Stefán Einarsson
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Mapping the flows and stocks of permanent magnets rare earth elements for powering a circular economy in the UK Open
A transition towards renewable energy and transport electrification requires a high demand for rare earth elements (REE). China's dominance in REE makes the supply chains vulnerable for REE-consuming countries. The UK is one of the only th…
Organizational Identity of Think Tank(er)s: A Growing Elite Group in Swedish Civil Society Open
Think tanks, defined as organizations that produce policy research for political purposes (McGann, 2007; Medvetz, 2008), are an increasingly ubiquitous type of policy actor world-wide. In Sweden, the last 20 years’ sharp increase in think …
Think Tanks: New Organizational Actors in a Changing Swedish Civil Society Open
Policy institutes, or “think tanks”, are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in our societies. In this article, we conceptualize think tanks explicitly as a civil society phenomenon, linking the proliferation of this relatively new type of ac…
A History of Icelandic Literature Open
Stefán Einarsson covers almost a thousand years of Icelandic literature in tracing the influence of the sagas and eddic poems. The book begins with background on Icelandic literature, outlining its literary roots in Scandinavia. Following …
Comparing Swedish Foundations: A Carefully Negotiated Space of Existence Open
Foundations and philanthropy currently play a very limited role in the Swedish welfare. The same is true in fields like Culture and Recreation or International Activities. Only in the case of funding of research do Swedish foundations exhi…