Marta Bivand Erdal
Biographic Data
| ID | 124965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Bivand Erdal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta Bivand |
| FAMILY NAME | Erdal |
| SIGNATURE | ERDAL M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peace Research Institute Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1398-098X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 62 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 941 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 62 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 16 |
Interfacing Ground Realities of Im/Mobilities and Migration Policy in Pakistan
This article foregrounds the migration–development nexus and analyses how the policy on migration and development in Pakistan does, or does not, address ongoing im/mobility realities. International migration is a significant economic and political issue. Meanwhile, international donors seek to influence the state’s development planning and policies on citizens’ im/mobilities. This article asks: How does the current migration policy in Pakistan en…
Navigating superdiversity in Catholic and Muslim religious education in Norway
Coding as analytical process: From profound to productive uncertainty
This paper starts with a moment of profound uncertainty: could the research questions be addressed with our data? And if so, how could coding in NVivo play a role? Through an iterative process, fumbling, and patience, the emergent solution was to systematically use ‘memos’, teasing out ‘between the lines’ insights and coding the ‘memos’, thus integrating coding within the analytical process. Choosing to pay attention to how we do analysis, but ev…
Migrant Transnationalism: Imiscoe Short Reader
This series is the official book series of IMISCOE, the largest network of excellence on migration and diversity in the world.It comprises publications which present empirical and theoretical research on different aspects of international migration.
Tracing housing aid modalities and solutions to protracted displacement: Experiences among Sri Lanka’s northern Muslims
As protractedness in displacement rises, the need for sustainable solutions remains urgent. This article traces the roles of housing aid in displacement and in the search for solutions to displacement. We draw on the case of Sri Lanka’s Northern Muslims’ internal displacement in 1990, with its protracted history. We build on data from 2021 to 2022, long after the 2009 end of the civil war, which provides insight into how IDPs in different locatio…
Comfortable Immobility and the Role of Staying in the Upward Social Mobility of Families in Asian Cities
Research on spatial and social mobility intersections often foregrounds the role of migration in struggles for improved socioeconomic positions. Inspired by im/mobility scholarship and growing interest in voluntary immobility, this article considers the role of staying in the interactions between migration and upward social mobility. Drawing on 106 family history interviews with middle-class urban residents in Hanoi, Manila, Karachi, and Mumbai, …
Do we need more or less focus on “class” in migration research
Is “class” a metaphor in migration studies? A cursory review of recent literature suggests “class” is sometimes central to analysis (e.g. Bonjour & Chauvin, 2018; Kofman, 2018; Robertson & Roberts, 2022; Rye, 2019; Stock, 2024). However more often, “class” is mentioned as a figure of speech, symbolically referring to socio-economic dimensions of difference. The economic dimensions are often explicit but vague, e.g. “low skilled”, “high skilled”, …
Conceptualizing and Measuring Conflict-Related Determinants of Migration
Fostering togetherness in superdiverse Catholic parishes
Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda
This article investigates the nature of refugee journeys by triangulating open‐ended, closed, and spatial survey data collected among South Sudanese refugees in Northern Uganda. While much research focuses on migration pathways across borders into the Global North, knowledge about refugees' journeys within their countries of origin or to neighbouring countries is limited. By targeting refugees' initial journeys out of conflict settings, we shed l…
How do perceptions, fears, and experiences of violence and conflict affect considerations of moving internally and internationally
This article draws on cross-country survey and qualitative data for local areas within Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Somalia to explore how perceptions, fears, and experiences of violence affect how young adults consider whether or not to move, internally, within their own countries, or internationally. We shed new light on how different forms and intensities of violence and conflict, ranging from tribal violence in Northern Nigeria to the …
Rethinking Migration Studies for 2050
Migration is a complex social process not simply a response to development imbalances, or a solution to problems like unemployment, poverty or population aging. As such migration and mobility are shaped by broader processes of globalization, development, technological transformation, urbanization and in turn contribute to shaping those. This collective paper raises and seeks to answer important research and policy questions about migration and so…
The dynamic space of aid relations in protracted internal displacement: The case of Sri Lanka's northern Muslims
