Research in focus: Migration
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News | Published: 20 March 2026
50 years of amnesties – exceptions as part of Swedish migration policy
Since the 1970s, around 100,000 people have been allowed to stay...
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News | Published: 2 October 2025
Sweden risks losing top position in international integration index
Swedish integration policy has long been at the top of...
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News | Published: 11 June 2025
Global migration in focus as leading experts gather in Malmö
More than 500 participants from around the world will gather in...
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News | Published: 15 April 2025
MIM: researching the drivers and consequences of migration
There is a lot going on at the Malmö Institute for Migration...
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News | Published: 24 March 2025
Young migrants opt out of youth health centres
A low number of migrants go to youth health centres: this was th...
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News | Published: 24 March 2025
New online journal on migration studies for a broad audience
The Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM) is launching an...
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News | Published: 21 March 2025
Moving on after the threat of deportation as a child
Children who have grown up with the threat of deportation carry...
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News | Published: 6 November 2024
Tourism must become more inclusive
Tourism has been criticised for being both primarily targeted at...
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News | Published: 13 June 2024
Half do not come into contact with refugees
Western Europeans have a more positive attitude towards refugees...
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News | Published: 3 January 2024
New model to better anticipate refugee patterns
More sources and unconventional data can make it better to...
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Research projectPracticing Hope: Challenging myths and changing narratives of youth in super-diverse urban communities (YouHope)
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Research project
"EqualAct" Equal chances in active labour market program placements for different groups? Examining decision making in the Swedish PES
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Research project
International Collaboration for Climate Change Action at the frontlines
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Research project
New perspectives on the electoral participation of immigrants in Sweden
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Research project
Future Society and Democracy in Europe
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Research project
Climate-Induced Migration in Africa and Beyond: Big Data and Predictive Analytics (CLIMB)
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2026 | Article in journal
The Face of Sweden: Racial Commodification and Tokenistic Multiculturalism in Nation Branding
Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Katarina Mattsson
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2026 | Article in journal
Managerializing expulsion: Examining the discursive critique of assisted voluntary return and reintegration policy
Valon Junuzi
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2026 | Article in journal
'Well, there went that playing buddy … ' Retrospective narratives about displaceability among children fearing deportation in Denmark and Sweden
Jacob Lind
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2026 | Article in journal
Antisemitism and anti-Israel attitudes in Sweden: patterns of associations, attitudinal profiles, and the role of institutional trust
Liliia Korol, Pieter Bevelander
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2026 | Article in journal
A Narrative of Care for Mental Illness among Newly Arrived Refugees and Asylum Seekers from 1990 to 2021
Sofia Johansson
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2026 | Chapter in book
The electoral participation of immigrants in a globalised world
Derek S Hutcheson, Pieter Bevelander
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2026 | Article in journal
How the AI boom was enabled by a 1970s economic revolution
Michael Strange, Marisa Ponti
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2026 | Other
The book that changed my mind – 12 experts share a perspective‑shifting read
Mark Lorch, Alina Patelli, Ana M Queirós, Anna Bedenk-Smith, Benjamin Curtis, Eva Wennås Brante, Jack Fennell, Jonathan Fisk, Laura Stephenson, Makayla Lewis, Michael Strange, Viren Swami
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2026 | Article, book review
Book review of Leutloff-Grandits, Carolin. 2023. Translocal Care across Kosovo's Borders. Reconfiguring Kinship along Gender and Generational Lines. New York: Berghahn. 276 pp
Brigitte Suter
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2026 | Article in journal
Sweden's New Resettlement Policy: Introducing Gender and Gender Equality as Governing Tools in Migration Governance
Brigitte Suter
Identity, belonging and cultural change
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Christian Fernandez – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Research focus on citizenship from the perspective of migration and integration, diversity, multiculturalism, school and education.
christian.fernandez@mau.se
+46 40 665 73 51
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Anders Hellström – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Research focus on European integration, populism, nationalism, public debate on migration and identity in and outside Sweden.
