Today I welcome Claes Martinson Professor in Private Law, Excellent Teacher, from the University of Gothenburg he is also the holder of the Torsten Pettersson chair in Maritime and Transport Law.

Listen to Professor Martinson reflect on the evolving role of the university—its purpose, and whether its direction is increasingly shaped by business interests or government agendas. He shares candid insights into the challenges of teaching in today’s academic landscape and how the student body has changed since he first entered the profession.

Professor Martinson also explores whether Artificial Intelligence poses a genuine threat to university teaching and governance, offering a thoughtful take on how AI may reshape higher education.

The conversation briefly touches on the disturbing influence of the current U.S. administration’s stance on diversity—and its potential ripple effects in Sweden—highlighting the need for vigilance and resistance.

This is essential listening for anyone considering a future in law, educators navigating today’s academic realities, or anyone curious to hear a brilliant professor speak openly about his work, his concerns, and his enduring belief in the university’s vital role in society.

Enjoy, comment, debate and remember to share widely,

https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/claesmartinson

• Private Law
• Property Law and Finance Law
• Scandinavian legal approach
• Maritime and Transport Law

• Regulatory models (Poseidon Principles, The Atmosphere as Property, etc)
• Legal embeddedness
• Legal science beyond its permanent state of inchoateness

• Private Law
• Property Law and Finance
• Mergers and acquisitions Law - Private Equity Finance Law
• Maritime and Transport Law

Welcome to this short episode where I share some thoughts and research on education—with a little help from my two new best friends: robots.

Yes, this episode is only 16 minutes and 32 seconds long, but I hope it offers something meaningful. I’ve been reflecting a lot on how we, as educators, are navigating the space between technology and human connection. And I’m concerned.

I’m concerned that we sometimes hesitate to embrace new technologies. Or we rush in without care. I believe we need to approach both technology and our relationships with students with intention—and above all, with care.

As technology continues to develop at incredible speed, we can’t ignore those without access to it—even those right beside us. Nor can we overlook the very real harm caused by overuse, by disconnection, by losing ourselves in the digital world.

This is where we come in.

As educators, we have a responsibility to understand not just how technology can support learning—but also where it might cause harm.

For me, technology is just that: a tool.

It will never replace students I meet. It will never replace the power of a real, caring human connection.

My approach is grounded in three principles:

1. Trust students.
2. Believe in students.
3. Inspire students to grow.

And the foundation is Care.

Care for students—not just for their academic growth, but for who they are as human beings. My goal is to guide them through the digital landscape so they don’t lose themselves, but learn to use technology in ways that are ethical, meaningful, and human. This means I too need to continue learning and that makes life & living truly meaningful

Thank you for listening. I hope this sparks something in your own reflections. Let's keep learning, together. / Remember TO BE KIND to you and those around you / Liisa

In this very special 1 hour episode meet Johan Sandberg, a truly unique Swedish Indigenous Saami & Scottish Gaelic.

He is an Indigenous scholar, language rights activist and a teacher, translator and academic (linguistics, literature and indigeneity) currently residing in Liksjoe, Sweden.

He is the Head of the Department of English and Saami Studies at Finnbacken Secondary School at Lycksele Kommun.

As of May 2018, I am the President of the Saami Writers’ Centre in Jokkmokk, and I am passionate about making sure that Saami literature is afforded the space and resources it deserves to thrive.

He introduces himself on his wordpress website

(https://johansandbergmcguinne.wordpress.com/)

As a member of an indigenous community and a minority culture, I’m also passionate about decolonisation, education and endangered languages, as well as questions of authenticity and identity politics from an indigenous perspective.

The South Saami’s ancestral lands cover Sweden and Norway from Dalarna in the south to Dearna and Raane in the north, and my own family hails from Vualtjere in the northern parts of our territory. In South Saami, which is only spoken by between 500 and 1000 people today, our country – unlawfully colonised by the Swedish and Norwegian settler states since the late 16th century – is called Saepmie. I was raised in Ubmeje and later moved to Linköping, before attending university in Gothenburg, Freiburg-im-Breisgau (Germany) and Sruighlea (Scotland).

