Peter Edlund
Biographic Data
| ID | 316179 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Edlund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Edlund |
| SIGNATURE | EDLUND P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8628-7863 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Framing quality (management systems): Private providers and the promotion of self-serving evaluations in Swedish eldercare
Navigating the creation of educational offers: Insights from Swedish upper secondary schools
Purpose Our aim in this paper is to develop new knowledge about the creation of educational offers amidst competing schools. Turning to sociological theorizing on “menus”, we pose the following research question: How do school leaders navigate tensions between innovation and standardization when creating educational offers in competitive situations? Design/methodology/approach We examine our aim using rich qualitative data, consisting of 17 inter…
Booming opportunities and looming challenges? Expansion strategies among finance-controlled providers in the field of Swedish eldercare
The financialisation of eldercare has become an internationally widespread phenomenon with significant implications. Previous literature has shown how finance-controlled providers (FCPs) initially launch their eldercare services throughout urban areas, but we know little about the ways that these providers subsequently expand their services. Focusing on nursing homes in Swedish eldercare, our aim with this paper is to develop new knowledge about …
Teaching schools to compete: The case of Swedish upper secondary education
Significant efforts have been made to promote competition in public service sectors, expanding the reach of competition into non-economic fields. Surprisingly little is, however, known about the process by which competition is introduced into such settings. We examine this process, focusing on a Swedish municipality's efforts to implement competition for students among its schools. By incorporating recent theoretical advancements regarding compet…
Producing and sustaining field-configuring events: The role of prizes in a Swedish Book Fair
We approach field-configuring events (FCEs) as gatherings that engender formative moments in the trajectory of technologies, professions, or industries. Previous research has focused on the field-level consequences of FCEs, implying we still know little about how these events are produced and sustained. Our aim in this paper is concomitantly to theorize the particular role of prizes as elements that help produce and sustain FCEs. Drawing on a qua…
More Than Euros: Exploring the Construction of Project Grants as Prizes and Consolations
In previous funding literature, ample attention has been devoted to the consequences of competition for project grants. These consequences tend to be fueled by status distinctions among grants, but scant attention has been directed toward how such distinctions are constructed. My aim with this paper is to develop new knowledge about the ways in which scientists ascribe meanings that construct status distinctions among grants. Employing qualitativ…
Caring about competition in eldercare? Staff groups, nursing homes, and Swedish market-inspired reforms: Att bry sig om konkurrens inom äldreomsorg? Yrkesgrupper, äldreboenden och svenska marknadsinsp…
During the past 30 years, Swedish eldercare has undergone extensive reforms featuring, among others, far-reaching efforts to construct municipal markets characterised by competition between nursing homes for service provision. Our aim in this paper is to develop new knowledge about how eldercare professionals currently approach the role of competition after it has been present for three decades as a key idea throughout Sweden’s market-inspired re…
Stress-Inducing and Anxiety-Ridden: A Practice-Based Approach to the Construction of Status-Bestowing Evaluations in Research Funding
More than resource allocations, evaluations of funding applications have become central instances for status bestowal in academia. Much attention in past literature has been devoted to grasping the status consequences of prominent funding evaluations. But little attention has been paid to understanding how the status-bestowing momentum of such evaluations is constructed. Throughout this paper, our aim is to develop new knowledge on the role of ap…
Society on board? External board members and the embedding of Swedish higher education organizations in society, 1998-2016
Boards in higher education organizations (HEOs) play multiple roles. While they govern, boards are also expected to embed HEOs in society. Indeed, recent higher education reforms in Europe have emphasized the embedding role of HEO boards more than their governing role. But, although these reforms are widespread, we still know little about the ways in which boards are affected by ambitions of embedding HEOs. The aim of our paper is to explore how …
Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types
We draw on a general model of the governance of organizations to analyze the dynamics among various actor types given the present ubiquity of evaluations in and around universities. Regulators demand evaluations to assess the return on taxpayers' money. Market actors, particularly publishers of academic journals, promote different metrics, including citation scores and impact factors. Scrutinizers, such as media companies, professions, auditors, …
Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types
We draw on a general model of the governance of organizations to analyze the dynamics among various actor types given the present ubiquity of evaluations in and around universities. Regulators demand evaluations to assess the return on taxpayers' money. Market actors, particularly publishers of academic journals, promote different metrics, including citation scores and impact factors. Scrutinizers, such as media companies, professions, auditors, …
Stress-Inducing and Anxiety-Ridden: A Practice-Based Approach to the Construction of Status-Bestowing Evaluations in Research Funding
More than resource allocations, evaluations of funding applications have become central instances for status bestowal in academia. Much attention in past literature has been devoted to grasping the status consequences of prominent funding evaluations. But little attention has been paid to understanding how the status-bestowing momentum of such evaluations is constructed. Throughout this paper, our aim is to develop new knowledge on the role of ap…
Society on board? External board members and the embedding of Swedish higher education organizations in society, 1998-2016
Boards in higher education organizations (HEOs) play multiple roles. While they govern, boards are also expected to embed HEOs in society. Indeed, recent higher education reforms in Europe have emphasized the embedding role of HEO boards more than their governing role. But, although these reforms are widespread, we still know little about the ways in which boards are affected by ambitions of embedding HEOs. The aim of our paper is to explore how …
Teaching schools to compete: The case of Swedish upper secondary education
