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The network Team Nordic Shrinkage was initiated in 2019 by five scholars from Sweden, Norway and Finland. Since then, the network has expanded and is now a point of contact for young and senior scholars.

In her teens, Josefina Syssner wanted to be a cartoonist. She had no intention of studying at university. A few decades later, she is a professor  with a specific eye on the parts of Sweden that are losing population year after year.

How can rural areas develop in an age of urbanisation? A new book raises questions and presents visions about the future of sparsely populated areas.