MA in Ethnic and Migration Studies

MA in Ethnic and Migration Studies, 120 credits

Ethnic and Migration Studies

Addressing some of the most challenging issues in today’s world, this programme relates ethnicity and migration to global economic and cultural change, and to systems of domination and resistance movements. You learn to analyse the causes of migration, as well as its consequences for emerging formations of race, gender, labour, citizenship, healthcare, welfare and culture.

Ethnic and Migration Studies, Master´s Programme

Autumn 2019, Full time 100%, Norrköping

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The master’s programme is interdisciplinary, integrating the humanities and the social sciences, and is animated by a commitment to critical, innovative and useful approaches to issues and problems within the broad field of ethnic and migration studies.

Students will gain a comprehensive grasp of the field of ethnic and migration studies and will be well prepared for positions in local, national and international organisations, administration, business, government, media and the cultural sector, as well as for further postgraduate studies and research.

The programme consists of a mix of mandatory courses and electives that will allow you an individual specialisation, options to study abroad, options for internships, and research tutorials with faculty. Teaching involves formats with a high level of student participation. Teaching forms include lectures, workshops, seminars and individual/group tutorials. 

Areas of focus include historical and sociological perspectives on the ways in which migration shapes  society; in-depth knowledge in the field of intersectional migration studies; globalisation and its link to changing conditions for work and migration; the European Union  asylum policies;, theories of biopolitics, citizenship and exclusion; and the relation of race, ethnicity and migration to cultural and aesthetic expressions such as narratives, visual arts, theatre and cinema.

The faculty will be joined by international guest professors to make up an interdisciplinary and internationally experienced team, covering all aspects of the programme’s curriculum and beyond. The program thus offers a direct interface with ongoing research.

Example of specific focus areas within the programme:

  • Historical perspectives on ethnicity and migration
  • Intersectional migration studies
  • Changing frameworks for citizenship
  • Migration and globalisation in post-colonial perspectives
  • Race, ethnicity and migration in culture and the arts
  • Migration and asylum policy in the European Union
  • Migration and health.

Syllabus and course details

In the first two semesters students follow eight mandatory courses of theoretical, thematic as well as methodological profiles. In the third semester, the programme allows students an individual specialisation through studies abroad, internships or teaching practice and elective courses. Study abroad options include partner programmes in Ethnic and Migration Studies in Europe and Africa as well as Linköping University’s many exchange places throughout the world. Students can also apply for the EuMIGS Double Degree, a European Master’s in Migration Studies, with the second year of studies at University of Osnabrück (Germany), University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) or University of Coruña (Spain). The fourth semester is mainly devoted to the composition of the master’s thesis. In addition to their course work, students follow a schedule of thematic seminars and tutorial meetings with the faculty. During their second year students attend seminars that address questions of method and topic selection in preparation for the master’s thesis.

Further information

A detailed syllabus, curriculum, and information on the courses you may take can be found in our study information database via the link below. Entry requirements and tuition fees can be found by selecting the show more function at the top of the page. 
Syllabus and curriculum

Career opportunities

As the programme offers possibilities of study abroad, elective courses and internships, students may tailor their education towards a special interest, profession or field of expertise. Studies abroad are usually conducted through the programme’s exchange agreements with partners in Europe and around the world. Internships give students an opportunity both to specialise and to test professional tasks and assignments with organisations and employers at the local, national or international level. In this way, the programme prepares for wide segments of the labour market, wherever expertise in migration and ethnic relations is needed, including work in governmental and non-governmental organisations, local and regional administration, business and communication, social work and activism, cultural analysis, journalism and commentary in the public sector, as well as further postgraduate studies and research.

Alumni Insights

Testimonial

Haqqi - Syria - Recent graduate

International student ambassadors at Linköping University. Photo credit Anna Nilsen


''We investigate a whole set of challenging questions related to ethnicity, race and migration. The classroom culture is open and helpful for us to critically discuss almost any topic. 

I did my internship with Doctors Without Borders in Stockholm and am now completing my MA thesis on Syrian-Kurdish refugees in Iraq and questions of national and ethnic belonging.''

Learning environment

The teachers in the programme are all doing research in the areas that they teach in their respective courses. This means that courses provide not only an in-depth orientation of knowledge and analysis of each field, but also insights into the production of new knowledge and perspectives in research that is ongoing. The teachers you will encounter in the programme represent different approaches and perspectives. In addition, students will also meet a number of visiting professors and researchers.

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Erik Berggren

Senior Research Coordinator

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Anna Bredström

Senior Lecturer

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Peo Hansen

Professor

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Stefan Jonsson

Professor

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Khalid Khayati

Senior Lecturer

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Catrin Lundström

Research Fellow

Stories from the programme

Hazal Tugra, student at the master programme in Ethnic and Migration Studies

What is it like, being an international master student? 

Meet Hazal, master student in Ethnic and Migration Studies from Turkey. Read about her experiences in her blog.
View of Grand Hotel Norrköping, by the water

Voices of Norrköping - a R.E.M.S report

Voices of Norrköping is the theme for the second edition of the report series produced by international Master’s students of the Ethnic and Migration Studies (EMS) Programme. 

Interview with Xolani Tshabalala, the REMESO postdoctoral candidate

Xolani Tshabalala is a researcher at REMESO and a teacher at Ethnic and Migration Studies. Alumn Alexandra Koptyaeva met Xolani to find out more about his research interests.

Report from REMESO MA students

Master's students in Ethnic and Migration Studies presented a report to the Norrköping Municipality, to both politicians and civil servants.
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Migration to Norrköping the focus of student report

Sports and culture – how can they facilitate integration? These are some of the questions investigated by master’s students from Linköping University in the report “Norrköping- City of Immigration”.
Photo of a person with a suitcase

Master’s students graduate in ethnicity and migration 

Linköping University started an international master’s programme in ethnicity and migration two years ago. The first intake of students has now completed the programme, and will graduate in June.

Research

Citizenship and Ethnic Relations: Social, Cultural and Historical Perspectives

 Citizenship and ethnic relations are seen as instances of social formation and collective identification and hence as parts of the most enduring fabrics of human history.
Post nationella strategier

Post-National Strategies for Growth, Inclusion and Diversity

The focus of this stream are strategies for "renewal", in Europe, as part of changes of welfare policy. Strategies for development, inclusion and diversity, from the post-national to the local level, are examined. 

Migration, Welfare and the Political Economy of Labour Market Segmentation

Migration, changing work organisation and ethnic segmentation in private and public sectors of the economy demands new research strategies that relates the global political economy tochanging welfare regimes.

Recent research news 

Conference on migration

Movement across borders – not an option for everyone

By migration we normally mean people crossing borders, but for more and more people it has become the opposite. This immobility was in focus when 300 researchers got together for a three-day conference.
Anna Bredström

Your diagnosis may depend on where you’re from

Ethnicity researcher Anna Bredström has spent hours poring over the 1000 pages of DSM-5, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, investigating how the manual treats culture and ethnicity. 
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European networking at refugee conference

Housing, best practices in education and collaboration. Examples of how European countries have received refugees were the focus of a recently completed three-day conference in Norrköping.

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