• Emerging local solidarities in relation to international migration? :...
  Sager, Maja; Söderman, Emma; Nordling, Vanna  (2019) Hospitality, hostility and everything in between in an era of forced displacements (25-26 April 2019 : Stockholm)

• The phenomenon of Ostracism in workplace bullying and it ́s motive wi...
  Matsson, Anneli Malmö University. Centre for Work Life and Evaluation Studies (CTA)  (2019) European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP) Congress (29 May - 2 June, 2019 : Turin, Italy)

  

  

  English abstract:

  How may it be that high-tech unit in a hospital, which all departments depend on to function, have been dismissed, invisible and ignored for several years? I have approached this in a single case study in HSO setting, through the concept of ostracism. Ostracism is a term, sometimes referred to as a social death penalty, and is considered a general process of rejection, ignorance and exclusion. In this study I´m exploring a single case that has had problems for years of bullying and harassment. I will present the initial findings were one process of ostracism is identified on grouplevel in a unit within a surgerydepartment. Four organizational antecedents has been identified as context for this process; Instability of group identity, lack of leadership, invisible low-rank unit and organizational structure. The result will be discussed in relation to social identity theory.

• Parenthood after forced migration : A literature review
  Nordling, Vanna; Klöfvermark, Josefin; Sigvardsdotter, Erika  (2019) Organizing Migration & Integration in Contemporary Societies (6-8 November 2019 : Göteborg)

  

  

  English abstract:

  Parenting after forced migration carries specific challenges, especially during the first years – difficulties and trauma related to migration, adjusting to a new language, new norms and expectations, and leading a transnational life. This presentation is based on a literature review, with the aim to gather and synthesise existing research concerning the conditions for and experiences of parenthood among newly arrived forced migrants. Searches were conducted in Pubmed, Sociology collection and PsychInfo. In total, 27 articles were included. The result is reported as themes categorized as strengths and challenges for newly arrived parents. Themes under the category strengths are: health and social service, new possibilities, establishing oneself, and networks and family. In the category challenges are found: health, establishing oneself, socioeconomic status, and social networks and relationships. The importance of accurate information about, and access to, health care and social service where the specific situation of this group is taken into account was stressed. New possibilities relating to education and living in peace and freedom may arise from seeking refuge in a new country. However, many newly arrived parents have poor socioeconomic status. Worries relating to the migration process and residence status may make parenting more difficult. Family life and social networks are stressed as important factors for parenting. Supporting parents who have recently fled must involve both practical support, information and help with orientation in the new society, alongside established parental support programmes.

• Addressing moment of discomfort as researchers in becoming
  Kolankiewicz, Marta; Lundberg, Tove; Nordling, Vanna; Scott, Katrine; Farsakoglu, Eda; Djampour, Pouran; Sixtensson, Johanna; Söderman, Emma  (2019) g19 - Swedish Conference for Gender Studies (7-9 oktober 2019 : Göteborg)

  

  

  English abstract:

  This panel session is based on chapters from the upcoming anthology ”The politics and ethics of representation: Moments of discomfort” (Routledge, forthcoming). The qualitative research process is often filled with moments of discomfort. These can appear during all stages of the research: when choosing the subject of your research, during fieldwork, in the process of analysis and when presenting research findings to different audiences. We take these moments of discomfort seriously and use them productively as a starting point for reflections on the politics and ethics of the research process. Starting from our experiences in carrying out eight different research projects as PhD-fellows, we analyse moments of discomfort as sites of knowledge production that help us gain important analytical insights into methodological, theoretical, ethical and political issues that are crucial for the fields in which we engage. We argue that moments of discomfort relate to an anxiety of representation. Hence, the main questions that we address during the panel session are: How can we create an ethical representation of those with whom our research is concerned? What can be said or not in certain contexts? What are the tensions between aims of what we wish to represent and how this representation is understood by different audiences in specific contexts? The chapters presented during the panel session correspond to three areas that are crucial for issues of ethics and politics: (1) writing and naming; (2) power and silences; (3) stories and audiences. The session addresses different issues such as the practices of anonymisation, acts of rejection in relation to informed consent, silences in the fieldwork and in relation to representation, and considerations of representing stories from the field for different audiences.

• Ethical dilemmas in studying “unaccompanied minors” : building trust ...
  Lalander, Philip; Herz, Marcus  (2018) Precarious Citizenship and the Street-Level Welfare State (2018-05-25 : Helsinki, Finland)

  

  

  English abstract:

  In our presentation we talk about central ethical dilemmas which may occur while studying socially exposed groups, who are used to being documented and suspicious by welfare society agents, but also how researcher may overcome such dilemmas by building trust. We will mainly use data material from our present study “Agency and networks: Unaccompanied minors in a hyper interconnected world”, a qualitative and partly ethnographic study about how ”unaccompanied” young people experience everyday life. Some themes will receive extra attention in our presentation. These are; 1. Providing access to their homes. Who provides access? The young people themselves? The manager or staff working at residential care units? 2. How can we maintain a solid trust building relation to the youth to keep them interested to talk to us more than once and provide us with “thick narratives”? 3. What do they think they may gain from contributing to the project? How do/can we match their expectations? 4. How can we in a time of increasing racialization and homogenization of this group of young people write about them in order not to reconstruct established stereotypes of them? And finally, 5. How can we contribute to reframing these young people as grieveable.

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