Book review of Bijak, Jakub (ed.) 2024. From Uncertainty to Policy: A Guide to Migration Scenarios. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 166 pp.
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Author: Silje Andresen
Interpersonal Austerity as a Barrier to the Social Integration of Highly Skilled Immigrants in Norway
In this article, we examine barriers to the social integration of highly skilled immigrants in Norway, drawing on qualitative interviews. Many participants described significant challenges in forming friendships with Norwegians. Responding t…
Home–School Cooperation in Children’s Education: Narratives of South Asian Immigrant Parents in Finland
While extensive research on home–school cooperation has been conducted both in Nordic countries and beyond, the perspectives of immigrant parents have received little attention. To bridge the gap, this qualitative study examines the narrativ…
Party Membership among Foreign-Born Residents: Insights from Chilean Administrative Census Data (2017–2020)
Chile is one of the democracies that has significantly expanded citizenship rights. Foreign-born residents over the age of 18 years who have lived in the country for at least five years are automatically registered on the electoral rolls, ar…
Compassion as a Social Emotion in Ethnographic Research with Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
In this article, I explore compassion both as a social emotion and as a practice of encounter in ethnographic research. I argue that compassion is not a plain emotion but instead a socially relational one that prompts cognitive processes, le…
Between Benefit and Risk: Constructions of Skill and Competency of Internationally Educated Nurses in Sweden
Highly skilled migrants in Sweden are at risk of exclusion from professions commensurate with their qualifications, particularly in regulated fields like nursing. In response, national policies and programmes have been introduced to facilita…
Ukrainian Refugees’ Stances Towards Russian-Language Interpretation Services in Finland: Language, Identity and Emotion in Exile
This article investigates how Ukrainian migrants and war-displaced persons in Finland experience and evaluate interpreter-mediated encounters in public service settings following the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Drawing on 57…
Book review of Eichler, Jessika and Topidi, Kyriaki (eds.) 2022. Minority Recognition and the Diversity Deficit: Comparative Perspectives. Oxford: Bloomsbury Publishing, 256 pp.
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Book review of Mogstad, Heidi 2023. Humanitarian Shame and Redemption: Norwegian Citizens Helping Refugees in Greece. New York: Berghahn Books, 278 pp.
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Working-Class Migrants: Are they Motivated by Higher Social Wages and/or a Better Lifestyle?
The article uses the concepts of social wage and lifestyle migration to discuss the motivators of working-class migrants from Estonia to Nordic countries (Finland and Sweden). The present research challenges the long-standing tradition of de…
Nordic Migration Research at a Crossroads
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Book review of Gómez-Ciriano, Emilio José, Cabiati, Elena, and Dedotsi, Sofia (eds.) 2023. Migration and Social Work: Approaches, Visions and Challenges. Bristol: Policy Press, 248 pp.
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Postcolonial Passages: Tiken Jah Fakoly and the Musical Intervention of African Mobility
This study examines how the Ivoirian reggae musician Tiken Jah Fakoly critically engages with issues of African migration, displacement, and postcolonial identity through his music. Drawing on detailed analyses of five selected songs: ‘Le De…
Book review of Lubit, Amanda J. 2025. Life as a Migrant Muslim Woman in Sectarian Northern Ireland: An Exploration of Gender, Visibility, Movement, and Placemaking. New York: Berghahn Books, 205 pp.
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‘He Was the Most Important’: How General Practitioners Support Syrian Refugees in Navigating Norway as a Receiving Society
Refugees often face psychological strain related to war trauma, uncertain legal status, and unfamiliar societal expectations. Health challenges may further hinder their ability to engage in employment, education, and civic life. This qualita…
‘I Have Completely Exhausted Myself During This Journey’: Female Citizens’ Experiential Migrantisation in the Face of Their Foreign Spouse’s Deportability
This article examines how a foreign partner’s deportability influences Finnish women. The concept of ‘experiential migrantisation’ offers particular utility for this analysis in that it elucidates the negative impacts of immigration regimes …
Between Proximity and Distance: Adult Migrants’ Belonging in Racialised Social Networks
This article examines how adult migrants in Finland experience belonging through the social networks they form within and beyond institutional contexts. Drawing on ethnographic research, including interviews with 29 adult migrant students an…
The Double‑Edged Swords of Hope and Hopelessness: Ethnographic Insights Among Deportable Refugees in Sweden
This article explores the interplay between hope and hopelessness among refugees in Sweden who have been denied asylum and live under the threat of deportation. Based on ethnographic research conducted in a rural municipality in central Swed…
Kinship Constellations in the Narratives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Norway
Kinship emerges as a constellation of relational ties for young adults who arrive in Norway as unaccompanied refugee minors, shaped by migration, separation, and the uneven terrain of family reunification. Drawing on long‑term ethnographic f…
Discrimination and Reactive Transnationalism Among Recent Italian, Polish, Turkish, and Syrian Immigrants in Germany
Reactive transnationalism involves immigrants responding to hostility in the receiving society by increasing their connection and interaction with their origin country. The current study builds upon previous examinations of this phenomenon b…
Book review of Leutloff-Grandits, Carolin. 2023. Translocal Care across Kosovo’s Borders. Reconfiguring Kinship along Gender and Generational Lines. New York: Berghahn. 276 pp.
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Self‑Selection Among Sexual Orientation Refugees to Sweden: The Role of Support Organisations in Destination Countries
In recent years, scholarly attention on sexual orientation asylum‑seekers has markedly increased. However, the role of support organisations in destination countries remains unclear. Organisations are central, both as much research relies on…
Shaping Immigration Attitudes: The Role of Human Values, Media Engagement and Sociopolitical Events Among European Managers
This article examines how human values, media engagement and sociopolitical events shape immigration attitudes across Europe, with a particular focus on understanding the immigration attitudes of European managers, using other workers as a c…
‘More Than Money’: Unpacking the Moral Economies of Remittances Through the Online Advertising of Western Union
That migrant remittances are, or should be, ‘more than money’ is a statement on which different stakeholders, with different interests, would probably agree. While migrants often strive to articulate care and emotional involvemen…
The Constitutionality of the Italy–Albania Protocol of November 2023
In recent years, the management of asylum-seeker flows has increasingly become a subject of political contention, prompting several states to explore the externalization of asylum procedures as a policy response. Within this context, in Nove…