Administration & Faculty

Our Team

Administration – U.S.

Ken Wagner

Ken Wagner

Founder & Executive Director

Education: Ph.D. in Sociology, in 1982 from the University of Pittsburgh

As Executive Director, I oversee all aspects of our Program both in the U.S. and in Stockholm. I started The Swedish Program while I was a professor at Hamilton College in 1987. I first went to Stockholm in 1984 to do research on workplace democracy at Swedish companies, such as Volvo, Ericsson, Saab, and Electrolux.

I sincerely believe that studying abroad is a transformative experience. Our students are fortunate to study in a country that practices the values of global citizenship: tolerance, diversity, solidarity, and international understanding.

I enjoy golf, cooking, gardening, and finding new restaurants to visit with friends and family. I am an avid Celtics and Buffalo Bills fan!

Alison Gluck

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Alison Gluck

Program Administrator

I’m responsible for all work related to the acceptance of students, program bookkeeping, coordinating all communication with our staff in Stockholm regarding acceptance, housing, arrivals, and any other issues that may arise. I also assist in the recruitment of our students.

Prior to working for the Program, I owned and operated a child daycare for fifteen years. I have obtained an Associate Degree in Office Technology and a Bachelor Degree in Communications.

I enjoy family time, skiing, exercising, soccer, vacationing, and just relaxing by the poolside in the summer months.

Courtney Kenny

Courtney Kenny

Associate Director for Admissions

My goal is to help students explore their unique personal and academic goals for study abroad and examine how they align with the curriculum and philosophy of the Swedish Program. You’ll see me at campus events, in your Education Abroad office, or virtually in a Zoom info session. I also work collaboratively with advisors and our Consortium Members to support their efforts in promoting study abroad.

I was introduced to the Swedish Program as a study abroad advisor, while at Penn in 2011, and have remained closely connected with The Program through the years. My professional journey through international education was inspired by my experience teaching English in Yamanashi, Japan and the many faces and places in between.

I enjoy nature and hiking, traveling, volunteering at a neighborhood community garden, visiting pick-your-own flower fields, and spoiling our sweet kitties.

Our Team

Administration – Stockholm

Carina Kamb Deiaco

Carina Kamb Deiaco

Head of Administration

I have been with the program since 1989, except for the five years I lived in Luxembourg. I was initially our Housing Coordinator responsible for finding our host families.
I then became Program Coordinator organizing most Program functions and activities. I was also responsible for finding our apartments. I am now Head of Administration. In this role, I am responsible for all Program administrative and organizational work except for the academic side of the Program.
I really enjoy my job, especially working with our students. Every student has his or her own little quirk. It is fun meeting many different personalities. And, of course, I find it very rewarding helping our students adjust to a new culture and the Swedish way of doing things.
In terms of interests and hobbies, I enjoy family activities, traveling, yoga, and wine. I also am good at sports, especially throwing the axe!! You must join us for our Gotland trip to see for yourself!

Caitlin Hawley

Caitlin Hawley

Program Manager

My goal is to help students get the most out of their experience in Stockholm. I am responsible for student health and safety, digital communications, and local partnerships including our internship and host family programs. I also help advise students on the non-academic aspects of their study abroad experience.
I’m originally from Milwaukee, WI, where I earned my master’s degree in Sociology. I moved to Stockholm in 2012 and joined The Swedish Program in 2016. In my free time, I enjoy reading, the visual arts, and hiking with my dog.

Andrea Gibo

Andrea Gibo

Program Coordinator

My passion for working in an international learning environment is deeply rooted in my own experience as an international student, where walking in the shoes of our student body has fostered my commitment to helping students navigate the daily challenges and opportunities they face during their study abroad experience.

My responsibilities include organizing program activities and trips, student apartments, and supporting students during their time in Stockholm.

Born and raised in Stockholm, I moved to New York City in 2013, where I earned my BBA in General Business from Berkeley College in 2017. Since then, I have mainly worked in the global mobility field, until I joined the program in August 2023.

In my free time, you’ll likely find me relaxing on a boat in the archipelago, reading a mystery novel, or trying out a new pasta recipe.

