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The network Team Nordic Shrinkage was initiated in 2019 by five scholars from Sweden, Norway and Finland thanks to funding by the Swedish Government and their initiative "Uppdrag Landsbygd". Since then, the network has expanded and is now a point of contact for young and senior scholars who share an interest in transition, resilience, and adaptation in shrinking areas.

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’Nordic’ referred initially to the Nordic countries, but the network is happy to stretch that definition and look forward to meeting and to learn from colleagues from the Baltic states and other parts of northern Europe.

The network produces a monthly newsletter and arrange webinars twice per semester. Please let us know if you want to volunteer and present a paper on any of these occasions! We would also like to welcome you to advertise upcoming courses, seminars, conferences, publications on the topic on our website.

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The network is coordinated by Josefina Syssner, Professor in Human Geography at Linköping university and the author of several books and papers on shrinkage, and Sara Löwgren, PhD student at Linköping University, researching rural areas.

Publications

2024

De Fine Licht, J., Karlsson, D., & Skoog, L. (2024). Palgrave Macmillan.

Tent, N., Syssner, J., Mose, I., & Rennie, F. (2024). . Raumforschung und Raumordnung/Spatial Research and Planning, 82(2), 160-174.

Bontje, M. (2024). . Urban Planning, 9, Article 7972. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.7972

2022

Moritz Albrecht, Maija Halonen, Josefina Syssner (2022)

Josefina Syssner (2022)

Maija Halonen (2022)

Teemu Makkonen, Tommi Inkinen, Simo Rautiainen (2022)

Linda Lundmark , Doris A. Carson , Marco Eimermann (2022)

Aksel Hagen, Ulla Higdem, Kjell Overvåg (2022)

Moritz Albrecht, Jarmo Kortelainen (2022) Contested planning efforts for the revitalization of small town centres in Finland

Dean Bradley Carson, Doris Anna Carson, Linda Lundmark, Anna-Karin Hurtig (2022)

2020

Aksel Hagen, Ulla Higdem, ed. (2020)

Marlies Majer (2020)

Josefina Syssner (2020)

Josefina Syssner, Marlies Meijer (2017)

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