Katrine Syppli Kohl

Katrine Syppli Kohl is a Post.Doc researcher at Aalborg University's Department of Sociology and Social Work, affiliated with The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and WISER (Welfare, Innovation, Social Work and Employment Relations). She holds a PhD from the University of Copenhagen (2010-2015) and has held postdoctoral positions at AMIS (2021-2024) and VIVE (2015-2021). Her research focuses on encounters between vulnerable populations and welfare actors, specializing in refugee/forced migration studies, disability studies, and temporal governance.

Education: PhD in Sociology from University of Copenhagen (2010-2015); MSc in Sociology (not explicitly stated but implied).

Research Interests: Kohl employs qualitative methods to analyze frontline welfare interactions, combining classical social theory (Goffman, Foucault) with migration research. Key themes include temporal management, co-creation dynamics, and policy shifts affecting refugees, disabled individuals, and marginalized groups. Her work critically examines Denmark's deterrence-based asylum policies and their societal impacts.

Recent Article Trends: Recent publications address boundary work in deterrence contexts, refugee family temporal governance, and volunteer-caseworker dynamics. Key subfields include pathopolitical governance, policy emotionalization, and carceral junctions.

• Awards: Best Article Award 2022-2024
• Grants/Projects: Co-Investigator on ERAPAN (Education of Refugees under Pandemic, 2023-2027)

Advising & Mentoring: While no formal student list appears, her work involves advising on policies affecting marginalized groups. Grants include interdisciplinary collaborations.

Labs/Teams: Associated with WISER and AMIS research groups focusing on welfare innovation and migration studies.