Lisa Åkesson
Researcher Lisa Åkesson. Photo: Christian Palme.
Senior lecturer at Department of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg and Researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute (since March 2010).
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 and on migrant remittances. Lisa Åkesson has carried out fieldwork in Cape Verde, Sweden and the United States.
Subject areas
Transnational migration, remittances, migration policies, migration and development, socio-economic inequality, diaspora practices, multiculturalism, culture of migration, human trafficking, Cape Verde, Angola.
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Contact
Tel: +46 18 56 22 10 (direct)