Prof Carl Anders Säfström

    Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy

    Professor of Educational Research

    Education House
    (01) 474 7580

    Biography

    I am a Professor of Educational Research, and Director of the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Faculty of Social Sciences at Maynooth University, since November 2017. My previous positions include a Baltic Sea Foundation Professor of Education at Södertörn University, Sweden between 2013-2017 and a position as Professor of Education and a period as Dean of Education at Mälardalen University, Sweden 2005-2013. Since my Ph.D. in 1994 from Uppsala University, I was affiliated with Uppsala University as a Lecturer and later as a Senior Lecturer. I was also part of senior management of Teacher Education, and program director for the Centre for Didactics. At Mälardalen University I was a member of the senior management group and the Director of Didactica Academia, a joint project between Örebro University and Mälardalen University supporting research development in the area. I was the Director of a productive research group, SIDES for ten years between 2003-2013, which had members from three universities and member of international research networks in the philosophy of education as well as concerning teaching and learning and curriculum theory. I have also been the Director of a Ph.D. research school on Philosophical Studies of Educational Relations, funded by the Swedish Research Agency between 2011-2017. I was the President for Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) 2013-2016 and a board member since 2010, with 700 members across the Nordic countries. I served as Visiting Professor at The Laboratory for Educational Theory, University of Stirling 2009-2012. My research interests include educational philosophy and theory, educational policy focusing on the relations between democracy, public education, and school for all. Mainly my interests are in the politics of emancipation, the ethics of responsibility and the aesthetics of freedom. I am deeply engaged in social justice issues concerning education. I publish extensively in scientific journals, writes academic books and contribute to anthologies and are regularly invited internationally to give talks and keynotes in my areas of expertise.

    Books

      Year Publication
    2007 Forskellighedens paedagogik. Nye veje i paedagogisk teori.
    Säfström, C.A. (2007) Forskellighedens paedagogik. Nye veje i paedagogisk teori. Århus: Klim. [Details]
    2005 Skillnadens pedagogik. Nya vägar inom den pedagogiska teorin.
    Säfström, C.A. (2005) Skillnadens pedagogik. Nya vägar inom den pedagogiska teorin. Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2017 'Doing Harm To Educational Knowledge: The Struggle Over Teacher Education in Sweden and Norway'
    Säfström, C.A.& Saeverot, H. (2017) 'Doing Harm To Educational Knowledge: The Struggle Over Teacher Education in Sweden and Norway' In: Michael A Peters et al (eds). A Companion to Research in Teacher Education. Dordrecht: SAGE. [Details]
    2017 'Undervisning som en pedagogisk relation'
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) 'Undervisning som en pedagogisk relation' In: Pedagogikens språk: Begreper i pedaogogikkvitenskap. Oslo: Gyldendal. [Details]
    2014 'Intelligens för fler än en. Att läsa Dewey som radikal demokrat'
    Säfström, C.A. (2014) 'Intelligens för fler än en. Att läsa Dewey som radikal demokrat' In: Burman, A (eds). Den reflekterade erfarenheten: John Dewey om demokrati, utbildning och tänkande. Stockholm: Södertörn Studies in Higher Education. [Details]
    2014 'When the Wrong People Speak: On Bullying as a Political Problem for Democratisation in Schools'
    Säfström, C.A. (2014) 'When the Wrong People Speak: On Bullying as a Political Problem for Democratisation in Schools' In: Biesta, G.J.J. et al (eds). Civil Learning, Democratic Citizenship and the Public Sphere. Dordrecht: Springer. [Details]
    2013 'Stop Making Sense!: And Hear the Wrong People Speak'
    Säfström, C.A. (2013) 'Stop Making Sense!: And Hear the Wrong People Speak' In: Szkudlarek, T (eds). Education and the Political. New Theoretical Articulations. Rotterdam/Boston/Tapei: Sense Publishers. [Details]
    2012 'What I talk About When I Talk About Education'
    Säfström, C.A. (2012) 'What I talk About When I Talk About Education' In: Biesta, G.J.J (eds). Making Sense of Education:Fifteen Contemporary Educational Theorists in Their Own Words. Dordrecht: Springer. [Details]
    2012 'Urgently in Need of a Different Story. Questioning Totalising Frameworks'
    Säfström, C.A. (2012) 'Urgently in Need of a Different Story. Questioning Totalising Frameworks' In: Goodson, I.F. et al (eds). Explorations in Narrative Research. Rotterdam/Boston/Tapei: Sense Publishers. [Details]
    2012 'Et pedagogiska manifest'
    Biesta, G.J.J. & Säfström C.A. (2012) 'Et pedagogiska manifest' In: Henriksen, H (eds). Om metode friheten og dens fjender. Copenhagen: Fjordager. [Details]
    2012 'Det blir bättre om man läser böckerna! En öärarutbildares reflektion över lärarutbildningens politik, etik och teori'
