A Selection of Projects
This is a collection of a selection of projects I’ve worked on, professional and otherwise.
Professional Projects
Expert Contribution – SOU 2024:81 ‘Ämneskunskaper och lärarskicklighet’
Contributed as an expert to the Swedish Ministry of Education’s inquiry on improving teacher education using insights from cognitive science (SOU 2024:81).
A two-page study manual to improve self-regulated learning
A study manual created for one of my research projects. The manual teaches evidence-based study techniques.
AI tools that generate multiple-choice questions with feedback
I created ChatGPT tools at Stockholm University to help teachers generate feedback-rich quizzes that support student self-regulated learning.
One-page courses teachning topics from the science of learning
I’ve written a couple of Substack articles covering topics related to cognitive science and learning.
AI tool for Danderyds gymnasium
I created an AI assistant that helps teachers create multiple-choice questions with feedback.
Free online course about evidence-based study techniques
As a postdoc at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, I created a free 30-minute online course on evidence-based study techniques using question-based learning.
Other Projects
Sometimes I make things just to try something out or learn a new tool. Not everything fits neatly into a category, but I enjoy side projects that blend data, writing, design, or psychology.
Checklist for accepting non-mandatory work
Sometimes in life, you have the luxury of having more opportunities than time. Lately, I’ve been lucky enough to be in this position. To help me select which projects to work on, I developed this decision support tool. It’s helped me, so maybe it can help someone else. The tool emerged as a thought cocktail after reading the excellent books The Checklist Manifesto, Deep Work, The Anatomy of a Breakthrough, and Thinking, Fast and Slow, all of which I highly recommend.
A Proto Theory About Mental Effort and Mental Production Rate
Here I sketch out a proto-theory born from a concussion, proposing that processing fluency is best understood as an interaction between mental effort and mental production rate.
Stochastic Clock
Have you ever wished life was less predictable? As we grow older, uncertainty seeps out of our days, draining away the surprise and diminishing the thrill of each moment. Routine takes hold, and before you know it, excitement has quietly slipped through the cracks.
To recapture a bit of that lost uncertainty, I spent two evenings building a “stochastic” clock. Over the long run it will tell the right time on average, but most of the time it won’t. And the longer you let it run, the more likely you are to drift into your own private time zone. Use my clock, and life will feel a little less certain, and perhaps a little more alive, though not necessarily any better.