Jo B. HelgetunNov 9, 20213 min readCan we enable dialogue between different explanatory models in the social sciences? If so, how?A question have been bugging me throughout my short academic career. Can we enable dialogue between different explanatory models in the...
Jo B. HelgetunOct 28, 20218 min readPresenting "Digital instruments and education governance: The case of TeacherTapp"I am happy to share that I have just begun a new research project to study digital education and education governance by researching the...
Jo B. HelgetunDec 2, 202010 min readHow to deal with the importance of language and connotations in comprehending policy in any formTo analyse policy, its discourse, and its interpretation by practitioners, and the researcher analysing it we arguably need to engage...
Jo B. HelgetunSep 17, 20205 min readOn the problems of social mobility as a concept in the current western political paradigmAt present there is much focus on social mobility, and rightly so given the current political paradigm in the western world. We see it...
Jo B. HelgetunJul 17, 20204 min readWhat is a God? The importance of agnosticismWhat is a God? Is he/she/it omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent? Can there be only one "God" or are there multiple but only one is...
Jo B. HelgetunMay 9, 20203 min readPolicymaking as a "craft"? if so, what are the implications?The relation between research and policymaking is an intriguing part of the ongoing debates on how to deal with Covid-19. The Swedish...
Jo B. HelgetunFeb 10, 20202 min readSmoke and mirrors: how referencing hides shortcomings and may lead to a mistrust in evidence useIt is interesting to note how policy documents, be they English white papers, Norwegian green papers or messages to Parliament, or French...
Jo B. HelgetunFeb 3, 20206 min readThoughts on the use of concepts and language: Teaching as a craft and its connotationsTo understand policy, its discourse, and its interpretation by practitioners, and the researcher analysing it we arguably need to engage...
Jo B. HelgetunJan 17, 20203 min readThoughts on what social science can and cannot doOne may begin thinking on what science can and cannot do by revisiting and paraphrasing Max Weber’s (2003 [1958]) proposition that the...
