2022 Monographs

Evidence and Expertise in Nordic Education Policy. A Comparative Network Analysis

Karseth, Berit; Sivesind, Kirsten; Steiner-Khamsi, Gita

The use of expertise and evidence in educational policy and planning of five Nordic European countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The comparative studies draw on social network analysis as well as qualitative comparisons.

Table of Contents
1 Introduction: A Comparative Network Analysis of Knowledge Use in Nordic Education Policies
Kirsten Sivesind and Berit Karseth

2 What Is in a Reference? Theoretically Understanding the Uses of Evidence in Education Policy
Gita Steiner-Khamsi

3 Exploring the Architecture of Policy Knowledge: A Methodological Note
Oren Pizmony-Levy and Chanwoong Baek

4 Policy Borrowing and Evidence in Danish Education Policy Preparation: The Case of the Public School Reform of 2013
Trine Juul Reder and Christian Ydesen

5 Evidence and Expert Power in Finnish Education Policy Making: The National Core Curriculum Reform
Saija Volmari, Jaakko Kauko, Juho Anturaniemi, and Íris Santos

6 The Irregular Formation of State Policy Documents in the Icelandic Field of Education 2013–2017
Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir and Jón Torfi Jónasson

7 Structuring School Reform Policy with Evidence: The Inter-mediational Role of Knowledge Sources and Arguments
Bernadette Hörmann and Kirsten Sivesind

8 The Complexity of Context in Legitimating National School Reforms: The Case of Sweden
Andreas Nordin and Ninni Wahlström

9 Evidence-Based Policymaking in Nordic Countries: Different Settings, Different Practices?
Chanwoong Baek, Dijana Tiplic, and Íris Santos

10 How Much Is Policy Advice Changed and Lost in Political Translation?
Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Chanwoong Baek, Berit Karseth, and Andreas Nordin

11 The OECD and the Field of Knowledge Brokers in Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic Education Policy
Christian Ydesen, Jaakko Kauko, and Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir

12 Regional Policy Spaces, Knowledge Networks, and the “Nordic Other”
Saija Volmari, Kirsten Sivesind, and Jón Torfi Jónasson

13 On Evidence, Impact, and Layers in Education Policy Processes
Kerstin Martens

14 Evidence-Based Policy Making and Educational Reform in Nordic Europe: Key Contributions of the POLNET Study
Antoni Verger

15 Conclusion: Toward a Renewed Understanding of Evidence-Based Policy in Education
Berit Karseth and Kirsten Sivesind