Mette Ginnerskov-Dahlberg
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Education
- E-mail:
- mette.ginnerskov@edu.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Von Kraemers allé 1 A
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 2136
750 02 Uppsala
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Short presentation
Mette Ginnerskov-Dahlberg is an Associate Professor (Docent) in the Sociology of Education at Uppsala University. Trained as an anthropologist, she holds a PhD in European Studies from Aarhus University.
Research
Ginnerskov-Dahlberg's work focuses on student flow from Eastern to Western Europe. Specializing in ethnography with a longitudinal methodology, she is particularly interested in the lived experience of migration, the link between geographical and social mobility, and the labour market integration of student migrants

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Edward Elgar Handbook of Research on Migration, Covid-19 and Cities, p. 428-446, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025
Part of Current Sociology, 2025
- DOI for On a quest for social mobility: The high-risk educational strategies of Indian medical students in Georgia
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Part of Internationalization in Higher Education and Research, p. 117-136, Springer, 2024
Part of Population, Space and Place, 2024
- DOI for Towards a safe haven: Students from post‐Soviet countries pursuing education in Sweden during the COVID‐19 pandemic
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Inherited dreams of 'the West': Eastern European students' paths to Denmark
Part of The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration, p. 35-45, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
Student migration from Eastern to Western Europe
Routledge, 2021
In search of a ‘normal place’. The geographical imaginaries of Eastern European students in Denmark
Part of Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
Recent publications
Part of Edward Elgar Handbook of Research on Migration, Covid-19 and Cities, p. 428-446, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025
Part of Current Sociology, 2025
- DOI for On a quest for social mobility: The high-risk educational strategies of Indian medical students in Georgia
- Download full text (pdf) of On a quest for social mobility: The high-risk educational strategies of Indian medical students in Georgia
Part of Internationalization in Higher Education and Research, p. 117-136, Springer, 2024
Högtutbildade föräldrar och föräldrakooperativ
Part of Förskolans expansion och marknadisering, p. 177-200, Studentlitteratur AB, 2024
Part of Population, Space and Place, 2024
- DOI for Towards a safe haven: Students from post‐Soviet countries pursuing education in Sweden during the COVID‐19 pandemic
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Current Sociology, 2025
- DOI for On a quest for social mobility: The high-risk educational strategies of Indian medical students in Georgia
- Download full text (pdf) of On a quest for social mobility: The high-risk educational strategies of Indian medical students in Georgia
Part of Population, Space and Place, 2024
- DOI for Towards a safe haven: Students from post‐Soviet countries pursuing education in Sweden during the COVID‐19 pandemic
- Download full text (pdf) of Towards a safe haven: Students from post‐Soviet countries pursuing education in Sweden during the COVID‐19 pandemic
”Föräldrars val av förskola bidrar till ökad segregation”
Part of Dagens Nyheter., p. 5-5, 2022
In search of a ‘normal place’. The geographical imaginaries of Eastern European students in Denmark
Part of Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
Part of Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 2017
Part of COMCAD Working Paper Series, 2016
Internationalisering og økonomisk ulighed på videregående uddannelser i Danmark
Part of Tidsskriftet antropologi, 2016
Books
Chapters in book
Part of Edward Elgar Handbook of Research on Migration, Covid-19 and Cities, p. 428-446, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025
Part of Internationalization in Higher Education and Research, p. 117-136, Springer, 2024
Högtutbildade föräldrar och föräldrakooperativ
Part of Förskolans expansion och marknadisering, p. 177-200, Studentlitteratur AB, 2024
Inherited dreams of 'the West': Eastern European students' paths to Denmark
Part of The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration, p. 35-45, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021