Mindfulness and how we can use it for student learning
From Higher Ed Heroes by Seb Kaempf and Al Stark
March 20, 2026 · 28 min · Season 6 · Episode 5
About this episode
The episode discusses the integration of mindfulness in education with Professor Karen Brounéus.
Mindfulness enjoys a lot of popularity these days. In this episode, we talk to Professor Karen Brounéus (Uppsala University) about how we can integrate mindfulness exercises into our classrooms and how mindfulness can assist student learning. Not only has Karen been using mindfulness in her own peace and conflict studies courses, but she also offers mindfulness training to Swedish members of parliament. Karen shows how a lay person can make of these techniques and even offers an example of ho...
People in this episode
Hosts: Seb Kaempf, Al Stark
Guest: Karen Brounéus
Topics covered
- mindfulness
- student learning
- education techniques
- classroom integration
- peace studies
Keywords
- mindfulness
- student learning
- Uppsala University
- education
- peace studies
- classroom exercises
- mindfulness training
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Uppsala University
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