Aid relations in protracted displacement comprise a diversity of actors with different influence and involvement over time. Building on the case of Sri Lanka's northern Muslim's expulsion from the north of the country in 1990, this paper investigates the dynamic space of aid relations in their drawn-out internal displacement. The study draws on 38 key informant interviews and 10 focus-group discussions, conducted in Sri Lanka (Jaffna, Mannar, Put…
Katolsk katekese i Norge
Artikkelen gir en introduksjon til det katolske trosopplæringsprogrammet for barn og unge slik det praktiseres i Norge i dag. Katekese inkluderer også undervisning for voksne, men dette behandles ikke i denne teksten
Religiøse minoritetar, trusopplæring og skole: Faithed-prosjektet
‘Birthplace unknown’: On the symbolic value of the passport for identity-construction among naturalised citizens
When naturalised citizens receive their passport, it is material and symbolic proof of membership in the nation-state, tying the individual to the nation and providing mobility resources. For naturalised Norwegian citizens, their birthplace appears in the passport. What might be the implications of removing this information? In 2016, the Norwegian government replaced birthplace details with ‘birthplace unknown’ in the passports of naturalised cit…
Exploring Europe’s external migration policy mix: On the Interactions of Visa, Readmission, and Resettlement Policies
This article explores Europe's external migration mix, considering three policy instruments which form part of the EU's remote control of borders: (1) visa regulations managing entry and cross-border mobility, (2) readmission agreements facilitating assisted and forced return of migrants without legal right to remain, and (3) resettlement of refugees with refugee status via formalised programmes. The article explores the degree and nature of thes…
The Necessity of Taking a Loan, and the Necessity of Not Doing So: Islamic Finance among Muslim Minorities in Denmark and Norway
A state-centred conception of nationhood? Norwegian bureaucrats on the nation
This article engages critically with the idea of state-centred nationhood, including its promises and limitations, as a foundation for state strategies of forging unity in (migration-related) diversity within nations. As states across Europe grapple with the management of migration-related diversity, in contexts of increasing polarization of public debate on nationhood, which conceptions of nationhood do they draw on? We build on data from Norway…
On the formation of content for 'political remittances: An analysis of Polish and Romanian migrants comparative evaluations of 'here' and 'there
Migration may affect migrants’ ideas as they become exposed to different contexts over time. But how does such exposure and opportunities for comparative evaluation of origin and settlement contexts, translate into content for potential political remittances? To answer this question, we analyse 80 interviews with Polish and Romanian migrants living in Barcelona (Spain) and Oslo (Norway). Starting from the established ‘social remittances’, literat…
To vote or not to vote? Migrant electoral (dis)engagement in an enlarged Europe
External voting by nonresident citizens has become an important feature of contemporary democratic politics. However, compared to the average voter in domestic elections, we still know significantly less about migrants’ motivations to vote or not. Whereas analyses of external voting patterns offer insights into the results of external voting compared to origin populations, there is a lacuna of knowledge about why migrants choose to vote, or not, …
Living in two countries: Transnational living as an alternative to migration
After three decades of scholarship, transnationalism remains understood as connections between people who have migrated and people who remain in the country of origin. Such ties are important and prevalent. But perhaps a radical extension of transnationalism is also warranted: There are people who are neither ‘migrants’ nor ‘non‐migrants’ but lead transnational lives that evade these categories. In such cases, transnationalism is not a consequenc…
Om å få høre til: En noe avventendeog lavmælt tilnærming til rasialisering
Interrogating boundaries of the everyday nation through first impressions: Experiences of young people in Norway
This article interrogates boundaries of the everyday nation, based on how young people in Norway experience and reflect upon first impressions. The data consists of 289 texts written by pupils and 33 focus groups with the same youth. First impressions are conceptualized as boundaries of the everyday nation, characterized by heteronomy and multiplicity, as embodied encounters with emotional dimensions. Perspectives from both the observed and the o…
Migrants' Multifocal Sedentarism: Ambivalent Belonging and Desired Recognition in Transnational Social Fields Connecting Pakistan and Norway
This article starts from the empirical observation that many migrants lead lives characterized by sedentarism, not mobility, within transnational social fields. Migrant belonging is often stretched across multiple locations spatially, resulting in what I call multifocal sedentarism. I draw on qualitative data from the transnational social field spanning Pakistan, Norway and elsewhere, to interrogate migrants’ ambivalent belonging, while recognizi…
Forced to leave? The discursive and analytical significance of describing migration as forced and voluntary
