Natalia Karlsson

 Associate Professor/Docent of Mathematics. My research areas are: mathematics education and applied mathematics.

Research in the field of mathematics education deals with teaching and learning of mathematics with a particular focus on mathematical modeling, problem-solving and algebraic structures, as well as the collaboration between teaching subject-specific content and effectiveness of students’ mathematical achievements and learning-development. The research seeks to enhance the conceptualization and development of a teaching-learning mathematical classrooms discourse in primary and secondary school context, as well as mathematics preparation for pre-service teachers and in-service mathematics teachers’ professional development.

Research in applied mathematics is about mathematical modeling, a non-linear dynamic theory of elasticity, as well as analytical and numerical solution of non-linear partial differential equations and integral equations. This was also the topic of my PhD thesis. My research in applied mathematics also deals with fuzzy methods and their application to formalizing of a strategy map. These methods are used to find functional relationships between elements in a strategy map and are based on Mamdani's fuzzy inference system.