Over the years, she has carried out research on the ideological causes of the Rwanda genocide of 1994, the prospects and challenges of transitional justice in post-conflict societies. Mass violence and gross violations of human rights of indigenous peoples in the Eastern, Horn and Central Africa regions, gender violence, forced migration and displacement. Exclusion, marginalization and integration of African migrant communities in Sweden and human trafficking and sexual bondage. In recent years, the role of psychosocial support in fractured communities has become an integral part of her research work. She is involved in research on identities on the move, social transformations and the impact of globalization and development on pastoral nomadic communities in East Africa, and human trafficking, particularly within Africa and from Africa to Europe.