After having worked as an upper secondary school teacher and teacher in municipal adult education for some 20 years I earned a PhD in Education at Linköping University in 2010. Became Associate Professor in Educational Work at Umeå University in 2015 and from 2016 I work as senior lecturer and Associate Professor in Education at Mid Sweden University. As a researcher I have taken part of the development of a screening material in literacy for newly arrived children on behalf of the Swedish Board of Education 2014-2105. From 2016 and onwards I have been involved, in several projects, both as principal and co-applicant, aimed at school development and in-service development of literacy practices in schoolageeducare centers, schools and preschools. Currently I am main supervisor for two PhD-students.  I have participated in various international and national conferences on reading and Education, and currently lecture about school development for both practitioners and academic audiences. Preschools as an arena for language and literacy development, in particular for multilingual children, constitute a constant focus in my research in order to contribute to more equal conditions for all children’s further educational trajectory.