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CV Guadalupe Francia, 2016-09-04
Research areas: Education policies in relation to Equity, Justice, Social Sustainability and Children’s
rights to Education, Policy Research, .European Policies for Multilingualism.
Degree of Doctor :Doctor of Philosophy in Education. Stockholm University obtained on the 14
February 2000. Title of Doctoral Thesis: “POLICY AS TEXT AND AS PRACTICE. Analysis of the
concept of equivalence in the Swedish education reform in the 1990’s in regard to compulsory
school.” Department of Education. Thesis research subjects: Children’s rights in Education, Law and
school contexts for Equity, Equality, Diversity and Free Choice, Education Policy and Intertextuality
Present position:
Professor, Mälardalen University, The School of Education, Culture and Communication since
August 2016
Earlier positions
• Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Department of Education from 2009
o Senior lecturer (in Swedish: Högskolelektor) Department of Education, Uppsala
University, from July 2005. Member of the Education Faculty Council, Uppsala
University 2011-July 2016/Assistant supervisor for Ph D student Janne Kontio since
2011 Dissertation June 2016
o Supervisor for Ph D student Matts Dahlkwist since November 2014 Dissertation is
planned for 2019.Gest teacher at the Master of Social Education, Department of
Education Granada university since 2012
• Lecture in Education, Uppsala University, Department of Education (July 2005-2009)
• Lecture in Education, Örebro University, Depatment of Education July 2001- June 2005)
• Lecture in Education, Södertörn University, Teacher Training School, February 2000-June
2001)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Stockholm University, Department in Education. 2000-02-
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Research projects (a selection):
• Participant for Sweden in the project ” Offre d’enseignement et école moyenne. Etude
comparative “ aims to analyze and compare differentiated curriculum practices for school
offer targeted to children from 11-15 years old in different European countries”. The project is
funded by Université Lumière Lyon France 2014-2015. The funding involves both the cost
for a network symposium and publication works.
• Leader researcher in the project Spanska som modernt språk – Möjligheter och
utmaningar[Spanish as modernt language – Possibilities and chanllenges. 2011-2013
[Funding:Fortbildningsavdelning för skolans internationalisering. Uppsala university.
• Researcher in the project Socrates Europep. Comparison d’ éducation prioritaire en Europe
Evaluation, condition de réussite (2007-2009) Coordinator FRANDJI Daniel, Centre Alain
Savary, Lyon France.
• Researcher in the project Vadå likvärdighet? Om likvärdighetsbegreppets innebörder i olika
sammanhang på skilda utbildningspolitiska nivåer och i konkret skolverksamhet. 2003-2005
Languages knowledge:
Swedish (understand, read, speak, write: excellent); French (understand, read, speak, write:
excellent); Spanish (mother tongue); English (very good)
Other information: Peer-reviewer for contributions för Network 25, Research on Children’s Rights
in Education (EERA/ECER) (2008-2016);Expert of the Network of Experts on Social Aspect of
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Education and Training for the EU Commission, NESET (start for the network 2011);Co-koordinator
för symposium Education Policies in America Latina vid Congreso de Latinamericanistas Brysell
2007). Research coordinator for research network “ Studies in Equity in Education” (SEE) Uppsala
university, Department of Education http://www.edu.uu.se/research/education/see/?languageId=1
(2015-2016)
List of Publications (A selection 2010-2016)
Peer-rewieded articles Peer-rewieded articles
Francia G. & Edling S. (2016 ) Children’s Rights and Violence: a case analysis at a Swedish boarding
school Childhood March 18 2016 Doi: 10.1177/0907568216634063
Francia G. & Riis U. (2016 ongoing) Enactment processes in the implementation of European and
national foreign language proficiency policies: The case of Spanish as an optional school subject
in the Swedish school system. European Journal of Language Policy />Revue européenne de
politique linguistique Faculty of Humanities/ Modern Languages University of Southampton.
