Graduate studies in transformation: Postgraduate education system for university and society - Implications for scientific development

• Sessioncode: 4-11-D165 Abstract: The debate concerning the postgraduate system’s role and shape has been vivid. We are once again standing before a thorough transformation of the system. The new framework is constituted by increased demands from trade and industry as well as society as a whole. How can these demands be combined in the same postgraduate education system, and what will the consequences be? With this in mind, the project is aimed at investigating the development of the postgraduate education system since the 1990s. The meeting between different actors, both inside and outside the academic field, constitutes the foundation of the investigation. What strategies are the actors using when encountering one another and which logics can be identified in the different fields? These are central questions that we will try to answer through policy analyses and interviews with both graduate students and representatives from university, society and trade and industry. This study will contribute to a wider understanding of the Swedish postgraduate system and how demands of different actors influence its design.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences -- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

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