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Maria Persdotter

Associate Professor

Senior lecturer at the Centre for Local Government Studies and the Division of Social Work. As a researcher, I focus mainly on issues at the intersection of migration- and social policy.  

The intersection of social policy and migration policy

My research mainly concerns the intersection of social policy and migration policy. I also have a keen interest in urban politics, and in feminist and critical race theory.

I am employed as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Culture and Society and split my time between the Centre for Local Government Studies and the Division of Social Work.

Currently, I am involved in a number of different research projects that all concerns inclusion and exclusion from the Swedish welfare state, homelessness and inequality.

My educational background is in human geography. I hold a double PhD degree in Urban studies from Malmö University (SE) and Roskilde University (DK). My PhD dissertation, Free to Move Along, was based on an in-depth qualitative study of the municipal-level governance of homeless Roma EU citizens during 2014-2016. The thesis is available here.

Teaching

I teach in the undergraduate program in social work and supervise candidate and master students in social work.

Publications

ResearchGate

2025

Anna Lundberg, Maria Persdotter, Ulrika Wernesjö (2025) International Journal of Law in Context (Article in journal)

2024

Maria Persdotter (2024) Homelessness in Europe, p. 11-15 (Article in journal)
Anna Lundberg, Sandra Mantu, Maria Persdotter, Jean-Pierre Tabin, Ulrika Wernesjö (2024) Critical Social Policy, Vol. 44, p. 588-604 (Article in journal)
Lisa Marie Borrelli, Anita Heindlmaier, Anna Lundberg, Sandra Mantu, Maria Persdotter, Ulrika Wernesjö (2024) Critical Social Policy, Vol. 44, p. 683-699 (Article in journal)
Maria Persdotter (2024) Läget i staden: Fallet Norra Sorgenfri, mellanrummet och innerstaden som löfte, p. 219-239 (Chapter in book)

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