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Maria Berge

Maria Berge works as a teacher and researcher at NMD.

Research qualifications: Docent
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E-mail
maria.berge@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 59 85

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Affiliation
Associate professor at Department of Science and Mathematics Education
Location
Naturvetarhuset, huskropp A, plan 5, Johan Bures väg 16 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Maria Berge is Associate Professor in science and technology education at Umeå University. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education Research. Her research interests are centred around issues related to interactional patterns and norms in the context of learning science and technology.

First-year university students’ mathematics capital and identities
The Mathematics Enthusiast, University of Montana 2025, Vol. 22, (3) : 311-334
Valero, Paola; Österling, Lisa; Truong, Nhu; et al.
What more can I/we do?: Exploring the potential of humor and activism for accelerating educational transformation
The 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), Lausanne, 2-5 September, 2024.
Berge, Maria; Lönngren, Johanna; Peters, Anne-Kathrin
Emotions in engineering education: a configurative meta-synthesis systematic review
Journal of Engineering Education, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 113, (4) : 1287-1326
Lönngren, Johanna; Bellocchi, Alberto; Berge, Maria; et al.
Positioning, emotions, and emotional positioning
The Routledge international handbook of positioning theory, Routledge 2024 : 424-437
Lönngren, Johanna; Berge, Maria
How colour evasiveness reproduces whiteness in Swedish universities
Social Identities
Mendick, Heather; Silfver, Eva; Berge, Maria; et al.
Geek nostalgia: the reflective and restorative defence of white male geek culture
New Media and Society
Ottemo, Andreas; Berge, Maria; Mendick, Heather; et al.
I skämten döljs framtidens ingenjör
FemHum symposium: Humor på allvar, Online, 4-5 december, 2023
Berge, Maria; Lönngren, Johanna
Walking the line of being a geek or not: race, gender and re-surfacing stereotypes
ECER 2023: Programme
Berge, Maria; Mendick, Heather; Andreas, Ottemo; et al.
Walking ethnographies in higher education spaces of physics
ECER 2023: Programme
Danielsson, Anna; Berge, Maria; Österling, Lisa; et al.
How humour can support researcher independence
Developing researcher independence through the hidden curriculum, Palgrave Macmillan 2023 : 137-146
Kobayashi, Sofie; Berge, Maria
Learning for an unknown future: emotional positioning in and for expansive learning
ECER 2023, European Conference on Educational Research, Glasgow, UK, August 22-25, 2023
Lönngren, Johanna; Berge, Maria; Holmén, Johan
Geek entrepreneurs: the social network, Iron Man and the reconfiguration of hegemonic masculinity
Journal of Gender Studies, Routledge 2023, Vol. 32, (3) : 283-295
Mendick, Heather; Ottemo, Andreas; Berge, Maria; et al.
Gender, passion, and 'sticky' technology in a voluntaristically-organized technology makerspace
Engineering Studies, Routledge 2023, Vol. 15, (2) : 101-121
Ottemo, Andreas; Berge, Maria; Mendick, Heather; et al.
Klassklättring och matematik-kapital: en fallstudie
Utbildning och Demokrati, Örebro Universitet 2022, Vol. 31, (1) : 31-49
Berge, Maria; Danielsson, Anna
Laughing engineering students: how to avoid pitfalls of jokes and how humour can have a supporting role in engineering education
2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
Berge, Maria; Lönngren, Johanna
Diversity in sex and relationship education – limitations and possibilities in Swedish biology textbooks
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, Routledge 2022, Vol. 22, (5) : 521-537
Junkala, Hannele; Berge, Maria; Silfver, Eva
Learning norms of science through laughter: a study of humour in life science supervision
International Journal of Science Education, Routledge 2022, Vol. 44, (10) : 1680-1699
Kobayashi, Sofie; Berge, Maria
Breaking down dualisms in engineering classrooms: how emotions can support engineering problem solving
2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
Paul, Robyn; Lönngren, Johanna; Berge, Maria
Gender equality as a resource and a dilemma: interpretative repertoires in engineering education in Sweden
Gender and Education, Routledge 2022, Vol. 34, (8) : 923-939
Silfver, Eva; Gonsalves, Allison J.; Danielsson, Anna T.; et al.
Konsekvenser av humor och skämtande för elevers lärande i naturvetenskap
Humor och makt, Online, 29–30 november 2021.
Anderhag, Per; Berge, Maria
Den roliga handledaren: om skämt och skratt i forskningshandledning
Humor och makt, Online, 29-30 november, 2021.
Berge, Maria
Using Positioning Theory to Study the Role of Emotions in Engineering Problem Solving: Methodological Issues and Recommendations for Future Research
Studies in Engineering Education, Vol. 2, (1) : 53-79
Lönngren, Johanna; Adawi, Tom; Berge, Maria
Taking emotions seriously in sustainability education: A theoretical exploration of “emotional scaffolding” and how it can be used in research and practice
ECER 2021, European Conference on Education Research, Online, September 6-10, 2021
Lönngren, Johanna; Adawi, Tom; Berge, Maria; et al.
Empati men inte känslor: Ingenjörsstudenters konfliktfyllda emotionella positionering i diskussioner om komplexa hållbarhetsproblem
Nordisk forskningskonferanse om bærekraft i utdanning. Torsdag 21 oktober - fredag 22 oktober 2021, Universitetet i Oslo: Abstracts
Lönngren, Johanna; Berge, Maria; Adawi, Tom
Storylines in the physics teaching content of an upper secondary school classroom
Research in Science & Technological Education, Abingdon: Routledge 2020, Vol. 38, (1) : 63-83
Berge, Maria; Danielsson, Anna; Lidar, Malena