Studies on conflict-related migration and migration, in general, remain poorly connected, despite calls for interaction. This reflects the forced-voluntary dichotomy's stickiness within and beyond academia, which is closely connected to the political implications of unsettling it and potentially undermining migrants' protection rights. We delve into notions of the 'voluntariness' of migration and argue for the analytical need to relate evaluation…
Migrant Balancing Acts: Understanding the Interactions Between Integration and Transnationalism
In this article, we explore ways of understanding the interactions between migrant integration and transnationalism, based on a review of quantitative and qualitative literature. Integration is taken as the starting point, and the assumption that integration and transnationalism are at odds with one another is questioned. When considered as constituents of a social process, we argue that there are many similarities between integration and transna…
Liquid migration, grounded lives: Considerations about future mobility and settlement among Polish and Spanish migrants in Norway
The 2004 EU extension and the 2008 financial crisis triggered new migration flows within Europe, and subsequent debates about what the novelty of these migration flows consists of. We draw on adult Polish and Spanish migrants' in Norway's considerations about future mobility and settlement, and explore how these situate themselves in relation to conceptualisations of intra-European migration as 'liquid'. Family concerns, economic factors and work…
Beyond the insider–outsider divide in migration research
This article engages critically with the insider-outsider divide in research with migrants and advocates a more nuanced and dynamic approach to positionality. In migration research, the insider-outsider divide typically assumes a specific form: an insider researcher is a member of the migrant group under study, whereas an outsider researcher is a member of the majority population in the country of settlement. This divide is a discursive reality t…
Return Migration and Transnationalism: How Are the Two Connected
Return migration and migrant transnationalism are key phenomena in research on international migration. Here we examine how the two are connected. The article introduces a special section and draws partly upon this selection of papers and partly upon the broader literature. First, we argue that there is often a blurred boundary between mobility as a transnational practice, for instance in the form of return visits, and purportedly permanent or lo…
Where are you from' or 'when did you come'? Temporal dimensions in migrants' reflections about settlement and return
In this article we explore the added value of foregrounding temporal dimensions in migration research. Age at the time of migration, length of stay in the country of settlement and individual life-cycle stages matter for migrants' settlement and return considerations. However, these factors are rarely put centre stage in analyses. We draw on data from sixty-seven informants with different country backgrounds, who had either immigrated recently, a…
A Place to Stay in Pakistan’: Why Migrants Build Houses in their Country of Origin
Migrants' houses are a common feature of many regions of emigration globally and are one manifestation of migrants' transnational ties. This paper explores why migrants' build houses in their country of origin, even when migrants are not planning to return. The paper aims to analyze migrants' houses as relational places located in transnational social space. This is done through an analysis of the reasons for building migrants' houses, which show…
Migrant Transnationalism and Multi-Layered Integration: Norwegian-Pakistani Migrants' Own Reflections
This article explores the interaction between migrant transnationalism and integration by interrogating the concept of integration from a transnational perspective. Integration is shown to be a multi-layered phenomenon, encompassing both descriptive and prescriptive elements—what is and what ought to be. The policies of individual nation-states define the legal-political dimensions of integration in particular contexts, at times contributing to a…
How citizenship matters (or not): The citizenship-belonging nexus explored among residents in Oslo, Norway
This article sheds light on what citizenship means for individuals’ experiences of belonging. Through 41 interviews conducted in Oslo, Norway, we trace understandings of how, when and why citizenship matters (or not) for belonging. Our interviewees fall into one of four categories: born citizens; naturalized citizens; dual citizens and non-Norwegian citizens who would qualify for naturalization, thus mixing participants with and without immigrant…
Interrogating boundaries of the everyday nation through first impressions: Experiences of young people in Norway
This article interrogates boundaries of the everyday nation, based on how young people in Norway experience and reflect upon first impressions. The data consists of 289 texts written by pupils and 33 focus groups with the same youth. First impressions are conceptualized as boundaries of the everyday nation, characterized by heteronomy and multiplicity, as embodied encounters with emotional dimensions. Perspectives from both the observed and the o…
Losing the Right to Stay: Revocation of Refugee Permits in Norway
Following the record number of asylum seekers to Europe in 2015, Norway intensified its practice of revoking migrants’ residence permits and citizenships, which primarily affected refugees and their families, and reflects a broader international trend of increased use of temporary protection. This article explores the effects of revocation on individuals, their families and wider communities by analysing how revocation is experienced and its cons…
