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NJMR roundtable: Critical issues in migration studies in the Nordic Countries

Speakers:

  • Dalia Abdelhady, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Lund University and joint Editor-in-Chief of NJMR.
  • Pieter Bevelander, Professor of IMER and Director of the Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM), Malmö University. 
  • Kristín Loftsdóttir, Professor of Anthropology, University of Iceland.
  • Zachary Whyte, Associate Professor, Centre for Advanced Migration Studies (AMIS), University of Copenhagen and Chair of the Nordic Migration Research.

Abstract

This roundtable is organized as part of the 2025 Nordic Journal of Migration Research Workshop. It will bring together leading migration scholars from different disciplines and geographical areas to discuss pressing issues in migration studies in the Nordic countries and beyond.

Dalia Abdelhady will open the discussion with a commentary on the rightward shift in politics and its impact on migration policies and discourses. Zachary Whyte will illustrate some of Dalia's points with an overview of the debate around Danish refugee policies. Similarly, Kristín Loftsdóttir will talk about the escalation of negative discourses regarding asylum seekers in Iceland. Finally, Pieter Bevelander will close the roundtable presenting the diversity survey led by MIM and how it can enhance migration studies in Sweden.

Attendance

This is a hybrid seminar, you are welcome to connect via Zoom or join us at MIM seminar room, floor 9, Niagara. To attend on campus, please gather by the reception area at 13.05. If you have any questions, send an email to mim@mau.se.

Zoom

https://mau-se.zoom.us/j/63474374551
Meeting ID: 634 7437 4551

 

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