The Reggio Emilia Institute offers training, courses, materials, guidance, and pedagogical development through various projects and pedagogical documentation, among other things. Since 1993, we have been a meeting place for Reggio Emilia inspiration in Sweden.
Sweden is one of the countries in the world that has the most intensive exchange with educators in Reggio Emilia. After two major and highly acclaimed exhibitions at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in the 1980s on municipal preschools in Reggio Emilia, the Reggio Emilia Institute was founded in 1993.
The Reggio Emilia Institute aims to be a welcoming and attentive meeting place. There, we will nurture and create engagement and connections for everyone who wants to explore and work towards how children's and young people's potential and rights can contribute to democratic global citizenship as a right for all.
The Reggio Emilia Institute consists of an economic association and a limited company, which runs a business offering both open courses and commissioned training, enabling the institute to invest in various practical development projects.
The world needs a new narrative in which desire and hope are strong. The Reggio Emilia Institute's national network project "Sustainable Future" brings together preschools and schools, educators, and educational leaders across the country to work on this.
There are many preschools and even schools in Sweden today that are inspired by Reggio Emilia. However, there is no data on how many there are, as this educational philosophy is not a methodology but rather a view of children and learning and democracy that must be constantly worked on and therefore cannot be measured or certified.
Since 2006, we have been working on various development projects in primary schools. With our development projects here, we wanted to see what a Reggio Emilia-inspired addition could mean by investigating the challenges and opportunities it could bring.
At the Reggio Emilia Institute's premises in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, we have a large, bright, and well-equipped studio!
The Reggio Emilia Institute's magazine Modern Barndom (Modern Childhood) is for those who are curious about Reggio Emilia inspiration, want to meet people who work in a Reggio Emilia-inspired way, and want to be challenged in their educational work and thinking.
A podcast for those who are curious about Reggio Emilia-inspired education. Here, we discuss, reflect on, and challenge ideas and questions about education—based on Reggio Emilia's philosophical perspective—then, now, and in the future.
Reggio Children is Reggio Emilia's international center, which coordinates and organizes their national and international exchanges with Reggio Emilia-inspired networks around the world. More about this and other international networks, such as the Nordic network, can be found here.
The Reggio Emilia Institute works to develop preschools and schools by allocating the institute's surplus to various practical development projects. For several years, the association has been running the Sustainable Future project – a nationwide network project (see more about this project under its tab above).
Here you will find all of the Reggio Emilia Institute's films: the school film, which was produced as part of our school project, and the four anniversary films – about multilingualism, the environment as the third teacher, educational documentation and the activities of the Reggio Emilia Institute – which were produced in 2018, the year in which the Reggio Emilia Institute celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Bordercrossing – an exhibition from Reggio Emilia in Italy – is now touring various municipalities in Sweden through the Reggio Emilia Institute. The exhibition and workshops are based on a collaboration between the Reggio Emilia Institute, Reggio Children, and the municipality that commissions the exhibition.
FAQ or FFF – Frequently Asked Questions. Here you will find answers to common questions received by the Reggio Emilia Institute.