Dismantling diasporas: Rethinking Geographies of Diasporic Identity, Connection and Development
To vote or not to vote? Migrant electoral (dis)engagement in an enlarged Europe
External voting by nonresident citizens has become an important feature of contemporary democratic politics. However, compared to the average voter in domestic elections, we still know significantly less about migrants’ motivations to vote or not. Whereas analyses of external voting patterns offer insights into the results of external voting compared to origin populations, there is a lacuna of knowledge about why migrants choose to vote, or not, …
"The "good citizen: Asserting and contesting norms of participation and belonging in Oslo
The question of what constitutes the "good citizen" has received renewed interest in Western Europe in connection with increasing pressure on the welfare state, concerns over migration-related diversity, and growing anxiety about a crisis of democracy. We draw on data from fifty in-depth interviews and six focus group discussions with residents of Oslo to study the impact of this discursive landscape of citizenship policy on everyday perceptions …
How does Conflict in Migrants’ Country of Origin Affect Remittance-Sending? Financial Priorities and Transnational Obligations among Somalis and Pakistanis in Norway
This article examines how conflict in the country of origin interacts with other factors in shaping migrants’ remittance-sending practices. Our data come from a survey of 10 immigrant groups in Norway and semi-structured interviews with Somali and Pakistani remittance-senders and receivers. First, we conduct an in-depth comparison to explore the differences in how Somali and Pakistani migrants decide about remittance-sending. Second, we use surve…
Reproducing, transforming and contesting gender relations and identities through migration and transnational ties
This article contributes to conceptual debates on gender transformations in the context of migration and transnationalism. We do so by discussing developments in gender relations and identities among Polish post-accession migrants in Norway; analysing the intersections of continuities and changes, relationally, as these are produced spatially and temporally. We draw on ethnographic data collected among Polish migrants in the Norwegian cities Oslo…
Theorizing interactions of migrant transnationalism and integration through a multiscalar approach
The aim of this article is to theorize interactions between migrant transnationalism and integration using a multiscalar approach. For migrant transnationalism scholars, attention to simultaneity in transnational social fields is given. However, much migration research in Europe continues to suffer from an ‘integration bias’, which under-appreciates the salience of simultaneity within transnational social fields in many migrants’ lives, and impli…
Juxtaposing Pakistani diaspora policy with migrants’ transnational citizenship practices
Through a juxtaposition of diaspora policy with migrants’ transnational citizenship practices, this article explores how peoplehood, nationhood and citizenship are articulated, justified and enacted. The article draws on the politico-spatial context of Norwegian-Pakistani transnational social space, analyzing the Pakistani Origin Card (POC), remittances and return mobilities as transnational citizenship practices. The elusiveness of residency bec…
Negotiation dynamics and their limits: Young people in Norway deal with diversity in the nation
This article contributes to analyses of diversity in the nation through analytical attention to negotiation dynamics in young people's exchanges about ‘who’ and ‘what’ the nation is (understood to be) using data from 33 focus groups with 289 upper secondary students in schools across Norway. The negotiation dynamics present in the discussion are explored in terms of the relative weighting of desired relational outcomes (‘who’ is seen as a nationa…
Living in two countries: Transnational living as an alternative to migration
After three decades of scholarship, transnationalism remains understood as connections between people who have migrated and people who remain in the country of origin. Such ties are important and prevalent. But perhaps a radical extension of transnationalism is also warranted: There are people who are neither ‘migrants’ nor ‘non‐migrants’ but lead transnational lives that evade these categories. In such cases, transnationalism is not a consequenc…
Going Back to Pakistan for Education? The Interplay of Return Mobilities, Education, and Transnational Living
This paper explores the ways in which experiences with return migration are intertwined with considerations about education. How is education a part of returnees' stories about return to Pakistan, and what are the implications that can be drawn to better understand return mobilities and transnational living? While the academic discussion of education in relation to migration has been pre‐occupied with integration concerns, bringing together liter…
On the theoretical potential of 'remittance houses: Toward a Research Agenda Across Emigration Contexts
Migrant houses in countries of origin, referred to as ‘remittance houses’, are a visible marker of emigration. Case studies from diverse geographic contexts have explored their functions. Unlike the surrounding built environment, these houses span the local and transnational realities of migrant lives, while being grounded in specific places. We argue, first, for the need to move beyond locally-oriented reifying descriptions of what is a global p…
