Ann-Kristin Boström
Research
Dr. Boström works as a researcher at Encell, the National Centre for Lifelong Learning at the School of Education and Communication. Her research area includes international and comparative education, intergenerational learning and social capital. Boström is active in several international networks and is also responsible for the evaluation of a European project, ECIL. The aim of this project is to pilot a collection of intergenerational lifelong learning training approaches developed in the UK with a number of partners across Europe.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2025).
  Social capital and intergenerational relationships in times of pandemic    Journal of Intergenerational Relationships.
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                                     Bjursell, C.,              Boström, A.,              Dybelius, A.          
  (2023).
  Intergenerational learning in a changing world: Knitting generations together    Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica: Journal of Theories and Research in Education, 18(2), 51-65.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2017).
  Lifelong learning in policy and practice: The case of Sweden    Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 57(3), 334-358.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2014).
  Reflections on Intergenerational Policy in Europe: The Past Twenty Years and Looking into the Future    Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 12(4), 357-367.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  Relationships are the common denominator    Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 10(1), 1-4.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  Adult learning in a European context    Journal of Contemporary Educational Studies, 154-163.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2011).
  Lifelong Learning in Intergenerational Settings: The Development of the Swedish Granddad from Project to National Association    Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 9(3), 293-306.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2009).
  Social capital in intergenerational meetings in compulsory schools in Sweden.    Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 7(4), 425-441      London: Routledge     .
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2005).
  EDITORIAL COMMENTS    Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 3(3), 1-3.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2003).
  Increasing social capital in the classroom: A challenge for intergenerational learning in the 21st century    Education and Society, 20(3), 91-101.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2003).
  Intergenerational learning in Stockholm county in Sweden: A practical example of elderly men working in compulsory schools as a benefit for children    Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 1(4), 7-24.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2002).
  Informal learning in a formal context: Problematizing the concept of social capital in a contemporary Swedish context    International Journal of Lifelong Education, 21(6), 510-524.
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2002).
  Klassmorfar - vem är han och vad gör han?    Att Undervisa, 3, 12-14.
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                                     Boström, A.,              Tuijnman, A.          
  (2002).
  Changing Notions of Lifelong Education and Lifelong Learning    International Review of Education, 48(1/2), 93-110      The Netherlands: Kluver Academic Publishers     .
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2002).
  Increasing Social Capital in the Classroom: A Challenge for Intergenerational Learning    Education and Society, 20(3), 91-101      Melbourne: James Nicholas Publishers     .
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Book
                                   Boström, A.          
  (2022).
  Varför stickar du?.
  
      Stockholm:
      HB Livslångt Lärande Stockholm
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                                     Lüscher, K.
                Hoff, A.
                Viry, G.
                Widmer, E.
                Sánchez, M.
                Lamura, G.
            , ... Xiying W.
    
  (2017).
  Generations, intergenerational relationships, generational policy: A multilingual compendium.
  
      Konstanz:
      Universität Konstanz
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                                   Boström, A.,              Lidholt, B.          
  (2006).
  Lärares arbete - pedagogikforskare reflekterar utifrån olika perspektiv: En antologi från en konferens anordnad av Myndigheten för Skolutveckling.
  
      Stockholm:
      Liber
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Doctoral thesis
                                    Boström, A.          
  (2003).
  Lifelong learning, intergenerational learning, and social capital: from theory to practice
  (Doctoral thesis, Stockholm:
      Institute of International Education).
  
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Book chapter
                                     Boström, A.          
  (2022).
  Informellt lärande genom stickkaféer.
      In:
    C. Bjursell & M. Malec Rawiński
    (Ed.),
    
    
         Äldres lärande:
      utblickar och insikter
          (pp. 127      -136).
    
          Stockholm: Natur och kultur       
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2021).
  Lärande genom generationsmöten.
      In:
    
    
         Livslångt lärande - för välbefinnande, mångfald och delaktighet
          (pp. 48      -49).
    
          Jönköping: Encell - Nationellt centrum för livslångt lärande       
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2019).
  Generational differences at the workplace.
      In:
    Helene Ahl, Ingela Bergmo Prvulovic & Karin Kilhammar
    (Ed.),
    
    
         Human resource management:
      A Nordic perspective
          (pp. 128      -139).
    
          London, UK: Routledge       
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2017).
  Generationsgnissel på arbetsplatsen.
      In:
    Helene Ahl, Ingela Bergmo Prvulovic & Karin Kilhammar
    (Ed.),
    
    
         HR:
      Att ta tillvara mänskliga resurser
          (pp. 163      -221).
    
