Oriented Curriculum : European Policy Discourses Reconceptualised in Swedish Comprehensive School Reform. .
- Nordin, A. (2011). Europeanization i svensk grundskolereform : Reflektioner kring en motsägelsefull process. Nordisk läroplansteoretisk konferens 2011 Oslo.
- Nordin, A. (2010). The counter language of bildung : Towards a discursive understanding of bildung.
- Nordin, A. (2009). Making the Lisbon strategy happen : A new phase of lifelong learning discourse in European policy?. .
- Nordin, A., Ekstrand, B., Malmström, E., Nadarevic, S. (2009). International research articles as used and miused quality indicators in higher education.. .
- Nordin, A., Ekstrand, B. (2008). What about gender in research on lifelong learning and adult education?. .
- Nordin, A. (2008). Educating Inclusion? Aspects of exclusion within the inclusive policy-concept of lifelong learning.
- Nordin, A. (2007). Building a new Europe through lifelong learning? : About critical remarks in educational research.
- Ekstrand, B., Nordin, A. (2006). Bilder av bildning : och dess frånvaro i det politiska talet om ett livslångt lärande. .
- Nordin, A., Ekstrand, B. (2006). Pictures of Bildung and its absence in the political talk about lifelong learning. .
Bok (Refereegranskat)
- Pettersson, D., Nordin, A. (2024). Taming chance in education : Control, prediction and comparison. Routledge.
Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Refereegranskat)
- Nordin, A. (2023). Curriculum theory and new institutionalism. International Encyclopedia of Education. Elsevier. 126-131.
- Nordin, A. (2023). International Legitimations of the Swedish School Reform 2015/2018. The Nordic Education Model in Context : Historical Developments and Current Renegotiations. Routledge. 291-307.
- Nordin, A. (2023). On the Normativity of Data-Driven Curriculum Policy-Making : A Discursive and Non-affirmative Approach. Non-affirmative Theory of Education and Bildung. Springer.
- Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2023). Transnational competence frameworks and national curriculum-making : the case of Sweden. Contextualizing Global Flows of Competency-Based Education : Polysemy, Hybridity and Silences. Routledge.
- Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2022). The Complexity of Context in Legitimating National School Reforms : The Case of Sweden. Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy : A Comparative Network Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan. 227-251.
- Steiner-khamsi, G., Baek, C., Karseth, B., Nordin, A. (2022). How Much Is Policy Advice Changed and Lost in Political Translation?. Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy : A Comparative Network Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan. 281-320.
- Nordin, A. (2019). A data-driven school crisis. New Practices of Comparison, Quantification and Expertise in Education : Conducting Empirically Based Research. London, Routledge. 127-144.
- Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2014). Introduction: The making and governing of knowledge in the education policy field. Transnational policy Flows in European Education : the making and governing of knowledge in the education policy field. Oxford, Symposium Books.
- Nordin, A. (2014). Europeanisation in national educational reforms : horizontal and vertical translations. Transnational Policy Flows in European Education : the making and governing of knowledge in the education policy field. Oxford, Symposium Books.
- Nordin, A. (2012). Bildningens plats i den svenska läroplanen – några kritiska reflektioner. Vad räknas som kunskap? : Läroplansteoretiska utsikter och inblickar i lärarutbildning och skola.. Stockholm, Liber.
Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (Refereegranskat)
- Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2014). Transnational policy flows in European education : The making and governing of knowledge in the education policy field. Oxford, Symposium Books. 240.
Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
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Nordin, A. (2016). Från radioengelska till IB-program : Om internationella influenser och utbyten i kommunal skolpolitik 1950-2000. Vägval i skolans historia. (2).
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Nordin, A. (2016). Romer i kommunal skolpolitik 1950-1970 : exempel från två kommuner. Vägval i skolans historia. (3).
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Ringarp, J., Hallsén, S., Nordin, A., Román, H. (2014). Skolans villkor som kommunal angelägenhet under 60 år. Vägval i skolans historia. (3/4).
Status: Publicerad
Konferensbidrag (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Nordin, A., Wahlström, N. (2019). Reform of 2015/2018 in Sweden, the renewal entitled: A gathering for school – National strategy for knowledge and equivalence. NERA 2019 Education in a Globalized World, 6-8 March 2019, Uppsala, Sweden : Abstract Book 2019-03-06.
- Nordin, A., Hallsén, S. (2015). Kommunen som skolaktör i en värld av förändring : Om tekniska framsteg och internationella influenser i svensk skola 1950-1970. The 6th Nordic Curriculum Theory Conference. : Curriculum and national identity - Nordic divergences?.
