Oscar Rantatalo
Biographic Data
| ID | 260140 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oscar Rantatalo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oscar |
| FAMILY NAME | Rantatalo |
| SIGNATURE | RANTATALO O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Umeå University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1440-0470 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Emotional management in professional education: A practice architecture analysis of emotionally challenging simulations
This study explores the role of emotional management in professional education, specifically within the context of police death notification training in Sweden. Utilising the theory of practice architectures, the research examines how police students navigate emotionally charged situations during scenario-based simulations. Findings are based on observations of death notification training and semi-structured interviews with police students. The r…
The mismatch between teaching and assessing professionalism: A practice architecture analysis of three professional programmes
While there is broad agreement about their importance, courses in professionalism have proven difficult to teach and assess. Furthermore, there is currently a lack of knowledge regarding problems that are common across professional boundaries. The purpose of this article is to examine what teaching and assessing professionalism in higher education entails in three distinctly different professional education contexts in Sweden: medical, police, an…
The importance of ‘workarounds’ in simulation training – A case study of a first responder mass casualty incident MR simulation
Wellbeing Among Police Personnel Investigating Online Child Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Review
Online child sexual abuse (CSA) crimes have increased significantly in recent years, reflecting broader access to the internet and the global proliferation of CSA content. In response, national police forces have established specialized investigative teams. Notably, repeated exposure to CSA material has been identified as a significant stressor for police personnel, potentially increasing the risk of secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Theref…
Forming Habits in Emergency Organisations—Training for Extreme Situations
This paper examines learning processes in crisis management organizations, focusing on Incident management and command in the military, police, and county administrative board in Sweden. Using a participation lens, we explore human interactions during high‐pressure crises. Our research question is formulated as follows: How does the practice of training for crisis shape practitioners' habits regarding crisis management in organizations? To examin…
Co-Creation to Increase Cross-Functional Collaboration in Police Investigations of Online Child Sexual Abuse: A Qualitative Study Protocol
This qualitative study protocol outlines a co-creation project between researchers and the Swedish police to improve cross-functional collaboration in online child sexual abuse (CSA) investigations. Online CSA cases are complex and require extensive collaboration between prosecutors, IT forensic expertise, and investigators with expertise in child sexual offenses. Despite the recognized need for cross-functional teamwork, research evaluating meth…
The Enactment of Professional Boundary Work: A Case Study of Crime Investigation
Professional boundary takes place as actors negotiate occupational boundaries and division of labour. In this article, we examine the conditions of defensive, accommodating, and configurational boundary work in the context of crime investigation. We analyse how professional boundaries are negotiated as civilian investigators become involved with policing. The article is based on 71 interviews with civilian and police crime investigators from a va…
The Investigation of Online Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Sweden: Organizational Challenges and the Need for Collaboration
Investigating online child sexual abuse (CSA) crimes is challenging for law enforcement agencies, demanding both digital expertise and knowledge about offences against children while exacting a mental toll on investigators. This article identifies challenges in the investigative process, drawing on audit reports, interviews with police management, observations of meetings, and a workshop with online CSA investigators. The findings reveal difficul…
Doing gender and professional identity: Inclusion and exclusion of female civilians in criminal investigations
The number of civilian crime investigators (CIs) has been increasing among the police, a trend that is called civilianisation. However, conflicts have arisen from perceptions that civilian CIs undermine professional police efforts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the intersection of doing gender and professional identity in narratives on inclusion and/or exclusion in CIs’ professional practices. Because professional background and ge…
Motivating Police Reform Through Multimodal Sensegiving: How Change Was Promoted Through Videos in the Swedish Police Reorganisation
In this paper, we contribute to understanding of how video films were used by change management as a communication strategy to portray and promote the organisational reform of the Swedish police in 2015. Based on a multimodal analysis of 44 video films, we theorise how the Swedish police change management “gave sense” to the transformation and future state of the police service. The findings show how change was motivated through descriptions of c…
Police leaders make poor change agents: Leadership practice in the face of a major organisational reform
The present article examines expectations on police leaders during major organisational change pressures. Based on policy analysis and interviews with 28 police leaders, the paper seeks to answer the following question: How do police leaders’ accounts of leadership practice relate to expectations from higher ranks (above), subordinates (below) and police policies concerning leadership? The results of the paper indicate that police leaders are squ…
