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    Policy Tensions Between Discourses on Internationalisation and Gender in Swedish Higher Education
    (Higher Educ Policy, Springer Nature, 2025-01-16) Simonsson, Angelica; Angervall, Petra
    One emphasised discourse in Swedish higher education policy is internationalisation, which is in line with EU recommendations to ensure a sustainable knowledge system. This knowledge system, perhaps especially in Sweden, also emphasises the importance of gender equity. In this study, we are interested in the recontextualisation between discourses of internationalisation and gender in Swedish higher education (HE) at both national and local levels. We use critical discourse analysis to examine two different examples: (1) discourses in national HE policy, and, (2) discourses at a Swedish university and one of its departments. Overall, we find that government discourses on HE are recontextualised in ways that support national, standardised interests rather than local university needs. Although these discourses emphasise the importance of both internationalisation and gender through articulations of mobility, sustainability and equity, there are strong individualistic aspirations in line with a meritocratic system. These patterns are even more pronounced at the local university level, where these discourses join to promote certain successful departments and academic subjects. In conclusion, the findings illustrate how the recontextualisation between internationalisation and gender discourses legitimises the prevailing gender divide — not the other way around — but also that this recontextualisation can create tensions and changes.
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    Rethinking Institutional Responses to Gender-Based Violence in Academia as Forms of Care in the Nordic Context
    (Open Gender Journal, 2024) Simonsson, Angelica; Steinþórsdóttir, Finnborg Salome; Husu, Liisa; Ovesen, Nicole
    This article explores institutional responses to gender-based violence (GBV) in three Nordic higher education institutions (HEIs) through the concept of institutional care processes (Tronto 2013). The care fra-mework provides insights into the challenges and opportunities in HEIs‘ efforts to address GBV. The article presents three detailed case studies conducted in 2022 on the implementation of anti-GBV policies and prac-tices in HEIs in Finland, Iceland, and Sweden. By reframing institutional responses as forms of care, a gap in the care processes was identified. The care work was often driven by „driving-spirits“ but lacked recognition, value, and structures for long-term capacity building. While HEIs fulfill their duty to care by identifying needs and assigning responsibility for meeting them, there was a lack of adequate working conditions in place to ensure sustainable care provision could be done.Keywords: Gender Equality Policy, Higher Education, Sexual Harassment, UniversitySubmitted: 14 April 2023Accepted: 04 April 2024Published: 31 May 2024DOI: https://doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2024.238Research support: The UniSAFE project was funded under EU Horizon 2020, Grant agreement ID 101006261.This article was edited by Sabina García Peter and Käthe von Bose.