The Nordic countries are often perceived as a coherent group representing the Nordic
model of welfare states, with a strong emphasis on the public provision of universal welfare …

Crisis and Coloniality at Europe's Margins: Creating Exotic Iceland provides a fresh look at
the current politics of identity in Europe, using a crisis at the margins of Europe to shed light …

Names: Blum-Ross, Alicia, 1979-editor.| Kumpulainen, Kristiina, 1966-editor.| Marsh, Jackie,
editor. Title: Enhancing digital literacy and creativity: makerspaces in the early years/Edited …

This report examines the role of private providers of ECEC services in the five Nordic
countries: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. For each country, we map the …

The marketisation and privatisation of welfare services such as early childhood education
and care (ECEC) have been a global trend in recent decades. Earlier research suggests that …

This article focuses on the hidden processes of privatization in access to higher education in
Finland, and the role of economic capital in the admission process. The relevance of this …

In this article, we contribute to the research on the process of privatisation of Finnish early
childhood education (ECE), describe how the privatisation has proceeded within the legal …

In accordance with the Nordic welfare model, the Finnish early childhood education and
care (ECEC) system has traditionally been based on public provision and the idea of …

This study aims to explore the social and ethnic background of pupils admitted to private
schools at the compulsory level in Iceland so as to identify possible social class segregation …

Finland has traditionally had a universal early childhood education and care (ECEC) system
like the other Nordic countries, but in the last 15 years this system has undergone …