Family, Migration and Welfare (FAMIW)
Studying family, migration, and welfare from multidisciplinary perspectives
This research environment offers a platform for sharing and deliberating sociological and anthropological analyses pertaining to family- and gender relations, migration and social welfare.
Our studies address topics such as the vulnerable position and experiences of migrants across different regions, evolving dynamics of care and intimate relations, and the development of family and labour market policy reforms in Sweden and beyond.
While our theoretical frameworks vary, we are united by our interest in social inequality and stratification, particularly as explored within feminist, queer and post-colonial studies. We employ a diverse range of research methods, including qualitative approaches such as ethnography, document analysis and life history interviews, as well as mixed methods and quantitative methods.
Alongside empirical and theoretical discussions, our meetings explore innovative methods and methodological considerations. The group convenes at least once a month, occasionally biweekly, to review each other’s research of various stages, from initial ideas to full paper drafts. Our seminars are attended by department researchers and external guests.
Selected Projects
Larger projects within the environment/group include:
- RUT tax deductions for the elderly: New conditions for care practices (Forte, PI Terese Anving).
- Changing gender and class relations in the wake of RUT and ROT usage (Forte, PI: Lisa Eklund).
- Occupied Intimacies: Borderization in Palestine, Georgia and Western Sahara” (VR, PI: Nina Gren).
Contact
- Dalia Abdelhady, dalia [dot] abdelhady [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se (dalia[dot]abdelhady[at]soc[dot]lu[dot]se)
- Lisa Eklund, lisa [dot] eklund [at] soc [dot] lu [dot] se
Selected publications
- Unmasking the Impact of Bureaucratic Violence. Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, 39 (2), 1-13. Gren, N., Abdelhady, D., & Joormann, M. (2024).
- Grandchildhood: Care and relationality in narratives of three generations in Sweden. Childhood, 31(1), 120-137. Eldén, S., Anving, T., & Alenius Wallin, L. (2024).
- Gender Asymmetries in Cross-National Couples. Population and Development Review, 49(2), 379-396. Esteve, A., Elwert, A., & Batyra, E. (2023).
- Population Control and Sex-Selective Abortion in China and India: A Feminist Critique of Criminalisation. I M. Dawson, & S. Mobayed Vega (Red.), The Routledge International Handbook of Femicide and Feminicide. Routledge. Purewal, N., & Eklund, L. (2023).
- Social Infrastructure and the Alleviation of Loneliness in Europe. Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. Swader, C., & Moraru, A.-V. (2023).
- Postcolonial States and Migration. I Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Migration (s. 38-51). Routledge. Boeyink, C., & Turner, S. (2023).
- Parental leave reforms in South Korea, 1995-2021. Policy translation and institutional legacies. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, (30), 4: 1113-1136. Kim, Yeonjin & Lundqvist, Åsa (2023)