This project explores the temporal and spatial reconfiguration of contemporary borders as they govern the international mobility of different shades of migrant labour.

In this project, we focus on wild berries as an unexplored resource containing potential for development in rural and sparsely populated areas, and attach it to the empowerment of migrant workers.

Social-technical relations and practices within Sweden’s rural agriculture and harvesting industry.

The project will use longitudinal data to study the role of SFI in different migrant pathways and how it correlates with factors like education, employment, family formation, and income.

Most migrants rely on the services of some form of migration intermediary to organise different stages of their migration. They do so because international mobility and migration involve navigating increasingly complex border and mobility regimes.

The New Green North is attracting major investments to northern Sweden and aims to become a driver of green innovation. A key part of this transformation is the construction of factories and infrastructure, where temporary migrant workers play a central, but often invisible, role.