Migration and racism
The links between increasing migration and political conflicts, violence and military conflicts pose new societal challenges and raise issues relating to the education system. Migration, the labour market and regional disparities are other salient issues. Further study is needed to strengthen this field, particularly practice and policy-related research on political, social, economic, cultural and legal aspects of migration.
Uppsala University engages in successful research on integration and the labour market, at Uppsala Immigration Lab, for example. There is also extensive research on migration and racism, notably through the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism (CEMFOR) and in connection with the unique linguistic research conducted at the University. This particularly applies to minority and immigrant languages.
Examples of ongoing research
Testing gender-based violence support in open preschools
A new model has been developed to support refugees who are subjected to gender-based violence. This approach, created in collaboration with ...
Safeguarding democracy important as extremist parties grow in EU
Right-wing populist parties are predicted to make gains in this summer’s EU elections. Political scientist Anthoula Malkopoulou believes it ...
Action plan for better data on migration and health
The state of migrant and refugee health data in European health systems is a concern, a new study shows. The analysis by an international co...
Research centres, networks and environments
Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism (CEMFOR)
Understanding the growth of racism in Sweden today requires cooperation between researchers in different disciplines. That is the insight behind the Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism at Uppsala University. The centre coordinates broad, methodologically open, multidisciplinary research on racism.
Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism (CEMFOR)
Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (UHGS)
The Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (UHGS) is a research and educational unit at Uppsala University, with the primary objective of advancing and facilitating innovative, internationally oriented research and education in the field of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The subject encompasses Holocaust history, the study of genocide and similar systematic crimes against human rights, and the effects of violence on individuals and society.
Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (UHGS)
Uppsala Immigration Lab (UIL)
Research at Uppsala Immigration Lab aims to answer vital questions of immigration and the world of work, such as the relationship between the needs and skills of the labour market and workers, structural transformation and relocation, and socioeconomic dimensions of integration.
Gothenburg/Lund/Uppsala Migration Law Network (GLUMIN)
A research network run by the law faculties at the University of Gothenburg, Lund University and Uppsala University. The aim of the network is to develop migration law and migration law research in Sweden. The research network includes researchers from most of the country’s universities and colleges.
Gothenburg/Lund/Uppsala Migration Law Network (GLUMIN)
Migration as a Legal and Political Process
This network brings together Uppsala University researchers in fields including law, history, philosophy, social sciences and theology who approach legal and political dimensions of migration in various ways. The network seeks to contribute to increased collaboration with non-academic actors (such as civil society organisations and authorities) to enable a more evidence-based debate on migration than currently exists. Traditional migration research has often started out from the notion of migration as movement across borders. The network also aims to study migration as movement in time.
Migration as a Legal and Political Process
Migration law research environment
The Department of Law provides a research environment that consists of several networks in the field of migration research. This research environment brings together researchers in law, history, philosophy, social sciences and theology at Uppsala University and aims to develop research in areas including migration as a movement, geographically and over time.
Migration law research environment
The Research Group Housing, Education and Segregation
The Research Group Housing, Education, and Segregation (BUS) is a multidisciplinary research environment operating at the intersection of sociology, geography, and education. The research combines knowledge from these areas to understand how the environment affects people's opportunities and living conditions.