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Gennem min forskning om arbejdsmigration, menneskehandel og sex til salg undersøger jeg inklusions- og eksklusionsprocesser; hvordan migranter, som minoriteter, på forskelligvis er ekskluderet og inkluderet i modtagersamfundet i henhold til diskrimination og racisme. Jeg gør dette fra et bottom up og et top down perspektiv:
1) Nedefra undersøger jeg, hvordan migranters subjektpositioner etableres og forhandles i krydsfelter mellem køn, racialisering, professioner og seksualitet. Dette perspektiv afslører skabelsen af forskellige omstridte identiteter samt hvordan migranter navigerer indenfor regimer som for eksempel migration, prostitution og det transnationale arbejdsmarked.
2) Oppefra undersøger jeg, hvordan staten og andre aktører såsom NGOer og virksomheder påvirker migranters mobilitet og deres arbejdsforhold. For eksempel undersøger jeg, hvordan migranter er styret gennem et nexus mellem anti-trafficking og prostitutionspolitikker eller et nexus mellem anti-trafficking, migrations- og arbejdsmarkedets politikker.
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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Collaborations from the last five years
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Keep the City Ticking: Architectures of Fulfilment and the Infrastructures of Migration and Labour
Spanger, M. (PI) & Andersen, M. (CoI)
01/02/2024 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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PROMI: Provision of labour rights to migrant workers
Spanger, M. (Project Participant)
01/02/2022 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research
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Labour, Migration and Natural Wine: Social Sustainability in the Green Transition of Production and Trade
Spanger, M. (PI), Andersen, M. (CoI) & Lepistö, V. S. (Project Participant)
01/08/2023 → 01/05/2024
Project: Research
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CAPE: An examination of the different forms that human trafficking for labour exploitation can take in destination countries
Spanger, M. (PI) & Hvalkof, S. D. (PI)
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2021
Project: Consultancy
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Law in Action - Policy and legal responses to the exploitation of migrant workers in the Nordic countries
Spanger, M. (PI) & Hvalkof, S. D. (CoI)
01/08/2020 → 31/05/2022
Project: Research
Research output
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At Your Service: The Mobilities, Rhythms and Everyday Lives of Migrant Labour in the Gig Economy
Andersen, M., Zampoukos, K., Spanger, M. & Mitchell, D., 2024, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 50, 15, p. 3733-3750 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Constructions of migrant victims of labor exploitation in Nordic court cases
Schoultz, I., Spanger, M., Jokinen, A., Økland Jahnsen, S., Muhire, H. & Pekkarinen, A.-G., May 2024, In: International Review of Victimology. 30, 2, p. 261-281 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Gig Work in Transnational Spaces: Infrastructures of Migration and the Simultaneous Lives of Migrants in the Gig Economy
Andersen, M. & Spanger, M., 2024, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 50, 15, p. 3751-3767 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Oversete platformsarbejdere: Migration, metodologisk nationalisme og dansk arbejdsmarkedsforskning i en brydningstid
Andersen, M. & Spanger, M., 15 Feb 2024, In: Norsk Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. 8, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Same-same or different? Nordic policy responses to the exploitation of migrant workers
Spanger, M., Ollus , N., Schoultz, I. & Økland Jahnsen, S., Nov 2024, In: Nordic Journal of Criminology. 25, 2, p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile8 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Winner of Information's Ph.D.-Cup - awarding excellence in science communication.
Spanger, M. (Recipient), 13 May 2012
Prize: Other prizes
Activities
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Standing On the Shoulders of Lorraine
Spanger, M. (Lecturer)
21 Jun 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lecturers
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When Intersectionality Travels
Spanger, M. (Organizer)
28 Mar 2023Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
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Nordic approaches to the prevention of labour exploitation - Policies in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
Spanger, M. (Lecturer)
24 Mar 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Migranters tilknytning til arbejdsmarkedet: Prekarisering og (im)mobilitet
Spanger, M. (Lecturer)
28 Feb 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Migrant Labour/Contingent Labour
Andersen, M. (Organizer) & Spanger, M. (Organizer)
10 Nov 2022Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
Press/Media
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Eksperter: 29 kroner i udbetalt løn ''ligner grov udnyttelse”
09/07/2024 → 10/07/2024
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Debat: Vil regeringen gøre det lettere at udnytte migranter i Danmark?
28/04/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Fra Ukraine til Afrika: Disse fire lande er storleverandører af landbrugspraktikanter
04/04/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ekspert: Det er grov udnyttelse
19/03/2024 → 20/03/2024
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Impacts
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New political recommendations from the Ministry of Employment
Spanger, M. (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact