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Waara, P., Jakobsson, M. & Segerstedt, E. (2025). From Recession to Success: The Effects of New Industrialization in a Small Local Communityin the County of Norrbotten, Sweden (2007–2026) – project plan.. Luleå University of Technology
Open this publication in new window or tab >>From Recession to Success: The Effects of New Industrialization in a Small Local Communityin the County of Norrbotten, Sweden (2007–2026) – project plan.
2025 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This study aims to examine the social, economic, and cultural transformations that occur in a small local community following significant industrial investment. The research focuses on shifts in social cohesion, status hierarchies, and behavioral patterns, investigating how attitudes, values, and perceptions of the future have evolved because of the mining industry’s establishment. The empirical analysis covers the period from 2008 to 2026. The study seeks to answer the following key research questions:

1. How have demographic trends, economic conditions, and local welfare—along with recreational habits and public health—been influenced by the establishment of the mining industry?

2. In what ways have value systems and status relationships between different social groups been affected by the mining investment?

3. How has the mining industry shaped young people’s perceptions of career opportunities and their prospects?

4. What new social challenges, if any, have emerged as a result of the rapid economic growth?

5. What are the anticipated long-term implications for the future of Pajala Municipality?

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Luleå University of Technology, 2025. p. 33
Keywords
New industrialization, local community, mining industry, social effects, human work science, generations, gender, community studies, commuters, local residents
National Category
Sociology (Excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)
Research subject
Human Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-112051 (URN)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2024-00292
Available from: 2025-03-18 Created: 2025-03-18 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
Waara, P., Jakobsson, M. & Segerstedt, E. (2025). Från recession till framgång – nyindustrialiseringens effekter i ett mindre lokalsamhälle i Norrbottens län 2007–2026. Luleå University of Technology
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Från recession till framgång – nyindustrialiseringens effekter i ett mindre lokalsamhälle i Norrbottens län 2007–2026
2025 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Syfet med föreliggande projekt är att studera vad som händer med social sammanhållning, statussystem och beteendemönster när omfattande ekonomiska investeringar genomförs i ett mindre lokalsamhälle. Projektet uppmärksammar hur attityder, värderingar och beteenden förändras, vilka statusmässiga förändringar som har ägt rum avseende synen på arbetsliv och fritid, hur tidsanvändandet har förändrats samt om det har skett förskjutningar i människors framtidssyner som en effekt av gruvetableringen? Empiriskt kommer projektet att behandla effekterna av gruvetableringen i Pajala kommun under perioden 2008–2026. Följande frågeställningar ska besvaras:

1. På vilket sätt har lokalsamhällets demografi, ekonomi samt människors välfärd, fritidsanvändning och hälsa förändrats som en konsekvens av gruvetableringen?

2. På vilket sätt har värderings- och statusmässiga förändringar ägt rum mellan olika grupper som resultat av gruvetableringen?

3. Vilken betydelse har etableringen av gruvnäringen för ungdomars föreställningar om framtida yrkesvägar?

4. Vilka eventuella "nya" sociala problem har uppkommit som en konsekvens av den snabba lokala tillväxten?

5. Vilken ny framtid ser man i Pajala kommun?

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Luleå University of Technology, 2025. p. 35
Keywords
nyindustrialisering, lokalsamhälle, gruvnäring, sociala effekter, arbetssociologi, generaFoner, genus, communitystudie, pendlare, bofasta
National Category
Sociology (Excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)
Research subject
Human Work Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-112050 (URN)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2024-00292
Available from: 2025-03-18 Created: 2025-03-18 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
Jakobsson, M. & Waara, P. (2008). Demography and social conditions in Pajala and Kolari (ed.). Luleå: Luleå tekniska universitet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Demography and social conditions in Pajala and Kolari
2008 (English)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Luleå: Luleå tekniska universitet, 2008. p. 22
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Industrial Work Environment
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-23042 (URN)55dad500-f1f1-11dd-ae0d-000ea68e967b (Local ID)55dad500-f1f1-11dd-ae0d-000ea68e967b (Archive number)55dad500-f1f1-11dd-ae0d-000ea68e967b (OAI)
Note
Godkänd; 2008; Bibliografisk uppgift: A baseline study of socio-economic effects of Northland Resources ore establishment in northern Sweden and Finland; 20090203 (biem)Available from: 2016-09-29 Created: 2016-09-29 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
Waara, P., Berglund, L., Soudunsaari, L. & Koskimäki, V. (2008). How people regard the mine establishment in Kaunisvaara, Tapuli and Hannukainen areas (ed.). Luleå: Luleå tekniska universitet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>How people regard the mine establishment in Kaunisvaara, Tapuli and Hannukainen areas
2008 (English)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Luleå: Luleå tekniska universitet, 2008. p. 26
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Industrial Work Environment
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-22353 (URN)28c2a150-f1ed-11dd-ae0d-000ea68e967b (Local ID)28c2a150-f1ed-11dd-ae0d-000ea68e967b (Archive number)28c2a150-f1ed-11dd-ae0d-000ea68e967b (OAI)
Note
Godkänd; 2008; Bibliografisk uppgift: A baseline study of socio-economic effects of Northland Resources ore establishment in northern Sweden and Finland; 20090203 (biem)Available from: 2016-09-29 Created: 2016-09-29 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
Waara, P. (2007). A shift from an early labour market entry to a late qualified arrival: adolescents and the Swedish labour market 1976 - 2006 (ed.). In: (Ed.), Researching work and learning: 5th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning (RWL5) : Conference proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-5 December 2007.. Paper presented at International Conference on Researching Work and Learning : 02/12/2007 - 05/12/2007. Bellville, South Africa: University of the Western Cape
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A shift from an early labour market entry to a late qualified arrival: adolescents and the Swedish labour market 1976 - 2006
2007 (English)In: Researching work and learning: 5th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning (RWL5) : Conference proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-5 December 2007., Bellville, South Africa: University of the Western Cape , 2007Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bellville, South Africa: University of the Western Cape, 2007
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Industrial Work Environment
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-27334 (URN)0c02b820-c025-11dc-b185-000ea68e967b (Local ID)9781868086580 (ISBN)0c02b820-c025-11dc-b185-000ea68e967b (Archive number)0c02b820-c025-11dc-b185-000ea68e967b (OAI)
Conference
International Conference on Researching Work and Learning : 02/12/2007 - 05/12/2007
Note

