Diana Holmqvist
Biographic Data
| ID | 5140425 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diana Holmqvist |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diana |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmqvist |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMQVIST D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Linköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9848-5098 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Social interactions and relationships in Swedish adult education
This article aims to explore the role of social interactions and relationships in teaching in Swedish municipal adult education (MAE). It begins by asking two research questions: What types of social interactions and relationships are valued by students and teachers in MAE? Why are these interactions and relationships valued? The explorative methodology resulted in qualitative interviews with 41 students and 50 teachers in 6 municipalities. The i…
Carving space to learn for sustainable futures
This article addresses the pressing need to reimagine education for sustainable futures amidst the socioecological crises of our time. Grounded in the recognition of modernity as profoundly alienating and unsustainable, we argue for an education informed by theory, critical pedagogies and critical sustainability research. Through an example from our own teaching practice, where we focused on pace, place, connections and modes of engagement, we de…
How auctions shape the value of education
Management tools do more than manage and organise – they classify and contribute to the construction of education-as-concept. This article shows how tendering-based procurement, used by Swedish municipalities to outsource adult education to non-public providers, works to commensurate ‘education’ into measurable tender evaluation criteria. Drawing on the sociology of conventions approach and 47 procurement examples, I show that tendering evaluatio…
Pragmatic sociology and the economics of convention
This special issue brings together current work in education research that engages with a pragmatic, yet critical theoretical tradition sprung from the French context during the 1980s. Based on a particular understanding of existence, perception, reality and the dynamics of social life, this theoretical tradition has continuously been developed over the past four decades in a variety of fields, such as law, economic studies, political sciences, e…
Auctioning out education
Privatisation of public education is becoming more and more common across the world. As much current research presupposes causal links between the degree of privatisation and issues of competition and student’s free choice, we see a need for research on other ways of organising the presence of private providers in public education. In this article, we study how two Swedish municipalities use public procurement to contract private providers and or…
A cry, a clash and a parting
This article argues for using French pragmatic sociology to explore tensions regarding teachers’ work, by studying critique formulated by teachers themselves. Based on interviews with teachers in Swedish adult education it shows how teachers labour to reconcile ‘what is’ with ‘what should be’ by voicing critique. The findings suggest that, while some critique echoes institutionalised conventions without questioning them, formulating critique is a…
A cry, a clash and a parting
This article argues for using French pragmatic sociology to explore tensions regarding teachers’ work, by studying critique formulated by teachers themselves. Based on interviews with teachers in Swedish adult education it shows how teachers labour to reconcile ‘what is’ with ‘what should be’ by voicing critique. The findings suggest that, while some critique echoes institutionalised conventions without questioning them, formulating critique is a…
A cry, a clash and a parting
This article argues for using French pragmatic sociology to explore tensions regarding teachers’ work, by studying critique formulated by teachers themselves. Based on interviews with teachers in Swedish adult education it shows how teachers labour to reconcile ‘what is’ with ‘what should be’ by voicing critique. The findings suggest that, while some critique echoes institutionalised conventions without questioning them, formulating critique is a…
Auctioning out education
Privatisation of public education is becoming more and more common across the world. As much current research presupposes causal links between the degree of privatisation and issues of competition and student’s free choice, we see a need for research on other ways of organising the presence of private providers in public education. In this article, we study how two Swedish municipalities use public procurement to contract private providers and or…
Carving space to learn for sustainable futures
This article addresses the pressing need to reimagine education for sustainable futures amidst the socioecological crises of our time. Grounded in the recognition of modernity as profoundly alienating and unsustainable, we argue for an education informed by theory, critical pedagogies and critical sustainability research. Through an example from our own teaching practice, where we focused on pace, place, connections and modes of engagement, we de…
How auctions shape the value of education
Management tools do more than manage and organise – they classify and contribute to the construction of education-as-concept. This article shows how tendering-based procurement, used by Swedish municipalities to outsource adult education to non-public providers, works to commensurate ‘education’ into measurable tender evaluation criteria. Drawing on the sociology of conventions approach and 47 procurement examples, I show that tendering evaluatio…
Pragmatic sociology and the economics of convention
This special issue brings together current work in education research that engages with a pragmatic, yet critical theoretical tradition sprung from the French context during the 1980s. Based on a particular understanding of existence, perception, reality and the dynamics of social life, this theoretical tradition has continuously been developed over the past four decades in a variety of fields, such as law, economic studies, political sciences, e…
Social interactions and relationships in Swedish adult education
This article aims to explore the role of social interactions and relationships in teaching in Swedish municipal adult education (MAE). It begins by asking two research questions: What types of social interactions and relationships are valued by students and teachers in MAE? Why are these interactions and relationships valued? The explorative methodology resulted in qualitative interviews with 41 students and 50 teachers in 6 municipalities. The i…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Procurement (2 works)