Dr. Åsa Plesner

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Åsa Plesner is a PhD candidate at Stockholm University, currently focusing on management accounting in public human services, particularly in the areas of budgets, plans, and performance measurements in sectors such as education and healthcare. She holds a master's degree in public administration from the School of Public Administration in Gothenburg. Plesner has experience as a research assistant in the Department of Political Science at Lund University, where she worked on her thesis examining time-use control among workers in the care service sector. Using ethnographic and archival methods along with an actor-network theory approach, she analyzes the complex networks involving workers, managers, scheduling software, care recipients, and policy debates, all of which contribute to creating sustainable working conditions in challenging environments.

Research Interests

Requirements for Stockholm University

Master Program
Requirements
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:18
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree with at least 90 ECTS in Chemistry
Application Checklist
  • Certificates and diplomas of completed degree
  • Transcript of records
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Passport or ID document
Specialization Notes

Includes Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Sustainable Chemistry.