    Säfström, C.A. (2012) 'Det blir bättre om man läser böckerna! En öärarutbildares reflektion över lärarutbildningens politik, etik och teori' In: Ronning et. al (eds). FoU I Praksis 2011. Rapport fra konferanse om praksisrettet FoU i laererutdanning. Trondheim: Tapir akademiskt Forlag. [Details]
    2011 'Equality and the Poetics of Teaching'
    Säfström, C.A. (2011) 'Equality and the Poetics of Teaching' In: Werler, T (eds). General Didactics - Challenged by Diversity. Munster: Waxman. [Details]
    2011 'The Immigrant Has No Proper Name. The disease of Consensual Democracy Within the Myth of Schooling'
    Säfström, C.A. (2011) 'The Immigrant Has No Proper Name. The disease of Consensual Democracy Within the Myth of Schooling' In: Simons, M. & Masschelein, J (eds). Ranciere, Public Education and the Taming of Democracy. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. [Details]
    2006 'Självskapandet och friheten'
    Säfström, C.A. (2006) 'Självskapandet och friheten' In: Boman, Y. et.al (eds). Erfarenheter av Pragmatism. Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]
    2005 'Den paedagogiske psykologi. Diffentieringssporsmåle og den liberal+demokratiske velfaerdsstat'
    Säfström, C.A. (2005) 'Den paedagogiske psykologi. Diffentieringssporsmåle og den liberal+demokratiske velfaerdsstat' In: Bengtsson, J (eds). Udfordringer i filosofisk peadagogik. Köpenhamn: Danmarks Paedagogiske Universitets Forlag. [Details]
    2004 'Den pedagogiska psykologin, differentieringsfrågan och den liberal-demokratiska välfärdsstaten'
    Säfström, C.A. (2004) 'Den pedagogiska psykologin, differentieringsfrågan och den liberal-demokratiska välfärdsstaten' In: Bengtsson, J (eds). Utmaningar i pedagogisk filosofi. Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]
    2000 'Perspektiv på undervisning samt introduktion till bokens kapitel'
    Säfström, C.A. (2000) 'Perspektiv på undervisning samt introduktion till bokens kapitel' In: Säfström, C.A. & Svedner, P.O (eds). Didaktik. Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]
    2000 'Om undervisningens konst'
    Säfström, C.A. (2000) 'Om undervisningens konst' In: Säfström, C.A. & Svedner, P.O (eds). Didaktik. Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]
    1999 'Educational Theory and Communicative Identity in an Ethical Space'
    Säfström, C.A. (1999) 'Educational Theory and Communicative Identity in an Ethical Space' In: Säfström, C.A (eds). Identity. Lund: studentlitteratur. [Details]
    1999 'Att förskjuta perspektiv: Läsning som omvänd hermenuetik'
    Säfström, C.A. (1999) 'Att förskjuta perspektiv: Läsning som omvänd hermenuetik' In: Säfström, C.A.& Östman, L (eds). Textanalys. Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]
    1999 'Introduktion: om epistemologi, språk och pragmatism'
    Säfström, C.A.& Östman, L. (1999) 'Introduktion: om epistemologi, språk och pragmatism' In: Säfström, C.A.& Östman, L (eds). Textanalys. Lund: studentlitteratur. [Details]
    1995 'Den nya utbildningsretoriken'
    Säfström, C.A.& Östman, L. (1995) 'Den nya utbildningsretoriken' In: Englund, T (eds). Utbildningspolitiskt systemskifte?. Stockholm: HLS Förlag. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2019 'Paideia and the Search for Freedom in the Educational Formation of the Public of Today'
    Säfström, C.A. (2019) 'Paideia and the Search for Freedom in the Educational Formation of the Public of Today'. Journal of Philosophy of Education, [Details]
    2019 'Menntaávarpið'
    Biesta, G. & Säfström, C.A. (2019) 'Menntaávarpið'. [DOI] [Details]
    2018 'Varför tar våldet aldrig slut och vad kan vi göra åt det'
    Langmann, E & Säfstöm, C.A. (2018) 'Varför tar våldet aldrig slut och vad kan vi göra åt det'. Nordic Studies in Education, 38 (4):337-351 [Details]
    2018 'Todavia en defensa de la education. Una reflexion acerca del manifesto tras seis anos de su primera publication'
    Säfström, C.A. (2018) 'Todavia en defensa de la education. Una reflexion acerca del manifesto tras seis anos de su primera publication'. Praxis Educativa, 22 (2):43-46 [Details]
    2018 'Un Manifesto por la Education'
    Biesta, G. & Säfström, C.A. (2018) 'Un Manifesto por la Education'. Praxis Educativa, 22 (2):20-36 [Details]
    2016 'The Legacy of John Dewey: Educational Change and Teacher Commitment'
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) 'The Legacy of John Dewey: Educational Change and Teacher Commitment'. Utbildning & Demokrati, 25 (3):41-49 [Details]
    2016 'The Commitment to Education. Opening Speech, NERA 2016'
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) 'The Commitment to Education. Opening Speech, NERA 2016'. Nordic Studies in Education, 35 (3):242-244 [Details]
    2015 'Att skada pedagogisk kunskap. Kampen om lärarutbildningen i Sverige och Norge'
    Säfström, C.A. & Saeverot, H. (2015) 'Att skada pedagogisk kunskap. Kampen om lärarutbildningen i Sverige och Norge'. Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige, 20 (3/4):300-314 [Details]
    2015 'Whatever happened to teaching?'
