Personal profile
Research
I am a social anthropologist and work on topics including processes of inequity in health, gender and disparities in health, the welfare state, and humanitarianism. I hold a M.Sc. in Anthropology from the University of Copenhagen.
For my PhD project "Healthcare in the gaps of the welfare state: A qualitative study of third sector health care services in Denmark", I study the role of the third sector in providing health care for people residing in Denmark without civil registration numbers. I explore how third sector actors interact with the welfare state and navigate migration management policies to facilitate access to primary health care. I'm interested in how these interactions are practiced and the implications they have on how inequity in health is understood and addressed. The project is funded through a non-university PhD grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark and is hosted by the Danish Institute for Human Rights. The PhD education is facilitated by the Institute of People and Technology at Roskilde University.
Education/Academic qualification
Social Anthropology, MSc Social Anthropology , University of Copenhagen
Award Date: 8 Dec 2016
Social anthropology, BSocSc Social Anthropology , The University of Manchester
Award Date: 1 Jun 2013
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Frontline healthcare providers and everyday revaluation: Negotiating healthcare for migrants with irregularised residency status in Denmark
Legg, F. A., 2025, (Submitted) In: Social Science & Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Moral economies of responsibility in the welfare state: Healthcare for migrants with irregularised status in Denmark
Legg, F. A., 2025, (Submitted) In: Ethnicities.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The social aesthetics of fundability: NGO healthcare for immigrants with irregularised residency status within the Danish welfare state
Legg, F. A., 2025, (In preparation) In: Medical Anthropology Quarterly.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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‘The politics of vulnerability and the universal right to health': Negotiating healthcare for diverse irregularised migrants in Denmark’
Legg, F. A., Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
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‘Gatekeeping and healthcare in the gaps of the Danish welfare state’
Legg, F. A., 2022, (Accepted/In press).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
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Healthcare in the gaps of the welfare state: A qualitative study of third sector health care services in Denmark
Legg, F. A. (Project participant) & Schwennesen, N. (Supervisor)
10/08/2020 → 01/09/2026
Project: Research
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Health Care in the Gaps of the Welfare State- An Ethnographic Study of Third Sector Health Care Services in Denmark -
Dybbroe, B. (Supervisor) & Legg, F. A. (Project participant)
10/08/2020 → 24/11/2024
Project: Research
Activities
- 2 Lecture and oral contribution
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The Right to Health and access to healthcare without a civil registration number
Legg, F. A. (Speaker)
2 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Health and inequality – a gender perspective
Legg, F. A. (Speaker)
30 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution