FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIETY | Seminar
Transnational families and care
Wednesday 26 March, 15:15 - 17:00
NI:A0602, Niagara, 6th floor, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1
Transnational families and care: Inequalities and wellbeing from a Swedish perspective
Transnational families are families with family members in two or more countries who practice distance familyhood. The event will firstly present transnational families as a concept and provide a short overview of the major developments in the field. Further, it will concentrate on Sweden and cast light on structural issues that impact transnational families, in particular families with extended care needs due to disabilities and chronic illnesses, but also due to language difficulties and illiteracy. The findings have been generated as part of a recently concluded international research project that worked with participatory and family-centred methodology.
The seminar is part of the Sociology@MaU seminar series.
About the lecturer
Brigitte Suter is an associate professor in International Migration and Ethnic Relations at the Department of Global Political Studies and affiliated to the Malmö Institute for Studies on Migration (MIM) at Malmö University. Her research interests include (im)mobility, social networks, ethnography, refugee resettlement, transnational families and care, the mobility of skilled migrants in the global economy, as well as the role of norms and rights in the field of migration and integration. Her latest projects focus on transnational families and care in relation to wellbeing and equality and on the notion of vulnerability in the context of resettlement to Sweden.
About Sociology@MaU
Sociology@MaU is a seminar series that highlights sociological perspectives in research at, and beyond, Malmö University.
Sociology@MaU brings together researchers and practitioners to discuss contemporary issues and spark interdisciplinary dialogue incorporating sociological perspectives. The aim is to encourage intellectual exchange about theories, methods and empirical fields, thus providing fertile ground for ideas about new – more just – ways of organising society.
The seminars are open to all.
