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Professor at the Department of Ethnic Studies at Campus Norrköping, University of Linköping (Sweeden). Her research interest is the field of the sociology of migration and ethnicity with a focus on gender and youth studies, as well as the issues of urban segregation, political marginalisation and social inclusion/exclusion. She has been a director of several research projects and has rich publications of articles and books in Swedish and English. Among the later are books: Ålund, A. and R. Granqvist (eds)(1995). Negotiating Identities; Essays on Immigration and Culture in Present-Day Europe. Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi. Ålund, A. & Schierup, CU (1991). Paradoxes of Multiculturalism. Essays on Swedish Society. Aldershot: Avebury. aleksandra. alund@ ituf. liu. se