Search for dissertations about: "socio-spatial"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the word socio-spatial.

  2. 11. Going places : Local settings and global horizons in young people’s education and work trajectories

    Author : Sara Forsberg; Brett Christophers; Danielle Ekman Ladru; Johanna Waters; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The recent trend for mass higher education and a growing policy focus on a knowledge-driven economy has created the expectation that everyone can enter a fulfilling and rewarding career. However, young people often experience discrepancies between expectations of social mobility and local or national labour market opportunities. READ MORE

  4. 12. Wild Landscapes : The Cultural Nature of Swedish National Parks

    Author : Tom Mels; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national park; landscape; space; reinvention; performance; representation; wilderness; Social geography; imagery; nature; Socialgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    Abstract : Since their emergence in the late 19th century, national park spaces have been perceived as articulations of untouched nature or wild landscape beyond society. Yet no understanding of national parks can do without the recognition that they exist in historical spaces created, institutionalised and prepared for them by cultural practices and modes of representation. READ MORE

  5. 13. Integrationens arenor : En studie av flyktingmottagande, arbete, boende, förenings- och församlingsliv i tre kommuner : [a study of refugee policy, employment, housing, and social and community affiliations in three Swedish municipalities]

    Author : Andreas Sandberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; arenas of integration; immigrants; Lycksele; Sollentuna; Katrineholm; Sweden; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a comparative study of three Swedish localities: Sollentuna, Katrineholm, and Lycksele. The overall aim of the study is to explore variations in local outcomes regarding the integration of immigrants in these three Swedish municipalities. READ MORE

  6. 14. Place matters : understanding the role of place in entrepreneurial ecosystems

    Author : Mary Kathleen Fitzpatrick Burke; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers and an introductory chapter. Drawing on sociological theories of place, this thesis contextualises how entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) evolve, exploring how the socio-spatial, socio-economic and place-based dimensions of context interact across multiple geographies over time. READ MORE

  7. 15. School choice, space and the geography of marketization- Analyses of educational restructuring in upper secondary education in Sweden

    Author : Anna Maria Fjellman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; school choice; school market; marketization; space; equity; quasi-market; differentiation; spatial justice;

    Abstract : The main aim of the dissertation is to investigate, analyze and create a research-based understanding of the spatialities of the Swedish school choice in upper secondary education using a socio-spatial framework. The dissertation is comprised of three empirical studies based on six cohorts of register data from The Gothenburg Longitudinal Database. READ MORE