Lisa Åkesson

Researcher Lisa Åkesson. Photo: Christian Palme.

Associate Professor at the Department of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg and Senior Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute since March 2010.
Cluster: Global

Subject areas:
Transnational migration, remittances, migration policies, migration and development, return migration, socio-economic inequality, diaspora practices, multiculturalism, culture of migration, human trafficking.

Geographical areas: Cape Verde, Angola.

Contact:
Tel: +46 18 471 52 93 (direct)
Mobile: +46 737 783 761
lisa.akesson@nai.uu.se

Research project

Money from abroad: Migrant remittances and social inequality in a transnational setting

Academic background

Lisa Åkesson has a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Gothenburg. She has carried out research on cultural meanings of migration, on transnational families and everyday practices, on human trafficking, on Swedish multiculturalisn, on transnational mothering, migrant remittances and on return migration in policy and practice. Lisa Åkesson has carried out fieldwork in Cape Verde, Sweden and the United States.

CV, Curriculum Vitae, Lisa Åkesson (pdf)
List of Publications, Lisa Åkesson (pdf)