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Migration, Asylum, Ethnography, Hope, Racism
Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belgium

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Employment (4)

Linnaeus University: Kalmar, SE

2017-08-01 to present | Associate professor, senior lecturer in social work (Department of social work)
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Torun Elsrud

Linnaeus University: Kalmar, SE

2017-01-01 to 2017-07-31 | Senior lecturer cultural sociology (Department of cultural sciences)
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Torun Elsrud

Malmö högskola: Malmo, SE

2013-02-01 to 2016-12-31 | Researcher (Social work)
Employment
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Torun Elsrud

Linnéuniversitet Kalmar Vaxjo: Kalmar, SE

2008-03-01 to 2016-12-31 | Senior lecturer (Department of media and journalism)
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Torun Elsrud

Education and qualifications (1)

Lund University Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten: Lund, SE

1996-08-01 to 2004-02-19 | PhD (Sociology)
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Torun Elsrud

Professional activities (2)

Linnaeus University Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies: Kalmar, Kalmar County, SE

2014-01-01 to present | Affiliated member (Fakulty of Arts and Humanities)
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Torun Elsrud

The Asylum Commission: Linköping, SE

2019-01-01 to 2022-08-31 | Member steering group (Department of Culture and Society (IKOS))
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Torun Elsrud

Funding (5)

Living in transit: A longitudinal ethnographic study of mobility, agency and emotions among young people following asylum rejections in Sweden

2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31 | Grant
Swedish Research Council (Stockholm, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2022-01919_VR
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Torun Elsrud via DimensionsWizard

Collection of data for scientific studies of the law, legal application and legal certainty for people who sought asylum in Sweden between 2015–2017

2019-08-01 to 2020-08-31 | Grant
Swedish Research Council for Environment Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Stockholm, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2019-01872_Formas
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Torun Elsrud via DimensionsWizard

Generating hope and dealing with uncertainty: An ethnographic study of the social dimensions of hope in the Swedish asylum-seeking context

2018-07 to 2022-12 | Grant
Swedish Research Council (Stockholm, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2017-01562_VR
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Torun Elsrud
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Social resistance and civil repair following forced migration – an ethnographic study of suffering and resistance among Swedish volunteers and young migrants

2017-08 to 2021-06 | Grant
MUCF - Swedish Agency for Youth and Society (Växjö, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

0720/18

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Torun Elsrud

Negotiations in court and equality before the law: An ethnographic approach to negotiations of culture, ethnicity, gender and age during trials related to street crime.

2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | Grant
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (Stockholm, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER: P12-0405:1_RJ
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Torun Elsrud via DimensionsWizard

Works (30)

Flykten från Sverige

Artikel 14
2024 | Magazine article
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Precariousness, Sport Participation and Hope Among Young People After Rejections in the Swedish Asylum Process

Nordic Journal of Migration Research
2024-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Philip Lalander; Jesper Andreasson; Marcus Herz
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Migration and Asylum Policy in Sweden

Global-ANSWER Network Social Work and Human Mobility, European Commission, H2020-MSCA-RISE-GA-872209
2023 | Report
Contributors: Claudia Di Matteo; Torun Elsrud; Kristina Gustafsson; Jesper Johansson; Philip Lalander; Norma Montesino; Emma Söderman
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Torun Elsrud

Fragmentation of Hope through Tiny Acts of Bureaucratic Cruelty - Another Kind of War on Afghan People Seeking Asylum in Sweden

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees
2023-12-18 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1920-7336
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Transversal sanctuary enactments in Sweden: challenges, opportunities and implications

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
2023-08-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Anna Lundberg; Emma Söderman
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En avhumaniserande deportationsregim

Bortom systemskiftet. Mot en ny gemenskap
2022 | Book chapter
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Governing through hope: an exploration of hope and social change in an asylum context

Emotions and Society
2022-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2631-6897
Part of ISSN: 2631-6900
Contributors: Marcus Herz; Philip Lalander; Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Asylkommissionen – en antirasistisk forskningspraktik

Rasism, antirasism och socialt arbete i migrationens spår/Racism, anti-racism and social work in the migration context
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Sabine Gruber; Anna Lundberg
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Torun Elsrud

Det sociala arbetet och de unga som flydde från Sverige

Socialt arbete: Rörelse, motstånd, förändring/Social work: Movement, resistance, change
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Philip Lalander
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Torun Elsrud

Hur kan akademi och civilsamhälle samarbeta för att värna asylrätten?

