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Thomas Barow

Thomas Barow Position: Professor School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

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Thomas Barow

About Thomas Barow

Thomas Barow is a Professor in Education specialising in special education at Örebro University. He received his doctorate in 2007 at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, with a thesis that addressed the situation of people categorised as “feeble-minded” in Sweden during the first half of the 20th century. Since 2008, Thomas has been working at the Swedish universities in Borås (2008-2013), Halmstad (2013-2015) and Gothenburg (2015-2022). During the same time, he was also active as interim professor of special education at the German universities of Siegen (2011), Erfurt (2017/18) and Cologne (2021/22).

Thomas started his position as a professor at Örebro University in October 2022. He leads the research environment SpecEDL (Special Education, Development and Learning). His research concerns special education and inclusion, focusing on pedagogical, didactical, social, and historical aspects from national and international perspectives. For example, he did research on pedagogical assessment and special pedagogical categorisations. He is currently studying the cooperation of professionals in special schools for pupils with intellectual disability. Two new collaborative projects with researchers in Ukraine and Poland aim to improve the educational situation for children in vulnerable life situations, primarily in Ukraine.

 At Örebro University, Thomas teaches in the general teacher education program and the special education program. He supervises and examines at the bachelor's, master's, and PhD levels.

CV and list of publications

 

Publications

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Articles in journals

Articles, book reviews

Chapters in books

Conference papers

Daily newspapers

Other