My research is in economic demography, with a focus on migration and integration. I study how major transitions in an immigrant’s life affect later outcomes. This includes how obtaining citizenship relates to labor-market participation, income development, and broader integration processes.

Another part of my work examines intermarriage between immigrants and native-born individuals. I analyse income effects as well as long-term outcomes for children growing up in intermarried families, using population-level data to identify differences across immigrant generations.

I also conduct research on education among immigrant students, especially the role of mother-tongue instruction and how language support influences school performance. Within family demography, I study stepfamily formation and its consequences for children’s educational outcomes, focusing on how different family structures are linked to children’s opportunities over time.

In addition to these contemporary research areas, I also work with more historically oriented questions, using long-run demographic and socioeconomic data to study mobility, family structures, and integration patterns in earlier periods.

I am teaching at the Department of Economic History,  mainly in the master's program of economic demography but I have taught all levels and various areas within the field.  I am also both an examiner and a supervisor in the thesis course.  I have previously taught in the bachelor's program in Social work, semester six, where I mainly taught research methods and research design.

My work also has a clear policy dimension. I co-authored a report for the Swedish Migration Studies Delegation (DELMI), which was presented to the Swedish government and received national media attention. I have presented results from my dissertation to the Danish Ministry of Employment as well as to the Municipality of Copenhagen. In addition, I have written a report for ESO (the Expert Group on Public Economics) on child poverty in immigrant families. These policy-oriented contributions complement my academic research and reflect a broader interest in how empirical evidence can inform discussions on migration, integration, and social inequality. I am also affiliated with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR).