Forskningsprofil

Karen Egedal Andreasen has a Ph.D. in education and is an Associate Professor in education and pedagogical assessment at the Department of Culture & Learning, Aalborg University. She is a member of the research group Centre for Education Policy Research and conducts research within the area of education, assessment and history of education. Her main interests are questions of socialization, social mobility and processes of marginalization, in- and exclusion in different educational contexts in contemporary as well as historical perspectives. In her recent research, she has focused on

• assessment in the comprehensive school in a sociological and historical perspective
• educational innovation in a sociological and historical perspective
• schooling in home economics in a historical perspective
• science education, problem based learning and interest in the comprehensive school (inclucing gender perspectives)

She is also involved in projects focusing on vocational education and employability in higher education.