Dear All,<\/p>\n
Please find information on next CRISMOS SEMINAR (Critical Studies on Mobility Seminar) <\/i>and Autumn Calendar:\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n
\u201d Critical Studies on Mobility Seminar\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Next seminar \u00a0:<\/b><\/p>\n
NB! Change of date to June 11th, 12- 14.30, Nordic Africa Institute, venue: Jacaranda.
\nEmbodied Discursive Geographies of (Im)possible Research Excellence: Academic mobility at the intersection of development aid and research policy Paula M\u00e4hlck (article manuscript)<\/p>\n
Calendar \u00a0August – December 2014<\/b><\/p>\n
August 27th<\/sup>, 9.30-11, Venue Stockholm University, Department of Education, 2527. October, 22th<\/sup>, 9.30-11, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala. Venue: Jakaranda. Paula M\u00e4hlck makes an introduction to the article by Nirmal Puwar (2001)The Racialised Somatic Norm and the Senior Civil Service, Sociology<\/i> vol 35 pp 651-670.<\/p>\n December 3rd, 9.30-11, Uppsala University, Bl\u00e5senhus campus, venue 14:341. Carina Carlhed makes an introduction to the article: Lawler S.\u00a0Disgusted subjects: the making of middle-class identities<\/a>.\u00a0The Sociological Review<\/i>\u00a02005, 53<\/b>(3), 429-446. The article is also available in Swedish: Lawler S.\u00a0\u2018Att k\u00e4nna avsmak: S\u00e5 bildas medelklassens identitet\u2019<\/a>.\u00a0Fronesis<\/i>\u00a02007,\u00a024<\/b>, 131-147.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n CRISMOS researchers (alphabetic order)<\/b><\/p>\n Carina Carlhed, PhD Education, Associate professor Sociology of Education, post doc (forskarassistent), Department of Education, Uppsala University<\/p>\n Mikiko Cars, PhD Institute of International Education (IIE) and Department of Education, Stockholm University<\/p>\n Vinayagum Chinapah, PhD, Professor and Head of Institute of International Education (IIE)<\/p>\n Susanne Engstr\u00f6m, PhD Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, post doc, Sociology of Education, Department of Education, Uppsala University<\/p>\n Fredrik Hertzberg PhD, Department of Education, Stockholm University<\/p>\n M\u00e5ns Fellesson, PhD Sociology, Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute<\/p>\n Paula M\u00e4hlck, PhD Sociology, Researcher, Department of Education, Stockholm University and The Nordic Africa Institute<\/p>\n Ali Osman, PhD Associate professor Education, Department of Education, M\u00e4lardalen University<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Ongoing research projects<\/b> (alphabetic order)<\/b><\/p>\n Academic Mobility in the Global Knowledge Society: Mobility and Career Paths among Ph.D. Holders in Africa<\/i>,<\/i> funded by Swedish Development Cooperation Agency, director M\u00e5ns Fellesson, co-applicant PhD, Paula M\u00e4hlck<\/p>\n Excellence, meritocracy and equality in academia \u2013 the importance of gender and ethnic background in grant decisions to excellent research environments and in decisions about professor appointments, <\/i>Funded by Forte, co applicant Paula M\u00e4hlck<\/p>\n
\npresentation of research by PhD, Mikiko Cars, \u201cEducation for sustainable society: attainments and good practices in Sweden during the United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD)\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n