Space & place
Opening up new spaces for preschool education in a diverse and migrating world
The aim of the project is to explore the needs and demands facing preschool today in an increasingly mobile and globalized society. The project hope to provide rich opportunities for the children to make sense in and of the world they are a part of The specific aim of this project is to develop the preschool practice and environment to support multilingual development and participation, and to explore and develop forms for parent collaboration, using participatory methods
Researchers:
- Anne Harju
- Annika Åkerblom
Adolescents’ views of fear of crime in public space
In this project, adolescents aged 14-20 that live and spend time in two Malmö neighbourhoods: Rosengård and Sofielund have been interviewed. The aim of this research is to get a deeper knowledge of how the adolescents perceive their immediate neighbourhood, their relationship to different places in the neighbourhood and where they feel safe and unsafe. Knowledge about how adolescents experience their surroundings and how they move around the city is important for several reasons, however, this research primarily focus on how this shapes - and are shaped, by their experiences of fear of crime and criminality.
Researchers:
- Susanne Egnell
- Anna-Karin Ivert