    Säfström, C.A. et.al. (2015) 'Whatever happened to teaching?'. Nordic Studies in Education, 35 (3-4):273-284 [Details]
    2015 'The Ontology of Learning, Or Teaching the Non-Person to Learn'
    Säfström, C.-A. & Månsson, N. (2015) 'The Ontology of Learning, Or Teaching the Non-Person to Learn'. Interaccoes, 11 (37) [Details]
    2014 'The Passion of Teaching at the Border of Order'
    Säfström, C.-A. (2014) 'The Passion of Teaching at the Border of Order'. Asian Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 42 (4):337-346 [Details]
    2012 'Intelligence for More Than One'
    Säfsröm, C.A. (2012) 'Intelligence for More Than One'. Philosophy of Education Yearbook, :418-426 [Details]
    2012 'Kasvatuksen ja koulutuksen manifesti'
    Säfström, C.A. & Besta, G. (2012) 'Kasvatuksen ja koulutuksen manifesti'. Aikuiskasvatus, 31 (4):302-304 [Details]
    2012 'Et manifest for pedagogikk'
    Säfström, C.A. & Besta, G. (2012) 'Et manifest for pedagogikk'. Pedagogisk profil, 19 (3):6-9 [Details]
    2012 'Ett manifest för pedagogik'
    Biesta, G.J.J. & Säfström C.A. (2012) 'Ett manifest för pedagogik'. Utbildning & Demokrati, 20 (3):85-97 [Details]
    2011 'Rethinking Emancipation, Rethinking Education'
    Säfsröm, C.A. (2011) 'Rethinking Emancipation, Rethinking Education'. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 30 (2):199-211 [Details]
    2011 'A Manifesto for education'
    Biesta, G.J.J. & Säfström C.A. (2011) 'A Manifesto for education'. Policy Futures in Education, 9 (5):540-547 [Details]
    2011 'What I Talk About When I Talk About Education'
    Säfström, C.A. (2011) 'What I Talk About When I Talk About Education'. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 30 (5):485-489 [Details]
    2010 'The Immigrant Has No Proper Name. The disease of Consensual Democracy Within the Myth of Schooling'
    Säfström, C.A. (2010) 'The Immigrant Has No Proper Name. The disease of Consensual Democracy Within the Myth of Schooling'. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 42 (5-6):606-617 [Details]
    2010 'Vad kan utbildning åstadkomma? En kritik av idealiserade föreställningar om utbildning'
    Säfsröm, C.A. (2010) 'Vad kan utbildning åstadkomma? En kritik av idealiserade föreställningar om utbildning'. Utbildning & Demokrati, 19 (3):11-22 [Details]
    2008 'Democracy, Education and Conflict: Rethinking Respect and the Place of the Ethical'
    Todd, S & Säfström, C.-A. (2008) 'Democracy, Education and Conflict: Rethinking Respect and the Place of the Ethical'. Journal of Educational Controversy, 3 (1) [Details]
    2007 'Att erövra sin frihet: Vilja, uppmärksamhet och arbete'
    Säfsröm, C.A. (2007) 'Att erövra sin frihet: Vilja, uppmärksamhet och arbete'. Utbildning & Demokrati, 16 (3):101-106 [Details]
    2006 'Demokratins antagonistiska pluralism: chantal Mouffe om det politiska'
    Säfsröm, C.A. (2006) 'Demokratins antagonistiska pluralism: chantal Mouffe om det politiska'. Utbildning & Demokrati, 15 (1):101-108 [Details]
    2005 'The European Knowledge Society and the Diminishing State Control of Education: The Case of Sweden'
    Säfström, C.A. (2005) 'The European Knowledge Society and the Diminishing State Control of Education: The Case of Sweden'. Journal of Education Policy, 20 (5):583-593 [Details]
    2004 'The Limits of Socialisation'
    Säfström, C.A.& Månsson, N. (2004) 'The Limits of Socialisation'. Interchange, 35 (3):353-364 [Details]
    2004 'Symposium: Beyond the Modern/postmodern Debate, or How to Live With the Other'
    Säfström, C.A. (2004) 'Symposium: Beyond the Modern/postmodern Debate, or How to Live With the Other'. Interchange, 35 (3):303-305 [Details]
    2003 'Teaching otherwise'
    Säfsröm, C.A. (2003) 'Teaching otherwise'. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 22 (1):19-29 [Details]
    2002 'Den demokratiske medborgaren går i skolan'
    Säfström, C.A. (2002) 'Den demokratiske medborgaren går i skolan'. Framtider, (3):10-15 [Details]
    2001 'Educational Psychology and the Ordering of Things'
    Säfström, C.A. (2001) 'Educational Psychology and the Ordering of Things'. Nordisk Pedagogik, 21 (3):214-230 [Details]
    2001 'Learning Democracy in a World of Difference'
    Biesta, G.J.J. & Säfström C.A. (2001) 'Learning Democracy in a World of Difference'. THE SCHOOL FIELD, XII (5-6):5-20 [Details]
    1999 'On the Way to A Postmodern Curriculum Theory - Moving From the Question of Unity to the Question of Difference'
    Säfström, C.A. (1999) 'On the Way to A Postmodern Curriculum Theory - Moving From the Question of Unity to the Question of Difference'. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 18 (4):221-233 [Details]
    1998 'Läroplansteori, nostalgi eller nytänkande?'
