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

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.

Conference

Date:

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Time:

09.00 – 16.00

Location:

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

 

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.