Competence in professional practice: A practice theory analysis of police and doctors
This article outlines a theoretical understanding of competence as the inferred potential for desirable activity within a professional practice. By employing the concept of ‘teleoaffective structure’ as developed in Schatzki’s practice theory, our study investigates how notions of competent and excellent professionals are defined in two separate practices in which highly qualified professionals share formal qualifications. The study is comparativ…
Media representations and police officers’ identity work in a specialised police tactical unit
A growing body of research has highlighted how media representations of policing and contemporary police work are interconnected and influence each other. An underexplored dimension of this relation is how mediated representations of policing transfer meaning to police officers’ sensemaking of their occupational identities. With the aim of advancing knowledge on this issue, the following article reports a case study of a tactical police unit and …
Competence in professional practice: A practice theory analysis of police and doctors
This article outlines a theoretical understanding of competence as the inferred potential for desirable activity within a professional practice. By employing the concept of ‘teleoaffective structure’ as developed in Schatzki’s practice theory, our study investigates how notions of competent and excellent professionals are defined in two separate practices in which highly qualified professionals share formal qualifications. The study is comparativ…
Police leaders make poor change agents: Leadership practice in the face of a major organisational reform
The present article examines expectations on police leaders during major organisational change pressures. Based on policy analysis and interviews with 28 police leaders, the paper seeks to answer the following question: How do police leaders’ accounts of leadership practice relate to expectations from higher ranks (above), subordinates (below) and police policies concerning leadership? The results of the paper indicate that police leaders are squ…
Media representations and police officers’ identity work in a specialised police tactical unit
A growing body of research has highlighted how media representations of policing and contemporary police work are interconnected and influence each other. An underexplored dimension of this relation is how mediated representations of policing transfer meaning to police officers’ sensemaking of their occupational identities. With the aim of advancing knowledge on this issue, the following article reports a case study of a tactical police unit and …
Forming Habits in Emergency Organisations—Training for Extreme Situations
This paper examines learning processes in crisis management organizations, focusing on Incident management and command in the military, police, and county administrative board in Sweden. Using a participation lens, we explore human interactions during high‐pressure crises. Our research question is formulated as follows: How does the practice of training for crisis shape practitioners' habits regarding crisis management in organizations? To examin…
The Investigation of Online Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Sweden: Organizational Challenges and the Need for Collaboration
Investigating online child sexual abuse (CSA) crimes is challenging for law enforcement agencies, demanding both digital expertise and knowledge about offences against children while exacting a mental toll on investigators. This article identifies challenges in the investigative process, drawing on audit reports, interviews with police management, observations of meetings, and a workshop with online CSA investigators. The findings reveal difficul…
Doing gender and professional identity: Inclusion and exclusion of female civilians in criminal investigations
The number of civilian crime investigators (CIs) has been increasing among the police, a trend that is called civilianisation. However, conflicts have arisen from perceptions that civilian CIs undermine professional police efforts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the intersection of doing gender and professional identity in narratives on inclusion and/or exclusion in CIs’ professional practices. Because professional background and ge…
Motivating Police Reform Through Multimodal Sensegiving: How Change Was Promoted Through Videos in the Swedish Police Reorganisation
In this paper, we contribute to understanding of how video films were used by change management as a communication strategy to portray and promote the organisational reform of the Swedish police in 2015. Based on a multimodal analysis of 44 video films, we theorise how the Swedish police change management “gave sense” to the transformation and future state of the police service. The findings show how change was motivated through descriptions of c…
Media representations and police officers’ identity work in a specialised police tactical unit
A growing body of research has highlighted how media representations of policing and contemporary police work are interconnected and influence each other. An underexplored dimension of this relation is how mediated representations of policing transfer meaning to police officers’ sensemaking of their occupational identities. With the aim of advancing knowledge on this issue, the following article reports a case study of a tactical police unit and …
Police leaders make poor change agents: Leadership practice in the face of a major organisational reform
The present article examines expectations on police leaders during major organisational change pressures. Based on policy analysis and interviews with 28 police leaders, the paper seeks to answer the following question: How do police leaders’ accounts of leadership practice relate to expectations from higher ranks (above), subordinates (below) and police policies concerning leadership? The results of the paper indicate that police leaders are squ…
