Postdoctoral Researcher Lauri Julkunen's study Youth and changing rural regions in the Nordic countries: an overview of history and research priorities summarises previous research and historical knowledge on rural youth across four Nordic countries, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark from the early 20th century to the 2020s.
The Call for Proposals has now closed. We can already see that this is going to be a great and diverse conference! We will process the abstracts as soon as possible and we will inform the applicants about the decisions shortly. Registration for the event is now open and all participants can sign up.
In their new publication Assembling places, technologies and young people – becoming rural youth with vehicles and digital technologies in Finland Finnish researchers Ville Pöysä and Helena Ristaniemi (University of Jyväskylä) delve into the lives of young people in rural Finland. The article discusses the meanings of different technologies,...
Call for Papers for the upcoming conference Contemplating Qualitative Longitudinal Research. Methods, Theories, and Temporalities (10-11 June 2024 Helsinki, Finland) has been extended until 19 January 2024.
Norwegian project researchers Ingunn Marie Eriksen and Patrick Lie Andersen (NOVA, Oslo Metropolitan University) discuss gender differences in young people's psychosocial driving in rural areas in Norway. The article The gendered district effect: psychosocial reasons why girls wish to leave their rural communities was published in Journal of Youth...
Our Swedish researchers, Maria Rönnlund and Aina Tollefsen (Umeå University) discuss the life paths and career choices of Swedish rural young adults in two new publications.
10.-11. June 2024 Helsinki, Finland
Historiatietoisuus rakentaa myös kulttuurien ja paikkojen tulevaisuutta ja esimerkiksi ilmastonmuutoksen ja Saamenmaan maankäytön kysymykset asettuivat nuorten puheissa osaksi historiallisia jatkumoita. Historia ei ole vain jotain taaksejäänyttä, kaukaista tai vierasta. Sen sijaan historia on kerrostunutta, läsnä olevaa, vaikuttavaa ja ajassa...
Our Finnish team is participating in Method Festival at Jyväskylä 1.9.2023. We will discuss qualitative longitudinal research with scholars from the same sphere. You are warmly welcomed to listen!
