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Janne Holmén is an Associate Professor at Uppsala University, specializing in the fields of history diagrams, historiography, textbook research, educational history, and island studies. His research primarily focuses on modern history, particularly comparative studies in the Nordic Baltic Sea regions. Holmén is currently engaged in the project 'Figuring Politics,' which explores the long-term trends in history diagrams that illustrate national unity and diversity in civics textbooks. He collaborates with Johanna Ringarp on the project 'Meritocracy, Democracy, Market,' comparing the evolution of university governance in Sweden and Finland since the 1960s. His prior investigations include the portrayal of the Soviet Union in Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish school textbooks during the Cold War and regional history writing related to regional identity in the Baltic Sea islands. Additionally, he is involved in a study of students' mental maps and perceptions of history in the context of the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean regions as part of the project 'Spaces of Expectation' in collaboration with Södertörn University and Ca' Foscari University in Venice. Currently, he is comparing higher education reforms in Sweden and Finland alongside Johanna Ringarp, and he is conducting an international comparison of diagrams used to depict the political landscape in upper secondary school civics textbooks.
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