    Säfström, C.A. (1998) 'Läroplansteori, nostalgi eller nytänkande?'. Pedagogisk forskning i Sverige, 3 (2):130-141 [Details]
    1997 'Forty Years of the Philosophy of Education in the Nordic Countries (Sweden)'
    Säfström, C.A. (1997) 'Forty Years of the Philosophy of Education in the Nordic Countries (Sweden)'. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 41 (3-4):365-396 [Details]
    1996 'Education as a Scientific Rational Discourse'
    Säfström, C.A. (1996) 'Education as a Scientific Rational Discourse'. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 28 (1):57-71 [Details]
    1996 'Pedagogisk essentialism: Om frånvaron av förändring i svensk lärarutbildning'
    Säfström, C.A. (1996) 'Pedagogisk essentialism: Om frånvaron av förändring i svensk lärarutbildning'. Utbildning & Demokrati, 5 (2):17-32 [Details]
    1995 'Läsning som omvänd hermenuetik'
    Säfström, C.A. (1995) 'Läsning som omvänd hermenuetik'. Utbildning & Demokrati, 4 (2):45-53 [Details]
    1991 'La construcción de un nueva campo científico en Sueco'
    Säfström, C.-A. (1991) 'La construcción de un nueva campo científico en Sueco'. Revista de Educacion, 296 [Details]

    Edited Books

      Year Publication
    2006 Den mångtydiga skolan. Utbildning i det postmoderna samhället
    Säfström, C.A (Ed.). (2006) Den mångtydiga skolan. Utbildning i det postmoderna samhället Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]
    2000 Didaktik
    Säfström, C.A. & Svedner, P.O (Ed.). (2000) Didaktik Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]
    1999 Ientity. Questioning the logic of Identity in Educational Theory
    Säfström, C.A (Ed.). (1999) Ientity. Questioning the logic of Identity in Educational Theory Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]
    1999 Textanalys
    Säfström, C.A.& Östman, L (Ed.). (1999) Textanalys Lund: Studentlitteratur. [Details]

    Conference Publications

      Year Publication
    2012 Intelligence for More Than One. Reading Dewey as a Radical Democrat
    Säfström, C.A. (2012) Intelligence for More Than One. Reading Dewey as a Radical Democrat . In: Clauida W. Ruitenberg eds. Philosophy of Education Society Urbana, Illinois, , pp.418-426 [Details]
    2010 On What Premises Do People Engage in Political Life? Response
    Säfström, C.A. (2010) On What Premises Do People Engage in Political Life? Response . In: Gert Biesta eds. Philosophy of Education Society Urbana, Illinois, , pp.381-383 [Details]

    Conference Contributions

      Year Publication
    2020 NERA (Nordic Educational Research Association Congress.
    Carl Anders Säfström (2020) NERA (Nordic Educational Research Association Congress. [International Refereed Conference], Education: Four Distinctions and a Definition, Turku , 04-MAR-20 - 06-MAR-20 [Details]
    2019 the international conference “Philosophies of education and critical pedagogies.
    Säfström, Carl Anders (2019) the international conference “Philosophies of education and critical pedagogies. [Keynote Address], Are we living the end of democracy? A defence of the 'free time' of university and school, PUCS, Porto Alegre, Brazil , 27-JUL-19 - 28-JUL-19 [Details]
    2018 Time to Teach: Radical change and the Subversive Energy of Educational Thought.
    Säfström, C.A. (2018) Time to Teach: Radical change and the Subversive Energy of Educational Thought. [Plenary Lecture], CAPP: Practice and Power, Dublin [Details]
    2018 The philosophy of public pedagogy and its contribution to sustainability challenges.
    Säfström, C.A. (2018) The philosophy of public pedagogy and its contribution to sustainability challenges. [International Refereed Conference], European conference on Educational Research, University of Bolzano [Details]
    2018 Time to Teach.
    Säfström, C.A. (2018) Time to Teach. [Plenary Lecture], the 10th Annual Bergen Educational Conversation, Hogskulen pa Västlandet, Bergen [Details]
    2018 Time to Teach: Radical Change and the Subversive Energy of educational Thought.
    Säfström, C.A. (2018) Time to Teach: Radical Change and the Subversive Energy of educational Thought. [Keynote Address], Laerermotet 2018 - Dannelse i skolen, Ryslinge Hojskole [Details]
    2018 The formation of new Publics: Teaching Without a Future.
    Säfström, C.A. (2018) The formation of new Publics: Teaching Without a Future. [Plenary Lecture], Wednesday seminars, London Institute of Education [Details]
