CRISMOS SEMINAR

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CRISMOS researchers
Ongoing research projects
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CRISMOS SEMINAR: Critical Studies on Mobility

” Critical Studies on Mobility Seminar” is a collaboration on research and research seminars between two universities, Uppsala and Stockholm, and one research institute, The Nordic Africa Institute. The researchers come from different disciplines such as Education, Sociology, Sociology of Education and Science and International and Comparative Education.

Our interest is research on Critical Studies on Mobility. This includes theoretical explorations of the social construction of mobility and its ideological underpinnings and policy processes as well as empirical studies on mobility/lack of mobility of individuals. The prime areas are the Higher Education sector and the Labor Market as well as research into sustainable development. In the global knowledge society, mobility, especially mobility around higher education could be seen as a tool to accelerate social development of different countries in an ecological-societal-economic sustainable manner. In this context there is a need for researching mobility as an integral part of social transformation connecting local and global processes within a wider framework of critical social theory.

The theoretical framework we work from include sociological perspectives on the social construction of mobility, social studies of Education and Science, feminist theory on labor migration, intersectional theory, gender in Higher Education, feminist post-colonial knowledge relations and critical race theory.

The CRISMOS seminar takes place once a month, the first Wednesday at 12.00-14.30, (bring your lunch sandwich/salad), alternatively at the Department of Education, Uppsala University, the Department of Education at Stockholm University and the Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala. We present ongoing research, read and discuss interesting theoretical articles together or invite inspiring guests.

The seminar is open to everybody with an interest in these topics, either as an interested participant or to present their own ongoing research. We are also keen on inviting those of you who work with these issues within the university- /department administration or in other organizations.

Seminar language: Swedish (and English if participants or invited guests are non-Swedish speaking)

CRISMOS researchers (alphabetic order)
Carina Carlhed, PhD Education, Associate professor Sociology of Education, Department of Education, Uppsala University
Mikiko Cars, PhD Institute of International Education (IIE) and Department of Education, Stockholm University
Vinayagum Chinapah, PhD, Professor and Head of Institute of International Education (IIE)
Susanne Engström, PhD Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, post doc, Sociology of Education, Department of Education, Uppsala University
Fredrik Hertzberg PhD, Department of Education, Stockholm University
Måns Fellesson, PhD Sociology, Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute
Paula Mählck, PhD Sociology, Researcher, Department of Education, Stockholm University and The Nordic Africa Institute
Ali Osman, PhD Associate professor Education, Department of Education, Mälardalen University

Ongoing research projects (alphabetic order)

Academic Mobility in the Global Knowledge Society: Mobility and Career Paths among Ph.D. Holders in Africa, funded by Swedish Development Cooperation Agency, director Måns Fellesson, co-applicant PhD, Paula Mählck
Excellence, meritocracy and equality in academia – the importance of gender and ethnic background in grant decisions to excellent research environments and in decisions about professor appointments, Funded by Forte, co applicant Paula Mählck
Graveled expectations or successful reorientations? Switchers and dropouts in higher education 1977-2007. Funded by the Swedish Research Council, director Carina Carlhed
Research policy and research practice in the global research economy, Funded by the Swedish Research Council director Paula Mählck
Study loans, wage and wealth within higher education. Social groups and their study financing, 1998-2006, Funded by the Swedish Research Council, director Martin Gustavsson, co applicant Carina Carlhed
Wanting to choose and become an engineer –sociological explanations of students’ choice and success in civil engineering education, post doc project, director Susanne Engström


Calendar  August - December 2014

August 27th, 9.30-11, Venue Stockholm University, Department of Education, 2527
presentation of research by PhD, Mikiko Cars, “Education for sustainable society: attainments and good practices in Sweden during the United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD)”

October, 22th, 9.30-11, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala. Venue: Jakaranda. Paula Mählck makes an introduction to the article by Nirmal Puwar (2001)The Racialised Somatic Norm and the Senior Civil Service, Sociology vol 35 pp 651-670.

December 3rd, 9.30-11, Uppsala University, Blåsenhus campus, venue 14:341
Carina Carlhed makes an introduction to the article: Lawler S. Disgusted subjects: the making of middle-class identities. The Sociological Review 2005, 53(3), 429-446.
The article is also available in Swedish: Lawler S. ‘Att känna avsmak: Så bildas medelklassens identitet’. Fronesis 2007, 24, 131-147.

Calendar spring 2014

February 5th, 12.00-14.30, Uppsala University, Blåsenhus campus, venue 24:103
Exploring pathways in university education - study patterns among students in undergraduate programs with professional qualifications, presentation of a manuscript in progress (article), Carina Carlhed

March, 5th, 12.00-14.30, Stockholm University, Venue, D 307(Frescati campus)
Transition from school to work: A qualitative study of migrants stories of successful transition into different labour market niches. PhD, Fredrik Hertzberg.

May 7th, 12.00-14.30, Uppsala University, Blåsenhus campus, venue 14:327
Wanting to choose and become an engineer –sociological explanations of students’ choice and success in civil engineering education, Susanne Engström

June 11th, 12- 14.30, Nordic Africa Institute, venue: Jakaranda
Academic mobility at the intersection of development aid and Research Policy: Bodies as discursive geographies of (im)possible research excellence, Paula Mählck (article manuscript)


Welcome!


Carina Carlhed (carina.carlhed@edu.uu.se ) and Paula Mählck (paula.mahlck@edu.su.se)