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Learning Social Science

On this page, you will find content which will help you in educational contexts to do with the subject of Social Science at Nordic high schools. It is for both teachers and students.

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Public opinion on the EU in Iceland since 1980

The logo of the EU
- Ragnar Auðun Árnason

Back in the 1980s and 90s, support for joining the European Union in Iceland was split into three, a bit like it is today: for, against and undecided.…

Workplace challenges in a shifting world

A stressed woman sitting by her desk
- Carolin Schütze

Working with migrants can challenge the usual expectations and routines of the workforce in welfare institutions. Bureaucrats respond differently…

The emergence of Norwegian civil society in the 19th century

Caricature of people in a pyramid: King at the top, supported by the upper class with floss hats, again supported by the many workers
- Jan Eivind Myhre

Voluntary organisations were a new and important phenomenon in Norway in the nineteenth century and included many different types of associations,…

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, b. 1930

Portrait of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Here, she is a young woman with blond short hair, standing upright wearing a black long trenchcoat and a formal hat.
- Kevin Hogg

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is an Icelandic politician. She served as the country’s president for 16 years, using the office to promote Icelandic culture…

Uncovering the Nordic Region with Mary Hilson and Peter Stadius

Portrait of Mary and Peter
- Mary Hilson

Listen to a podcast on hot topics in current academic research on the Nordic region today include welfare, colonialism and heterogeneity.

Uncovering Sweden in an International Context with Carl Marklund

Portrait of Carl Marklund in a suit
- Carl Marklund

Listen to a podcast on how some of Sweden’s policymaking successes and failures since the Cold War have been perceived in Sweden itself as well as…

Norway: Uncovering Gender and Branding in the Nordics with Eirinn Larsen

Female in thick jumper portrait
- Eirinn Larsen

Listen to a podcast on how gender is used as a tool in branding the Nordics.

Finland: Uncovering Nordic Myths of Homogeneity with Miika Tervonen

Headshot of man with beard in shirt and jacket.
- Miika Tervonen

Listen to a podcast on commonly held assumptions about state, homogeneity and migration in Finland.

Uncovering the Nordic Model with Caroline de la Porte

Portrait of a smiling woman in suit with short blond hair
- Caroline de la Porte

Listen to a podcast on the difficulty of conceptualising the 'Nordic Model' when there is not just one model and many countries outside the Nordic…

Unequal pay in Denmark: The impact of an outdated law

A group of people demonstrating in red clothes and with red banners.
- Astrid Elkjær Sørensen

Danish nurses still receive 10-20% less in pay than male-dominated professions requiring a similar level of education. There are many contributing…

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