Oskar is no longer working at Nordregio. For contact or more information please contact nordregio@nordregio.org
Oskar is a geographer specialised in spatial statistics and thematic mapping. He has a particular interest in the development of GIS methodology in areas of strategic planning.
Academic qualifications
BSc in Human Geography
Languages
Swedish
English
Spanish
Prior positions
GIS Assistant at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University
Research Assistant at the Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Publications
Penje, O. & Wimark, T. (2017) Social hållbarhet och segregation: kvantitativ tillgänglighetsmodellering för rumsliga analyser av kollektivtrafik. Delrapport i antologin Metoder och verktyg för sociala nyttoberäkningar i kollektivtrafiken (red. Wimark, T.) Kulturgeografiskt seminarium 1:2017
Hajdu, F. Penje, O. & Fischer, K. (2016) Questioning the use of ‘degradation’ in climate mitigation: A case study of a forest carbon CDM project in Uganda. Land Use Policy. Vol 59 sid 412-422. Dec 2016.
Related Research Projects
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Finished
- MAMBA (Maximised Mobility and Accessibility of Services in Regions Affected by Demographic Change)
- Small and medium-sized cities in the Nordic and Arctic regions
- Agenda 2030
- ESPON Financial Instruments
- Follow-up of Värmland strategy
- Territorial Impact Assessment for Cross-border Cooperation
- Adapting European Cities to Population ageing: Policy challenges and best practices
- Statistical report of Innlandet-Dalarna
- Regional disparities and the geography of service within the Nordic countries
- Sweden-Norway Cross-Border Mapping
- Health care and care with distance-spanning technologies, e-health and digitalisation
- Social services and care in SPAs in the Nordics
- Mapping of labour force and skills supply in the border municipalities of Innlandet, Dalarna and Värmland
- Integrating immigrants into the Nordic labour market – The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
- The organisation of social services and care in sparsely populated areas in the Nordics
- Rural housing dilemmas: De-population and empty houses, as well as lack of housing
- Combatting long-term unemployment post-Covid – focusing on immigrants in the Nordic countries
Related Publications
- Global goals for local priorities: The 2030 Agenda at local level
- In-depth accessibility study – Regional development impacts in the Nordic countries
- Integrating immigrants into the Nordic labour markets. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Population Change Dynamics in Nordic Municipalities – Grid data as a tool for studying residential change at local level
- State of the Nordic Region 2020 -Wellbeing, health and digitalisation
- Statistikhäfte för Gränsregionen Innlandet-Dalarna
- Agenda 2030. How to reach the goals and measure success at the local level
- Recruitment and retention in the welfare sector: Nordic good practice
- Agenda 2030 och hållbarhetsmålen på lokal nivå
- Rural housing challenges in the Nordic region
- Breaking the downward spiral: Improving rural housing markets in the Nordic Region
- Agenda 2030 and SDGs at the local level – a brief start-up guide
- Globala mål för lokala prioriteringar: Agenda 2030 på lokal nivå
- Combatting long-term unemployment among immigrants
- Demografi och kompetensförsörjning i gränsområdet Innlandet-Dalarna-Värmland
- Towards a grid-based Nordic territorial typology
Related News
- Help Santa to work remotely – where to locate in 2021?
- New Report: COVID-19 increased the employment gap in the Nordic labour markets
- Challenges turned into advantages: the story of remote communities during COVID-19
- A large gap in distance to basic service
- 18th February, 30min workshop with the Nordic Service Mapper
- 10 December: Welfare in sparsely populated areas and how to organize social services and care
- Online workshop 24 September: NordMap in a nutshell
- A pressing problem: Are the rural housing markets frozen?
- Online workshop 11 September: How to compare and see change over time in maps!
- Online workshop 27 August: Learn to make maps in 30min!
- Agenda 2030 at the local level – the work continues
- Realizing Agenda 2030 – the local way
- A growing municipality may not be all it seems – New grid-level study reveals people flows inside the municipality borders
- New publication: Combatting long-term unemployment among immigrants
- 5G applications in public services: What to envision for Nordic-Baltic cross-border collaboration?
- Longing for a cultural Christmas holiday? Going on a trip above the Arctic circle might be a good idea!
Related Events
- What’s in a Voluntary Local Review?
- 17 February: Taking the 2030 Agenda to the local level!
- 24 September: Online workshop – NordMap in a nutshell
- 11 September: Online workshop – How to compare and see change over time in maps!
- 27 August: Online workshop – Learn to make maps in 30min!
- Agenda 2030 at the local level: What’s next?
- GENERATION 2030: Global Goals for Local Priorities
- Lunch seminar on Agenda 2030 in the Nordic Region, Umeå
- Agenda 2030 at the local level
- Nordic urban-rural typology reveals population changes
Related Maps
- Change in overnight stays for domestic visitors 2019–2020
- Change in overnight stays for foreign visitors 2019–2020
- OECD House Price Index. Change 2020Q2–2021Q2
- Change in new registered cars 2019-2020
- Bankruptcies in 2020 by industry and region
- Relative change in the number of business bankruptcies
- Access to fixed broadband at minimum download speed 100 Mpbs
- Help Santa to work remotely – where to locate in 2021?
- How to prepare for Home Alone Christmas 2020?
- Accessibility of in-patient care in Eastern health region
- Accessibility of out-patient drop-in care in Eastern health region
- Accessibility of primary care in Eastern health region
- Accessibility of in-patient care in Sogn og Fjordane
- Accessibility of out-patient drop-in care during non-office hours in Sogn og Fjordane
- Accessibility of out-patient drop-in care during office hours in Sogn og Fjordane
- Accessibility to primary care in Sogn og Fjordane
- Accessibility gains from virtual health rooms in Västerbotten
- Accessibility of highly specialised care in Västerbotten
- Accessibility of in-patient care in Västerbotten
- Accessibility of out-patient drop-in care in Västerbotten
- Accessibility of primary care in Västerbotten
- Accessibility of out-patient drop-in care during non-office hours and in-patient care in South Karelia
- Accessibility of out-patient drop-in care during office hours in South Karelia
- Accessibility of primary care in South Karelia
- Accessibility of highly specialised care in Nordjylland
- Accessibility of in-patient care in Nordjylland
- Accessibility to out-patient drop-in care during non-office hours in Nordjylland
- Accessibility to out-patient drop-in care during office hours in Nordjylland
- Accessibility to primary care in Nordjylland
- Households’ access to basic broadband in 2018
- Degree of rurality at the municipal and regional level in 2017
- Broadband speed availability and coverage
- Household coverage of NGA broadband 2018
- Household access to broadband 100Mbps
- Typology of foreign-born population 0–19 years 2019
- Change in the share of young adults 2000–2019
- Prospective old-age dependency ratio 2019
- Remaining life expectancy at the age of 65
- General fertility rate 2016-2018 average
- Cluster analysis of Christmas 2018
- Finnish medical record service (Omakanta) users, as a share of total population, in 2018
- Lower secondary educational attainment level 2016
- Early leavers from education and training 2016
- Household access to high capacity fixed broadband 2016
- Tertiary education attainment level 2016
- Municipalities by degree of urbanisation and functional urban areas
- Population density 2015
- Main trade flows between the Nordic and Baltic Sea Region countries in 2014
- Longing for a cultural Christmas holiday? Going on a trip above the Arctic circle might be a good idea!
- Urban-rural typology of Nordic Municipalities
- Tertiary education attainment level 2020
- New urban-rural typology of Nordic countries
