Based on ethnographic fieldwork in six different types of rural area and their schools in
different parts of Sweden, this article identifies how rural schools relate to the local place and …

This study contributes to a body of literature that addresses relationships between space,
place and identity, and their effects on young people's 'spatial horizons'. Drawing on …

This article is based on a meta-ethnographic analysis of educational research from rural and
urban areas in Finland, Norway and Sweden following the reorganisation of educational …

Sweden may be wealthy, but uneven distributions of resources still affect students' access to
higher education and career choices. Some variation is linked to rural/urban divides, but …

Successful social and economic integration into Swedish society increasingly demands a
post-compulsory education, but such education is increasingly centralised, posing problems …

The pandemic case has shifted away from face-to-face teaching to online blended learning.
This phenomenon certainly causes various problems in the world of education. The online …

Career development theory is critical in understanding how individuals make transitions
through education and the workplace. However, despite evidence of the importance of …

In this doctoral dissertation, the focus is on boys growing to adulthood in a remote country
area in Metsäkylä (pseudonym), far from urban areas we typically associate with youth and …

Despite persistent sub-national variation in youth unemployment rates, the relationship
between local labour market conditions and youth labour market outcomes is not well …

This article addresses young people's school-to-work transitions. The analysis draws on
data from a Swedish ongoing qualitative longitudinal project spanning over 10 years. In this …