    2018 A Pedagogy of the Depressed: Teaching Without a Future.
    Säfström, C.A. (2018) A Pedagogy of the Depressed: Teaching Without a Future. [Plenary Lecture], Rethinking Teaching Symposium, University of Malta [Details]
    2017 Concerning educational thought and teacher education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) Concerning educational thought and teacher education. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational research Association, University of Oslo [Details]
    2017 Equality and special education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) Equality and special education. [Invited Lecture], Seminar, Department of special education, Stockholm university [Details]
    2017 Paideia and the Search for Freedom.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) Paideia and the Search for Freedom. [Invited Lecture], Public Pedagogy and sustainability Challenges, Ghent University [Details]
    2017 Co-Operative Research in Our Times.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) Co-Operative Research in Our Times. [Invited Lecture], Staff Seminar on Co-operative Research, Modern Museum of art Stockholm [Details]
    2017 Why is Higher Education Under Pressure?.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) Why is Higher Education Under Pressure?. [Invited Lecture], Symposium, NLA University, Bergen [Details]
    2017 Liveable Life, Educational Theory and the Imperative of Constant Change.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) Liveable Life, Educational Theory and the Imperative of Constant Change. [Keynote Address], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), University college UCC Copenhagen [Details]
    2017 The scandal of a culturally responsive pedagogy. Or teaching anything to anyone.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) The scandal of a culturally responsive pedagogy. Or teaching anything to anyone. [Invited Lecture], Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, School of education, University of South Australia [Details]
    2017 Democracy in Schools and Post-politics.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) Democracy in Schools and Post-politics. [Invited Lecture], Symposium, NLA University, Bergen [Details]
    2017 Education as the art of breathing change and freedom into culture.
    Säfström, C.A. (2017) Education as the art of breathing change and freedom into culture. [Invited Lecture], Symposium, Brunel University [Details]
    2016 The Commitment to Education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) The Commitment to Education. [Keynote Address], NERA, University of Helsinki [Details]
    2016 In Defense of Public Education and the Original Radicalism of the Concept of Teaching.
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) In Defense of Public Education and the Original Radicalism of the Concept of Teaching. [Keynote Address], Bridging the Gap, SWDESD, Uppsala University [Details]
    2016 A School for All?.
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) A School for All?. [Invited Lecture], Seminar, NTNU Trondheim [Details]
    2016 Educational change and teacher commitment.
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) Educational change and teacher commitment. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Helsinki [Details]
    2016 Educational/pedagogical sciences - educational/pedagogical studies from the perspective of educational philosophy.
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) Educational/pedagogical sciences - educational/pedagogical studies from the perspective of educational philosophy. [Invited Oral Presentation], Philosophy of Education Society (PES), Toronto [Details]
    2016 Paideia and the search for freedom in the educational formation of the public today.
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) Paideia and the search for freedom in the educational formation of the public today. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Dublin, UCD [Details]
    2016 Making claims to publicity in the name of social justice, equality and solidarity in education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) Making claims to publicity in the name of social justice, equality and solidarity in education. [International Refereed Conference], International Network of Philosophers of Education, Warsaw [Details]
    2016 Education without Time - Or No Time For Education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2016) Education without Time - Or No Time For Education. [Invited Lecture], Seminar, Faculty of Arts, Valand Art School, Gothenburg University [Details]
    2015 Responding to Rancières warning! Teacher as partisan in the age of marketisation and differentiation.
    Säfström, C.A. (2015) Responding to Rancières warning! Teacher as partisan in the age of marketisation and differentiation. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Gothernburg [Details]
    2015 The Right and Duty To Speak the Truth.
    Säfström, C.A. (2015) The Right and Duty To Speak the Truth. [Keynote Address], NERA, Gothenburg University [Details]
    2014 Education - something more than just learning the lesson.
    Säfström, C.A.& Månsson, N. (2014) Education - something more than just learning the lesson. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Lillehammer [Details]
    2014 Who can speak and cannot in the Neo-liberal learning society.
    Säfström, C.A. (2014) Who can speak and cannot in the Neo-liberal learning society. [International Refereed Conference], International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE), Cozensa [Details]
    2014 What is the (educational) Problem? A Swedish History of Pedaoggics.
    Säfström, C.A. (2014) What is the (educational) Problem? A Swedish History of Pedaoggics. [Invited Lecture], Who Needs Pädagogik? An International Conversation, Luxembourg University [Details]
    2014 Sustainability: A Call For Time.
    Säfström, C.A. (2014) Sustainability: A Call For Time. [Keynote Address], NERA, University of Lillehammer [Details]
    2014 About teaching.
    Säfström, C.A. (2014) About teaching. [Invited Lecture], Theorising the Work of Education, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade Nova Lisboa [Details]
    2014 The promise of learning ruled out the hope of education.
    Säfström, C.A.& Månsson, N. (2014) The promise of learning ruled out the hope of education. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Porto [Details]
    2013 Whatever happened to teaching?.
    Säfström, C.A. et al (2013) Whatever happened to teaching?. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Reykjavik [Details]
    2013 Theoretical Resources and the conduct of Teaching, or Passionate Teachers and the Community of Poets.
    Säfström, C.A. (2013) Theoretical Resources and the conduct of Teaching, or Passionate Teachers and the Community of Poets. [Invited Lecture], the SPIRE Seminar on Enhancing Professionalism in Teaching, Bergen University [Details]
    2013 The limits of learning.
    Säfström, C.A.& Månsson, N. (2013) The limits of learning. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Istanbul [Details]
    2012 A manifesto for education. A critical discussion.
    biesta, G.J.J. & Säfström C.A. (2012) A manifesto for education. A critical discussion. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association, Vancouver , 13-APR-12 - 17-APR-12 [Details]
    2012 Education beyond the order of the madmen. Jacques Ranciere on being attentive.
    Säfström, C.A. (2012) Education beyond the order of the madmen. Jacques Ranciere on being attentive. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Copenhagen , 08-MAR-12 - 11-MAR-12 [Details]
    2012 What is wrong with this picture? A critique of tendencies of reduction of educational theory within universities in Sweden.
