I am Associate Professor and lecturer. My research focusses on migration and mobility, particularly international migration. My current research relates to international labour migration, through the example of Thai berry pickers in Sweden, which has been analysed ethnographically from a transnational and translocal perspective. I have also performed register based studies, analysing labour market careers and internal migration of international migrants in Sweden. My latest research project relates to lifestyle migration through the example of downshifting and voluntary simplicity, including how they affect migration patterns and the relationship to place. Often, my research adopts a rural perspective.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1817 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7888-780X |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charlotta-Hedberg |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration governance
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Governance actors
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative research
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Types of study
Roles
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Umeå Universitet
University, Umeå, Sweden
Lecturer -
Umeå Universitet
Other, Umeå, Sweden
Lektor -
Regeringskansliet
Other, Stockholm, Sweden
Utredningssekreterare -
Stockholms Universitet
Other, Stockholm, Sweden
Lektor -
Stockholms Universitet
Other, Stockholm, Sweden
Biträdande lektor -
Stockholms Universitet
Other, Stockholm, Sweden
Forskare -
Stockholms Universitet
Other, Stockholm, Sweden
Forskare -
Uppsala Universitet Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten
Other, Uppsala, Sweden
Forskare -
Uppsala Universitet Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten
Other, Uppsala, Sweden
PhD student
Research
‘A STRONG MIND AND A SOLID PHYSIQUE’: Symbolic Constructions of Migrant Workers in Sweden’s Green Industries
| Authors | Irma Olofsson, Irma Olofsson, Aina Tollefsen, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Nordic Journal of Migration Research |
| Citations (WoS) | 3 |
Negotiating the Wild West: Variegated neoliberalisation of the Swedish labour migration regime and the wild berry migration industry
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Irma Olofsson |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space |
Re-visiting the ‘black box’ of migration: state-intermediary co-production of regulatory spaces of labour migration
| Authors | Linn Axelsson, Charlotta Hedberg, Nils Pettersson, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
Chameleon brokers: A translocal take on migration industries in the Thai-Swedish wild berry business
| Authors | Peter van Eerbeek, Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Migration Studies |
Entwined ruralities: Seasonality, simultaneity and precarity among transnational migrant workers in the wild berry industry
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Rural Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Translocal mobility systems: Social inequalities and flows in the wild berry industry
| Authors | Renato Miguel Carmo, Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Geoforum | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Emerging topologies of transnational employment: ‘Posting’ Thai workers in Sweden’s wild berry industry beyond regulatory reach
| Authors | Linn Axelsson, Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Geoforum |
| Citations (WoS) | 4 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Doing gender’ in the wild berry industry: Transforming the role of Thai women in rural Sweden 1980–2012
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | European Journal of Women's Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational Spaces ‘From Above’ – The Role of Institutions in Promoting Highly Skilled Labour Migration from India to Sweden
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Brita Hermelin, Kristina Westermark |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 |
Restructuring global labor markets: Recruitment agencies and work relations in the wild berry commodity chain
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2014 |
| Book Title | Labor Relations in Globalized Food | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Repopulation of the Swedish countryside: Globalisation by international migration
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Karen Haandrikman |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Rural Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The determinant of external financing at the start-up stage - empirical evidences from Swedish data
| Authors | Saeid Abbasian, Darush Yazdanfar, Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development |
‘Grapes of Wrath’? Power Spatialities and Aspects of Labour in the Wild Berry Global Commodity Chain
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Competition & Change | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Moving out of 'their places'? Immigrant women care entrepreneurs in Sweden
| Authors | Katarina Pettersson, Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Neighbourhood Effects’ and ‘City Effects’: The Entry of Newly Arrived Immigrants into the Labour Market
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Tiit Tammaru |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Urban Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 13 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
When the World Goes Rural: Transnational Potentials of International Migration in Rural Swedish Labour Markets
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Gunnel Forsberg, Ali Najib |
| Year | 2012 |
| Book Title | Translocal Ruralism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Translocal Ruralism: Mobility and Connectivity in European Rural Spaces
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Renato Miguel do Carmo |
| Year | 2012 |
| Book Title | Translocal Ruralism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Disadvantage, Ethnic Niching or Pursuit of a Vision?
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Katarina Pettersson |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Entrance, Exit and Exclusion: Labour Market Flows of Foreign-born Adults in Swedish ‘Divided Cities’
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Urban Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 5 |
Identity in motion: The process of Finland-Swedish migration to Sweden
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Kaisa Kepsu |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | National Identities | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Direction Sweden: migration fields and cognitive distances of Finland Swedes
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2007 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 |
Migration as a mode of cultural expression? the case of the finland‐swedish minority's migration to sweden
| Authors | Charlotta Hedberg, Kaisa Kepsu |
| Year | 2003 |
| Journal Name | Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Placing Migration: Towards More‐Than‐Relational Geographical Migration Studies
| Authors | Linn Axelsson, Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
The Transferability of Human Capital and Migrant Incorporation Strategies in the Swedish Labor Market: A Sequence Analysis
| Authors | Guilherme Kenji Chihaya, Charlotta Hedberg |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | International Migration Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
New immigration destinations in Sweden: Migrant residential trajectories intersecting rural areas
| Authors | Karen Haandrikman, Charlotta Hedberg, Guilherme Kenji Chihaya |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Sociologia Ruralis | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |