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: 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 | Chapter in book
THE KNOTTY LABOUR MIGRATION POLICY SPACE AND MIGRANTS' RESPONSES ACROSS EUROPE
Magdalena Ulceluse
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2026 | Chapter in book
Models And Regimes of Labour Migration in Europe
Henrik Emilsson
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2026 | Chapter in book
Militarisation, marketisation and instrumentalisation in postcolonial european border control
Martin Lemberg-Pedersen
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2026 | Chapter in book
Labour market and fiscal impacts of immigration: A europe-us comparison
Pieter Bevelander, James F. Hollifeld
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2026 | Article in journal
Diversity and Inclusion Data
Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Pieter Bevelander
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2026 | Article in journal
The Dutch Migration Obsession: How and Why the Dutch Turned Migration into the Most Divisive Issue of Our Times
Peter Scholten
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2026 | Article in journal
Strategies to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services among young people with migration experience in Sweden: a qualitative exploratory study of the perspectives of healthcare and civil society professionals
Nada Amroussia, Catrine Andersson
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2026 | Article in journal
When Language Feels Like Home
Carolin Schütze, Nahikari Irastorza
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2026 | Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary
For the benefit of the state: Yugoslavia's agenda for controlling, shaping, and utilising labour migration, 1962-1975
Mato Bošnjak
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2026 | Article in journal
'We assist them address their distorted thoughts': reintegration actors and the politics of post-expulsion in Kosovo
Valon Junuzi
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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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
Forskningsfokus på medborgarskap, röstande och arbetsmarknaden.
pieter.bevelander@mau.se
+46 40 665 73 43
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Inge Dahlstedt – Unit manager/Senior lecturer
Forskningsfokus på arbetsmarknadsintegration, mångfald och social tillit.
inge.dahlstedt@mau.se
+46 40 665 75 57
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Henrik Emilsson – Senior lecturer
Migration and integration policy, focusing on state choices, policy shifts and labour market integration.
henrik.emilsson@mau.se
+46 40 665 74 55
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Nahikari Irastorza – Associate Professor
Forskningsfokus på integration av invandrare, inklusive invandrares deltagande på arbetsmarknaden, etniska relationer och deras effekter.
nahikari.irastorza@mau.se
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Liliia Korol – Project researcher
Forskningen fokuserar på ungas attityder till migration och hur tillit och välbefinnande påverkar tolerans och integration.
liliia.korol@mau.se
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Jacob Lind – Senior lecturer
Forskningsfokus på flera aspekter av hur migranter och flyktingar integreras i samhället.
jacob.lind@mau.se
+46 70 797 59 45
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Elisabeth Mangrio – Associate Professor/Senior lecturer
Foskrning om hälso- och sjukvård för familjer med migrationsbakgrund, samt hur hälsan ser ut för nyanlända flyktingar i Sverige.
elisabeth.mangrio@mau.se
+46 40 665 76 57
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Vanna Nordling – Senior lecturer
Research on migration and the limits of the welfare state, inequality in practice, and the mobilisation of civil society.
vanna.nordling@mau.se
+46 40 665 75 40
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Erica Righard – Assistant head of dep./Professor
Flerdisciplinär forskning med fokuser på internationell migration och socialt arbete i bred bemärkelse och på olika samhällsnivåer.
erica.righard@mau.se
+46 40 665 72 86
Migration policy and citizenship
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Henrik Emilsson – 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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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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New journal on migration research
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