I am currently involved in two research projects. The first aims to map and analyse the phenomenon of 鈥渟ocial dumping,鈥� which refers to the practice whereby municipalities encourage or pressure residents receiving social assistance to relocate to other, often peripheral, municipalities with available housing. As part of this project, I also examine the demolition of multi-family housing in smaller municipalities and how such actions may be used as a strategy to counter social dumping. The second project explores gaps in the welfare safety net and the movements of people and costs that result from austerity and activation policies.
I hold a PhD in sociology from Lund University. My dissertation, Not a Real Job?, analyses and problematizes the growing presence of teenage students in low-paid service sector jobs. The study combines survey data from the Swedish Labour Force Surveys with in-depth interviews with working students.