Anthemis Raptopoulou is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Södertörn University. Her main research interest includes educational policy studies and critical studies on education technology, with a special interest on the privatisation and marketization of public education.

Publications:

Tah, J., Raptopoulou, A., Tajic, D., Gani Dutt, K., (In print). Inclusive Education Policy in Different Contexts: A comparison between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Greece, India and Sweden. European Journal of Inclusive Education

Raptopoulou, A. (In print). The Emergence of the Tech-Elite and their Role in Shaping the Swedish Programming Agenda. Educational Governance Research.

Raptopoulou, A., & Munhall, B. (2024). Democracy as a Floating Signifier: The struggle for legitimation of programming in Swedish schools. Policy Futures in Education, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103241235725 External link.

Raptopoulou, A. (2021). Politics of Contemporary Education Policy: The case of programming in the Swedish curriculum. Doctoral Thesis. Department of Education, Stockholm University. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-195028 External link.

Raptopoulou, A. (2020). Preschool teachers’ perspectives and use of digital game-based learning. In: V. Symeonidis, U. Fredriksson, & P. Gougoulakis (Eds.), Special Issue: Comparative education insights between Greece and Sweden: The research work of Greek postgraduate students in International and Comparative Education at Stockholm University. Comparative and International Education Review, 25(2), 69-88.

Conference participation:

Raptopoulou, A. (2024). The Emergence of the Tech-Elite and their Role in Shaping the Swedish Programming Agenda. Paper presented at ECER 2024 in Nicosia, Cyprus

Raptopoulou, A. (2024). ChatGPT in Higher Education: Exploring Challenges and Possibilities for Enhancing Academic Literacy. Paper presented at ECER 2024 in Nicosia, Cyprus

Raptopoulou, A (2023) Policy Networks and the Introduction of Programming in Swedish Schools. Paper presented at ECER 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland and at NERA 2023 in Olso, Norway.

Raptopoulou, A. (2021). The return of programming: Politics of contemporary education policy. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual AERA Annual Meeting

Raptopoulou, A. & Munhall, B. (2020). The implementation of programming in the Swedish education system as means to democracy. Paper presented at NERA2020 conference in Turku, Finland

Raptopoulou, A. (2019). Teaching in change: The case of programming in Sweden. Paper presented at ECER 2019 in Hamburg, Germany

Raptopoulou, A. (2019). Curriculum reforms and the business interest: The case of programming in the Swedish education system. Paper presented at NERA2019 conference in Uppsala, Sweden

Raptopoulou, A. (2017). Digital game-based learning: How far have we come? Paper presented in NERA2017 conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Raptopoulou, A. (2016). Digital games as a medium for the promotion of social change. A literature review on persuasive games.Paper presented in NERA2016 conference in Helsinki, Finland.

Other:

2024 Interview on the podcast PedagogikPrat discussing the use of AI tools in education

AI-verktyg i undervisningen på ett meningsfullt sätt? External link.

2021 Interview in Skolporten

Storföretag påverkade införandet av programmering i skolan External link.

2021 Interview in Vi Lärare,

Storföretag tryckte på när programmering tog plats External link.

2021 Interview in Stockholm University News,

Flera privata företag bakom programmering i skolan External link.