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Björn Ahlström

Contact

E-mail
bjorn.ahlstrom@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 55 41

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Affiliation
Associate professor at Department of Political Science Section: Centre for Principal Development Role: Head of unit
Location
Samhällsvetarhuset, plan 5, Umeå universitet, B5 10 07 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Affiliation
Affiliated as associate professor at Centre for Principal Development Role: Head of unit
Location
Samhällsvetarhuset, plan 5, Umeå universitet Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Leadership in low- and underperforming schools: two contrasting Scandinavian cases
International Journal of Leadership in Education, Routledge 2024, Vol. 27, (1) : 157-178
Ahlström, Björn; Aas, Marit
Att balansera motstridiga ideal: en studie om etiskt ledarskap i gymnasieskolans lika villkorsarbete
Utbildning och Demokrati, Örebro: Örebro universitet 2024, Vol. 33, (1) : 35-59
Keisu, Britt-Inger; Ahlström, Björn; Poromaa Isling, Pär; et al.
Exploring schools as controversial spaces: Variations in content and impact on leadership practices
NERA 2024: Abstract Book : 292-292
Poromaa Isling, Pär; Ahlström, Björn; Leo, Ulf; et al.
På besök i svenska förskolerektorers kontroversiella rum
Nordisk Barnehageforskning, Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2024, Vol. 21, (2) : 186-205
Rantala, Anna; Ahlström, Björn; Leo, Ulf; et al.
Att se både skogen och träden: rektors analysförmåga i praktiken
Rektors förmågor i centrum: att omsätta kunskap till handling, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2024 : 51-64
Richard, Tobias; Ahlström, Björn; Larsson, Magnus; et al.
Mapping controversial issues among Swedish principals
NERA Conference 2023; Digitalization and Technologies in Education – Opportunities and Challenges, Oslo, Norway, March 15-17, 2023
Larsson, Magnus; Ahlström, Björn; Rantala, Anna; et al.
Controversial issues for principals in Sweden: an exploratory approach
ECER 2023 Programme
Larsson, Magnus; Rantala, Anna; Leo, Ulf; et al.
Controversial issues in preschool principals’ leadership
ECER 2023 Programme
Rantala, Anna; Ahlström, Björn; Leo, Ulf; et al.
Utveckling, Lärande, Forskning?: Slutrapport från genomlysningen av försöksverksamheten med ULF-avtal i Umeå-noden
Umeå: Umeå universitet 2022
Benerdal, Malin; Cervantes, Sara; Westman, Anna-Karin; et al.
Rektorsyrket i teori och praktik
Att jobba som rektor: om rektorer som professionella yrkesutövare, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2021 : 351-361
Ahlström, Björn
From the Mouths of Babes: Policy Recommendations from P-12 Students
Educational Leadership for Social Justiceand Improving High-Needs Schools: Findings from 10 Years of International Collaboration, Carlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing 2021 : 115-133
Harrington, Keneisha; Keisu, Britt-Inger; Ahlström, Björn; et al.
Inequality regimes in equality work: new public management and peripheralization processes in Swedish schools
Working life and gender inequality: intersectional perspectives and the spatial practices of peripheralization, Routledge 2021 : 211-230
Schmauch, Ulrika; Ahlström, Björn; Keisu, Britt-Inger
Normaliserande processer av ojämlika villkor
Att arbeta för lika villkor: ett genus- och maktperspektivpå arbete och organisation, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2020 : 213-234
Ahlström, Björn; Keisu, Britt-Inger; Schmauch, Ulrika
School Leadership as (Un)usual: Insights from Principals in Sweden during a Pandemic
International Studies in Educational Administration, Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management 2020, Vol. 48, (2) : 35-41
Ahlström, Björn; Leo, Ulf; Norqvist, Lars; et al.
The silent voices: Pupil participation for gender equality and diversity
Educational research (Windsor. Print), Routledge 2020, Vol. 62, (1) : 1-17
Keisu, Britt-Inger; Ahlström, Björn
Rolling the dice in a game of trust: Organizational effects on trust, efficacy and motivation when using economic incentives as a driving force for development in Swedish schools
Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, Routledge 2019, Vol. 5, (3) : 139-148
Ahlström, Björn; Danell, Mats
Med hänsyn till både tid och rum: systematiskt kvalitetsarbete i fyra dimensioner
Att leda skolor med stöd i forskning: exempel, analyser och utmaningar, Stockholm: Natur och kultur 2018 : 297-322
Ahlström, Björn
Rektorers syn på mobbning: eller "Vi är som alla andra"
Framgångsrika skolor: mer om struktur, kultur, ledarskap, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2014 : 197-216
Ahlström, Björn
Mobbning i svensk forskning
Framgångsriks skolor: mer om struktur, kultur, ledarskap, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2014 : 217-233
Ahlström, Björn
Rektors ansvar: Att ta ställning?
Skolledare i mötet mellan nationella mål och lokal policy, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2014 : 179-191
Ahlström, Björn
Rektorer i korselden: rektorers upplevelser av stöd, krav och eget beslutsutrymme
Ledarskap i centrum: om rektor och förskolechef, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2014 : 145-162
Sundström, Eva; Ahlström, Björn
Mobbning och skolans sociala mål
Struktur, kultur och ledarskap: Förutsättningar för framgångsrika skolor, Lund: Studentlitteratur 2011 : 153-174
Ahlström, Björn
Student participation and school success: A study about participation, grades and bullying among 9th grade students in Sweden
Education Inquiry, Umeå: Umeå School of Education, Umeå university 2010, Vol. 1, (2) : 97-115
Ahlström, Björn
Student participation and school success: the relationship between participation, grades and bullying among 9th grade students in sweden
Education Inquiry, Routledge 2010, Vol. 1, (2) : 97-115
Ahlström, Björn
Measuring the social and civic objectives of schools
School leadership: international perspectives, Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group 2010 : 19-37
Ahlström, Björn; Höög, Jonas
Bullying and social objectives: A study of prerequisites for success in Swedish schools
Akademiska avhandlingar vid Sociologiska institutionen, Umeå universitet, 60
Ahlström, Björn
"We are no different": Swedish Principals views on their Schools
Ahlström, Björn
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Research groups

Group member
Educational Leadership

Research projects

1 September 2021 until 31 August 2023
Turnover among novice school leaders in Sweden
1 September 2017 until 1 September 2020
Interwoven practices? Linking gender equality and diversity with systematic quality work in Swedish compulsory schools
Published: 26 Nov, 2018