    Säfström, C.A. (2012) What is wrong with this picture? A critique of tendencies of reduction of educational theory within universities in Sweden. [International Refereed Conference], Laboratory of Educational Theory, Stirling , 07-JUN-12 - 09-JUN-12 [Details]
    2012 Education as a Scientific Discipline.
    Säfström, C.A. (2012) Education as a Scientific Discipline. [Invited Lecture], Symposium, Aarhus University [Details]
    2011 Stop Making Sense? Teaching Without Ground.
    Säfström, C.A. (2011) Stop Making Sense? Teaching Without Ground. [Invited Lecture], SCAPE, University of Gdansk [Details]
    2011 In Need of Another Story.
    Säfström, C.A. (2011) In Need of Another Story. [Invited Lecture], Invitational Symposium on Narratives, Context and Learning, University og Brighton [Details]
    2011 Stop making sense! Teaching without ground.
    Säfström, C.A. (2011) Stop making sense! Teaching without ground. [Invited Lecture], SCAPE, University of Gdansk , 06-MAY-11 - 07-MAY-11 [Details]
    2011 Equality and the poetics of teaching.
    Säfström, C.A. (2011) Equality and the poetics of teaching. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Helsinki , 25-AUG-11 - 27-AUG-11 [Details]
    2011 It gets better if one reads the books. Reflections of a teacher educator.
    Säfström, C.A. (2011) It gets better if one reads the books. Reflections of a teacher educator. [Keynote Address], FoU, Research and Education in Praxis, NTNU, HiST, Trondheim [Details]
    2010 Teaching - A matter of making the strange familiar or making the familiar strange?.
    Säfström, C.A. (2010) Teaching - A matter of making the strange familiar or making the familiar strange?. [Plenary Lecture], Heterogenity. General didactics Meets the Stranger, University College Volda [Details]
    2010 Didactics, the Other.
    Säfström, C.A. (2010) Didactics, the Other. [Invited Lecture], Heterogenity. General didactics Meets the Stranger, University College Volda [Details]
    2010 Intelligence for more than one. Reading Dewey as radical democrat.
    Säfström, C.A. (2010) Intelligence for more than one. Reading Dewey as radical democrat. [International Refereed Conference], Philosophy of Education Society (PES), Pittsburgh , 22-MAR-12 - 26-MAR-12 [Details]
    2010 Educating the citizen: the end of emancipation and the beginning of freedom.
    Säfström, C.A. (2010) Educating the citizen: the end of emancipation and the beginning of freedom. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Malmö [Details]
    2010 Towards a politics of aesthetics.
    Säfström, C.A. (2010) Towards a politics of aesthetics. [International Refereed Conference], International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE), Bogota , 28-JUL-10 - 31-JUL-10 [Details]
    2010 On what premises do people engage in political life? Response.
    Säfström, C.A. (2010) On what premises do people engage in political life? Response. [International Refereed Conference], Philosophy of Education Society (PES), SAn Fransisco [Details]
    2009 Difference, Dissensus and Democracy.
    Säfström, C.A. (2009) Difference, Dissensus and Democracy. [Invited Lecture], Invited Researchers Speak, Centre for German and European Studies and Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto [Details]
    2009 Difference, dissensus and Democracy: Revitalizing the Political in Education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2009) Difference, dissensus and Democracy: Revitalizing the Political in Education. [Invited Lecture], SCAPE, UBC, Vancouver [Details]
    2009 Rethinking emancipation, rethinking education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2009) Rethinking emancipation, rethinking education. [Invited Lecture], SCAPE, Vancouver , 16-OCT-09 - 18-OCT-09 [Details]
    2009 Education is not schooling. On the possibility of emancipating ourselves.
    Säfström, C.A. (2009) Education is not schooling. On the possibility of emancipating ourselves. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Vienna , 25-SEP-09 - 26-SEP-09 [Details]
    2009 The immigrant has no proper name.
    Säfström, C.A. (2009) The immigrant has no proper name. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Trondheim , 06-MAR-09 - 08-MAR-09 [Details]
    2008 Jacques Ranciere on conflict, education and democracy.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) Jacques Ranciere on conflict, education and democracy. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Copenhagen , 06-MAR-08 - 08-MAR-08 [Details]
    2008 Public Education and Ranciere.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) Public Education and Ranciere. [Keynote Address], Education as a Matter of Public Concern, University of Leuven [Details]
    2008 Education and Democracy Problematised.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) Education and Democracy Problematised. [Invited Lecture], Education For Citizenship, Marrakech, org. Swedish Institute in Alexandria [Details]
    2008 Education for Citizenship.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) Education for Citizenship. [Invited Lecture], Invitational workshop Swedish Institute Alexandria, Marrakech, org. Swedish Institute in Alexandria , 28-MAY-08 - 31-MAY-08 [Details]
    2008 On Jacques Ranciere and Education, A response.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) On Jacques Ranciere and Education, A response. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association, New York , 24-MAR-08 - 28-MAR-08 [Details]
    2008 The disease of consensual democracy. The Swedish national curriculum and the configuration of 'the immigrant' read through Jacques Rancieres views on political subjectification.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) The disease of consensual democracy. The Swedish national curriculum and the configuration of 'the immigrant' read through Jacques Rancieres views on political subjectification. [International Refereed Conference], International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE), University of Kyoto , 09-AUG-08 - 12-AUG-08 [Details]
    2008 Democracy is not a tea party: On dissensus in education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) Democracy is not a tea party: On dissensus in education. [Plenary Lecture], International Research Symposia: Facing democratic tensions in/through education, Mälardalen University/Eskilstuna , 16-MAY-08 - 18-MAY-08 [Details]
    2008 A conversation on the philosophy of Jacques Ranciere.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) A conversation on the philosophy of Jacques Ranciere. [International Refereed Conference], Philosophy of Education Society (PES), Boston [Details]
    2008 A conflictual pedagogy of dissensus: Chantal Mouffe and Jacques Ranciere on the political dimension of education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2008) A conflictual pedagogy of dissensus: Chantal Mouffe and Jacques Ranciere on the political dimension of education. [Invited Lecture], Education as a matter of public concern, Leuven University [Details]