- Nordin, A., Sundberg, D. (2013). Rethinking competence : The Conceptual Turn in Swedish Curriculum Policy. The Conceptual Turn in Curriculum Policy: visions and vocabularies.
- Nordin, A. (2008). Educating inclusion? : Aspects of exclusion within the inclusive policy concept of Lifelong Learning.
Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Nordin, A. (2025). Kompetens : ett handlingsorienterat kunskapsbegrepp. Kunskap och lärande : om lärares didaktiska val. Malmö, Gleerups Utbildning AB. 77-91.
- Nordin, A. (2025). Om skolan som pedagogisk praktik. Skolan och demokratin. Linnaeus University Press. 85-91.
- Nordin, A. (2024). Historia : ett samhällsvetenskapligt ämne. Kunskapskriterier och kunskapsprogression : genom det svenska utbildningssystemet. Studentlitteratur AB. 171-188.
- Sellbjer, S., Nordin, A. (2024). Taxonomier och progression. Kunskapskriterier och kunskapsprogression : genom det svenska utbildningssystemet. Studentlitteratur AB. 65-121.
- Nordin, A. (2024). Tillkomsten av Lgr 11. Kunskapskriterier och kunskapsprogression : genom det svenska utbildningssystemet. Studentlitteratur AB. 141-155.
- Nordin, A., Lindqvist, P. (2024). Transformationsprocesser : mellan formulerings- och realiseringsarenor. Kunskapskriterier och kunskapsprogression : genom det svenska utbildningssystemet. Studentlitteratur AB. 261-274.
- Uljens, M., Nordin, A. (2022). Icke-affirmativ didaktik för skolan. Didaktikens språk : Om skolundervisningens mål, innehåll och form. Gleerups Utbildning AB. 37-60.
- Nordin, A., Uljens, M. (2022). Introduktion [Didaktikens språk]. Didaktikens språk : Om skolundervisningens mål, innehåll och form. Gleerups Utbildning AB. 11-20.
- Nordin, A., Vogt, B. (2021). Perspektiv på läroplansteori : vad räknas som kunskap?. Vetenskapliga teorier för lärare. Natur och kultur. 72.
- Román, H., Hallsén, S., Nordin, A. (2016). Geografisk rättvisa i svenska skolreformer : Ett kommunalt perspektiv. Att ta utbildningens komplexitet på allvar : En vänskrift till Eva Forsberg. Uppsala, Uppsala universitet. 344-363.
Doktorsavhandling, monografi (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Nordin, A. (2012). Kunskapens politik : En studie av kunskapsdiskurser i svensk och europeisk utbildningspolicy. Doctoral Thesis. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 222.
Rapport (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Ringarp, J., Román, H., Hallsén, S., Nordin, A. (2017). Styrning och tillit i kommunal skolpolitik 1950-2000 : några noteringar från ett pågående forskningsprojekt. Stockholm, Finansdepartementet. 30.
- Nordin, A. (2009). Bildning som ideologi : Om bildningsbegreppets aktualitet och uttryck i svensk utbildningspolitik 1993-2008.
Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
- Vogt, B., Sundberg, D., Nordin, A. (2025). Skolan och demokratin. Linnaeus University Press.
- Nordin, A., Uljens, M. (2022). Didaktikens språk : om skolundervisningens mål, innehåll och form. Gleerups Utbildning AB. 208.
Artikel, recension (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
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Nordin, A. (2015). Review of Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia by Nadiya Ivanenko (ed.). Teachers College record (1970).
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Övrigt (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt (populärvetenskap, debatt))
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Nordin, A. (2014). Den bildade människan har blivit entreprenör. Pedagogiska Magasinet. (1). 52-56.
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Nordin, A. (2009). Bildning som ideologi. Kritisk utbildningstidskrift. (133/134). 103-109.
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Konferensbidrag (Övrigt (populärvetenskap, debatt))
Övrigt (Övrigt (populärvetenskap, debatt))
- Bergh, A., Forsberg, E., Karseth, B., Nordin, A., Sivesind, K., et al. (2026). Minnesord : Tomas Englund (1946–2026) professor emeritus vid Örebro universitet.
- Sivesind, K., Bergh, A., Forsberg, E., Karseth, B., Nordin, A., et al. (2026). Stefan Thomas Hopmann(1954–2026) til minne.