Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Current research
The Boundary Work Project investigates new interfaces between refugees, civil society, and municipal caseworkers in a self-reliance and repatriation context. The project is carried out in close collaboration with UC Absalon, the Danish Red Cross, and the Danish Refugee Council.
Primary fields of research
Welfare state encounters between frontline workers and vulnerable individuals. The government of refugees and asylum seekers in Denmark, including in asylum centres and in departure centres. The selection of refugees for third country resettlement in Denmark.
Knowledge of languages
Dansk, engelsk.
Teaching
The government of refugees and asylum seekers, selection of refugees for resettlement in Denmark, activion of asylum seekers in danish asylum centres, migrationsstyring, Foucault, Goffman, qualitative studies of system/client interaction.
Fields of interest
problems and strategies of of government- and management, migration, religion, refugees, minorities, ethnicity, nationalism, integration, the selection of refugees for resettlement in Denmark, migration management. Foucault, Goffman. Qualitative research in the field of system/client encounters.
External positions
Researcher, VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research Copenhagen
6 Oct 2015 → 31 Aug 2021
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Boundary Work in times of deterrence and return: emotionalisation, interdependence and inequality at the interfaces between refugees, state and civil society
Sandberg, M., Kohl, K. S., Shapiro, D. & Jørgensen, R. P. E., 2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 8, p. 2070-2088Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The temporary turn in asylum: a new agenda for researching the politics of deterrence in practice
Sandberg, M., Schultz, J. & Syppli Kohl, K., 2025, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 51, 8, p. 1997-2014 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Research › peer-review
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Boundary obstacles in social innovation: refugees, volunteers, and caseworkers navigating Denmark’s paradoxical borderscape
Shapiro, D., Kohl, K. S., Jørgensen, R. P. E. & Sandberg, M., 2024, In: Migration Studies. 12, 4, mnae043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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BOUNDARY WORK: Nye grænseflader mellem stat, civilsamfund og flygtninge i en selvforsørgelses- og hjemrejsekontekst
Sandberg, M., Kohl, K. S. & Shapiro, D., 2024, Københavns Universitet, p. 1-12, 12 p.Research output: Working paper › Research
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Family learning environments in Scandinavia: dimensions, types and socioeconomic profiles
Thomsen, J. P., Jæger, M. M., Kohl, K. S., Henze-Pedersen, S., Karmsteen, K. & Klokker, R. H., 2024, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 45, 3, p. 347-262Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Flygtninge på Grænsen til Velfærdsstaten
Kohl, K. S., Shapiro, D. & Sandberg, M., 18 Mar 2024, In: Altinget Social.Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to newspaper - Feature article
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Out of sync: Temporal governance and agency in refugee families with temporary protection status in Denmark
Shapiro, D., Kohl, K. S., Jørgensen, R. P. E. & Sandberg, M., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Refugee Studies. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Affective borderwork: Governance of Unwanted Migration to Europe through Emotions
Vammen, I. M. S. & Kohl, K. S., 2023, In: Journal of Borderlands Studies. 38, 6, p. 919-938Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
File7 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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BOUNDARY WORK
Kohl, K. S. (Other), Sandberg, M. (Other) & Shapiro, D. K. (Other)
18 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Presentation on the politicisation of migration research and on making a podcast
Sandberg, M. (Speaker) & Kohl, K. S. (Other)
2 Feb 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Oplæg om Paradigmeskiftets Konsekvenser / Boundary Work Projektet
Kohl, K. S. (Other), Sandberg, M. (Other) & Rytter, M. (Other)
17 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Women in the Danish Asylum System
Kohl, K. S. (Other)
13 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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I Felten med Foucault
Kohl, K. S. (Other)
31 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Boundary Work - new interfaces between the state, civil society and refugees after the temporary turn
Kohl, K. S. (Other)
12 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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De Frivillige og Paradigmeskiftet: Frivilliges roller og strategier i møder med flygtninge på midlertidighedens vilkår.
Kohl, K. S. (Other) & Jørgensen, R. P. E. (Other)
8 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Boundary work: nye grænseflader mellem stat, civilsamfund og flygtninge i en selvforsørgelses- og hjemrejsekontekst
Kohl, K. S. (Other) & Shapiro, D. K. (Other)
5 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Stor forskel på hvordan borgere med handicap og socialrådgivere oplever sagsforløb
31/01/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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I Danmark kommer mange flygtninge aldrig ud af lejren - det er skadeligt for både mennesker og samfundsøkonomi
Kohl, K. S., Whyte, Z., Odgaard Jakobsen, C. & Turner, S.
05/08/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Landkommuner: Asylcentre er en god forretning
22/09/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Prizes
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2022-2024 Best Article Award Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Kohl, K. S. (Recipient), 15 Aug 2024
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions