Mathilda Ernberg

Background

I hold a master degree in Gender Studies from Lund University (2015) and a one-year master in Leadership and Organization from Malmö University (2017). My interest and academic writings has been focused around national belonging in the intersections of gender, sexuality and race. 

Since 2015 I have worked in different roles with supervision and mentoring for university students.
I’m engaged in social activism, and I have been involved in different projects and initiatives about anti-racism and queer feminism. 

Before my engagement in doctoral studies I’ve been working with queer ambitions for sexuality, gender and ability as a sales consultant for sex-toys. 

Research Areas

• Border studies 
• Racialisation and Othering 
• Intersectional perspectives on politics for belonging
• Affect theory
• Feminist Methodology

Current research and teaching

My research departures from an interest in understand borders from multiple perspectives; as material, bodily, as well as symbolic practices of control and possibilities for belonging. I wish to investigate this with a focus on national borders and how these affect interventions for school absenteeism in elementary schools, in a Nordic context. My research draws on intersectional feminist and postcolonial
theories, and methodologies, and seek to explore the dynamics of power in processes of national bordering. 

I’m a part of the editorial team at the peer-reviewed academic journal Women, Gender and Research. 
I also do assignments for Malmö University at the Department of Childhood, Education and Society as a supervisor for bachelor projects.