Experience

Arena Idé

• Sweden
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Stockholm Metropolitan Area I head the Stockholm-based independent progressive think tank Arena Idé. Arena Idé is funded by the Swedish trade union movement.

• Chief Analyst

  • Aug 2013 - Jan 2021

  Stockholm, Sweden Responsible for analysis and research at Arena Idé, an independent, progressive think tank connected to Arenagruppen.



University of Vienna

• Austria
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Student /Doktorand

  • 2006 - Oct 2013

  Vienna Conducted research on transnational migration and remittances towards a PhD in political science. Obtained my PhD in October 2013.



Global Utmaning

• Sweden
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager

  • 2011 - Jul 2013

  Stockholm, Sweden

• Project Manager

  • 2009 - 2011

  Research and outreach activities on migrant remittances from Sweden



Georgetown University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Scholar

  • 2010 - 2010

  Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration, a part of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service



Swedish Embassy in Vienna

• First Secretary

  • 2007 - 2007

  Among other issues, responsible for the programme of Her Majesty The Queen's program at the Swedish State Visit to Austria in November 2007. Organiser of "Schwedenwochen" at the MuseumsQuartier, one of the most frequented tourist destinations in Vienna.


Aftonbladet
• Newspaper Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee
• Ledarskribent

  • 2004 - 2004


Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

• Political advisor

  • 2002 - 2003

  Political advisor to Jan O Karlsson, Minister for Development Co-operation, Migration and Asylum Policy



International Union of Socialist Youth

• Austria
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Secretary General

  • Jan 1998 - Dec 2001

  Head of the international secretariat and responsible for the coordination of 135 progressive socialist, social democrat and labour youth organisations in more than 100 countries. Responsibility for staff and volunteers, as well as finances. The youngest and first female secretary general ever.


Social Democratic Youth of Sweden
• International Secretary

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 1997