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Research profile
Through research on labour migration, human trafficking and sex for sale, I investigate processes of inclusion and exclusion; how migrants, as minorities, in various ways are excluded and included in the receiving society in terms of discrimination and racism. I do this from a bottom up and a top down perspective:
1) From below I investigate how the subject positions of the migrants are established and negotiated through the intersecting markers such as i.e. gender, racialisation, professions and sexuality. Taking this perspective reveals the creation of different contested identities as well as how migrants navigate within the regimes of migration, prostitution and the labour market.
2) From above I explore how actors like the state, NGOs and enterprise shape the mobility and the work conditions of the migrants. For instance, I study how migrants are governed through the nexus of anti-trafficking and prostitution policies as well as the nexus of anti-trafficking, migrations- and labour market policies.
Keywords
- Discourse and Society
- Migration
- Human trafficking
- Labour migration
- Sexuality
- Intimacy
- Racialisation
- Ethnography
- sex for sale
- Transnational marriage
- Gender
- Prostitution
- Discourse analysis
- Migration infrastructure
- Labour exploitation
- Governmentality
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Network
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Law in Action - Policy and legal responses to the exploitation of migrant workers in the Nordic countrie
Spanger, M. & Hvalkof, S. D.
01/08/2020 → 31/05/2022
Project: Research
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META: Human Trafficking and Forced Labour
Spanger, M., Lund Thomsen, T. & Sharar, N.
01/01/2016 → 31/03/2019
Project: Research
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ProPol: COST Action IS1209: Comparing European Prostitution Policies: Understanding Scales and Cultures of Governance
08/04/2013 → 04/03/2016
Project: Research
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Researching Difference
Pristed Nielsen, H., Bloksgaard, L., Kennedy-Macfoy, M., Faber, S. T., Lund Thomsen, T., Jørgensen, M. B., Jensen, S. Q. & Spanger, M.
25/03/2011 → 01/08/2012
Project: Research
Research output
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Constructing victims and criminals through the racial figure of ‘the gypsy’
Spanger, M., 2022, (Accepted/In press) White Supremacy, Racism, and the Coloniality of Anti-Trafficking. Kempadoo, K. & Shih, E. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Hvorfor er antallet af retsforfølgelser for menneskehandel til tvangsarbejde (og arbejdsudnyttelse) så lavt i Danmark?
Spanger, M. & Hvalkof, S. D., 2022, 42 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Commissioned
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Living a Precarious Life as Migrant Worker in the Danish Labour Market
Andersen, M., Spanger, M. & Hvalkof, S. D., 2022, Situating Displacement. Explorations of Global (Im)Mobility. Schröder, R., Oliva, A. S. & Jensen, S. (eds.). Peter Lang, p. 57-68 11 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Udnyttelse af migranters arbejdskraft på det danske arbejdsmarkedet
Spanger, M. & Hvalkof, S. D., 2022, 49 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report › Commissioned
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Det nytter ikke at diskutere den danske model: Der foregår en global forringelse af forholdene på arbejdsmarkedet
Andersen, M. & Spanger, M., 25 Apr 2021, In: Politiken.Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to newspaper - Feature article
Prizes
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Winner of Information's Ph.D.-Cup - awarding excellence in science communication.
Spanger, Marlene (Recipient), 13 May 2012
Prize: Other prizes
Activities
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The Intertwined (Im-)Mobilities of Migrant Platform Labour in Denmark
Magnus Andersen (Lecturer) & Marlene Spanger (Lecturer)
22 Apr 2022Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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XV Nordic Labour History Conference
Marlene Spanger (Participant)
26 Jan 2022 → 30 Jan 2022Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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Doctoral Defence: Ylva Grönvall - The purchase of sex: Meaning relations and social work initiatives
Marlene Spanger (Participant)
19 Jan 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, or seminars
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The (In-)visible Migrant Worker: The Migration Infrastructure and Digital Platforms in Denmark
Magnus Andersen (Lecturer) & Marlene Spanger (Lecturer)
2 Oct 2021Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Forskningsseminar: Prekarisering, mobilitet og transformationer på arbejdsmarkedet
Marlene Spanger (Organizer) & Dan V. Hirslund (Organizer)
27 Aug 2021Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, or seminars
Press / Media
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Beløbsordningen: Filippinske Greg måtte bade på køkkengulv og sove i baglokale
31/05/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Mænd er i højere grad end før ofre for menneskehandel i Danmark
08/05/2022 → 09/05/2022
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ukrainske krigsflygtninge kan fra i dag stemple hurtigere ind på en dansk arbejdsplads
22/04/2022
11 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Impacts
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New political recommendations from the Ministry of Employment
Marlene Spanger (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact