Transnational Strategies within Higher Education
Sweden's Relations to France and the US, 1919—2009
(Transnationella strategier inom den högre utbildningen.
Sveriges förhållande till Frankrike och USA, 1919–2009)
Financed by The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, U)
Period Jan 2007-Dec 2009.
Lead by Mikael Börjesson, PhD in Education, Senior Lecturer in
Sociology of Education, SEC, Uppsala University.
Researchers
Collaborators
Associated Researchers
Reference Group
Summary
Researchers
Collaborators
Dag Blanck, PhD in History, Associate Professor in History, The Swedish Institute for North American Studies, Uppsala
University.
Donald Broady, PhD in Education, Prof., SEC, Uppsala University.
Carina Carlhed, PhD in Education, Researcher, SEC, Uppsala
University.
Alexander Ekelund, PhD student in Sociology of Education, SEC, Uppsala University.
Bo G. Ekelund, PhD in English, Associate Professor in
English, SEC and the Dept. of English, Stockholm University.
Ida Lidegran,
PhD in Sociology of Education, Senior Lecture, SEC, Uppsala University.
Mikael Rask Madsen, PhD in Sociology, Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen,
and Associated reserarcher at Centre de Sociologie Européenne, Paris.
Andreas Melldahl, PhD student in Sociology of Education, SEC, Uppsala University.
Franck Poupeau, PhD in Sociology, Researcher at the Centre de sociologie européenne, Ecole des Hautes
Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Anne-Catherine Wagner, PhD in Sociology, Researcher at the Centre de Sociologie européenne, Ecole des
Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
Andreas Åkerlund, PhD in History, SEC and the Department
of History, Uppsala University.
Associated Researchers
Ole Hammerslev, PhD in Sociology, Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Southern
Denmark
Mona Mårtensson, PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor in
Sociology, Dept. of Sociology, Stockholm University
Mikael Palme, PhD in Sociology of Education, SEC, Stockholm University
Reference Group
Yves Dezalay, Sociologue du droit, chercheur au CNRS, Centre de sociologie
européenne, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Johs. Hjellbrekke, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology,
Bergen University
Brigitte Le Roux, Maître de Conférences, UFR de Mathématiques et Informatique,
Université René Descartes, Paris
Sverker Sörlin, Professor, History of Science and Technology, Royal Institute
of Technology, Stockholm, and SISTER
Daan Vandenhaute, PhD, Department of Nordic studies,
Ghent University, Belgium.
Summary
Swedish higher education is no longer so Swedish. Since
1989, the number of students studying abroad has increased tenfold. And within
Sweden, examples from abroad are held up when changes in degrees, courses, and
curricula are called for. All institutions of higher learning are affected by
internationalisation and some also enter the competition for prominent positions
on a transnational market of education. The substantial educational investments
made by Swedish students abroad alter the conditions for entrance to and careers
within social fields. In this new situation, politicians, administrators,
teachers, researchers, and students develop different strategies. These
strategies will be studied in the project Transnational Strategies within Higher
Education.
The project comprises four studies: 1) Swedish students on
the transnational educational market, 2) Transnational assets and the field of
elite education in Sweden, 3) Swedish grant holders go west, and 4) The
significance of transnational investments for entrance to and careers within
social fields.
The studies will draw on national statistics, a student
survey, interviews with students and administrators, and archive materials.
Sweden and its relations to the US and France will be in focus. The project
assembles researchers in Education, Sociology, English and History from Sweden
and France.
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Uppdaterad | Updated: 2011-02-16
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