anders.hellstrom@mau.se
+46 40 665 75 69
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Vanja Mosbach – Project researcher
Research on immigrant electoral participation in Sweden and its impact on integration and democratic representation.
vanja.mosbach@mau.se
+46 40 665 79 26
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Sayaka Osanami Törngren – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
The research concerns racialisation, racism and inequality, with a focus on migration and integration in Swedish and international contexts.
sayaka.torngren@mau.se
+46 40 665 72 27
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Maja Povrzanovic Frykman – Professor
Research focus on migration, transnational practices, diaspora, war experiences, refugeehood, ethnicity and place.
maja.frykman@mau.se
+46 40 665 71 26
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Carolin Schütze – Associate senior lecturer
Research on discrimination, racialisation, and attitudes in organizations related to migration and ethnic relations.
carolin.schutze@mau.se
+46 40 665 72 36
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Brigitte Suter – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Research on transnational families, care practices, and integration in the context of migration.
brigitte.suter@mau.se
+46 40 665 70 83
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Malin Thor Tureby – Professor
Research on how stories about the Holocaust and migration shape teaching, memory and civic education in schools.
malin.thor@mau.se
+46 40 665 78 67
Migration and integration
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Pieter Bevelander – Professor
Research focus on citizenship, voting and the labour market.
pieter.bevelander@mau.se
+46 40 665 73 43
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Inge Dahlstedt – Head of unit/Senior lecturer
Research focus on labour market integration, diversity and social trust.
inge.dahlstedt@mau.se
+46 40 665 75 57
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Henrik Emilsson – Associate senior lecturer
Research focus on labour market integration.
henrik.emilsson@mau.se
+46 40 665 74 55
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Nahikari Irastorza – Associate Professor
Research focus on integration of migrants, including migrants' participation in the labour market, ethnic relations and their effects.
nahikari.irastorza@mau.se
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Liliia Korol – Project researcher
Research on youth attitudes toward migration, and how trust and well-being shape tolerance and support for integration.
liliia.korol@mau.se
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Jacob Lind – Senior lecturer
Research focus on several aspects of how migrants and refugees integrate into society.
jacob.lind@mau.se
+46 70 797 59 45
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Elisabeth Mangrio – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Research on healthcare for families with a migrant background, and the state of health among newly arrived refugees in Sweden.
elisabeth.mangrio@mau.se
+46 40 665 76 57
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Erica Righard – Assistant head of dep./Professor
Multidisciplinary research focusing on international migration and social work in a broad sense and at various levels of society.
erica.righard@mau.se
+46 40 665 72 86
Migration policy and citizenship
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Henrik Emilsson – Associate senior lecturer
Research focus on labour market integration.
henrik.emilsson@mau.se
+46 40 665 74 55
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Christian Fernandez – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Research focus on citizenship from the perspective of migration and integration, diversity, multiculturalism, school and education.
christian.fernandez@mau.se
+46 40 665 73 51
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Derek Stanford Hutcheson – Professor/Pro dean
Explores how migrants integrate politically via citizenship, voting rights, and participation in European democracies.
derek.hutcheson@mau.se
+46 72 546 68 34
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Vanja Mosbach – Project researcher
Research on immigrant electoral participation in Sweden and its impact on integration and democratic representation.
vanja.mosbach@mau.se
+46 40 665 79 26
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Haodong Qi – Associate Professor/Project researcher
Research on migration patterns, electoral participation, and predicting refugee flows using big data analytics.
haodong.qi@mau.se
+46 40 665 78 41
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Mikael Spång – Professor
Research on citizenship, political integration, and democracy in relation to migration.
mikael.spang@mau.se
+46 40 665 73 59
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Michael Strange – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Focuses on migration in relation to political agency and democratic participation in a global context.
michael.strange@mau.se
+46 40 665 72 16
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