Division of Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO)

REMESO pursues research and education on transnational migration, ethnic diversity and citizenship in relation to changes in labour and welfare.

REMESO gather researchers from several departments and runs a PhD program in Ethnic and Migration Studies, an International Graduate School in Migration, Ethnicity and Society, the Bachelors program Social and Cultural Analysis (SKA) and an international Master programme in Ethnic and Migrations Studies.

REMESO develops a multilevel approach to migration, ethnicity and society. The research relates individual experience, local community development and civil society to the restructuring of the labour market, changing frameworks of citizenship and welfare. Thus the research agenda includes policy and practices of governments, public agencies, NGO´s, media, firms and trade unions, contextualised by national state transformations, globalisation and regional integration. REMESO's research also includes projects linking migration and ethnicity to post-colonial historical developments, education and health issues.

REMESO´s research is organized into five Streams:

Migration, Welfare and the Political Economy of Labour Market Segmentation
Globalisation and the Reconstitution of Normative and Legal Frameworks
Post-National Strategies for Growth, Inclusion and Diversity
Citizenship and Ethnic Relations: Social, Cultural and Historical Perspectives
Migration, Public Service and Health

Research
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Migration, Public Service and Health

Research in this stream study welfare institutions with particular focus on health and education and how public and private services are organized and distributed to an ethnically diverse population.

19th Nordic Migration Research Conference 2018

New (Im)mobilities: Migration and Race in the Era of Authoritarianism. SAVE THE DATE: 15–17 August 2018.

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.

Education
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Doctoral studies

Graduate School in Migration, Ethnicity and Society

The REMESO Graduate School in Migration, Ethnicity and Society offers courses for PhD- and MA-students, on a variety of perspectives on international migration. Courses are taught by REMESO staff and international guest lecturers.

The Doctoral Programme in Ethnic and Migration Studies

The doctoral programme offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary research education in ethnic and migration studies.

Degree programme

MA in Ethnic and Migration Studies, 120 credits

Learn to analyse the causes of migration, and consequences for formations of race, gender, labor, citizenship, healthcare, welfare and culture. Relates ethnicity and migration to economic and cultural change, to systems of domination and resistance.

News
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Wives who accompany husbands working abroad

Prof. Lundström has investigated the situation of women who return home after living abroad. These migrants are disadvantaged by two factors: the global economy and the Swedish welfare system. This is particularly clear in the matter of pensions.

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.

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.