Godkänd; 2007; 20120312 (andbra)

Available from: 2016-09-30 Created: 2016-09-30 Last updated: 2025-04-30Bibliographically approved
Waara, P. (2007). Activity: International conference and PhD course : Northern Encounters : University of Tromsø, Faculty of Social Sciences, 6 - 8 August 2007: mobility patterns among young people in the peripheral Sweden (ed.). Paper presented at International conference and PhD course : Northern Encounters : 06/08/2007 - 08/08/2007. Paper presented at International conference and PhD course : Northern Encounters : 06/08/2007 - 08/08/2007.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Activity: International conference and PhD course : Northern Encounters : University of Tromsø, Faculty of Social Sciences, 6 - 8 August 2007: mobility patterns among young people in the peripheral Sweden
2007 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-41448 (URN)44d44270-c045-11dc-b185-000ea68e967b (Local ID)44d44270-c045-11dc-b185-000ea68e967b (Archive number)44d44270-c045-11dc-b185-000ea68e967b (OAI)
Conference
International conference and PhD course : Northern Encounters : 06/08/2007 - 08/08/2007
Note
Startdatum: 06/08/2007; Slutdatum: 08/08/2007; Roll: Talare; Typ: Föreläsning / muntligt bidragAvailable from: 2016-10-03 Created: 2016-10-03 Last updated: 2025-10-22Bibliographically approved
Nilsson, J. & Waara, P. (2007). Diffusion of innovations in an educational setting: an analysis of a school improvement project in Sweden 2006-2007 (ed.). In: (Ed.), (Ed.), Researching work and learning: 5th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning (RWL5) : Conference proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-5 December 2007. Paper presented at International Conference on Researching Work and Learning : 02/12/2007 - 05/12/2007 (pp. 1-11). Bellville, South Africa: University of the Western Cape
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Diffusion of innovations in an educational setting: an analysis of a school improvement project in Sweden 2006-2007
2007 (English)In: Researching work and learning: 5th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning (RWL5) : Conference proceedings, Cape Town, South Africa, 2-5 December 2007, Bellville, South Africa: University of the Western Cape , 2007, p. 1-11Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Upper secondary education in Sweden involves around 98 percent of 16-18 year old adolescents. Among these 55 percent attend vocational training programs. To meet changing demands on the labour market caused by technological development and structural reorientation, the educational system has to adjust to these new circumstances by reorientation in education methods, action target (i.e. learning in working settings) which will eventually improve the quality in education and the pupils/students employability. This reorientation concerns particularly vocational-oriented schools. To improve the quality of upper secondary vocational education, the Swedish National Agency for School Improvement started a two year project in 2006 with the aim of encouraging upper secondary schools to form networks with other schools and through these spread and share experiences and ideas about school improvement, working methods and organisation. Behind the project there was a vision encouraging other school organisations to learn how to improve quality in education by the experiences of previously successful local projects.Empirical data have been collected through interviews with some of the schools in the project and a questionnaire has been handed out to all of the schools. Data also include newsletters and minutes (covering meetings) received from the networks as well as documents concerning how and why these ideas originally was formulated by the Swedish National Agency for School Improvement.The aim of the paper is to analyse the process of diffusion of knowledge about school improvement in these networks.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bellville, South Africa: University of the Western Cape, 2007
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Industrial Work Environment
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-30629 (URN)47e97d60-77e6-11dc-80da-000ea68e967b (Local ID)9781868086580 (ISBN)47e97d60-77e6-11dc-80da-000ea68e967b (Archive number)47e97d60-77e6-11dc-80da-000ea68e967b (OAI)
Conference
International Conference on Researching Work and Learning : 02/12/2007 - 05/12/2007
Note
Godkänd; 2007; 20071011 (joknil)Available from: 2016-09-30 Created: 2016-09-30 Last updated: 2025-04-30Bibliographically approved
Waara, P. (2007). Frihet att välja som alla andra. In: (Ed.), Redovisning av erfarenheter från projekt Jag skär: resande seminarium om ungas psykiska ohälsa (pp. 17-20). Västerås: Maskinen förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Frihet att välja som alla andra
2007 (Swedish)In: Redovisning av erfarenheter från projekt Jag skär: resande seminarium om ungas psykiska ohälsa, Västerås: Maskinen förlag , 2007, p. 17-20Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Västerås: Maskinen förlag, 2007
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Industrial Work Environment
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-20665 (URN)6eb4f9c0-8d70-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (Local ID)6eb4f9c0-8d70-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (Archive number)6eb4f9c0-8d70-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (OAI)
Note

