Magnus Dahlstedt

Professor

My interest in terms of research and teaching is related to the development and changes of citizenship ideals, in the advanced liberal society of today, in the age of international migration.

Development and changes of citizenship ideals

My interest in terms of research and teaching is related to the development and changes of citizenship ideals, in the advanced liberal society of today, in the age of international migration. The focus is on struggles over defining citizenship in the context of the multi-ethnic city – in relation to welfare, education and democracy.

Publications

2024

Magnus Dahlstedt, Andreas Fejes (Editorship) (2024) Vägar fram?: Den sociala rörlighetens banor i migrationens Sverige

Magnus Dahlstedt, Andreas Fejes, Helena Colliander, Nedzad Mesic, Sofia Nordmark, Sofia Nyström, Maria Rydell (2024) Vägar fram Vägar fram? : Den sociala rörlighetens banor i migrationens Sverige

Maria Rydell, Sofia Nyström, Magnus Dahlstedt (2024) Villkorade vägar in i vuxenlivet Vägar fram? : Den sociala rörlighetens banor i migrationens Sverige

Magnus Dahlstedt, Andreas Fejes (2024) Den sociala rörlighetens banor i migrationens Sverige Vägar fram? : Den sociala rörlighetens banor i migrationens Sverige

Andreas Fejes, Magnus Dahlstedt (2024) Den sociala rörlighetens banor Vägar fram? : Den sociala rörlighetens banor i migrationens Sverige

News

Different kind of football activity for girls creates inclusion

Can youth sports be a tool for creating inclusion and combating segregation? Activities organised in a non-traditional way in communities where the target group is located may be precisely that, according to research that focuses on sport for girls.

Studying the role of sporting activities in social sustainability

Sporting activities have become common in socioeconomically vulnerable areas. Politicians hope they can promote integration and bring down crime. But research shows that other initiatives are necessary in long-term work with social sustainability.

Popular education important for asylum seekers’ social inclusion

Committed teachers in the popular adult education sector are quietly making a huge contribution with helping asylum seekers into Swedish society. And it’s not just educational, it's also social and humanitarian. All according to two fresh LiU studies.

Research

Flykting med huvudet i händerna framför tomt hus

Migration, learning and social inclusion

What effect do different kinds of educational interventions aimed at learning the Swedish language have for migrants' inclusion in the Swedish labour market and society more widely? What do the migrants themselves have to say about this?

Ethnicity and Migration

International migration and ethnic relations is a large multidisciplinary field of research at Linköping University.

Organisation

Hands and gestures of a group of discussing people.

Division of Social Work (SOCARB)

The division oversees education and research in the field of social work.

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.