(Publication in November 2016)
Rottenberg D. & Francia G. (2016) Influencia del contexto neoliberal en el alcance de la equidad
propuesta por las políticas europeas de proficiencia lingüística: El caso del español en el sistema
educativo sueco. Revista del Profesorado. Universidad de Granada (on-going publication 2016)
Francia G. Equidad, inclusión social y capacidad individual (2015) Foro de Educación, Vol. 13(18),,
nr 18, 5-
Francia G. (2013) The impacts of individualization on equity educational policies. Journal of New
Approaches in Educational Research NAER Vol 2, No 1 (2013)
http://naerjournal.ua.es/article/view/v2n1-3
Francia G. (2011) Childrens’ right to equitable education: A welfare state’s goal in times of
Neoliberalism. Education Inquiry. Vol.2 . No 3 September 2011 401-419
http://www.use.umu.se /digitalAssets/77/77519_inquiry_francia.pdf
Francia G (2011) Dilemmas in the implementation of the children's right Equity in
Education in the Swedish Compulsory School" EERJ (European Education Research Journal )
http://www.wwwords.eu/eerj/content/pdfs/10/issue10_1.asp
Chapter in books/anthologies with GF as single author
Francia (2015) An Equitable Education System’s Achilles Heel? M. Catarci & M. Fiorucci In
Intercultural Education in the European Context. UK Surrey: Ashgate , 2015, 245-266 s
Francia G. (2014) Education Reform in Sweden. From “One School for All Children” to “One school
for Each Child” R. Verdugo R. Educational Reform in Europe: History, Culture, and Ideology,
pages 25–40. Copyright © 2014 by Information Age Publishing
Francia G. (2012) Obligatoriedad y Equidad en el sistema educativo sueco. IV Seminario IV
Seminario“Educación: Derecho Universal y Libertades IndividualesUniversidad Autonoma
Madrid MADRID 26, 27 y 28 de octubre de 2010
Francia G. (2010) Utvärdering av försöksverksamheten för Collegeutbildning vid Örebro Universitet
[Evaluation of the College programme at Örebro university]. Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet
Books/Chapter in books/anthologies with GF as first or second author in a publication with
several authors
Edling S. & Francia G. (2015) Roma in Europe: Policies and Roma voices . Exploring and Comparing
the Voices of Roma People Expressed on Three Separate Websites. In G. Ruiz, J. Olson & H.
Biseth Educational Internationalisation, Academic Voices and Public Policy. , Sense publisher
, 2015, Francia G. & Riis U. (2013). Spanska som modernt språk. Styrkor och svagheter –
möjligheter och hot. [Spanish ans modern language. Strengths and weakness – Possibilities
and threats.](FBA. Uppsala universitet)
Francia G. &Moreno Herrera L. (2012) Sweden: Priority Education Policies in Times of
Decentralisation and Individualisation Education Policies and Inequalities in Europe. In D.
Frandji, J.M Pincemin, M. Demeuse, D. Greger and J-Y Rochex Education Policies and
Inequalities in Europe. London: Palgrave Mcmillan.
Rochex J-Y & Francia G. with the colaboration of David Greger and Joce Breton (2011), Les
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adaptations et transformatios curriculaires et pedagogiques et leurs agents dans les politiques
d’education prioritaraire. In D. Frandji, J.M Pncemin, M. Demeuse, D. Greger and J-Y Rochex
Les politiques d’eduction prioritaire en Europe, Volume 2 Quel devenir pour l’égalité
scolaire?Lyon : Institut National Recherche Pédagogique (INRP)
Peer- Review conference contributions (a selection)
Edling, S. & Francia, G. (2016). Private or public good? : Exploring violent acts at a
boarding school in Sweden from a children’s right perspective. Paper accepted for
presentation at The American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual
meeting, 8-12 April, 2016, Washington, USA.
Francia G. & Edling S. Can School Leaders make a difference in the Protection of
Children from Violence in Boarding Schools ? Contribution to Network Research on Children's
Rights in Education, ECER 2015 Budapest.
Francia G. & Arrabal Ancheta A. Equity challenges in Neoliberal Education Policies for the
Early Childhood Education and Care in Spain and Sweden. Network 23. Policy Studies
and Politics of Education ECER 2015. Budapest.
Popular scientific publications
Francia G. & Riis U. (2014) Tillväxtens risker: En rapport om spanska som modernt språk.[The risk
for grow: A report about Spanish as Modern language] Lingua 2014:2 pages 2-5
Francia G. (2013) Svenska som andraspråk (Sva): literacypraktik för likvärdighet eller för social
differentiering? [ Swedish as Second Language: Litteracy practice for Equity or social
reproduction] I S. Bagga-Gupta, C. Linberg, A.C. Ewaldsson och R. Säljö (red)
Litteracypraktiker i och utanför skolan [Litteracy practices in and outside schools]Gleerup
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