The dissertation examines how integration policies and practices in education function and
participate in the making of immigrant subjectivities. Drawing on two ethnographic studies …

Internationally multicultural education research has pointed to the need to move from
superficial to social justice-oriented multicultural education. However, realising this goal in …

Over the last several decades intercultural education has played a key role in many
educational policies and practices, both across the Nordic countries and internationally. In …

This article examines how students' cultural identities are discursively constructed in the
Finnish and Swedish national curricula for the compulsory school. The aim is to illuminate …

In this study we examine how the academic–vocational divide is manifested today in
Finland, Iceland and Sweden in the division between vocationally (VET) and …

ABSTRACT Both Sweden and Finland have education systems promoting equity and
equality. However, recent societal and political changes linked to increased immigration …

A key feature of the Swedish upper secondary school reform of 2011 (GY11) is the new
direction it sets out for the organization of vocational education (VET) and the role it plays in …

The emphasis on paid employment is strong in Finnish vocational education. However, the
world of work is changing and becoming more insecure. Many researchers have expressed …

Educational equality has been a central tenet framing educational policy in Nordic welfare
states and stimulating school reforms in the 1960s and 1970s. However, the …

In this article our focus is on the persistent gendered divisions in educational routes of young
people who choose a vocational path after compulsory education in Finland. We analyse …