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Diana Holmqvist

Associate Professor

Adult education researcher and teacher with an interest for educational organisation and teacher's work.

Research projects

My research interests include organisation of education and its consequences for those involved in education. My PhD research concerns the organisation of Swedish Municipal Adult Education through public procurement and what this means for teachers’ work. The project explores questions such as “How is national education outsourcing policy being enacted by different municipalities?”, "How do teachers navigate points of tension that arise from this organisation?" and "How are teachers construed and valuated in procurement documents?"

Research

Teaching

Publications

2026

Fergal Finnegan, Maja Maksimovic, Diana Holmqvist (2026) Editorial: Adult learning in, and for, social change: Revolutionary transformations and everyday empowerment European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, Vol. 17 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Diana Holmqvist, Filippa Millenberg (2026) Om undervisning för hållbarhet i vuxenutbildning Om vuxenutbildning och vuxnas studier: en grundbok, p. 379-396 (Chapter in book)
Song-ee Ahn, Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren, Diana Holmqvist (2026) Lärandeteorier för vuxna Om vuxenutbildning och vuxnas studier: en grundbok, p. 335-354 (Chapter in book)
Andreas Fejes, Per Andersson, Diana Holmqvist, Karolina Muhrman (2026) Komvux som marknad Om vuxenutbildning och vuxnas studier: en grundbok, p. 439-462 (Chapter in book)
Diana Holmqvist, Karolina Muhrman, Per Andersson (2026) Social interactions and relationships in Swedish adult education International Journal of Lifelong Education (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

CV and Commisions

CV

  • 2016-2017 Conference administrator, 3rd International ProPEL Conference 2017
  • 2016-2017 Acting secretary for ESREA – the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults)

Commisions

  • 2020 – Reviewer Journal of Education Policy
  • 2016-2019 Editorial Assistant, European

Organisation