Charlotte Melander
Biographic Data
| ID | 4422571 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charlotte Melander |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charlotte |
| FAMILY NAME | Melander |
| SIGNATURE | MELANDER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8228-8647 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
It’s Hard Work Making Friends’: Transnational Mobility and Friendships Among Young European Migrants in Sweden
Research on friendship does not fully acknowledge the multi-sited character and ‘hard work’ involved in maintaining old and making new friends. This article addresses this gap, drawing on repeated interviews with and visual data for 18 young people from Poland and Romania living in Sweden. It shows that their friendships are transnationally embedded, enduring tensions and disruptions. Few participants could preserve old friendships ‘back home’, b…
She Tells Me I Am a Strong Person: Romanian and Polish Young Migrants' Talk About Significant Adults in the School Settings in Sweden
This article examines young European migrants' relations with professionals in the school settings in Sweden. The research draws on a broader research project—‘Transnational childhoods: building of significant relationships among Polish and Romanian migrant children after reunification with parents in Sweden’, where 18 young people from Poland and Romania, aged between 16 and 29 were interviewed twice, using visual data such as lifelines and netw…
Young people’s accounts of negotiating intergenerational care during serial migration from Poland and Romania to Sweden
The article examines young Europeans’ retrospective accounts of intergenerational caregiving during serial migration. It draws on interviews with 18 young people whose parents moved to Sweden from Poland or Romania before relocating their children. Theoretical lenses of care circulation in transnational families, generalised reciprocity, negotiating caregiving and fostering are applied to analyse three cases, each representing a specific type of …
Identity Formation and Developing Meaningful Social Relationships: The Role of the Polish Catholic Community for Polish Young People Migrating to Sweden
This article draws from a broader research project Transnational childhoods , illuminating the agency and experiences of children and young people migrating from Poland and Romania to Sweden under the age of 18. Focusing on young people born in Poland and having social relationships post-migration as central theoretical component, the article explores the role that the Polish Catholic community in Sweden plays in the lives of young Polish migrant…
Identity Formation and Developing Meaningful Social Relationships: The Role of the Polish Catholic Community for Polish Young People Migrating to Sweden
This article draws from a broader research project Transnational childhoods , illuminating the agency and experiences of children and young people migrating from Poland and Romania to Sweden under the age of 18. Focusing on young people born in Poland and having social relationships post-migration as central theoretical component, the article explores the role that the Polish Catholic community in Sweden plays in the lives of young Polish migrant…
Young people’s accounts of negotiating intergenerational care during serial migration from Poland and Romania to Sweden
The article examines young Europeans’ retrospective accounts of intergenerational caregiving during serial migration. It draws on interviews with 18 young people whose parents moved to Sweden from Poland or Romania before relocating their children. Theoretical lenses of care circulation in transnational families, generalised reciprocity, negotiating caregiving and fostering are applied to analyse three cases, each representing a specific type of …
Identity Formation and Developing Meaningful Social Relationships: The Role of the Polish Catholic Community for Polish Young People Migrating to Sweden
This article draws from a broader research project Transnational childhoods , illuminating the agency and experiences of children and young people migrating from Poland and Romania to Sweden under the age of 18. Focusing on young people born in Poland and having social relationships post-migration as central theoretical component, the article explores the role that the Polish Catholic community in Sweden plays in the lives of young Polish migrant…
Young people’s accounts of negotiating intergenerational care during serial migration from Poland and Romania to Sweden
The article examines young Europeans’ retrospective accounts of intergenerational caregiving during serial migration. It draws on interviews with 18 young people whose parents moved to Sweden from Poland or Romania before relocating their children. Theoretical lenses of care circulation in transnational families, generalised reciprocity, negotiating caregiving and fostering are applied to analyse three cases, each representing a specific type of …
It’s Hard Work Making Friends’: Transnational Mobility and Friendships Among Young European Migrants in Sweden
Research on friendship does not fully acknowledge the multi-sited character and ‘hard work’ involved in maintaining old and making new friends. This article addresses this gap, drawing on repeated interviews with and visual data for 18 young people from Poland and Romania living in Sweden. It shows that their friendships are transnationally embedded, enduring tensions and disruptions. Few participants could preserve old friendships ‘back home’, b…
She Tells Me I Am a Strong Person: Romanian and Polish Young Migrants' Talk About Significant Adults in the School Settings in Sweden
This article examines young European migrants' relations with professionals in the school settings in Sweden. The research draws on a broader research project—‘Transnational childhoods: building of significant relationships among Polish and Romanian migrant children after reunification with parents in Sweden’, where 18 young people from Poland and Romania, aged between 16 and 29 were interviewed twice, using visual data such as lifelines and netw…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (3 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Family Support in Illness (2 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Issues in Poland (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)