Young foreign-born students in educational transitions, boundaries and pathways

Conference

Date: Tuesday 11 November 2025

Time: 09.00 – 16.00

Location: Department of Education room 2403. Frescativägen 54 and on Zoom.

We warmly invite you to our mini-conference. To showcast and discuss the latest research findings, and to foster exchange of ideas on how young migrant students navigate their educational journey.

Programme

09.00-09.15: Welcome and introduction to the day. Marianne Teräs, Department of Education, SU.

09.15-09.45: Locating Guidance. Rebecca Ye, Department of Education, SU and Guilherme Chihaya, Nord University, Norway.

09.45-10.15: Practical Boundaries and Student Aspirations. Andrea Voyer, Department of Sociology, SU.

10.15-10.45: COFFEE

10.45-11.15: Facilitating Educational Transitions Through Local Reforms Stefan Lund, Department of Education, SU.

11.15-11.45: Newly Arrived Migrant Students in French Secondary Education: Between Cultural and Linguistic Assimilation and social Segregation Claire Schiff, Centre Emile Durkheim, University of Bordeaux, France.

11.45-12:45: LUNCH

12.45-13.15: Struggling Hard to Move on. Newly Arrived Students at The Swedish Language Program (via zoom). Lisbeth Lundahl, Umeå University, Sweden.

13.15-13.45: Young Adulthood Inequalities: Life-course Trajectories of Migrants and Swedish Born, 1990-2018. Bo Malmberg, Department of Geography, SU.

13.45-14.15: Navigating the Transition: Exploring the Impact of Place, School Choice on Academic Trajectories in a Municipality. Ali Osman, Department of Education, SU.

14.15-14.45: Institutional Boundaries of Migrant Students’ Educational Pathways from Authorities', Politicians’ and Teachers' Perspectives. Larissa Mickwitz, Department of Education, SU.

14.45-15.15: COFFEE

15.15-15.45: Navigating the Move: Young Migrant Learners in Educational Transitions Marianne Teräs, Department of Education, SU.

15.45-16.00: Closing of the day. Stefan Lund, Department of Education, SU.

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Contact

Marianne Teräs

This miniconference is organised by research project Navigating Places and Negotiating Boundaries: A Multidisciplinary Study of Migrant Children’s Educational Transitions in Sweden funded by The Swedish Research Council (2022-01681). It is also part of the Education and Migration Seminar Series.

Theme

Research subjects

Education and migration Diversity and Inclusion in Education, Working-life and Society Transitions and Turning Points in Education and Working-life

Research project

Places and Boundaries: Migrant Children’s Educational Transitions in Sweden

Research shows that an increasing segregation has created a tangible inequality between different municipalities and individual schools. Where children and young people live and which school they attend has become of decisive importance for the possibility of reaching the knowledge requirements and continuing their studies.

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Last updated: October 6, 2025

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