The department currently has about 120 employees, who work with education, research, administration and development work within school and educational activities. The department has two postgraduate courses that lead to a licentiate or doctorate degree; Behavioral science measurements and Educational work.
The department's research, which is mainly financed externally through research councils, is largely concentrated on the following five areas; Preschool and leisure-time centres; ICT and learning; Large-scale knowledge surveys; Education policy and young people's transitions and Evaluation.
ARED has an interest in the digitalization of school, teacher education, and society
Develops methods and theories to measure and interpret cognitive abilities, knowledge and attitudes.
RECEUM conducts research on early childhood education and school-age educare.
Research on young people's transitions, career development, health and well-being.
Research on how political decisions and policies are shaped and enacted in professional educational practice.