Professor Dr. Malin Benerdal

Biography

Malin Benerdal is an Associate Professor at Umeå University, specializing in Political Science. Her research focuses on education policy and governance, particularly examining the consequences of marketization in educational settings. She is currently involved in externally funded research projects that address issues related to preschool education and student health. Benerdal collaborates with school principals in various research initiatives aimed at improving educational leadership and learning outcomes. Her work has included studies on local processes that support the integration of newly arrived adults in sparsely populated areas and evaluations of Swedish independent school companies and their international operations. Through her teaching, she supervises master’s theses and coordinates a master's course in Leadership and Organization that emphasizes theoretical and methodological perspectives on educational leadership.

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