The Research Environment Migration, Ethnicity and Society

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The Research Environment Migration, Ethnicity and Society is a meeting place for researchers who want to develop a multilevel approach to the understanding of migration, ethnicity and society. Its projects relate individual experience, local community development and civil society to the restructuring of the labour market. 

These research and policy concerns are viewed through the lens of ongoing debates over the changing frameworks of citizenship and welfare in contemporary society.

Thus the research environment’s research agenda includes the policy and practices of governments, public agencies, non-governmental organisations, associations, the media, firms and trade unions, in terms of their consequences for labour migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and ethnic minorities. 

At the same time, these concerns are contextualised by national state transformations, the wider forces of globalisation and regional integration. The research also includes projects linking migration and ethnicity to post-colonial historical developments, education and health issues.

The projects are organized in five thematic research streams:

  • Citizenship and Ethnic Relations: Social, Cultural and Historical Perspectives 
  • Globalisation and the Reconstitution of Normative and Legal Frameworks
  • Migration, Public Service and Health
  • Migration Welfare and the Political Economy of Labour Market Segmentation
  • Post-National Strategies for Development/Growth, Inclusion and Diversity
The research environment is part of REMESO (Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society)

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Paula Mählck studies racism in academia

Discrimination in academia and how race, ethnicity, gender and postcolonial relations construct conditions for research and education. This has been the focus of Paula Mählck's research. She will be at REMESO for a two-year lectorship.

SEK 21 million to research in humanities and social sciences

Four LiU researchers will share more than SEK 21 million from the Swedish Research Council’s funding for the humanities and social sciences. Also, three LiU-based journals will together receive SEK 2.2 million.

Pouran Djampour studies negotiations about which migrants are allowed welfare services

How do the negotiations in society about which migrants are to stay and be allowed welfare services, and which are not, look like? This is studied by Pouran Djampour, new post doc at REMESO. Djampour answers four questions about her research.

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The projects are organized in five thematic research streams: Citizenship and Ethnic Relations: Social, Cultural and Historical Perspectives; Globalisation and the Reconstitution of Normative and Legal Frameworks; Migration, Public Service and Health; Migration Welfare and the Political Economy of Labour Market Segmentation and Post-National Strategies for Development/Growth, Inclusion and Diversity. 

In our research database you can find more information about our current and terminated research projects. 

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REMESO Projects

In the Research Database our current and terminated research projects are presented, with information about publications and impact. 

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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.

Globalisation and the Reconstitution of Normative and Legal Frameworks

This stream addresses policy challenges brought about by the globalisation, EU enlargement, changing governance of migration and related flexibilization of labour markets and the consequential implications for labour standards.

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.

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.
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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. 

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Director of REMESO research                

Anders Neergaard

Anders Neergaard

Professor

Director of Doctoral program in ethnicity and migration

Stefan Jonsson

Stefan Jonsson

Professor

Director of Doctoral Studies                  

Catrin Lundström

Catrin Lundström

Senior Lecturer

Researchers

Minoo Alinia

Senior Lecturer

Haqqi Bahram

Haqqi Bahram

PhD student

Erik Berggren

Erik Berggren

Senior Research Coordinator

Anna Bredström

Anna Bredström

Senior Lecturer

Pouran Djampour

Postdoc

Asher Goldstein

Asher Goldstein

PhD student

Peo Hansen

Professor

Mavis Hooi

Mavis Hooi

PhD student

Stefan Jonsson

Stefan Jonsson

Professor

Kristoffer Jutvik

Kristoffer Jutvik
Lisa Karlsson Blom

Lisa Karlsson Blom

PhD student

Karin Krifors

Karin Krifors

Research Fellow

Branka Likic-Brboric

Branka Likic-Brboric

Associate Professor

Catrin Lundström

Catrin Lundström

Senior Lecturer

Rudeina Mkdad

Rudeina Mkdad

PhD student

Paula Mählck

Paula Mählck

Senior Lecturer

Anders Neergaard

Anders Neergaard

Professor

Olav Nygård

Olav Nygård

Research Assistant

Celina Ortega Soto

PhD student

Carl-Ulrik Schierup

Carl-Ulrik Schierup
Zoran Slavnic

Zoran Slavnic

Associate Professor

Claudia Tazreiter

Professor

Julia Willén

Julia Willén

Assistant Lecturer

Aleksandra Ålund

Aleksandra Ålund

Affiliated Researchers

Robert Aman, Lecturer

Robert Aman, Lecturer

University of Glasgow

Jenny Bengtsson

Jenny Bengtsson

Lecturer, University   of Gothenburg

Gurminder K Bhambra

Gurminder K Bhambra

Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick

Eva Bolander

Eva Bolander

Senior Lecturer, Linköping University

Moa Bursell, researcher

Moa Bursell, researcher

Stockholm University

Barzoo Eliassi

Barzoo Eliassi

Senior Lecturer, Linnaeus University

Ahmet Erdi Öztürk

Ahmet Erdi Öztürk

Resarcher, PhD, London Metropolitan University

Måns Fellesson

Måns Fellesson

Researcher, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Anna Gavanas

Anna Gavanas

Investigator, PhD in Social Anthropology

Sabine Gruber

Sabine Gruber

Senior Lecturer

Sadia Hassanen

Sadia Hassanen

PhD Social Antropology, Stockholm University

Aysegul Kayagil

Aysegul Kayagil

Guest PhD, New School for Social Research

Jennie K Larsson

Jennie K Larsson

Investigator, PhD, The Swedish Employment Agency 

Shai Mulinari 

Shai Mulinari 

Researcher, PhD, Lund University

Annette Thörnquist

Annette Thörnquist

Associate Professor, University of Tübingen

Andrey Tibajev

Andrey Tibajev

PhD Candidate, REMESO, Linköping University

Madina Tlostanova

Madina Tlostanova

Professor

Guzel Yusupova

Guzel Yusupova

Lecturer Kazan Federal University

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Division of Migration, Ethnicity and Society

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

Department of Culture and Society

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

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences provides education and research in humanities, social- and behavio-ral science, commercial law, art disciplines and thematic science.

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