2015: Ett försvar av asylrätten
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Anna Lundberg; Torun Elsrud; Sabine Gruber
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Torun Elsrud

Precariousness among young migrants in Europe: A consequence of exclusionary mechanisms within state-controlled Swedish social work

Radical and critical social work
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Philip Lalander
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Torun Elsrud

‘”Ta din svensk med dig!”: Berättelser om rasism bland asylsökande ungdomar och volontärer i den svenska asylmottagningskontexten

Rasism, antirasism och socialt arbete i migrationens spår/Racism, anti-racism and social work in the migration context
2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Åsa Söderqvist Forkby
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Torun Elsrud

Inledning/introduction

Rättssäkerheten och solidariteten - vad hände? En antologi om mottagande av människor på flykt/Legal certainty and solidarity in Sweden - what happened? An anthology about reception of people in search of safety
2021-05-07 | Book chapter
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Sabine Gruber; Anna Lundberg
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Torun Elsrud

Kriget om en flickas ålder. En berättelse om administrativt våld, åldersuppskrivningar och flickors utsatthet i Sverige

Rättssäkerheten och solidariteten - vad hände? En antologi om mottagande av människor på flykt/Legal certainty and solidarity in Sweden - what happened? An anthology about reception of people in search of safety
2021-05-07 | Book chapter
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Melika Ebrahimi
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Torun Elsrud

Rättssäkerheten och Solidariteten – vad hände? En antologi om mottagande av människor på flykt.

2021-05-07 | Edited book
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Sabine Gruber; Anna Lundberg
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Torun Elsrud

Resisting social death with dignity. The strategy of re-escaping among young asylum-seekers in the wake of Sweden’s sharpened asylum laws

European Journal of Social Work
2020-05-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Competent interpreters and enabling working conditions in court – crucial prerequisites for a fair trial

Retfaerd
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Staaf Annika; Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Constructing Otherness in Swedish District Courts: Concurrent Distance-making Performances during Courtroom Interaction

Concurrent Imaginaries, Postcolonial Worlds
2017 | Book chapter
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Immigrant mafia or local lads on the binge? The construction of (un)trustworthiness in Swedish district courts

2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Philip Lalander
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Torun Elsrud

Noise, voice and silencing during immigrant court-case performances in Swedish district courts

Ethnicities
2017-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1468-7968
Part of ISSN: 1741-2706
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Socialtjänstens kontakter med barn i papperslöshet : om barns rätt till trygghet och skydd

Retfærd
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Annika Staaf; Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Internet racism, journalism and the principle of public access: ethical challenges for qualitative research into ‘media attractive’ court cases

Ethnic and Racial Studies
2016-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0141-9870
Part of ISSN: 1466-4356
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Philip Lalander; Annika Staaf
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Torun Elsrud

Othering the ”other”. Threats to self-presentation during interpreter assisted hearings

International Journal of Law, Language & Discourse
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Othering through genderization in the regional press

European Journal of Cultural Studies
2008-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1367-5494
Part of ISSN: 1460-3551
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Projekt Norrliden: Om småstadspressens etnifiering och genderisering av en förort

Sociologisk forskning
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Torun Elsrud; Philip Lalander
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Torun Elsrud

Gender Creation in Travelling or the Art of Transforming the Adventuress

Tourism Consumption and Representation: Narratives of place and self
2006 | Book chapter
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Recapturing the adventuress: Narratives on identity and gendered positioning in backpacking

Tourism Review International
2005-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1544-2721
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Taking Time and Making Journeys: Narratives on Self and the Other among Backpackers

2004-02-18 | Dissertation or Thesis
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Risk creation in traveling

Annals of Tourism Research
2001-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0160-7383
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud

Time Creation in Travelling

Time & Society
1998-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0961-463X
Part of ISSN: 1461-7463
Contributors: Torun Elsrud
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Torun Elsrud