My Gaelic family comes from Nìs on the Isle of Lewis, and as part of a reclamation process of the second of my two endangered languages, I taught Gaelic and was a member of a Scottish Gaelic choir in Sruighlea where I was resident until mid-2013.

I intend to use this space to write long, as well as shorter posts about the following subjects in English, Swedish and, occasionally, South Saami and Scottish Gaelic:

• Decolonisation
• Education
• Linguistics
• Endangered Languages
• Indigeneity
• Post-colonialism
• Poetry

Johan's Profile and Linkedin contact,

linkedin.com/in/johan-sandberg-mcguinne-84029115b

Author

“Duan is Dàn – I Occupy the Liminal Spaces in Between”, (kommande)

“Ett koloniserat sinne sjunger inte“ för Provins 2:2018, ed. Åkerlund, (2018)

“Elsa i Saajvoe-Kungens Rike” (Barnradioteater) 2017

Editor /redaktör

Noerh Tjaelieh / Nuarah Tjállieh – Unga Samer Skriver, (2018)

Sápmi 2.0 – Subaltern No More, (2016)

Translator/översättare

Mojhtestasse, Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson (2018)

Tråante 2017 – The Centenary Year in pictures, ed. Morten Olsen Haugen, (2018)

Aarehgïjre, Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson (2017)

Jielemen Aavoe – The Joy of Life, Rawdna Carita Eira (2017)

Goevtegæjnoste Gaelpiedualjan / From Kautokeino to Kalvskinnet (2017)

Orda – This is My Land, Sofia Jannok, (2016)

Lådtjies vïlluojde, Thea Viklund (2016)

Languages: Sydsamiska, Swedish, English and German

Other Interesting Webpages relating to indigenous issues:

Samediggi (2025) Home Page of Sami Parliament Sweden https://www.sametinget.se/

UN (2021) The Sámi: We are the natives of this country

https://unric.org/en/sami-we-are-the-natives-of-this-country/#:~:text=They%20have%20been%20subjected%20to,with%20abuses%2C%20violations%20and%20racism.

Meet Anikka Kjeller, an educator/pedagogue, former ECEC principal, grief and family counselor, Breast Cancer survivor and operations manager with many years of experience working with children and young people, as well as their families, in grief and difficult situations.

She also specializes in coordinating systematic quality work for workgroups and leadership within the education sector—both public and private—as well as in nonprofit organizations, for example at Kraftens Hus Göteborg, a meeting place for individuals affected by cancer.

Contact: Annika Kjeller

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/annikakjeller

Website:

K Mentorway Heartful Empowerment

https://www.kmentorway.se/

Book

Barnboksdebut ”SORGSÖRJAN och Livsgnistan” av Annika Kjeller https://idusforlag.se/bok/sorgsorjan-och-livsgnistan/

The reviews of the book are amazing, including one from Ullakarin Nyberg psykiater suividforskare

"Annika Kjeller har skrivit en livsviktig bok. Barn som sörjer behöver vuxna som klarar att möta dem och den här boken kan hjälpa till med det. 💛

Article

Kjeller, A (2024) Annika Kjeller debuterar med SORGSÖRJAN och Livsgnistan. Boktugg.

https://www.boktugg.se/2024/05/10/annika-kjeller-debuterar-med-sorgsorjan-och-livsgnistan/

Swedish Television - Nyhetsmorgon 11/8-24 in Swedish (10.32min)

https://www.tv4play.se/klipp/9fa7d4263f98f9fb358c/video-att-prata-med-barn-om-sorg-vaga-saga-sanningen

Social media

Instagram / Facebook” kmentorway”

Hello Colleagues and LinkedIn Friends,

I am sure most of you are a bit like me, that is, I do NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY CV and guess what I do not NEED to. Do have a listen to a deep dive where two presenters present yours truly BRILLIANTLY - all I did was I uploaded my CV on NotebookLM,and VOILA - I was IMPRESSED WITH ME, the presenters PRONOUNCED some Swedish words wrong but hey, so what, they did a great job.

