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Tünde Puskas

Professor

My research is mainly focussed on ethnicity in terms of language, culture and religion and the construction of national and ethnic identities.

Research into ethnicity in terms of language, culture and religion

My research background is within the field of ethnic and migration studies. I am interested in how difference based on ethnic categories are negotiated, articulated and re/constructed in everyday practice and in narratives.

Publications

2025

Fredrik Jeppsson, Linda Lattik Ekvall, Kristina Danielsson, Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson (2025) Depicting death for children - analysing how death is portrayed in stylistic different ways in children's picture books Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Linda Häll, Tünde Puskas (2025) Doing Being Orten: Managing Commonplace Super-Diversity in Swedish School-Age Educare Children & society (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Charlotte Styrenius Löthman, Tünde Puskas (2025) Peer integration - a free choice? Newly arrived children's participation in free play in Swedish preschools Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Charlotte Styrenius Löthman, Tünde Puskas (2024) Pathways to educational integration: affordances and constraints on migrant children's participation in Swedish preschool teaching activities Early years (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Tünde Puskás, Anita Andersson, Virginia Slaughter (2024) From a crisis management tool to proactive death education in Swedish preschools Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, Vol. 0 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News

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A professor drawn to thorny issues

An doctoral student position was what brought Tünde Puskas to Sweden. She is now a professor whose motivation is researching areas no one has looked into before – such as how integration, religion and death are dealt with in pre-school context.

Research Projects

Vilbergsskolans fritidshem

An Investment in Research with a Focus on School-Age Educare

Utgångspunkt för vår forskning är barn och elevers erfarenheter av olika former av utbildningsinstitutioner. Vi studerar yngre barns villkor för till exempel lärande och meningsfull fritid i barns institutionaliserade vardagsliv.
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Working with Eurovision in school-age educare center

This project examines the role of the Mello (the Swedish competition for Eurovision) in  school-age centre, focusing on how the Mello takes place in children's everyday life and how teachers use the Mello in teaching and activities.
Celebration of Lucia in a Swedish school.

Cultural heritage tradition and religion in Swedish preschool practices

In Sweden, over 80 percent of all children between 1-5 years are enrolled in preschool education. In the age 3-5, the rate is 95 %.

Selected Publications

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Tünde Puskás (2013)
Språk och flerspråkighet i förskolan: ideologiska dilemman och vardagspraktik

Nationell förskola med mångkulturellt uppdrag , s.45-70

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Tünde Puskás (2012)
Managing Immigrant Multilingualism in Swedish Compulsory Schools: Working Paper No. 09 (2012)
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Tünde Puskás (2012)
Conflicting language ideologies versus uniform language management. Heritage Language education in Swedish schools: Heritage Language education in Swedish schools

Organisation

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Section for Pedagogic Practises

The section for Pedagogic Practices is a research environment that deals in research in association with Linköping University’s teacher training, especially the training held in Norrköping.

Division of Learning, Aesthetics, Natural Science (LEN)

LEN is a division at IBL engaged in education and research within the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Linköping University.
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Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL)

Human behaviour and learning is the focus for education and research at the department. We educate students and scientists that are well equipped to meet future challenges in society and working life.

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