Karin Båge

I am a doctoral student in the Global and Sexual Health research group at
the Department of Global Public Health, education developer at the Unit for
Teaching and Learning (TL/UoL) and project developer at the Centre of
Excellence for Sustainable Health.
Trained in social anthropology and with a professional background in the
civil society sector, I aim to focus my research and educational activities
on those who are most at risk of being left behind. This means innovating
current instruments and practices that are already at scale, as well as
developing existing systems so as to make a structural shift in how
organisations and ongoing activities are operating. Projects I co-lead
include:
- Improving global instruments that measure norms and values to also include
norms and values related to sexual and reproductive health and rights - a
collaboration with the World Values Survey.
- Developing the quality of higher education in all educational programs -
through advising central strategies - at KI to be equitable and inclusive in
line with the sustainable development goals, through the project
Internationalisation of the Curriculum.
- Training public sector managers in fragile settings to achieve the
sustainable development goals.
- Developing tools for the global research community to bridge the know-do
gap through the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health.

2013 - Masters of Arts in Visual and Media Anthropology at the Freie
Universität in Berlin, Germany.
2007 - Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology and International Relations from the
University of Sussex, UK in 2007.

My policy and research areas of interests include sexual and reproductive
health and rights, and developing the quality of higher education in line
with the sustainable development goals.
My doctoral project focuses on norms and agency and their relationship with
sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The research is based on a
partnership with the World Values Survey that expanded its battery of
questions to include questions on norms and attitudes related to sexual and
reproductive health and rights, such as decision-making, attitudes on early
marriage and child bearing, gender-based violence, use of contraceptives and
reproductive health care services. It has been carried out in Ethiopia,
Kenya, Nigeria, Sweden and Zimbabwe.

As an educational developer my responsibilities include designing and
developing courses, training and advising university students, teachers and
professionals in the health sector, on matters related to global health,
intercultural education and education for sustainable development and
sustainable health.
*Undergradaute level*
Global Health 7, 5 ECTs. This is a 5-week elective undergraduate course with
70-90 students each semester, who spend 3 weeks in Sweden studying theory and
2 subsequent weeks in a low-income country like Uganda, Tanzania, Vietnam and
Laos. Beyond regular teaching and coordination responsibilities I also
participate as an accompanying teacher traveling with the students for the
duration of the study trip period.
PREPARE - a pre-departure course for KI students going on an international
exchange, including a module on global health.
*Online courses*
An Introduction to Global Health. This is six week Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC) introductory course in Global health available on the Edx platform.
*Teacher training modules*
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, distance.
Global Health for Teaching Staff at KI - a small private online course in
global health for teaching staff at KI
Tools for Global Health - workshops for teaching staff at KI.
Managing Innovation for Sustainable Health