Kålltorp, Gothenburg, Sweden

martin@everydayinstitute.se

Independent non-profit research institute for

Everyday Work-Learn Balance

We make research accessible that helps people find new ways to contribute, develop, and improve in working life, in education and in life in general. We call it having an "Everyday Work-Learn Balance". This gives you motivation, passion and quality in what you do. Our web is for employees, teachers, students, anyone - we provide many free resources you can use today. And don't miss our everyday work-learn communities! Welcome to explore!

Everyday Learning

We help people integrate learning into their everyday work through small acts of creative experimentation, reflection and dialogue.

Everyday Research

We help people do "lagom"-scientific research on their own everyday working life, through a simple method tailored to practice.

Everyday Value Creation

We help teachers integrate value creation as a pedagogical idea into their and students everyday learning.

Everyday Quality

We help organisations integrate quality work into their everyday working life in meaningful ways.

Join a community to meet others who are Everyday Learners

We believe in communities as a way to make development stay on a weekly basis, to make it matter every day. Therefore we manage various communities for teachers, employees and others. Read more and see if one of them suits you!

All our research areas

We provide many different free training programmes around our research areas, to help people reach a better everyday work-learn balance. Go to our Training section to see which training programmes are currently available.

Value creation pedagogy

Students on all levels create value for real stakeholders to drive motivation, deeper learning, competencies.

Entrepreneurial employees

We have a research programme which helps organisations become more entrepreneurial.

Work–learn balance

Weekly mix of creating value and personal development bridges school–work divide, boosting motivation, outcomes.

Emotion-based assessment

Using emotional learning events as proxies in assessment, linking educational design to competency development.

Venture creation programmes

Integrate real venture creation with curricula to combine technology transfer with education.

Teacher-led research

Practical methods enabling teachers to conduct rigorous, scalable school-based research at scale, and with ease.

Experience-sampling tools

Building and maintaining digital tools like LoopMe to capture experiences, feedback and formative assessment at scale.

School improvement

Our research is used by many schools on all levels of education, to improve their everyday pedagogical activities.

Meet our Researchers

At Everyday Institute we are a variety of researchers who work on everyday learning, everyday research, everyday value creation and everyday quality.

Martin Lackéus

Everyday Researcher

Researcher on how to make people more entrepreneurial.

Jonas Boström

Everyday researcher

Researcher in quality emergence, focus on health care / social work.

What is Work-Learn Balance?

Try blending two things every week: helping others (work) and developing yourself (learn). That blend is what we call work-learn balance. It creates meaning, momentum, and improvements in your performance, while making learning practical, personal, and unforgettable. Everything we do is about fostering this balance.

What people say about us

"Blending weekly value-creation with reflection transformed my class; engagement soared, quieter students contributed, and assignments became purposeful, with feedback turning into fuel for growth."

Sara Lindholm

Primary teacher

"Work–learn balance reframed our sprints; every feature targets real user value, and retrospectives emphasize personal development, making productivity and learning mutually reinforcing rather than competing priorities."

Daniel Ekström

Software Engineering Manager

"Designing assignments that help patients today while training tomorrow’s skills energized our clinic; apprentices documented emotions, iterated faster, and delivered measurable improvements in appointment flow."

Noura Haddad

Nurse educator

"Instead of workshops detached from reality, we structure challenges serving colleagues; feedback arrives immediately, confidence grows, and the organization sees learning outcomes in better service metrics."

Priya Menon

Customer Experience Lead

“Students interview community partners, build prototypes, and reflect on emotions weekly; attendance improved, grades rose, and shy learners discovered strengths through practical, meaningful value-creation tasks.”

Johan Bäck

Upper Secondary Teacher

“Linking everyday service improvements to personal learning goals changed morale; staff propose experiments, capture feedback, and celebrate progress publicly, creating momentum that spreads between departments.”

Amina Kovac

Municipal Development Officer

If you are working with our research and want to give us your feedback or if you just want to say "Hi", please get in touch with us!

Latest Blog Posts

written by our researchers

10) Theoretical foundations—made practical

This chapter ties DAS to five pillars and translates each into practice. Clinical experimentation: help before measurement; run tiny, context-specific interventions; replicate across settings;...

9) Psychological dynamics

DAS works through people, so mindset matters. This chapter goes deep on collegial leadership without formal authority—how to invite rather than instruct, make roles...

8) Challenges of DAS — and strategies that work

Every method meets reality. This chapter names the predictable hurdles and gives tactics that practitioners actually use. Time and load: urgent work wins; counter...

7) Roles and organizing DAS

Who does what, and how do we keep it humane and repeatable? This chapter maps four core roles: the study lead team (design, comments,...

6) Analyzing data – formatively and summatively

Analysis in DAS serves decisions, not vanity metrics. Formatively, while data is still coming in, you’ll track a simple task-tag heatmap, watch emotion trends,...

5) Taking action, sampling the effect and discussing it

This chapter is about making it real—launch, momentum, and supportive dialogue. You’ll learn a straightforward kickoff script that explains purpose, time cost (10–15 minutes/week),...

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Address

Ärenprisgatan 58, Göteborg, Sweden

Telephone

+46 736 551818

Email

martin@everydayinstitute.se

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