Nina Carlsson

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Jag är forskare vid Migrationsinstitutet, postdoktor vid Uppsala Universitet och projektforskare vid Södertörns högskola. Jag disputerade i statsvetenskap vid Södertörns högskola år 2021. Min forskning handlar om medborgarskap, minoritetspolitik, gränser och språk. Vid Migrationsinstitutet leder jag projektet How to draw a cultural border: The introduction of citizenship testing in Finland and Sweden (Konestifselsen 2025-2029). Jag är även projektforskare i projektet National Membership in a New Security Landscape: Ambivalently Securitized Migrants in the Baltic Sea Region” (Östersjöstiftelsen, 2026-2028)

Mitt internationella postdocprojekt (Vetenskapsrådet 2023-2026) handlar om språkkrav och samhällskunskapsprov i Danmark, Sverige och Finland. Under projekttiden var jag gästforskare vid Europauniversitetet (EUI) i Florens, Migrationsinstitutet och Köpenhamns universitet. Min övriga forskning handlar om nationella minoriteters position i integrationspolitik, ytterhögern samt tillhörighet. Jag använder mig av intervjuer och policydokument i min forskning och bland annat kritisk policyanalys som analysmetod.

Projekt

How to draw a cultural border: The introduction of citizenship testing in Finland and Sweden (Konestifselsen), 2025-2029

National Membership in a New Security Landscape: Ambivalently Securitized Migrants in the Baltic Sea Region” (Östersjöstiftelsen, 2026-2028)

Everyday bordering through language requirements in multilingual cities (Vetenskapsrådet), 2023-2026

Senaste publikationer

Carlsson, Nina. 2026. “Neither Swedes nor Migrants: Autochthonous Minorities as a Challenge to the Swedish Far Right.” Patterns of Prejudice (vol. 59, no. 4/5). Online first.

Carlsson, Nina. 2026. “Gatekeeping through Citizenship Testing: Navigating Discretion and Standardization in the Assessment of ‘Inner Values’ in Danish Naturalization.” Political Research Exchange 8 (1): 2629801. https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2629801

Carlsson, Nina, and Tuire Liimatainen. Forthcoming. “Temporal Strategies in Migrant Diaspora Mobilization: Sweden-Finns’ Pathway to National Minority Status.” In Handbook on Diasporas and Migration, edited by Ayhan Kaya and Nilay Kilinc. Edward Elgar. Edward Elgar.

Borevi, Karin, and Nina Carlsson. 2025. “Borders, Security, and Restrictive Policy Shifts in Sweden and Finland.” In Changing Migration Patterns: A Comparative Study on the Movement of People and the Impact for Countries in the Region, edited by Ninna Mörner. CBEES State of the Region Report. Södertörn University. https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1980598/FULLTEXT01.pdf

Carlsson, Nina. 2024. “Dreams of Mass Repatriation: Government and Far-Right Expansions of Deportability in Sweden.” Citizenship Studies 28(4–5):462–81. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2024.2418604

Carlsson, Nina. 2024. “The Absence of Indigenous Languages in Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish Immigrant Introduction Programmes.” In Minority Language Learning for Adult Migrants in Europe, edited by James Simpson and Sari Pöyhönen. Routledge.

Liimatainen, Tuire, and Nina Carlsson. 2023. “Våga Finska! Sverigefinsk aktivism på sociala medier.” In Sveriges Nationella Minoritetsspråk, eds. Linus Salö and Tommaso M Milani. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 67–96.

Carlsson, Nina. 2023. “Boundaries and Belonging Among Settled Minorities and Refugees in Bulgaria.” Nationalities Papers 51(5): 1123–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2021.80.

Bonotti, Matteo, Nina Carlsson, and Colin W Rowe. 2022. “Introduction: Linguistic Justice, Migration and the Nation‐state.” Nations and Nationalism 28(2): 379–86. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12793.

Carlsson, Nina. 2022. “Majority Nation‐building through Language Requirements: Minority Perspectives from EU27.” Nations and Nationalism 28(2): 465–82. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12796.

Liimatainen, Tuire, and Nina Carlsson. 2021. “’Kyss mig, jag är en sverigefinne!’ Gränsdragningar mellan invandrarskap och minoritetsskap i den sverigefinska etnopolitiska mobiliseringen 1980-2020.” Tidskrift för Genusvetenskap 42(4): 76–99. doi:https://doi.org/10.55870/tgv.v42i4.6058.

Carlsson, Nina. 2021. “One Nation, One Language? National Minority and Indigenous Recognition in the Politics of Immigrant Integration.” Doctoral Diss. Huddinge: Södertörn University. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1510021/FULLTEXT01.pdf.