    2007 The ambitious citizen and the art of listening.
    Säfström, C.A. (2007) The ambitious citizen and the art of listening. [Keynote Address], Comenius-C21, Sintra, Portugal [Details]
    2007 A pedagogy of difference.
    Säfström, C.A. (2007) A pedagogy of difference. [Invited Lecture], Symposium Åbo University Vasa, Vasa [Details]
    2007 The myths of origin and the orderly school.
    Säfström, C.A. (2007) The myths of origin and the orderly school. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), University of Ghent , 19-SEP-07 - 21-SEP-07 [Details]
    2007 There is no such thing as a Swedish democracy.
    Säfström, C.A. (2007) There is no such thing as a Swedish democracy. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), University of Turku , 13-MAR-07 - 17-MAR-07 [Details]
    2007 Democracy, education and conflict: Rethinking the place of the ethical.
    Säfström, C.A. (2007) Democracy, education and conflict: Rethinking the place of the ethical. [International Refereed Conference], Change and resistance conference, University of Gdansk , 15-JUN-07 - 17-JUN-07 [Details]
    2006 Beyond respect: Democracy, education and conflict.
    Säfström, C.A. (2006) Beyond respect: Democracy, education and conflict. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Geneva [Details]
    2006 Democratic space?.
    Säfström, C.A. (2006) Democratic space?. [International Refereed Conference], International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE), Malta , 03-AUG-06 - 06-AUG-06 [Details]
    2006 What is private and what is public in young people's learning of democracy?.
    Säfström, C.A. (2006) What is private and what is public in young people's learning of democracy?. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Örebro , 09-MAR-06 - 11-MAR-06 [Details]
    2005 Swedes are not immigrants: Educating national subjects within an ideological context of sameness.
    Säfström, C.A. (2005) Swedes are not immigrants: Educating national subjects within an ideological context of sameness. [International Refereed Conference], European Conference of Educational Research (ECER), Dublin, UCD , 07-SEP-05 - 10-SEP-05 [Details]
    2004 The knowledge society: Learning desires through rules of seduction.
    Säfström, C.A. (2004) The knowledge society: Learning desires through rules of seduction. [International Refereed Conference], British Education Research Association (BERA), Manchester , 18-SEP-04 - 20-SEP-04 [Details]
    2004 Learning desires.
    Säfström, C.A. (2004) Learning desires. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Reykjavik , 07-MAR-04 - 09-MAR-04 [Details]
    2002 Beyond the modern/postmodern debate, or: How to live for the other?.
    Säfström, C.A. (2002) Beyond the modern/postmodern debate, or: How to live for the other?. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association, New Orleans , 01-APR-02 - 05-APR-02 [Details]
    2002 The limits of socialisation.
    Säfström, C.A. (2002) The limits of socialisation. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association, New York , 01-APR-02 - 05-APR-02 [Details]
    2001 The faces of justice: Levinas, responsibility and the politics of education.
    Säfström, C.A. (2001) The faces of justice: Levinas, responsibility and the politics of education. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association, Seattle , 10-APR-01 - 14-APR-01 [Details]
    2001 What contingency means in political pragmatism. Identity and the politics of time.
    Säfström, C.A. (2001) What contingency means in political pragmatism. Identity and the politics of time. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Stockholm [Details]
    2000 The meaning of contingency in pragmatic philosophy.
    Säfström, C.A. (2000) The meaning of contingency in pragmatic philosophy. [Invited Lecture], Colloqium on pragmatism, Örebro University [Details]
    2000 The loneliness of being right.
    Biesta, G & Säfström, C.A. (2000) The loneliness of being right. [International Refereed Conference], Högre utbildning, demokrati och medborgarskap, Örebro University [Details]
    2000 Teaching as a moral act: Have I the right to teach?.
    Säfström, C.A. (2000) Teaching as a moral act: Have I the right to teach?. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association, New Orleans , 24-APR-00 - 28-APR-00 [Details]
    1999 A history of Swedish educational research.
    Säfström, C.A. (1999) A history of Swedish educational research. [Invited Lecture], The history of education as an academic discipline, Utrecht University [Details]
    1999 Moving from the question of unity to the question of difference in curriculum theory.
    Säfström, C.A. (1999) Moving from the question of unity to the question of difference in curriculum theory. [International Refereed Conference], Invitational conference Educational theory and the internationalisation of curriculum theory, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University , 23-MAR-99 - 25-MAR-99 [Details]