Significant efforts have been made to promote competition in public service sectors, expanding the reach of competition into non-economic fields. Surprisingly little is, however, known about the process by which competition is introduced into such settings. We examine this process, focusing on a Swedish municipality's efforts to implement competition for students among its schools. By incorporating recent theoretical advancements regarding compet…
Producing and sustaining field-configuring events: The role of prizes in a Swedish Book Fair
We approach field-configuring events (FCEs) as gatherings that engender formative moments in the trajectory of technologies, professions, or industries. Previous research has focused on the field-level consequences of FCEs, implying we still know little about how these events are produced and sustained. Our aim in this paper is concomitantly to theorize the particular role of prizes as elements that help produce and sustain FCEs. Drawing on a qua…
More Than Euros: Exploring the Construction of Project Grants as Prizes and Consolations
In previous funding literature, ample attention has been devoted to the consequences of competition for project grants. These consequences tend to be fueled by status distinctions among grants, but scant attention has been directed toward how such distinctions are constructed. My aim with this paper is to develop new knowledge about the ways in which scientists ascribe meanings that construct status distinctions among grants. Employing qualitativ…
Caring about competition in eldercare? Staff groups, nursing homes, and Swedish market-inspired reforms: Att bry sig om konkurrens inom äldreomsorg? Yrkesgrupper, äldreboenden och svenska marknadsinsp…
During the past 30 years, Swedish eldercare has undergone extensive reforms featuring, among others, far-reaching efforts to construct municipal markets characterised by competition between nursing homes for service provision. Our aim in this paper is to develop new knowledge about how eldercare professionals currently approach the role of competition after it has been present for three decades as a key idea throughout Sweden’s market-inspired re…
Caring about competition in eldercare? Staff groups, nursing homes, and Swedish market-inspired reforms: Att bry sig om konkurrens inom äldreomsorg? Yrkesgrupper, äldreboenden och svenska marknadsinsp…
During the past 30 years, Swedish eldercare has undergone extensive reforms featuring, among others, far-reaching efforts to construct municipal markets characterised by competition between nursing homes for service provision. Our aim in this paper is to develop new knowledge about how eldercare professionals currently approach the role of competition after it has been present for three decades as a key idea throughout Sweden’s market-inspired re…
Stress-Inducing and Anxiety-Ridden: A Practice-Based Approach to the Construction of Status-Bestowing Evaluations in Research Funding
More than resource allocations, evaluations of funding applications have become central instances for status bestowal in academia. Much attention in past literature has been devoted to grasping the status consequences of prominent funding evaluations. But little attention has been paid to understanding how the status-bestowing momentum of such evaluations is constructed. Throughout this paper, our aim is to develop new knowledge on the role of ap…
Society on board? External board members and the embedding of Swedish higher education organizations in society, 1998-2016
Boards in higher education organizations (HEOs) play multiple roles. While they govern, boards are also expected to embed HEOs in society. Indeed, recent higher education reforms in Europe have emphasized the embedding role of HEO boards more than their governing role. But, although these reforms are widespread, we still know little about the ways in which boards are affected by ambitions of embedding HEOs. The aim of our paper is to explore how …
Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types
We draw on a general model of the governance of organizations to analyze the dynamics among various actor types given the present ubiquity of evaluations in and around universities. Regulators demand evaluations to assess the return on taxpayers' money. Market actors, particularly publishers of academic journals, promote different metrics, including citation scores and impact factors. Scrutinizers, such as media companies, professions, auditors, …
Producing and sustaining field-configuring events: The role of prizes in a Swedish Book Fair
We approach field-configuring events (FCEs) as gatherings that engender formative moments in the trajectory of technologies, professions, or industries. Previous research has focused on the field-level consequences of FCEs, implying we still know little about how these events are produced and sustained. Our aim in this paper is concomitantly to theorize the particular role of prizes as elements that help produce and sustain FCEs. Drawing on a qua…
More Than Euros: Exploring the Construction of Project Grants as Prizes and Consolations
In previous funding literature, ample attention has been devoted to the consequences of competition for project grants. These consequences tend to be fueled by status distinctions among grants, but scant attention has been directed toward how such distinctions are constructed. My aim with this paper is to develop new knowledge about the ways in which scientists ascribe meanings that construct status distinctions among grants. Employing qualitativ…
Teaching schools to compete: The case of Swedish upper secondary education
Significant efforts have been made to promote competition in public service sectors, expanding the reach of competition into non-economic fields. Surprisingly little is, however, known about the process by which competition is introduced into such settings. We examine this process, focusing on a Swedish municipality's efforts to implement competition for students among its schools. By incorporating recent theoretical advancements regarding compet…
Navigating the creation of educational offers: Insights from Swedish upper secondary schools
Purpose Our aim in this paper is to develop new knowledge about the creation of educational offers amidst competing schools. Turning to sociological theorizing on “menus”, we pose the following research question: How do school leaders navigate tensions between innovation and standardization when creating educational offers in competitive situations? Design/methodology/approach We examine our aim using rich qualitative data, consisting of 17 inter…
Booming opportunities and looming challenges? Expansion strategies among finance-controlled providers in the field of Swedish eldercare
The financialisation of eldercare has become an internationally widespread phenomenon with significant implications. Previous literature has shown how finance-controlled providers (FCPs) initially launch their eldercare services throughout urban areas, but we know little about the ways that these providers subsequently expand their services. Focusing on nursing homes in Swedish eldercare, our aim with this paper is to develop new knowledge about …
Framing quality (management systems): Private providers and the promotion of self-serving evaluations in Swedish eldercare
Political science (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Competition (biology (3 works) · Construct (python library (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works)