Ulrika Sultan

About Ulrika Sultan

Teaching

I primarily teach technology i teacher programme, the primary teacher programme F-3 and the primary teacher programme years 4-6. I supervise and examine independent projects in

• science and technology education
• mathematics didactics
• KPU (biology and chemistry)
• Subject teacher education programme (biology)

I have also taught at primary elementary and subject teacher training in technology, grades 7-9 and upper secondary at Linköping and Gothenburg University. At Gothenburg University, I supervised student work in pedagogy and technology didactics with content such as programming, digital learning games, gender and identity.

My teaching is based on the students gaining practical and theoretical knowledge of what technology is and can be. Technology education is as much about thinking as it is about doing. A piece of the puzzle for effective teaching is to break the students' often negative image of their technical ability and create a positive image of themselves as technical.

Research

I have a PhD in technology education. I am defending my dissertation in Spring 2024. Link to PhD Thesis -In whose eyes am I technical?: Exploring the ‘problem’ of the (non)technical girl

My research concerns the technology interests of girls aged 9-16 and how that interest cd up to adulthood. By that, I meant that I looked broadly and deeply at how society's structures and cultures could affect the interest in technology; technology could influence girls' participation in and development of the future. I promote interest in technology as a democratic issue in the sense that an interest in technology gives students opportunities to be co-creators of the future on equal terms.

Summary of own research areas

• My research ranges from technology didactics to STEM & STEAM. 
• Part of an international research collaboration that works with Emotions in Engineering Education.
• Carry out regular peer reviews in my specialist area.
• Written teaching materials for teacher training and active teachers

Collaborations and assignments

• Subject representative for the technology subject at Örebro University.
• Advisory Board member for Womenengineer. A Swedish foundation that works to increase equality within our engineering education.
• Ambassador for #1MillionGirlsInSTEM. A 10-year project initiated by the UN to increase girls' awareness of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) professions. The project collaborates with UNESCO.
• Collaborated with the industry organisation Teknikföretagen to increase the proportion of women in technical professions and education.
• Department representative within the technology subject at the Center for Technology in the School, CETIS.
• Collaborates with KomTek Örebro to develop technology teaching in schools and higher education.

Completed missions

Has had a collaboration with museums, Sweden's radio and television.
Former advisory board member for Women in Technology in Nigeria. One of the world's largest communities for women and girls in technology/STEM. I have participated in the Vera project to break gender stereotypes in technology. The project is a collaboration between Mälardalen University and Volvo CE, and I laid the research foundation for it.Board member Mattecentrum. The centre is an independent non-profit association founded in 2008 to strengthen the mathematical self-confidence of children and young people and accelerate their math journey. The centre brings together representatives from business, academia and civil society.

Awards

Proud recipient of the Women In Technology in Nigeria 2023 Tech Builder and Innovation Award.