Bertil Rolandsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 278558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bertil Rolandsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bertil |
| FAMILY NAME | Rolandsson |
| SIGNATURE | ROLANDSSON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4369-7904 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Enabling border policing through socialisation at the playground
Negotiating about Algorithms: Social Partner Responses to AI in Denmark and Sweden
Digital disruption diversified-FinTechs and the emergence of a coopetitive market ecosystem
This article analyses the development of FinTech companies in relation to traditional banks in four countries: Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands and Sweden. Based on approaches drawn from the sociology of markets and field theory, we analyse and theorize about empirical data from secondary sources, official documents and 38 interviews with key actors. Whereas digital technologies have been commonly depicted as a source of disruption for establish…
Older persons providing or not providing informal care to non-family peers - The experience of Health-related Quality of Life. Results from the Swedish Citizen Panel survey
In Scandinavia, older persons have managed to take care of themselves at home with the help of relatives, friends, non-family members and others’ [1]. However, previous research have focused on carers mainly providing formal care, and little is known on the impacts on the carers’ health when providing informal care among older persons [2]. In Sweden, almost half of the hours of caregiving are provided by older persons. In Public Care, to meet the…
The sensitive nature of facial recognition: Tensions between the Swedish police and regulatory authorities1
Emerging technologies with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are laying the foundation for surveillance capabilities of a magnitude never seen before. This article focuses on facial recognition, now rapidly introduced in many police authorities around the world, with expectations of enhanced security but also subject to concerns related to privacy. The article examined a recent case where the Swedish police used the controversial …
Responsive professionalism in post-NPM reforms: The case of the Swedish police
This article investigates responsive professionalism in local collaboration across organizational boundaries, introduced by public reforms as a means to address the downsides of new public management (NPM) and to foster professionalism ‘closer to the citizens’. The case in point is the Swedish police reform, and the empirical material comprises 39 semi-structured interviews with police officers. Drawing on the work of Noordegraaf (2020. “Protecti…
Digital Transformations of Traditional Work in the Nordic Countries
This report aim to go behind narratives of digitalization as a uniform force of disruption, job destruction and revolutionary change at work, and convey a nuanced picture of digitalization played out at ordinary Nordic workplaces in traditional sectors of work. The report is explorative and the findings preliminary, but the picture emerging is nevertheless sobering. Findings show how digitalization in important sectors of Nordic labour markets ar…
The emergence of connected discretion: Social media and discretionary awareness in the Swedish police
Purpose Previous studies repeatedly claim that social media challenge and even disrupt organizational boundaries conditioning discretionary work. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how police officers, drawing on institutionalized value logics, actively shape their awareness of how to use social media with discretion. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on semi-structured interviews with police officers from Sweden, the analysis explores…
Beyond the definition of formal care: Informal care arrangements among older swedes who are not family
This study explores care practices of older people outside formal care and without appealing to predefined relationships. We conducted interviews with 30 independent-living men and women aged 67-93 in three municipalities in Sweden. The interviews explored how they cared for themselves and other older people who were not family. Interviews were conducted between December 2017 and May 2018 and later transcribed and analysed using grounded theory. …
Partnerships with the police – logics and strategies of justification
Purpose – Political reforms call for new types of public-private or community partnerships, in which public services are shaped in collaboration with networks of public, business or non-governmental organizations. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how municipal partners justify and thereby maintain partnerships with the police. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical material comprises documents and 26 semi-structured interviews wit…
Preventing Cooperative Knowledge Production From Falling Apart: A Matter of Trust in Academia
The purpose of this article is to analyze why work life representatives are engaging themselves in joint knowledge production with academia. We intend to deepen our understanding of how the practitioners’ trust in academia is constituted, that is what trust-building practices conditions their trust. The article is based on interviews with practitioners who are cooperating with a Swedish research center. The result indicates that practitioners’ tr…
The sensitive nature of facial recognition: Tensions between the Swedish police and regulatory authorities1
Emerging technologies with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are laying the foundation for surveillance capabilities of a magnitude never seen before. This article focuses on facial recognition, now rapidly introduced in many police authorities around the world, with expectations of enhanced security but also subject to concerns related to privacy. The article examined a recent case where the Swedish police used the controversial …
Digital disruption diversified-FinTechs and the emergence of a coopetitive market ecosystem
