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The objective of my PhD project is to get a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between urbanisation, mobility and educational choices at different stages of a person’s life-cycle. The aim is twofold: a) to study how geographical location of education institutions affect people’s educational choices and, b) to examine the relationship between educational choices and geographical mobility. More specific, does geographic proximity to secondary school impact young people’s educational choice? Does the presence of a local university increase the educational level in the local area? And do people’s choices of education influence their geographic mobility and settlement patterns later in life? I will examine these relationships by conducting a comprehensive longitudinal study on individual data from 1981 – 2014.
Projects:
A) Proximity to school and educational choice
Although, there is a general idea that young people move to enrol in education, the opposite hypothesis is also present: That distance may act as a deterrent to enrol and that local educational institutions are essential to ensure that young people get an education. The aim of this project is to examine whether proximity to educations influence people’s educational choice at different stages in life, e.g. after primary school and after secondary school.
B) Educational choice, mobility and settlement decisions
This project examines the relationship between choice of education and interregional migration. More specific, I examine how young people’s educational choices, after primary school, affect their geographic mobility later in life. Knowledge about mobility of young people is valuable, when deciding where to locate new educational institutions.
C) University proximity, urbanization and local productivity
This project will evaluate the consequences of geographical decentralization of higher education institutions. In recent decades, there has been an increased political focus on boosting smaller cities’ economies by placing universities outside major Danish cities. This could attract students and boost the local labour market with higher skilled workers, if graduates choose to stay after graduation. However, if the jobs for skilled labour are mostly found in the bigger cities, graduates will most likely move. The project will focus on two questions a) where will graduates of the less urban institutions eventually locate? b) what is the effect of these institutions on the local economy?
Primary fields of research
- Urbanization and interregional migration
- Distance to school and educational choice
- Spillover effects from local universities
- Applied econometrics and analysis of administrative data
Education/Academic qualification
Sociology, Master , University of Copenhagen
31 Jan 2010 → 27 May 2014
Award Date: 27 May 2014
External positions
PhD Fellow, Institut for Geovidenskab og Naturforvaltning, Københavns Universitet
1 Sep 2015 → …
Researcher, Kraks Fond Byforskning
1 May 2014 → 31 Dec 2019
Research assistent, Kraks Fond Byforskning
1 Sep 2011 → 1 May 2014
Teacher assistent in Quantitative Methods, Sociologisk Institut
1 Sep 2011 → 31 Jan 2013
Research assistent, Rockwool Fondens Forskningsenhed
1 Jun 2008 → 30 Jun 2010
Research assistent in Quantitative Methods, Sociologisk Institut
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Nielsen, R. S., Sørensen, E. S. & Andersen, H. T.
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Counter-Urban Activity out of Copenhagen: Who, Where and Why?
Andersen, H. T., Egsgaard-Pedersen, A., Hansen, H. K., Lange, E. S. & Nørgaard, H., 24 May 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Sustainability.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Kommunale indsatser for at tiltrække tilflyttere til land- og yderkommuner
Nørgaard, H., Andersen, H. T., Egsgaard-Pedersen, A. & Sørensen, E. S., 3 Mar 2022, København: Institut for Byggeri, By og Miljø (BUILD), Aalborg Universitet. 125 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research
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Human Capital and Urbanization – The Causal Effect of High School on Moving out of Rural Area
Anders Holm, 1 May 2020, (Submitted).Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Working paper › Research › peer-review
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Unges uddannelsesvalg og regionale flyttemønstre
Sørensen, E. S., 3 Sep 2020, Gentænk Byen. Jørgensen, G., Winther, L., Højgaard Jensen, E., Nørgaard, M., Møller, K. S. & Folvig, S. (eds.). Kbh.: Dansk Byplanlaboratorium, p. 29-34 6 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Education › peer-review
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Unge flytter væk fra Danmarks mindste byer - har uddannelse betydning?
Sørensen, E. S. & Anders Holm, Jun 2019, Kraks Fond Byforskning. 41 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Communication
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Per Michael Johansen & Elise Stenholt Sørensen
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Flere unge skal have deres uddannelse tættere på
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