    1999 Educational psychology and theologic of differentiation.
    Säfström, C.A. (1999) Educational psychology and theologic of differentiation. [International Refereed Conference], British Education Research Association (BERA), Brighton , 02-SEP-99 - 05-SEP-99 [Details]
    1998 Postmodern curriculum theory.
    Säfström, C.A. (1998) Postmodern curriculum theory. [Invited Lecture], Department of Curriculum and instruction Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin Madison [Details]
    1998 On the way to a postmodern curriculum theory.
    Säfström, C.A. (1998) On the way to a postmodern curriculum theory. [Invited Lecture], Internationalization of curriculum theory, University of Luisiana, Baton Rouge [Details]
    1998 På väg mot en postmodern läroplansteori. En jämförelse mellan Habermas och Levinas syn på kommunikation.
    Säfström, C.A. (1998) På väg mot en postmodern läroplansteori. En jämförelse mellan Habermas och Levinas syn på kommunikation. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Lahti, Finland , 12-MAR-98 - 15-MAR-98 [Details]
    1998 Tre typer av läroplansteori.
    Säfström, C.A. (1998) Tre typer av läroplansteori. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Lahti, Finland , 12-MAR-98 - 15-MAR-98 [Details]
    1997 The actuality of educational philosophy.
    Säfström, C.A. (1997) The actuality of educational philosophy. [Oral Presentation], Symposium: Identitet och identitetsformering som utbildningsproblematik, Uppsala University , 24-APR-97 - 26-APR-97 [Details]
    1997 Essentialism in education; psychology and the absence of change in Swedish teacher education.
    Säfström, C.A. (1997) Essentialism in education; psychology and the absence of change in Swedish teacher education. [International Refereed Conference], the 6th National Conference in Educational Research in Collaboration with the international network PACT, Oslo, Norway , 20-MAY-97 - 22-MAY-97 [Details]
    1996 Den hypermoderna pedagogiken och det forskande subjektet - en skiss.
    Säfström, C.A. (1996) Den hypermoderna pedagogiken och det forskande subjektet - en skiss. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Pedagogik som vetenskaplig disciplin, Gothernburg , 28-FEB-96 - 29-FEB-96 [Details]
    1996 Introduction speech.
    Säfström, C.A. (1996) Introduction speech. [Oral Presentation], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Lillehammer, Norway , 07-MAR-96 - 10-MAR-96 [Details]
    1996 Pedagogik och psykologi. En studie av psykologins utveckling inom den svenska pedagogiken - ett utkast.
    Säfström, C.A. (1996) Pedagogik och psykologi. En studie av psykologins utveckling inom den svenska pedagogiken - ett utkast. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Lillehammer, Norway , 07-MAR-96 - 10-MAR-96 [Details]
    1996 Education at the frontline of research.
    Säfström, C.A. (1996) Education at the frontline of research. [Keynote Address], Fifth national conference on educational research, Stavanger, Norway [Details]
    1995 Education as a science within hypermodern discourse.
    Säfström, C.A. (1995) Education as a science within hypermodern discourse. [International Refereed Conference], 17th annual conference of the international standing conference for the history of education (ISCHE), Berlin , 13-SEP-95 - 17-SEP-95 [Details]
    1994 Power and meaning in educational theory.
    Säfström, C.A. (1994) Power and meaning in educational theory. [Invited Lecture], First invitational conference on pragmatism and pedagogy, Leiden University [Details]
    1993 Education as a science within a scientific rational discourse.
    Säfström, C.A. (1993) Education as a science within a scientific rational discourse. [International Refereed Conference], American Educational Research Association, Atlanta [Details]
    1993 Education as a science and pragmatism -traditions and possibilities.
    Englund, T & Säfström, C.A. (1993) Education as a science and pragmatism -traditions and possibilities. [International Refereed Conference], the First European invitational conference on pragmatism and pedagogy (FEICOPP), Leiden University , 28-NOV-93 - 01-NOV-93 [Details]
    1992 Den gedigna kunskapen.
    Säfström, C.A. (1992) Den gedigna kunskapen. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Stavanger, Norway , 19-MAR-92 - 21-MAR-03 [Details]
    1991 Pedagogik, vetenskaplig rationalitet och uppdragsforskning.
    Säfström, C.A. (1991) Pedagogik, vetenskaplig rationalitet och uppdragsforskning. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Copenhagen , 07-MAR-91 - 10-MAR-91 [Details]
    1991 Discourse practice and the rules of a language game.
    Säfström, C.A. (1991) Discourse practice and the rules of a language game. [International Refereed Conference], Pedagogic text analysis and content analysis, Härnösand, Sweden , 04-NOV-91 - 06-NOV-91 [Details]
    1990 Arguments for a professorship in education early in the 20th century.
    Säfström, C.A. (1990) Arguments for a professorship in education early in the 20th century. [International Refereed Conference], Sociology of science: Science, social controversies and ethics - sociological and normative perspectives, Dubrovnik , 07-MAY-90 - 18-MAY-90 [Details]
    1990 Argument for professur i pedagogik.
    Säfström, C.A. (1990) Argument for professur i pedagogik. [International Refereed Conference], Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Helsingfors, Finland [Details]