Prof Sharon Todd

Biography

Born and educated in Montréal, Québec, I began my university studies in 1981, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Art History, followed some years later by a Postgraduate Diploma in Education. I returned to university after teaching in public school for a few years and obtained a M.A. in Philosophy of Education at McGill University and then a Ph.D. in Humanities at Concordia University in 1996. I became a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada at OISE, University of Toronto, where I worked on a study of representations of homelessness. In 1997 I became a faculty member at York University, Toronto, where I remained until my move to Sweden in 2004, where I took up a post at Stockholm University, becoming Professor of Education with a focus on internalisation and interculturalism. My interests over the course of my academic life have been interdisciplinary in nature, and I bring into conversation the humanities-based traditions of scholarship with a social science commitment to concrete change and analysis. I have benefited enormously, both personally and professionally, from living in different cultural contexts and how they shape educational policies and practices.

Research Interest

Education