Maria Styf

Publications

Articles in journals
Chapters in books
Conference papers
Doctoral theses, monographs

Articles in journals

Sahlin, S. , Styf, M. & Håkansson Lindqvist, M. (2025). Peer mentoring for professional socialisation : shaping novice principals’ leadership identity?. Journal of Educational Administration,  

Sahlin, S. , Sjöstrand, M. , Styf, M. & Lund, S. (2025). Swedish principals' adaptive leadership in unprecedented times : Learnings from the pandemic experiences. Educational Management Administration & Leadership,    

Styf, M. & Arvidsson, C. (2024). Vad är det som SKAver : Didaktiska val i två svenska kommuners systematiska kvalitetsarbete.. Nordisk Barnehageforskning, vol. 21: 2, pp. 76-99.    

Sahlin, S. , Sjöstrand, M. , Styf, M. & Lund, S. (2023). Novice principals coping strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden. Educational Management Administration & Leadership,  

Sahlin, S. & Styf, M. (2021). Internationalization as an internal capacity builder for school improvement : a case study. International Journal of Leadership in Education, vol. 24: 3, pp. 371-392.    

Chapters in books

Styf, M. , Lund, S. & Sahlin, S. (2024). Att verka som rektor i perifera förskolor och skolor : Betydelsen av utbildning och frofessionell utveckling. In Globala utmaningar lokala lösningar : Forskning för en hållbar samhällsutveckling i norra Sverige. Mittuniversitetet.

Styf, M. & Sahlin, S. (2024). En rektors professionella yrkestrygghet. In Rektorers yrkesidentitet och yrkestrygghet. Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. pp. 153-167.

Styf, M. & Arvidson, C. (2023). Leadership in Early Childhood Education during a Time of Crisis : The Case of Sweden. In Early Childhood Education Leadership in Times of Crisis : International Studies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Verlag Barbara Budrich. pp. 31-49.  

Palaiologou, I. , Argyropoulou, E. , Styf, M. , Arvidson, C. , Ince, A. & Male, T. (2022). Pedagogical Leadership: Comparing Approaches and Practices in England, Greece, and Sweden. In Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Education : Thinking From Across the World. London : Bloomsbury Publishing.

Styf, M. (2021). I jakten på den professionella kunskapsbasen. In Att jobba som rektor : - om rektorer som professionella yrkesutövare. Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. pp. 91-101.

Persson, A. , Styf, M. & Sahlin, S. (2021). Leda och organisera lärares kompetensutveckling : - Tillit, ansvar och autonomi. In Att jobba som rektor : - om rektorer som professionella yrkesutövare. Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. pp. 311-320.

Arvidson, C. & Styf, M. (2021). Ledarskapsidentitet i förskolans rektorsuppdrag. In Att jobba som rektor : - om rektorer som professionella yrkesutövare. Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. pp. 105-114.

Styf, M. , Sahlin, S. & Håkansson Lindqvist, M. (2021). Professionshandledning : - Att utveckla rektor yrkesidentitet och yrkestrygghet. In Att jobba som rektor : - om rektorer som professionella yrkesutövare. Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. pp. 233-242.

Styf, M. , Sahlin, S. & Håkansson Lindqvist, M. (2020). Professionsutvecklande handledning, att utveckla en rektors professionella ledarskapsidentitet. In Perspektiv på handledning för ledare i förskola och skola. Malmö : Gleerups Utbildning AB. pp. 123-142.

Conference papers

Sahlin, S. , Styf, M. & Bush, T. (2024). Anticipatory Socialization and Identity Formation for Swedish Aspiring School Principals : Leadership Expectations and Policy Intentions. Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Assocation Congress 2024, Malmö, Sweden

Sahlin, S. , Styf, M. & Håkansson Lindqvist, M. (2024). Peer Mentoring for Professional Socialisation : Shaping Novice Principals’ Leadership Identity?. Paper presented at the European Conference of Educational Research 2024, Nicosia, Cyprus, 27-30 August, 2024

Sahlin, S. , Sjöstrand, M. , Styf, M. & Lund, S. (2024). Swedish Principals’ Adaptive Leadership During the Covid-19 pandemic : visible traces in their leadership practices today. Paper presented at the ICSEI International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement 2024, Dublin, Ireland, January 9-12, 2024

Sahlin, S. , Sjöstrand, M. , Styf, M. & Lund, S. (2023). School principals coping strategies during a time of leading schools in a low intensive crisis : A Swedish case. Paper presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement: Educational systems learning under challenging circumstances- Global perspectives, collaboration and local solutions for reimagining schooling, Vina Del Mar, Chile, January 10-13, 2023

Sahlin, S. , Styf, M. & Lund, S. (2022). Lessons learned about principal leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic : To be close at a distance. Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Association: Education and involvement in precarious times, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 1-3, 2022

Sahlin, S. , Styf, M. & Håkansson Lindqvist, M. (2022). Peer Mentoring for Professional Development : Developing School Leaders’ Professional Leadership Identity. Paper presented at the European Conference of Educational Research 2022, Yerevan, Armenia (hybrid conference), 23-25 August, 2022

Styf, M. & Arvidsson, C. (2021). Pedagogical Leadership : The Swedish Perspective. Paper presented at the 30th EECERA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Democratic Early Childhood Pedagogies, Online Festival, [DIGITAL], September 1–17, 2021.

Styf, M. (2019). The National School Leadership Programme in Sweden : -A Training for a Profession or a Position?. Paper presented at the NERA 2019 Education in a globalized world, Uppsala, Sweden, 6-8 March, 2019

Styf, M. (2017). The plan for Systematic Quality Work at preschools trough the lens of School improvement.. In ICSEI 2017 in Ottawa, Canada. Collaborative Partnerships for System-Wide Educational Improvement.

Styf, M. (2016). Management and the distribution of leadership in the systematically work with quality in preschool? - A way to improvement?. In ECER 2016 "Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers".

Styf, M. (2016). Teachers leading their own mini-project - a way to build internal capacity?. In ECER 2016 "Leading Education: The Distinct Contributions of Educational Research and Researchers".

Styf, M. (2014). International collaboration and school leadership : – keys to school development and increased school results in one Swedish upper secondary school?. Paper presented at the APERA (The Asia Pacific Educational Research Association), Hong Kong, 19-21 Noveber 2014 at The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Sahlin, S. & Styf, M. (2014). Internationalization and school leadership : – keys to school improvement?. Paper presented at the The Asia Pacific Educational Research Association International Conference 2014 - Managing global changes and education reforms: Asia and Pacific Responses, Hong Kong.

Styf, M. (2014). "The world's best regional education system" - a school improvement project in three schools in Jämtlands and Västernorrlands counties : What is school improvement for schools?. Paper presented at the Nordic Educational Research Association, Lillehammer, 3-6 March, 2014

Styf, M. (2013). Visualisation and documentation of the goals in the national curriculum with tablets, prerequisites and opportunities for development of teaching in preschool?. In Building Learning Capacity for Life.  

Styf, M. (2012). Educational management for an educational activity? : about the municipal pre-school management and leadership structure in Sweden. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), University of Cadiz, September 2012  

Styf, M. (2006). Educational leadership in pre-school : A leadership in transition. Paper presented at the Nordisk Forening for Pedagogisk forskning 2006, Örebro  

Doctoral theses

Styf, M. (2012). Pedagogisk ledning för en pedagogisk verksamhet? : om den kommunala förskolans ledningsstruktur. Dis. Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2012 (Akademiska avhandlingar vid Pedagogiska institutionen, Umeå universitet : )