Sara Forsberg
Associate senior lecturer/Assistant Professor at Department of Human Geography
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 03 56
- E-mail:
- sara.forsberg@kultgeog.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10
- Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Biography
In my research, I focus on social and spatial inequality, migration, and rural–urban relations. These themes are examined through the lenses of education and housing, two areas that reflect broader social processes operating at different levels of society.
I am currently involved in four research projects:
(I) Social groups’ and individuals’ knowledge and perceptions of different neighbourhoods in Uppsala, and the processes through which they search for housing;
(II) Young adults with migration backgrounds and their parents’ future prospects, with a particular focus on gender;
(III) Young people who are neither in employment nor in education, and their pathways back into education; and
(IV) Young adults’ engagement in civil society, with a focus on orientations and forms of participation.

Publications
Selection of publications
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The symbolic gift of education in migrant families and compromises in school choice
Part of British Journal of Sociology of Education, p. 700-717, 2022
- DOI for The symbolic gift of education in migrant families and compromises in school choice
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Part of Geoforum, p. 32-40, 2019
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Part of Social & cultural geography (Print), p. 323-343, 2019
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Going places: Local settings and global horizons in young people’s education and work trajectories
2018
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Educated to be global: Transnational horizons of middle class students in Kerala, India
Part of Environment and planning A, p. 2099-2115, 2017
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Gendered mobilities: negotiating educational strategies in Kerala
Part of India Migration Report 2015, p. 120-136, Routledge, 2016
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Young adults’ mobility patterns in the transition from higher education to work in northern Sweden
Recent publications
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The symbolic gift of education in migrant families and compromises in school choice
Part of British Journal of Sociology of Education, p. 700-717, 2022
- DOI for The symbolic gift of education in migrant families and compromises in school choice
- Download full text (pdf) of The symbolic gift of education in migrant families and compromises in school choice
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Part of Geoforum, p. 32-40, 2019
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Part of Social & cultural geography (Print), p. 323-343, 2019
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Going places: Local settings and global horizons in young people’s education and work trajectories
2018
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Educated to be global: Transnational horizons of middle class students in Kerala, India
Part of Environment and planning A, p. 2099-2115, 2017
All publications
Articles in journal
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The symbolic gift of education in migrant families and compromises in school choice
Part of British Journal of Sociology of Education, p. 700-717, 2022
- DOI for The symbolic gift of education in migrant families and compromises in school choice
- Download full text (pdf) of The symbolic gift of education in migrant families and compromises in school choice
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Part of Geoforum, p. 32-40, 2019
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Part of Social & cultural geography (Print), p. 323-343, 2019
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Educated to be global: Transnational horizons of middle class students in Kerala, India
Part of Environment and planning A, p. 2099-2115, 2017
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Part of CELE Échanges, Centre pour des environnements pédagogiques efficaces, 2010
Chapters in book
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Gendered mobilities: negotiating educational strategies in Kerala
Part of India Migration Report 2015, p. 120-136, Routledge, 2016