Using Video-Diaries in Educational Research Exploring Identity: Affordances and Constraints
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Sage Publications 2020, Vol. 19
Danielsson, Anna T.; Berge, Maria
Lecture Jokes: Mocking and Reproducing Celebrated Subject Positions in Physics
Physics Education and Gender: Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research, Springer 2020 : 97-113
Johansson, Anders; Berge, Maria
What Is Construed as Relevant Knowledge in Physics Teaching?: Similarities and Differences in How Knowledge and Power Are Staged in Three Lower Secondary Classrooms
Research in science education, Springer 2020, Vol. 50, (3) : 1167-1186
Lidar, Malena; Danielsson, Anna; Berge, Maria
"I don’t want to be influenced by emotions": Engineering students' emotional positioning in discussions about wicked sustainability problems
2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), IEEE 2020 : 1-5
Lönngren, Johanna; Adawi, Tom; Berge, Maria
Emotions in engineering education: Towards a research agenda
2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), IEEE 2020 : 1-5
Lönngren, Johanna; Adawi, Tom; Berge, Maria; et al.
Popular culture geeks, suffering, revenge and mathematics
Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics
Mendick, Heather; Berge, Maria; Silfver, Eva; et al.
Contextualizing technology: Between gender pluralization and class reproduction
Science Education, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 104, (4) : 693-713
Ottemo, Andreas; Berge, Maria; Silfver, Eva
Social justice in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education: Establishing a platform for conversation
NERA, Nordic Educational Research Association 2019
Andrée, Maria; Arvola-Orlander, Auli; Berge, Maria; et al.
Norms in supervision: jokes in life science
ESERA 2019
Berge, Maria; Kobayashi, Sofie
In search of the new engineer: gender, age, and social class in information about engineering education
European Journal of Engineering Education, Taylor & Francis 2019, Vol. 44, (5) : 650-665
Berge, Maria; Silfver, Eva; Danielsson, Anna
Video-diaries in engineering identities research: Some methodological considerations
NERA, Nordic Educational Research Association 2019
Danielsson, Anna; Silfver, Eva; Gonsalves, Allison; et al.
The Pride and Joy of Engineering? The Identity Work of Male Working-Class Engineering Students
Engineering Studies, Routledge 2019, Vol. 11, (3) : 172-195
Danielsson, Anna T.; Gonsalves, Allison J.; Silfver, Eva; et al.
"It’s not my dream, actually": students' identity work across figured worlds of construction engineering in Sweden
International Journal of STEM education, Springer 2019, Vol. 6, (13) : 1-17
Gonsalves, Allison J.; Silfver, Eva; Danielsson, Anna; et al.
"Brunkers and brave heroes": Dominant Subject Positions in Figured Worlds of Construction Engineering
All Academic, Inc. 2019
Gonsalves, Allison; Silfver, Eva; Danielsson, Anna; et al.
Methodological considerations in the analysis of the co-production of knowledge and power in secondary school physics classrooms
ECER 2018, Bolzano, Italy, September 4-7, 2018.
Danielsson, Anna; Lidar, Malena; Berge, Maria
Masculinities and social class in the engineering mechanics programme
Atlanta: 2018
Danielsson, Anna; Silfver, Eva; Berge, Maria
Engineering Identities: Affordances and Constraints of Different Methods for Exploring Engineering Students’ Identity Work
ECER 2018: Inclusion and Exclusion, Resources for Educational Research?, Bolzano, Italy, September 3-7, 2018
Danielsson, Anna; Silfver, Eva; Berge, Maria
Engineering Identities: Affordances and Constraints of Different Methods for Exploring Engineering Students’ Identity Work
ECER 2018 (European Conference on Educational Research): Inclusion and Exclusion, Resources for Educational Research?, 3-7 September, Bolzano, Italy
Danielsson, Anna; Silfver, Eva; Berge, Maria
Knowledge and power in the technology classroom: a framework for studying teachers and students in action
Cultural Studies of Science Education, Springer 2018, Vol. 13, (1) : 163-184
Danielsson, Anna T.; Berge, Maria; Lidar, Malena
Phases of interaction in relation to problem-solving: an approach to the analysis of a project-organised engineering course
ESERA SIG “Video‐based research of teaching and learning processes”, biannual meeting, Giessen, Germany, Nov 23th-24th
Rocksén, Miranda; Berge, Maria; Silfver, Eva; et al.
Snuff and IKEA candles: ‘material moments’ in female students’ narratives about entering engineering workplaces
ECER 2018 (European Conference on Educational Research): Inclusion and Exclusion, Resources for Educational Research?, 3-7 September, Bolzano, Italy
Silfver, Eva; Danielsson, Anna; Gonsalves, Allison; et al.
Snuff and Ikea candles: ‘material moments’ in female students’ narratives about entering engineering workplaces
XVIII IOSTE symposium: Future educational challenges from science and technology perspectives, 13-17 August 2018, Malmö, Sweden
Silfver, Eva; Danielsson, Anna; Gonsalves, Allison; et al.
The Role of Humor in Learning Physics: a Study of Undergraduate Students
Research in science education, Springer Netherlands 2017, Vol. 47, (2) : 427-450
Berge, Maria
Multiple theoretical lenses as an analytical strategy in researching group discussions: Research in Science & Technological Education
Recent highlights from Research in Science and Technological Education
Berge, Maria; Ingerman, Åke
Multiple theoretical lenses as an analytical strategy in researching group discussions
Research in Science & Technological Education, Vol. 35, (1) : 42-57
Berge, Maria; Ingerman, Åke
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Maria Berge is course coordinator on the course Work Technology and Gender (5 ECTS) that has become compulsory for all PhD students in computing science since 2020. The course provides an advanced introduction to the areas of technology and work from an intersectional perspective.