Competence in professional practice: A practice theory analysis of police and doctors
This article outlines a theoretical understanding of competence as the inferred potential for desirable activity within a professional practice. By employing the concept of ‘teleoaffective structure’ as developed in Schatzki’s practice theory, our study investigates how notions of competent and excellent professionals are defined in two separate practices in which highly qualified professionals share formal qualifications. The study is comparativ…
Motivating Police Reform Through Multimodal Sensegiving: How Change Was Promoted Through Videos in the Swedish Police Reorganisation
In this paper, we contribute to understanding of how video films were used by change management as a communication strategy to portray and promote the organisational reform of the Swedish police in 2015. Based on a multimodal analysis of 44 video films, we theorise how the Swedish police change management “gave sense” to the transformation and future state of the police service. The findings show how change was motivated through descriptions of c…
Doing gender and professional identity: Inclusion and exclusion of female civilians in criminal investigations
The number of civilian crime investigators (CIs) has been increasing among the police, a trend that is called civilianisation. However, conflicts have arisen from perceptions that civilian CIs undermine professional police efforts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the intersection of doing gender and professional identity in narratives on inclusion and/or exclusion in CIs’ professional practices. Because professional background and ge…
The Enactment of Professional Boundary Work: A Case Study of Crime Investigation
Professional boundary takes place as actors negotiate occupational boundaries and division of labour. In this article, we examine the conditions of defensive, accommodating, and configurational boundary work in the context of crime investigation. We analyse how professional boundaries are negotiated as civilian investigators become involved with policing. The article is based on 71 interviews with civilian and police crime investigators from a va…
The Investigation of Online Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Sweden: Organizational Challenges and the Need for Collaboration
Investigating online child sexual abuse (CSA) crimes is challenging for law enforcement agencies, demanding both digital expertise and knowledge about offences against children while exacting a mental toll on investigators. This article identifies challenges in the investigative process, drawing on audit reports, interviews with police management, observations of meetings, and a workshop with online CSA investigators. The findings reveal difficul…
The mismatch between teaching and assessing professionalism: A practice architecture analysis of three professional programmes
While there is broad agreement about their importance, courses in professionalism have proven difficult to teach and assess. Furthermore, there is currently a lack of knowledge regarding problems that are common across professional boundaries. The purpose of this article is to examine what teaching and assessing professionalism in higher education entails in three distinctly different professional education contexts in Sweden: medical, police, an…
The importance of ‘workarounds’ in simulation training – A case study of a first responder mass casualty incident MR simulation
Wellbeing Among Police Personnel Investigating Online Child Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Review
Online child sexual abuse (CSA) crimes have increased significantly in recent years, reflecting broader access to the internet and the global proliferation of CSA content. In response, national police forces have established specialized investigative teams. Notably, repeated exposure to CSA material has been identified as a significant stressor for police personnel, potentially increasing the risk of secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Theref…
Forming Habits in Emergency Organisations—Training for Extreme Situations
This paper examines learning processes in crisis management organizations, focusing on Incident management and command in the military, police, and county administrative board in Sweden. Using a participation lens, we explore human interactions during high‐pressure crises. Our research question is formulated as follows: How does the practice of training for crisis shape practitioners' habits regarding crisis management in organizations? To examin…
Co-Creation to Increase Cross-Functional Collaboration in Police Investigations of Online Child Sexual Abuse: A Qualitative Study Protocol
This qualitative study protocol outlines a co-creation project between researchers and the Swedish police to improve cross-functional collaboration in online child sexual abuse (CSA) investigations. Online CSA cases are complex and require extensive collaboration between prosecutors, IT forensic expertise, and investigators with expertise in child sexual offenses. Despite the recognized need for cross-functional teamwork, research evaluating meth…
Emotional management in professional education: A practice architecture analysis of emotionally challenging simulations
This study explores the role of emotional management in professional education, specifically within the context of police death notification training in Sweden. Utilising the theory of practice architectures, the research examines how police students navigate emotionally charged situations during scenario-based simulations. Findings are based on observations of death notification training and semi-structured interviews with police students. The r…
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)