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- Andersson, Annika, 1968-, et al.
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Teachers falling off the cliff affordances and constraints of social media in school
- 2021
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In: Proceedings of the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. - Honolulu : University of Hawaii at Manoa. - 9780998133140 ; , s. 2995-3004, s. 2995-3004
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In a digitalized society our work environment is highly integrated with our home environment making work boundless both in terms of time and space. The digital work environment risks increased stress. Based on a case study in Swedish schools we investigate how teachers experience the use of social media for work-related purposes. We do so by using the Technology Affordance and Constraints Theory to capture the affordances as well as constraints of this use. Findings show that affordances of social media in schools were increased opportunities for learning, transparency and community building. Constraints were distractions from learning, increased isolation, stress and, above all, lack of guidance in how and when to use social media. We end the paper arguing that lack of policies and guidelines governing the use of social media at work is risking an increase in boundary blurring and potentially more stress.
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- Silander, Charlotte, 1973-, et al.
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Advancing women's representation in top academic positions – the influence of institutional measures
- 2023
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In: BMC Proceedings, volume 17: Abstracts from the International Conference Diversity Interventions 2022. - : BioMed Central (BMC).
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BackgroundThe share of women in top academic positions remains well below the threshold for gender balance in the Nordic countries [1]. This is the case even after a long history of progressive national legislation, universal systems for work–family reconciliation, laws that require employers to take proactive measures to improve the career opportunities of both women and men and comprehensive regulation directed towards the universities [2]. In this paper, we ask what Nordic higher education institutions have done at the institutional level to address gender inequalities in academic careers. Which measures have universities used to increase gender equality, and to what extent are the measures effective in increasing the share of women in top academic positions? This is the first study in the Nordic context that tries to assess which equality measures work, using quantitative methods.MethodsBased on theories on actor-oriented and structure-oriented measures, we investigated the efficacy of gender equality policy measures in 37 universities in Sweden, Norway and Finland, implemented between 1995 and 2018 based on interviews with universities’ HR staff and equality officers. The study combines survey data and register data to assess the impact of institutional gender equality policies on the gender composition of academics in grade A positions. By combining unique survey data on universities’ equality policies and register data on universities’ teaching and research staff, we assess the impact of the policies on the gender composition of academics in grade A positions (e.g. professor positions). We distinguish between career-enhancing measures offered for women, training and awareness-raising measures, organisational responsibility measures and preferential treatment measures.ResultsOverall, we find that the use of equality measures has increased over time, but that equality measures seem to contribute relatively little to the overall share of women in grade A positions between 1995 and 2020. Using regression models with fixed effects and lagged information on the introduction of the various types of measures across the 37 institutions, we find that only the structural measures stand out as significantly associated with an increase in the share of women in grade A positions. In particular, having an equality officer or office and providing hiring support for recruitment of women seem to be positively associated with an increase in the share of women in grade A over time.References1.European Commission. SHE figures 2018. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 2019 Mar.2.Lipinsky A. Gender equality policies in public research. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 2014.
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- Brommesson, Douglas, 1976-, et al.
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The Nordic States in a Changing World Order : Role adjustment between domestic demands and external pressure
- 2023
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Nordic states have for long made distinct choices regarding foreign and security policy principles. However, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we are witnessing a convergence of the Nordic countries’ foreign and security policies. We argue that the challenging international context has led to heightened threat perceptions, triggering a reformulation of the foreign policy roles, held by the Nordic countries. Based on this assumption the article aims to analyse the convergence of the Nordic countries’ foreign and security policies by tracing changes in their foreign policy roles following Russia’s increasing aggressiveness. We trace the changes in the Nordic countries’ foreign policy roles through three dimensions: the consequences of a new security situation, threat perceptions, and perceptions of reduced manoeuvrability in international affairs. Our empirical analysis shed light on how all Nordic countries perceive an increasing threat to the multilateral rule-based order which have consequences for the roles of these states, how the threat perceptions of the Nordic states have been on high alert since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and finally how this have significantly impacted the Nordic foreign policy elites’ perception of their countries’ ability to manoeuvre and conduct autonomous foreign policy, motivating radical changes in the roles.
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- Larsson, Oscar, Assistant professor, 1978-
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Responses to Grey Zone and Hybrid Threats : How Much Resilience Is Enough
- 2024
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In: ISA 2024 Annual Convention, Putting Relationality at the Centre of International Studies, 2024, s.25. - San Francisco : International Studies Association.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A security discourse that resides upon the concepts of the grey zone and hybrid threats iscurrently emerging among international security actors and policy-makers. In the currentsecurity environment, it is assumed that antagonistic actors threaten democratic statesthrough a range of hybrid threats aimed at instilling confusion and inertia concerning how torespond and disrupting political and administrative capacity. This article analyzes thisdiscourse and the policy responses that have been proposed, noting that the key organizingconcept in responding to hybrid threats is resilience. This concept is potentially problematicin that resilience has been critically examined as controversial and political in nature insofaras it promotes programmatic preparedness and social control, demanding that civil society,market actors, and individuals “rally ‘round the flag” and contribute to wide-ranging nationalsecurity management. Proponents of this view nonetheless continue to present resilience asa panacea for current security problems. This article reveals, however, that resilience is aproductive and organizing concept and practice that is presented without the necessaryboundaries and limits. This illustrates the need for a critical discussion concerning how muchresilience is enough.
