Title of thesis

Bounded Horizons. A study of upper secondary school choice for newly arrived students.

Summary

Twenty-two recently migrated year-nine students were interviewed about their experiences during the upper-secondary school choice process. Analysis drew on a number of theoretical perspectives such as horizon for action, capital and boundaries. The results show that the students’ possession of resources determined how the students interacted with boundaries in the school choice process. The concept of horizon of action is developed through the description of segmentation and limitation which influenced how the students interacted with structural and symbolic boundaries.

Zoom link

https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/67968977444

Opponent

Ee-Seul Yoon, Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Manitoba, Kanada

Chair of the defence

Johanna Ringarp, docent, Associate professor, Department of Education, Stockholm University

Supervisor

Fredrik Hertzberg, Associate professor, Department of Education, Stockholm University

Assistant Supervisors

Larissa Mickwitz, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education, Stockholm University
Daniel Lövheim, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education, Stockholm University

Examining Committee Members

Marianne Teräs, Professor, Department of Education, Stockholm University
Marianne Dovermark, Professor, Department of Education and Special Education, University of Gothenburg
Alireza Behtoui, Professor, Social Sciences, Södertörn University

Suppleant

Nihad Bunar, Professor, Department of Special Education, Stockholm University

Contact

Brendan Munhall, PhD student

Brendan Munhall Foto: Sören Andersson