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Sara’s thesis focuses on the Borlänge Municipality (Borlänge Kommun) and explores how organisational conditions shape the work of spatial planners within the municipal everyday practice.
The defence was chaired by Chris Bales with Professor Anders Ivarsson Westerberg, Södertörn University, acting as Sara’s opponent.
After the defence, the examining committee consisting of Professor Susanne Urban, Uppsala University, Professor Peter Schmitt, Stockholm’s University, and Associate Professor Eva Lindell, Mälardalen University had time for their deliberations. It was unanimously concluded that Sara’s doctoral thesis and defence should be approved.
Sara was a doctoral student at Mälardalen University and within the industrial graduate school, Future-Proof Cities, University of Gävle.
During her doctoral studies, Sara was supervised by Susanna Toivanen, Professor in Sociology, Mälardalen University, and from Dalarna University: Tina Forsberg, Associate Professor in Work Science, Roland Ahlstrand, Senior Professor in Work Science, and Tony Svensson, Senior Lecturer in Construction Technology.