          Lund: Studentlitteratur AB       
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                                     Bjursell, C.,              Boström, A.          
  (2017).
  Generation, relationer mellan generationer, generationspolicy: Ett mångspråkigt kompendium.
      In:
    Kurt Lüscher, Andreas Hoff, Gil Viry & Eric Widmer, Mariano Sánchez, Giovanni Lamura & Marta Renzi, Andrzej Klimczuk, Paulo de Salles Oliveira, Ágnes Neményi, Enikő Veress, Cecilia Bjursell & Ann-Kristin Boström, Gražina Rapolienė & Sarmitė Mikulionienė, Sema Oğlak & Ayşe Canatan
    (Ed.),
    
    
         Generationen, Generationenbeziehungen, Generationenpolitik:
      Ein mehrsprachiges Kompendium
          (pp. 215      -236).
    
      
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                                     Boström, A.,              Lee, S.,              Kee, Y.          
  (2015).
  Community Well-Being through Intergenerational Co-Operation.
      In:
    Y. Kee., Y. Kim. & R. Phillips
    (Ed.),
    
    
         Learning and Community Approaches for Promoting Well-Being
          (pp. 57      -68).
    
          Berlin: Springer       
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2014).
  Intergenerational Learning and Social Capital.
      In:
    B. Schmidt-Hertha, M. Formosa, & S. Jelenc Krasovec
    (Ed.),
    
    
         Learning Across Generations in Europe: Contemporary Issues in Older Adult Education
          (pp. 191      -201).
    
          Rotterdam: Sense Publishers       
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  Social capital in intergenerational meetings in compulsory schools in Sweden.
      In:
    
    
         Intergenerational Interchange which spins diversified societyMore information
                                     Boström, A.          
  (2004).
  The granddad project in compulsory schools in Stockholm, Sweden.
      In:
    Atsuko Kusano
    (Ed.),
    
    
         Intergenerational interchange to build the community:
      Lesprit Daujourdui (2004/7)
    
          Tokyo: Shibundo co., Ltd Publisher       
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                                     Boström, A.          
  (2000).
  New curriculum in the Swedish School. How is it interpreted and implemented?.
      In:
    
    
         Lokalt förändringsarbete och medborgarinflytande: Community Empowerment and Citizen Influence
    
          Stockholm: Södertörn FoU       
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Review
                                   Boström, A.          
  (2005).
  [Review of] Childhood and Old Age: Equals or Opposites?: Edited by Jørgen Povlsen, Signe Mellemgaard and Ning de Conick-Smith. Odense: Odense University Press, 1999..
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Conference paper
                                   Boström, A.          
  (2021).
  Intergenerational learning by knitting study circles and knitting cafés.
  
        11th conference of the ESREA Research Network on Education and Learning of Older Adults (ELOA), Bologna, Italy, 2021, 21-22 October.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2019).
  Retirement and quality of life – A transitional perspective of the experiences from the first welfare generation in Sweden.
  
        10th ELOA Network Conference, “The pluralisation of transitions to the after-working life phase: Gender capital, silver productivity and mental health”, 10-11 May 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2019).
  Quality of life and well-being – a historical perspective of the theoretical concepts and the experiences from the first welfare generation in Sweden.
  
      Faro:
      Universidade do Algarve,      The 9th Conference of the ESREA Research Network on Education and Learning of Older Adults (ELOA), Faro, Portugal, 11-13 October 2018.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2018).
  Quality of life and well-being – a historical perspective of the theoretical concepts and the experiences from the first welfare generation in Sweden.
  
        Paper at the 9th Conference of the ESREA Research Network on Education and Learning of Older Adults (ELOA), University Of Faro, Portugal, 11-13 October 2018.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2017).
  Can the creativity and actions taken in knitting circles and knitting cafés give the participants a voice in their community and strengthen the identity of individuals?.
  
        The 8th conference of the ESREA Network - ELOA, Identity, Voice, Creativity, Action!, 9-11 November 2017, Leeds, UK.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2017).
  Knowledge or attitudes and values: The Swedish School system and intergenerational learning.
  
        Generations United 19th Global Intergenerational Conference, June 13-16, 2017, Milwaukee, USA.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2017).
  Lifelong learning in policy and practice: The case of Sweden.
  
        Getting of wisdom – Learning in later life, International Exchange and Conferences, 12–18 February, 2017.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2014).
  Transfer of knowledge of intergenerational learning between five European countries.
  