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- Olivius, Elisabeth, et al.
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Making gender known : Assembling gender expertise in international organizations
- 2022
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In recent decades, goals aiming to increase gender equality have been widely adopted in global policy-making. This has created a demand for specialized knowledge and evidence to support the design and implementation of gender equality policies. At the international level, multiple initiatives to produce pertinent knowledge that can strengthen gender equality have emerged, resulting in the production of so-called “gender expertise”. In this paper, we focus on a specific knowledge production initiative organized by the World Bank, the Gender Innovation Laboratories (GILs). While research has examined the position of gender experts and the content of gender expertise in international governance, it has overlooked how knowledge about gender relations is produced, and how this contributes to render gender known as a distinct object of knowledge and governance. In this paper, we draw on a practice-theoretical approach – assemblage thinking – to study the practical work mobilized in the GILs to produce, maintain and disseminate knowledge about gender relations. Drawing on interviews with lab researchers and on documents and online-material, we show how the production of gender expertise is dependent on the creation of suitable conditions for knowledge production, the translation of knowledge production into appropriate methodologies, and the packaging of knowledge in fixed dissemination formats. Overall, this paper seeks to contribute to the practice-theoretical literature on knowledge production as well as to discussions in feminist literature on the effects of the use of gender expertise in international governance.
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- Pircher, Brigitte, 1983-
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The Covid-19 crisis as critical juncture for EU's policy on public procurement
- 2022
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article investigates whether the Covid-19 crisis constitutes a critical juncture for the EU’s policy on public procurement. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Commission released new guidance for public buyers to purchase medical supplies and personal protective equipment. However, these new guidelines have the potential of both strengthening and undermining the already established EU’s policies on public procurement and their application in the EU member states. While the aim behind the new guidelines is to ensure more flexible procurement solutions, they also have the potential of increasing political corruption by accelerating procurement procedures and by a lack of transparency due to the introduction of negotiated procedures without prior publication. Moreover, there is a risk of increased waste of taxpayer's money to overpriced equipment or substandard services. By analysing the EU’s public procurement regime through the lenses of historical institutionalism, I argue that the Covid-19 crisis and the EU’s response to it have built a turning point in the EU policy on public procurement and, in particular, its application. The driving forces for this critical juncture were the questioning of legitimacy and the increased politicisation of the EU coupled with the capability of the European Commission to act as a policy entrepreneur. This, in
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- Söder, Rickard
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Climate Security in Humanitarian International Non-governmental Organizations
- 2023
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In: APSA Annual Meeting 2023.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- International humanitarian non-governmental organizations play a crucial role in the early response to some of the most catastrophic effects of climate change on nature, humans, societies and states. However, there is limited knowledge about how these organizations perceive and subsequently respond to climate change and its implications for security. To address this gap, this article provides a comprehensive account of how international humanitarian non-governmental organizations conceptualize climate change and its associated risks. Methodologically, the study employs a content analysis of publications from six influential organizations between 2016 and 2022. Theoretically, it adopts a framework for analyzing climate security discourses. The article finds that the examined organizations acknowledge climate change as a critical issue, but they focus on different aspects of it. Notably, their conceptualizations of climate change and related risks are based on diverse security logics and carry significant implications for their humanitarian notions and practices more generally.
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- Söder, Rickard
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Notions of climate change and security in humanitarian international non-governmental organizations
- 2023
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- International humanitarian non-governmental organizations play a crucial role in the early response to some of the most catastrophic effects of climate change on nature, humans, societies and states. However, there is limited knowledge about how these organizations perceive and subsequently respond to climate change and its implications for security. To address this gap, this article provides a comprehensive account of how international humanitarian non-governmental organizations conceptualize climate change and its associated risks. Methodologically, the study employs a content analysis of publications from six influential organizations between 2016 and 2022. Theoretically, it adopts a framework for analyzing climate security discourses. The article finds that the examined organizations acknowledge climate change as a critical issue, but they focus on different aspects of it. Notably, their conceptualizations of climate change and related risks are based on diverse security logics and carry significant implications for their humanitarian notions and practices more generally.
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- Wrange, Jana, et al.
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Resilience in total defence : Cooperation and security culture in the Nordic-Baltic region
- 2023
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Resilience – the ability of a society to resist and recover from challenges to national security – constitutes the centrepiece of comprehensive security approaches of modern states. Often labelled total defence, such whole-of-society approaches are prevalent not least among small states in efforts to enhance the deterrent effect of the armed forces as well as to secure the continuous functioning of society. This paper investigates the nature of resilience in the Nordic- Baltic countries through the perspective of security culture. More specifically, the paper has three aims: (1) to analyse conceptualizations of resilience among the Nordic and Baltic countries in a comparative perspective; (2) to inquire into existing and prospective regional cooperation regarding resilience and total defence in order (3) to determine to what degree there exists a common security culture, expressed through shared norms and identities underlying security cooperation. Our analysis draws on official documents (such as government white papers and bills, national security strategies from the countries of the region as well as documents from Nordic organizations, the EU and NATO) as well as a set of interviews with civil servants in the different Nordic and Baltic countries. The investigation is directed at differences and similarities regarding the understanding and organization of resilience among the eight states in focus as well as the patterns of cooperation in the area of resilience, with an aim to assess the degree of shared security culture in the region.
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