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Anna Lundberg is a Professor of Welfare Law at Linköping University, affiliated with the Department of Social Work (SOCARB) within the Faculty of Philosophy. Her research focuses on legal regulations in migration and their implementation in the welfare state, with particular emphasis on human rights and local initiatives for inclusion.
Her research interests include the application of the best interests of the child principle in Swedish asylum cases, categorizations in Swedish migration legislation, and political initiatives in Swedish cities for inclusion of irregular migrants. She has investigated how migration laws create exclusionary effects in Sweden's welfare state and has led a government investigation into practical obstacles to enforcement in migration cases.
Her recent publications reveal strong trends in migration law, human rights, and welfare policy, with particular focus on undocumented migrants, children's rights, and bureaucratic violence. She has published extensively in journals like Critical Social Policy, International Social Work, and Journal of Human Rights Practice, addressing topics such as firewall principles for social rights, statelessness, and the impact of restrictive migration policies.
- Remissyttrande till justitiedepartementet: En långsiktigt hållbar migrationspolitik (SOU 2020:54)
- Rapport från Asylkommissionen: Frihetsberövade människor i coronakrisen
- Skuggdirektiv från Asylkommissionen: Alternativa migrationspolitiska direktiv
- Detained and Disregarded: How COVID-19 Has Affected Detained and Deportable Migrants in Sweden
Lundberg currently supervises three doctoral students at Linköping University (Sofi Jansson-Kesharvaz, Hedvig Obenius, and Hanna Scott) and has previously supervised Jacob Lind at Malmö University. She has received research funding from FORTE and FORMAS for projects examining legal practices in the welfare state and asylum seekers' legal security. She leads the ARPIS project on advanced legal practices for undocumented and poor EU citizens, and a project collecting research data on asylum seekers in Sweden from 2015-2017.
She also leads a book club for women from around the world, funded by the Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation, demonstrating her commitment to intersectional approaches to migration and human rights. Her work often involves active participation in political work and advocacy for more humane migration policies.