Jonas Brodin

Jonas Brodin

Director of Studies and Instructor

I study how the built environment molds relations of power. This happens in many different ways: in how the space itself is configured—for example, with walls that separate one group from another—as well as in how the space is monitored or how resources or people are distributed within the space. My current project uses the specific case of roads to look at the relationship between built space and power.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSES
Crime and Punishment in Sweden and the U.S.; Health Care in Sweden and the U.S.; Comparative Public Policy: The Swedish Model in the 21st Century; Comparative Public Policy: Sweden and the EU; Migration Policy and Politics; The Theory and History of Radical Politics.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Maryland, 2004
B.A., Political Science, University of Hawaii, 1997

FUN FACTS
I enjoy hiking and camping, and generally spending time in the great outdoors. And since I feel more at home in water than on land, I also try to spend as much time as I can in water—primarily swimming, but also kayaking, fishing, and doing other watersports. I once got second place in a completely rigged sports/trivia/beauty pageant competition for a variety show on British television.

Our Team

Faculty – Stockholm

Tim Berndtsson

Tim Berndtsson

Associate Professor, Uppsala University

My research is devoted to several topics: the history of archives and cultures of memory; the role of emotions in literature; and practices of reading from the eighteenth century to the present. Although I am schooled as a historian of literature, I am convinced that research should be directed by the relevance of questions rather than the borders of disciplines.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
Swedish Crime Fiction

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Uppsala University, 2020

FUN FACTS
I enjoy going by train and can give advice on how to best travel through both Sweden and Europe on rails. I also like walking, through cities and wilderness alike, listening to audiobooks.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
The Order and the Archive. Freemasonic Archival Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Diss. Uppsala, Uppsala: Uppsala universitet, 2020.

Pamela Campa

Pamela Campa

Assistant Professor, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

My research interests are in gender economics, environmental economics and political economy. I’m passionate about using data to understand causes and effects of policies, institutions, attitudes and behaviours that are relevant for societal levels of gender equality and environmental protection.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
Environmental Economics

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, Institute of International Economic Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden

FUN FACTS
In my free time, I like playing with my daughter, reading novels and history books, jogging to and through one of Stockholm’s beautiful natural reserve areas, and traveling to my beautiful home region of Puglia in Southern Italy.

Erik Cardelus

Erik Cardelus

Instructor

My research is devoted to various topics, but the main orientations are literature, history of education, language teaching, and the representation of teachers and teaching in popular culture.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSES
Swedish I, II, and Advanced

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Language Education, Stockholm University, 2016

FUN FACTS
I enjoy running and biking. For many years, I ran international marathons in cities like Berlin, Barcelona, and Hamburg. I’m also a trained sommelier and enjoy wine and wine-tasting. Besides that, I have a great passion for literature and soccer.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
In 2023 I published my most recent book, “Lärarliv i litteraturen,” which analyses the role of teacher in Swedish contemporary fiction. I have published many research and educational materials, for example in collaboration with Utbildningsradion (The Swedish Broadcasting Company). I have also published articles in the major newspapers in Sweden including Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, and Göteborgs Posten.

August Danielson

Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt

August Danielson

Instructor

My research is focused on international politics, mainly diplomatic practice and EU foreign and security policy. I am particularly interested in constructivist approaches to IR, in other words how our understandings about other states and the world shape international politics.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
European Security: The EU and Sweden in a Turbulent World Order

EDUCATION
PhD, Political Science, Uppsala University, 2023

FUN FACTS
I love riding my bike. In 2023 I rode from Geneva to Stockholm in 10 days, and I’ve completed a so-called “svensk klassiker” three times. I’m also a big fan of “bikepacking” – backpacking but with a bike – as well as hiking and trail running.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
von Essen, Hugo and August Danielson (2023). “A typology of ontological insecurity mechanisms: Russia’s military engagement in Syria”, International Studies Review, 25(2), viad016.
Danielson, August and Elsa Hedling (2022). “Visual Diplomacy in Virtual Summitry: Status Signalling During the Coronavirus Crisis”, Review of International Studies, 48(2), 243-261.
Bremberg, Niklas, August Danielson, Elsa Hedling and Anna Michalski (2022). The Everyday Making of EU Foreign and Security Policy: Practices, Socialization and the Management of Dissent. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Michalski, Anna and August Danielson (2020). “Overcoming Dissent: Socialization in the EU’s Political and Security Committee in a Context of Crises”, Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(2), 328–344.
Michalski, Anna and August Danielson (2020). “Conditions for socialization in international organizations: comparing committees of permanent representatives in the EU and NATO”, Journal of International Relations and Development, 23(3), 657-681.