ok I added the music and did a bit of editing. BUT that part was fun - Those of you who know me will recognize some of the work I have been involved in, and all the brilliant students THANK YOU - Gosh I sound GREAT. HAVE A HAPPY REST OF THE WEEK / Liisa

Today's guest on Sånt är livet i Sverige or That's life in Sweden ! is the Secretary General Magnus Jägerskog for BRIS a Swedish Children's rights organisation. Magnus holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Stockholm University. Since the early 2000s, he has held various leadership positions within the nonprofit sector as well as in state-owned enterprises.

Between 2011 and 2016, Magnus served as the CEO of IQ, a subsidiary of Systembolaget. Prior to that, he worked as the Head of Marketing and Communications at the Friends organization.

Since 2016, Magnus has been the Secretary General of BRIS (Children’s Rights in Society), advocating for children's rights and well-being in Sweden.

Contact: Magnus Jägerskog

https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnus-j%C3%A4gerskog-956b8921?lipi=

BRIS website

bris.se (Company)

Altinget - Articles written by and about Magnus Jägerskog with Sofia Walan in Swedish

https://www.altinget.se/person/magnus-jagerskog

YOUTUBE

Dagens människa, avsnitt 136 (Nov 18, 2024) Magnus Jägerskog (36:10min) In Swedish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqlWbxahts0

RF-SISU Skåne (Feb 13, 2023) Intervju Magnus Jägerskog, Generalsekreterare BRIS (5:38min) in Swedish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQSYmJXmeQE

Equmeniakyrka (Oct 2020) Magnus Jägerskog. Vetekornsdagar (21:09min) in Swedish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8GYW0FLfBo

Meet Dr Sanna Brauer a Researcher and Trainer in Teacher Professional Development at the University of Tampere Finland. Sanna's expertise is on the use and development of Digital Open Badges in teaching and learning. She has published numerous scientific articles and books addressing competence-based learning and the impact of digital badges on motivation and learning outcomes. Her doctoral dissertation was the first to explore the use of badges in learning processes.

Brauer’s publications include guides and studies that concentrate on the development of digital pedagogy. Additionally, she has conducted systematic literature reviews on competence-oriented higher education and students’ perceptions of the skills required in the workforce. Her academic publications often focus on digital learning environments and lifelong learning through digital badges at different levels of education

She has also been involved in various national and international projects, such as MEDigi, which focuses on the digitalization of Finnish medical education, and the Smart Campus RDI network, which promotes innovation and business development in Finnish universities.

Sanna’s Profile

linkedin.com/in/sannabrauer

References:

Brauer, S., Kettunen, J., Levy,A., Merenmies, J., & Kulmalaet, P. (2023) The Educational Paradigm Shift— A Phenomenographic Study of Medical Teachers’ Experiences of Practices. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04013-w

Brauer, S. & Korhonen, A. (2022). 360-Degree View of Digital Open Badge-Driven Learning. In D. Piedra (Ed.), Innovations in the Design and Application of Alternative Digital Credentials (pp. 95-130). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7697-7.ch005

Brauer, S. (2021). Towards competence-oriented higher education: a systematic literature review of the different perspectives on successful exit profiles. Education + Training, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-07-2020-0216

Brauer, S., Ratinen, I., Kumpulainen, K., Kyrö-Ämmälä, O., Nikander, L., & Väänänen, I. (2021). Agency, expertise and working life skills : Students’ conceptions of the generic competences required in the world of work. European Journal of Education Studies, 8(5).https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v8i5.3710

Brauer, S., Ruhalahti, S., Hallikainen, V., (2018). Digital professional learning: triggers in an online badge-driven process. Education in the North, 25(1-2), pp. 64-86.

Brauer S. Kettunen J. Hallikainen V. (2018). “Learning Online” for vocational teachers— Visualisation of competence-based-approach in digital open badge-driven learning.The Journal of Professional and Vocational Education: Vocational Education and Training in the Nordic Countries, 20(2), 13–29.