Lina Van Dooren  is currently a PhD candidate at the Malmö Academy of Music in Sweden. The focus of her research is on connecting sustainable development and music education through themes like (artistic) citizenship education, social justice and social change. The project is also part of the Agenda 2030 Graduate School of Lund University. Before starting her PhD, Lina was full-time music teacher in international schools in Sweden. Besides her teaching assignments she led the after-school music program, arranged the bi-annual concerts and initiated several musical service-learning opportunities. Lina also holds a position as a board member of the European Association for Music in Schools, an association in which she has been actively involved since 2011.