Peder Fallenius

Peder Fallenius

Instructor, Senioruniversitetet

Twentieth century architecture has been my main research interest ever since I wrote my thesis and it still is. I have a special interest in the new building types of this period.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
History of Modern Scandinavian Art and Architecture

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Art History, Uppsala University, 2003

FUN FACTS
I have a great passion for music resulting in an ever-expanding record collection and a longing to revisit the jazz clubs of Downtown Manhattan.

Pehr-Johan Norbäck

Pehr-Johan Norbäck

Senior Researcher, Research Institute of Industrial Economics

My earlier research focused on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Later work has focused entrepreneurship, involving how venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and incumbent firms interact in the innovation market. This research has tried to answer questions such as: Why do small firms do more breakthrough inventions than established firms? Why do small entrepreneurs with high-quality inventions sell their inventions to incumbents rather than enter the market?

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
The Economics of European Integration

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, Stockholm University, 1998

FUN FACTS
I play badminton and innebandy (floorball). I have played guitar for over 40 years and can do most styles: blues, funk, rock – even some jazz! And, I love teaching my course: it gives me an excuse to go on Youtube to watch Brexitiers and Remainers clash in the British Parliament under the always so colorful speaker John Bercow (for a sample: youtube.com/watch?v=Edt-V4rvIYs).

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“Has the Swedish Business Sector Become More Entrepreneurial than the U.S. Business Sector?” (with Fredrik Heyman, Lars Persson and Fredrik Andersson), Research Policy, forthcoming.
“Stock Market Impact of Cross-Border Acquisitions in Emerging Markets” (with Lars Persson). North American Journal of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.
“Employment Protection and FDI Revisited: New Evidence from Micro Data” (with Per Skedinger and Jing-Lin Duanmu). World Economy, forthcoming.
”A Non-Technical Introduction to Economic aspects of International Investment Agreements” (with Henrik Horn). American Review of International Arbitration, forthcoming.
”The Turnaround of the Swedish Economy: Lessons from Large Business Sector reforms” (with Fredrik Heyman and Lars Persson). World Bank Research Observer, forthcoming.
”Foreign Direct Investment, Source Country Heterogeneity and Management Practices” (with Rickard Hammarberg and Fredrik Heyman). Economica. Vol. 86, No. 342, April 2019.
”Threatening to Buy: Private Equity Buyouts and Antitrust Policy” (with Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg). Economics Letters 164 (March): 31–34, 2018.
”Does the Debt Tax Shield Distort Ownership Efficiency?” (with Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg). International Review of Economics and Finance, 54(Mars), 299–310, 2018.
”Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small versus Large versus Young versus Old” (with Fredrik Heyman and Lars Persson). Economics Letters, 164 (March), 50–57, 2018.

Marta Roczniewska

Marta Roczniewska

Postdoctoral Researcher, Karolinska Institutet

I study the interaction between an individual and their work environment: What happens when we don’t see ‘eye to eye’ on work characteristics with our team members? How does communication about change that meets our motivational needs affect our perception of change? How do individuals themselves proactively redesign their jobs to find a better fit to their job?

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
The Psychology of Work

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Work & Organizational Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland, 2017

FUN FACTS
I don’t like coffee, but I am a bit of a snob when it comes to my tea. I have a lot of mugs and a Turkish set for preparing tea.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Coo, C., Richter, A., von Thiele Schwarz, U., Hasson, H., & Roczniewska, M.* (2021). All by myself: How perceiving organizational constraints when others do not hampers work engagement. Journal of Business Research, 136, 580-591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.08.010
Roczniewska, M., & Richter, A. (2021). Are we seeing “eye to eye” on qualitative job insecurity in healthcare? Employee-teammates perceptual (in)congruence and individual well-being. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2021.1913489
Roczniewska, M., & Higgins, E. T. (2019). Messaging organizational change: How regulatory fit relates to openness to change through fairness perceptions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, 103882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103882
Roczniewska, M., & Bakker, A. B. (2021). Burnout and self-regulation failure: A diary study of self-undermining and job crafting among nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(8), 3424-3435. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14872

