Anja Karlsson Franck

Anja Karlsson Franck, holds a PhD in economic geography and currently works as a senior lecturer at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.

In her research, Anja has taken a particular interest in how people maneuver and navigate social, legal and spatial borders. Her work has mostly centered around gender and migration issues in Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Myanmar, but more recently also in the European context. In her ongoing research project she examines the relationship between the securitization of migration and the role and proliferation of informal and corrupt practices in relation to internal and external border controls, drawing on empirical work from Greece and Malaysia.