        Innovations In Older Adult Learning: Theory, Research Policy: Fifth Conference of ESREA’s Network on the Education and Learning of Older Adults, 22-24 October 2014, University of Malta, Valletta Campus.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2013).
  Student assessment: The case of Sweden.
  
        OECD Conference in Oslo; Synergies for Better Learning: An International Perspective on Evaluation and Assessment.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2013).
  Generationsmöten som en väg till att stimulera det livslånga lärandet.
  
        Swedage 2013: Lev längre - må bättre?, 17 oktober 2013, Jönköping.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2013).
  Intergenerational Learning in Early Years Education.
  
        GoAct-Conference, 17-18 June 2013, Brussels.
  
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                                   Boström, A.,              Bjursell, C.,              Boberg, K.          
  (2013).
  Learning through intergenerational meetings: When, where and why?.
  
        ESREA triennial conference, September 4-7, 2013, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  Intergenerational solidarity - and the need for lifelong and lifewide education to enhance community wellbeing.
  
      Ljubljana:
      Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani,      The Third Conference of the ESREA Network on Education and Learning of Older Adults (ELOA), 19-21 September, 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  The Life of an EU-Lifelong Learning Project and then what?.
  
        The Inaugural Conference of the ESREA Network on Policy studies in Adult Education - Trans-nationalization of Educational Policy Making.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  Community Well-being through Intergenerational Co-operation.
  
        Searching for Community Well-being in a Civil Society: Themes and Issues, Seoul.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  The Granddad program, an example of intergenerational learning in education and training settings.
  
        One Step Up in later life: learning for active ageing and intergenerational solidarity, Brussels.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  Should lifelong learning be more subidized by the state?.
  
        Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, Singapore.
  
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                                   Boström, A.,              Wirén, E.          
  (2010).
  Diversity and its Impact on Schools and diversity in Education.
  
        XIV World Congress of Comparative Education.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2010).
  Lifelong learning and community well-being: the case of the Granddad project in Sweden.
  
        4th ICIP Conference 2010; 26-29 April.
  
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                                   Boström, A.,              Chaib, M.,              Ahl, H.,              Chaib, C.,              Bergmo Prvulovic, I.,              Petersson, R.          
  (2010).
  Universities Regional Engagement in Regional settings in Sweden: and the case of the National Centre of Lifelong Learning (Encell), Jönköping University.
  
        Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education.
  
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                                   Boström, A.,              Ahl, H.,              Bergmo Prvulovic, I.,              Chaib, C.,              Chaib, M.,              Petersson, R.          
  (2009).
  Universities’ regional engagement in regional settings in Sweden.
  
        Presented at Pascal International Observatory, 7th annual conference, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2005).
  Measuring social capital, intergenerational meetings in compulsory schools in Sweden.
  
      Singapore:
      National University of Singapore,      International Conference on Education 2005 : 6-9 December 2005, National University of Singapore.
  
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2004).
  Intergenerational Initiatives in Sweden.
  
      New York:
      The Haworth Press,      International Conference on Education 2005 : 6-9 December 2005, National University of Singapore.
  
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Blog Post
                                   Boström, A.          
  (2022).
  Stickning - Informellt lärande .
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2022).
  Att återerövra kunskap som försvunnit .
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Other publications
                                   Boström, A.          
  (2023).
  Är stickning den nya yogan? [video].
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2013).
  Intergenerational Learning in Early Life.
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2013).
  Position paper for GoAct.
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2013).
  Introduction.
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2012).
  Interview: How Swedish Granddads Won School Children’s Hearts.
  
      Ottawa, Ontario
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Report
                                   Ingvar, M.,              Boström, A.          
  (2014).
  En bättre skolstart för alla: bedömning och betyg för progression i lärandet.
  
      Stockholm:
      Utbildningsdepartementet
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                                   Boström, A.,              Boudard, E.,              Siminou, P.          
  (2001).
  Lifelong Learning in Sweden: The extent to which vocational education and training policy is nurturing lifelong learning in Sweden.
  
      Luxenbourg:
      Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
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                                   Boström, A.,              Boudard, E.,              Siminou, P.          
  (2000).
  Lifelong learning in Sweden: The extent to which vocational education and training policy is nurturing lifelong learning in Sweden.
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                                   Boström, A.          
  (2000).
  Sweden.
  
      London/Hamburg:
      The Beth Johnsson Foundation/The UNESCO Institute for Education
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