Godkänd; 2007; Bibliografisk uppgift: Titelrubrik: Perspektiv på ungas självdestruktivitet; 20071107 (pewa)

Available from: 2016-09-29 Created: 2016-09-29 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
Waara, P. (2007). Ung i Jokkmokk: lokal uppföljning av ungdomspolitik (ed.). Jokkmokk
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ung i Jokkmokk: lokal uppföljning av ungdomspolitik
2007 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Lokal uppföljning av ungdomspolitiken (LUPP) är ett nationellt projekt som omfattar samtliga kommuner i landet. Till dags dato har omkring 70 kommuner låtit genomföra lokala uppföljningar (www.ungdomsstyrelsen.se ) Syftet med de lokala LUPP är att "kommunerna på ett enkelt sätt [kan] öka sina kunskaper om ungdomar" (Ungdomsstyrelsen 2006, s.3) och att svaren från enkätundersökningen ska "användas som underlag för politiska beslut och för att utveckla ungdomspolitiken" (aa. s. 6). Undersökningarna administreras av Ungdomsstyrelsen som erbjuder kommunen en statistikportal för enklare statistikuttag kring områden av relevans för de enskilda kommunerna. Utöver det fattar varje enskild kommun beslut om man vill låta genomföra en fördjupad analys av utfallet för den egna kommunen. För det arbetet rekommenderas att anlita forskare eller konsult inom området. I och med att samma enkät används i flera olika kommuner finns det goda möjligheter att etablera en fördjupad analys sett till förhållanden i olika kommuner. Inom ramen för detta uppdrag finns dock inte utrymme för att göra denna typ av analyser. Denna studie kommer bara att indirekt beröra i vilken utsträckning och på vilket sätt som Jokkmokks kommun ansluter sitt ungdomspolitiska arbete till den nationella ungdomspolitiken så som den formulerats i propositionen "Makt att bestämma - rätt till välfärd" (Proposition 2004/05: 2). Detta sker genom återkopplingar till andra utredningar som särskilt uppmärksammat den nationella målsättningarna (se t.ex. FOKUS 05 samt till Ung 2003. Fördjupad analys av den nationella ungdomspolitiken). I huvudsak ger denna enkätredovisning en deskriptiv bild av ungdomars liv och värderingar i Jokkmokks kommun under vintern 2006/07. Med en deskriptiv analys avses att beskriva utfallet snarare än att tolka det och att länka det till vidare perspektiv, ungdoms- och annan socialvetenskaplig forskning.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Jokkmokk: , 2007. p. 37
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Industrial Work Environment
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-22901 (URN)4c1803f0-8d73-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (Local ID)4c1803f0-8d73-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (Archive number)4c1803f0-8d73-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (OAI)
Note

Godkänd; 2007; 20071107 (pewa)

Available from: 2016-09-29 Created: 2016-09-29 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
Waara, P. (2007). Utanför arbetslivet i arbetssamhället. In: (Ed.), www.ntglar.se: (pp. 1-7). Luleå: NTG-lär
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Utanför arbetslivet i arbetssamhället
2007 (Swedish)In: www.ntglar.se, Luleå: NTG-lär , 2007, p. 1-7Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Luleå: NTG-lär, 2007
National Category
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Research subject
Industrial Work Environment
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-20920 (URN)93ac5d80-8d71-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (Local ID)93ac5d80-8d71-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (Archive number)93ac5d80-8d71-11dc-a188-000ea68e967b (OAI)
Note

Godkänd; 2007; 20071107 (pewa)

Available from: 2016-09-29 Created: 2016-09-29 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
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