This article analyses the development of FinTech companies in relation to traditional banks in four countries: Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands and Sweden. Based on approaches drawn from the sociology of markets and field theory, we analyse and theorize about empirical data from secondary sources, official documents and 38 interviews with key actors. Whereas digital technologies have been commonly depicted as a source of disruption for establish…
Negotiating about Algorithms: Social Partner Responses to AI in Denmark and Sweden
Beyond the definition of formal care: Informal care arrangements among older swedes who are not family
This study explores care practices of older people outside formal care and without appealing to predefined relationships. We conducted interviews with 30 independent-living men and women aged 67-93 in three municipalities in Sweden. The interviews explored how they cared for themselves and other older people who were not family. Interviews were conducted between December 2017 and May 2018 and later transcribed and analysed using grounded theory. …
Preventing Cooperative Knowledge Production From Falling Apart: A Matter of Trust in Academia
The purpose of this article is to analyze why work life representatives are engaging themselves in joint knowledge production with academia. We intend to deepen our understanding of how the practitioners’ trust in academia is constituted, that is what trust-building practices conditions their trust. The article is based on interviews with practitioners who are cooperating with a Swedish research center. The result indicates that practitioners’ tr…
Partnerships with the police – logics and strategies of justification
Purpose – Political reforms call for new types of public-private or community partnerships, in which public services are shaped in collaboration with networks of public, business or non-governmental organizations. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how municipal partners justify and thereby maintain partnerships with the police. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical material comprises documents and 26 semi-structured interviews wit…
The emergence of connected discretion: Social media and discretionary awareness in the Swedish police
Purpose Previous studies repeatedly claim that social media challenge and even disrupt organizational boundaries conditioning discretionary work. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how police officers, drawing on institutionalized value logics, actively shape their awareness of how to use social media with discretion. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on semi-structured interviews with police officers from Sweden, the analysis explores…
Beyond the definition of formal care: Informal care arrangements among older swedes who are not family
This study explores care practices of older people outside formal care and without appealing to predefined relationships. We conducted interviews with 30 independent-living men and women aged 67-93 in three municipalities in Sweden. The interviews explored how they cared for themselves and other older people who were not family. Interviews were conducted between December 2017 and May 2018 and later transcribed and analysed using grounded theory. …
Digital Transformations of Traditional Work in the Nordic Countries
This report aim to go behind narratives of digitalization as a uniform force of disruption, job destruction and revolutionary change at work, and convey a nuanced picture of digitalization played out at ordinary Nordic workplaces in traditional sectors of work. The report is explorative and the findings preliminary, but the picture emerging is nevertheless sobering. Findings show how digitalization in important sectors of Nordic labour markets ar…
Responsive professionalism in post-NPM reforms: The case of the Swedish police
This article investigates responsive professionalism in local collaboration across organizational boundaries, introduced by public reforms as a means to address the downsides of new public management (NPM) and to foster professionalism ‘closer to the citizens’. The case in point is the Swedish police reform, and the empirical material comprises 39 semi-structured interviews with police officers. Drawing on the work of Noordegraaf (2020. “Protecti…
The sensitive nature of facial recognition: Tensions between the Swedish police and regulatory authorities1
Emerging technologies with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are laying the foundation for surveillance capabilities of a magnitude never seen before. This article focuses on facial recognition, now rapidly introduced in many police authorities around the world, with expectations of enhanced security but also subject to concerns related to privacy. The article examined a recent case where the Swedish police used the controversial …
Older persons providing or not providing informal care to non-family peers - The experience of Health-related Quality of Life. Results from the Swedish Citizen Panel survey
In Scandinavia, older persons have managed to take care of themselves at home with the help of relatives, friends, non-family members and others’ [1]. However, previous research have focused on carers mainly providing formal care, and little is known on the impacts on the carers’ health when providing informal care among older persons [2]. In Sweden, almost half of the hours of caregiving are provided by older persons. In Public Care, to meet the…
Negotiating about Algorithms: Social Partner Responses to AI in Denmark and Sweden
Digital disruption diversified-FinTechs and the emergence of a coopetitive market ecosystem
This article analyses the development of FinTech companies in relation to traditional banks in four countries: Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands and Sweden. Based on approaches drawn from the sociology of markets and field theory, we analyse and theorize about empirical data from secondary sources, official documents and 38 interviews with key actors. Whereas digital technologies have been commonly depicted as a source of disruption for establish…
Enabling border policing through socialisation at the playground
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (3 works)