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All the information on nordics.info is research-based, however, this page helps you to find content by ReNEW scholars and others which is more explicitly about up to date research.

Interview: The Nordics: developments in politics and society since 1990

A smiling young man with long hair in a ponytail wearing glasses sitting in front of a world map
- Johan Strang

In this short video, Johan Strang, Associate Professor at the Centre for Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinki compares the social democratic…

Nordic adult educators encounter Tanzanian development in the 1960s and 1970s

Post boxes with greenery
- Nikolas Glover

In 1962 Sweden was said to be the country with the most extensive correspondence education enrolment per capita in the world. This was explained with…

Too good to be true: How Argentinian audiences read Danish drama series

Picture of the Oresund Bridge at night, the bridge stretches between Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö.
- Yamila Heram

In Argentina, Danish television drama series such as Borgen, The Killing and The Bridge attract a small and dedicated niche audience that is actively…

Celebrating Christmas at the edge of religion in Scandinavia

Christmas tree with baubles close-up.
- Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen

Christmas is the most important celebration of the year in the Nordic countries, but it is celebrated in a way that goes beyond its original Christian…

Is the Norwegian model in danger?

Small, blue wooden house balancing on a modern building.
- Atle Midttun

In the first decades of the 21st century, some Norwegian commentators have been calling for an increased emphasis on commercial competition in…

‘Socialist’ suicide in Scandinavia: a historical view of a common myth

1960s woman looking into camera while waiting for bus to go to work
- Byron Zachary Rom-Jensen

High rates of suicide are often connected with the Nordic countries and their apparently ‘socialist’ policies. Highlighting high suicide rates in…

It's relational: Racial attitudes in Swedish welfare institutions

Vector image, many different types of working-type icons in blue connected to one another via lines
- Carolin Schütze

Racial bias of staff at welfare institutions can result in negative outcomes for minority clients. Staff are not only professionals, but also…

Studio-Based Learning in the Nordics

Young man working on desk with lots of pens and paper around him taken from above.
- Sille Julie J. Abildgaard

Studio-Based Learning (SBL) is an educational tradition with a student-centered approach. The practice originates in Northern Europe, where Nordic…

Buying Greenland? Trump, Truman and the 'Pearl of the Mediterranean'

Map showing where Greenland is located on the map.
- Thorsten Borring Olesen

In the summer of 2019, the Trump Administration voiced an interest in buying Greenland from Denmark. The historical background for this stretches at…

The Nordic welfare state: staying fit-for-purpose

Crowd of people
- Helena Kaarina Blomberg

There have been drastic changes to the political and economic climate since the inception of the Nordic welfare states in the twentieth century.…

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