Lisa Ottosson
Biographic Data
| ID | 839852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lisa Ottosson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Ottosson |
| SIGNATURE | OTTOSSON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Education, Communication and Learning, Gothenburg University , 405 30 Gothenburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Interpreters' Experiences of Asylum Interviews in Sweden. Working Conditions and Interpreting Literacy
This article seeks to investigate interpreters’ experiences of interpreting in asylum interviews. The empirical basis of the paper is ethnographic interviews with nine public service interpreters in Sweden, collected as part of a larger study during the period 2019–2022. The analysis is guided by theories of interpreting and mediation in professional encounters and literacy. Two main themes are presented; the first concerns interpreters’ working …
Mismanagement and misinterpretations in asylum interviews
This article explores the interactions between key actors in asylum interviews in South Africa and Sweden. It is based on forty-one interviews with asylum seekers, interpreters, state officials, and legal representatives. The analysis is guided by theories on professional encounters, bureaucratic violence, and interdependence. The result is presented in two themes: the emergence of mismanagement due to repressive policies and cost-cutting measure…
Assertions and aspirations
Research on asylum-seeking children tends to disregard those in parental care. In particular, little is known about children’s own perspectives. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Sweden, this article explores the ways in which accompanied children experience and seek to overcome challenges posed by asylum reception. The focus is on children’s ambition and ability to form their everyday life, given their ambiguous position of tentative emplacemen…
People Out of Place'? Advocates' Negotiations on Children's Participation in the Asylum Application Process in Sweden
This article concerns legal representatives’ negotiations around the principle of children’s best interests and children’s right to participation according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in cases of families applying for asylum in Sweden. Using material from nine interviews with children’s advocates, we analyse their strategies for obtaining narratives from children without putting them in a vulnerable position and examine the tens…
Safeguarding a Child Perspective in Asylum Reception
This article examines the perceptions and practices of Children’s Case Workers (CCW), employed at the Swedish Migration Board to safeguard children’s interests within the Swedish asylum reception system. The extensive discretionary powers that CCWs enjoy in interpreting and implementing policies are of particular significance. This qualitative study highlights the challenges experienced by CCWs at a regional branch, in their position at the inter…
Safeguarding a Child Perspective in Asylum Reception
This article examines the perceptions and practices of Children’s Case Workers (CCW), employed at the Swedish Migration Board to safeguard children’s interests within the Swedish asylum reception system. The extensive discretionary powers that CCWs enjoy in interpreting and implementing policies are of particular significance. This qualitative study highlights the challenges experienced by CCWs at a regional branch, in their position at the inter…
Assertions and aspirations
Research on asylum-seeking children tends to disregard those in parental care. In particular, little is known about children’s own perspectives. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Sweden, this article explores the ways in which accompanied children experience and seek to overcome challenges posed by asylum reception. The focus is on children’s ambition and ability to form their everyday life, given their ambiguous position of tentative emplacemen…
Mismanagement and misinterpretations in asylum interviews
This article explores the interactions between key actors in asylum interviews in South Africa and Sweden. It is based on forty-one interviews with asylum seekers, interpreters, state officials, and legal representatives. The analysis is guided by theories on professional encounters, bureaucratic violence, and interdependence. The result is presented in two themes: the emergence of mismanagement due to repressive policies and cost-cutting measure…
People Out of Place'? Advocates' Negotiations on Children's Participation in the Asylum Application Process in Sweden
This article concerns legal representatives’ negotiations around the principle of children’s best interests and children’s right to participation according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in cases of families applying for asylum in Sweden. Using material from nine interviews with children’s advocates, we analyse their strategies for obtaining narratives from children without putting them in a vulnerable position and examine the tens…
Interpreters' Experiences of Asylum Interviews in Sweden. Working Conditions and Interpreting Literacy
This article seeks to investigate interpreters’ experiences of interpreting in asylum interviews. The empirical basis of the paper is ethnographic interviews with nine public service interpreters in Sweden, collected as part of a larger study during the period 2019–2022. The analysis is guided by theories of interpreting and mediation in professional encounters and literacy. Two main themes are presented; the first concerns interpreters’ working …
Safeguarding a Child Perspective in Asylum Reception
This article examines the perceptions and practices of Children’s Case Workers (CCW), employed at the Swedish Migration Board to safeguard children’s interests within the Swedish asylum reception system. The extensive discretionary powers that CCWs enjoy in interpreting and implementing policies are of particular significance. This qualitative study highlights the challenges experienced by CCWs at a regional branch, in their position at the inter…
People Out of Place'? Advocates' Negotiations on Children's Participation in the Asylum Application Process in Sweden
This article concerns legal representatives’ negotiations around the principle of children’s best interests and children’s right to participation according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in cases of families applying for asylum in Sweden. Using material from nine interviews with children’s advocates, we analyse their strategies for obtaining narratives from children without putting them in a vulnerable position and examine the tens…
Assertions and aspirations
Research on asylum-seeking children tends to disregard those in parental care. In particular, little is known about children’s own perspectives. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Sweden, this article explores the ways in which accompanied children experience and seek to overcome challenges posed by asylum reception. The focus is on children’s ambition and ability to form their everyday life, given their ambiguous position of tentative emplacemen…
Mismanagement and misinterpretations in asylum interviews
This article explores the interactions between key actors in asylum interviews in South Africa and Sweden. It is based on forty-one interviews with asylum seekers, interpreters, state officials, and legal representatives. The analysis is guided by theories on professional encounters, bureaucratic violence, and interdependence. The result is presented in two themes: the emergence of mismanagement due to repressive policies and cost-cutting measure…
Interpreters' Experiences of Asylum Interviews in Sweden. Working Conditions and Interpreting Literacy
This article seeks to investigate interpreters’ experiences of interpreting in asylum interviews. The empirical basis of the paper is ethnographic interviews with nine public service interpreters in Sweden, collected as part of a larger study during the period 2019–2022. The analysis is guided by theories of interpreting and mediation in professional encounters and literacy. Two main themes are presented; the first concerns interpreters’ working …
Migration, Health and Trauma (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (2 works) · Refugee (2 works)