Rickard Sandberg

Rickard Sandberg

Associate Professor and Head of the Center for Data Analytics, Stockholm School of Economics

My main research interests include analyzing all types of data using Statistics, Econometrics, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning. I lead several large research projects, including AI for Sustainability and Forecasting Large Systems of Economic and Financial Time Series.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
Data Analytics

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Econometrics, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, 2004

FUN FACTS
I’m a passionate cross-country skier and I have completed the Vasa race (90km; Vasa after the Swedish king Gustav Vasa) several times.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Invited speaker to the conference CFE-CMStatistics in Berlin (Germany) 2023
“ESG Ratings and Their Challenges – Unraveling Ambiguity and Proposing Solutions for Consistency.” MGMT of Innovation and Technology, 2023
“Wind and Electricity Prices in Sweden – a Statistical Analysis.” Energiforsk, 2023
“The Future of Data: How Nordic Companies Scale and Transform with Data and AI.” Book. Co-authered with Capgemini, 2023
Article in Dagens Industri: “Betydande konkurrensfördelar för Data Masters i framtiden,” 2023

Marta Zakrzewska


Marta Zakrzewska

Postdoctoral Researcher, Karolinska Institute

My research focuses on the link between prejudice and pathogen avoidance. I am particularly interested in the role that our sense of smell plays in both disease avoidance and shaping social attitudes.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
Psychology of Prejudice: A Social and Cognitive Perspective

EDUCATION
Ph.D. from Stockholm University in Psychology, August, 2022
MA, Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland 2012
BA, Psychology, Marshall University, USA, 2013
BA, Psychology, University of Debrecen, Hungary, 2015

FUN FACTS
I have studied in Hungary and the US as a part of a trans-Atlantic dual degree student exchange program, and got BA diplomas from the partner universities after graduating from my alma mater. As a result, my education history is quite puzzling. I love watching climbing competitions and I am a true ARMY – a fan of the Korean band called BTS.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Zakrzewska, M., Liuzza, M. T., Lindholm, T., Blomkvist, A., Larsson, M., & Olofsson, J. K. (2020). An Overprotective Nose? Implicit Bias Is Positively Related to Individual Differences in Body Odor Disgust Sensitivity. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 301.
Zakrzewska, M. (2020) Function of Pathogen Prevalence (Thornhill and Fincher). In: Shackelford T., Weekes-Shackelford V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
Zakrzewska, M., Olofsson, J. K., Lindholm, T., Blomkvist, A., & Liuzza, M. T. (2019). Body odor disgust sensitivity is associated with prejudice towards a fictive group of immigrants. Physiology & behavior, 201, 221-227.

Miriam Zehnter


Miriam Zehnter

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Exeter

My research focuses on contemporary sexism and gender stereotypes. I am particularly interested in ways that sexism can be more hidden in progressive societies, like the US and Sweden.

SWEDISH PROGRAM COURSE
The Social Psychology of Health and Well-Being

EDUCATION
PhD, Social Sciences (Psychology), University of Vienna, 2020

FUN FACTS
I am somewhat of an expert in living anywhere but my country of origin (Germany). My chosen home countries include Austria, the UK, the US, and Sweden. Having lived on a US college campus, I also know how it can be different from life in a European capital like Stockholm. I love having friends all over the world. I also like hiking, climbing, yoga, music, and boardgames.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Zehnter, M. K., Manzi F., Shrout, P. E., & Heilman, M. E. (2021). Belief in Sexism Shift: Defining a new form of contemporary sexism and introducing the belief in sexism shift scale (BSS scale). PloS one, 16(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248374
Zehnter, M. K., & Kirchler, E. (2020). Women quotas vs. Men quotas in academia: Students perceive favoring women as less fair than favoring men. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 700. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00700
Zehnter, M. K., Olsen, J., & Kirchler, E. (2018). Obituaries of female and male leaders from 1974 to 2016 suggest change in descriptive but stability of prescriptive gender stereotypes. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2286. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02286