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Elin Stark

Associate professor in educational leadership and PhD in Political Science

0000-0003-3879-0725

Contact

elin.stark@umu.se

Samhällsvetarhuset, plan 5, Umeå universitet Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

+46 90 786 69 50

Works as

Associate professor at Department of Political Science Section: Centre for Principal Development

Associate professor at Centre for Principal Development

I am associate professor in educational leadership and have a PhD in Political Science. My research interests include principals' understanding of their role and assignment, agency, how leadership is influenced by contextual factors, and power relations between principals and teachers.

I am involved in the Swedish national network for School Development, Organisation, and Leadership (NSOL) and the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP).

Discourses on leadership for social justice in a Swedish context

Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Aarhus, Denmark, March 4-6, 2026

Rantala, Anna; Stark, Elin; Leo, Ulf

Principals’ agency for students’ qualification, socialization and subjectification: what is it and how can it be achieved?

Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA), Aarhus, Denmark, March 4-6, 2026

Stark, Elin

The inter-professional relationship between principals and teachers in Sweden: how do principals navigate grading and assessment?

BELMAS, British educational leadership, management and administation society. annual conference: turbulence, reform and development ineducational leadership, management andadministration : 125-125

Larsson, Magnus; Stark, Elin

Removing the glass ceiling in Swedish wildlife management?: A norm-critical study of the potential for more gender-equal moose management groups

Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Routledge 2024, Vol. 29, (5) : 479-495

Bjärstig, Therese; Stark, Elin

Att leda lärares arbete för en rättvisande och likvärdig bedömning och betygssättning

Rektors förmågor i centrum: att omsätta kunskap till handling, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2024 : 223-239

Stark, Elin

Assessment leadership among school leaders: navigating across leadership ideals and policy context

ECER 2023: programme

Stark, Elin

Att genomföra det nationella uppdraget - rektorns ansvar och bild av förhållanden som påverkar

Skolledare i mötet mellan nationella mål och lokal policy: nya utmaningar och utvecklingstrender, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB 2022 : 157-170