スウェーデンの高等教育・研究機関における地理学の教育・研究

抄録

 Since the year 2000, approaches to geographicay in Sweden at both institutes of higher education and research have undergone significant changes. The purpose of the present article is to review the state-of-the-art of higher education and research as it affects geography at universities and institutes in Sweden. To this end, the second section addresses geographical education at universities and university colleges, while the third focuses on trends of geographical studies at Swedish research institutes in the current millennium. As a result, it is explicated that, although a wide range of geographical subjects are taught at universities and university colleges, there is almost no difference between current doctoral programmes at universities on geographical subjects and those established before 1997. Regarding geographical studies, it is revealed moreover, that although the present study objectives differ broadly from those before 2000, policy-oriented studies, such as research on regional innovation, industrial cluster, and housing mix, continue to dominate universities in Sweden. This indicates that the direction of geographical research has remained unchanged since the World War II.