Exploring Europe’s external migration policy mix: On the Interactions of Visa, Readmission, and Resettlement Policies
This article explores Europe's external migration mix, considering three policy instruments which form part of the EU's remote control of borders: (1) visa regulations managing entry and cross-border mobility, (2) readmission agreements facilitating assisted and forced return of migrants without legal right to remain, and (3) resettlement of refugees with refugee status via formalised programmes. The article explores the degree and nature of thes…
Polish migration within Europe: Mobility, transnationalism and integration
Polish migration within Europe is by now a well-researched field, with a growing number of scholars exploring a variety of its features across different disciplines and geographic locations. A deca
This is My Home’: Pakistani and Polish Migrants’ Return Considerations as Articulations About ‘Home’
Considerations about return are a persistent dimension of identity work in migrant populations. The question of where and what constitutes ‘home’ for migrants is central to understanding processes of integration, sustained transnational ties, and return considerations, because reflections about ‘home’ are reflective of belonging. Based on analysis of migrants’ and descendants reflections about the possibility of return migration, this paper asks:…
Contributing to Development? Transnational Activities among Tamils in Norway
The theme of this article is the transnational activities of members of the Tamil diaspora in Norway and their significance to development in the Northeast region of Sri Lanka. Our analysis acknowledges the complexity of Tamil transnational activities, particularly in regard to issues which may be seen as political. A key observation among the majority of the Tamil diaspora concerns their pragmatic and seemingly apolitical approach to development…
Book Notes
A Place to Stay in Pakistan’: Why Migrants Build Houses in their Country of Origin
Migrants' houses are a common feature of many regions of emigration globally and are one manifestation of migrants' transnational ties. This paper explores why migrants' build houses in their country of origin, even when migrants are not planning to return. The paper aims to analyze migrants' houses as relational places located in transnational social space. This is done through an analysis of the reasons for building migrants' houses, which show…
How does Conflict in Migrants’ Country of Origin Affect Remittance-Sending? Financial Priorities and Transnational Obligations among Somalis and Pakistanis in Norway
This article examines how conflict in the country of origin interacts with other factors in shaping migrants’ remittance-sending practices. Our data come from a survey of 10 immigrant groups in Norway and semi-structured interviews with Somali and Pakistani remittance-senders and receivers. First, we conduct an in-depth comparison to explore the differences in how Somali and Pakistani migrants decide about remittance-sending. Second, we use surve…
Who is the Money for? Remittances within and beyond the Household in Pakistan
The household is usually the unit of analysis in the literature on migrant remittances, reflecting assumptions that remittances represent flows between family members and are pooled within households. By importing ideas from development studies and using the individual as the unit of analysis, this article challenges these assumptions and interrogates the household as a ‘black-box’ remittance-receiving entity. The study is based on a survey of re…
Beyond the insider–outsider divide in migration research
This article engages critically with the insider-outsider divide in research with migrants and advocates a more nuanced and dynamic approach to positionality. In migration research, the insider-outsider divide typically assumes a specific form: an insider researcher is a member of the migrant group under study, whereas an outsider researcher is a member of the majority population in the country of settlement. This divide is a discursive reality t…
Migrant Balancing Acts: Understanding the Interactions Between Integration and Transnationalism
In this article, we explore ways of understanding the interactions between migrant integration and transnationalism, based on a review of quantitative and qualitative literature. Integration is taken as the starting point, and the assumption that integration and transnationalism are at odds with one another is questioned. When considered as constituents of a social process, we argue that there are many similarities between integration and transna…
Migrant Transnationalism and Multi-Layered Integration: Norwegian-Pakistani Migrants' Own Reflections
This article explores the interaction between migrant transnationalism and integration by interrogating the concept of integration from a transnational perspective. Integration is shown to be a multi-layered phenomenon, encompassing both descriptive and prescriptive elements—what is and what ought to be. The policies of individual nation-states define the legal-political dimensions of integration in particular contexts, at times contributing to a…
Transnationalism in a Comparative Perspective: An Introduction
Since the publication of ‘Nations Unbound’ (Basch et al 1994), studies on transnationalism have mushroomed. Despite ongoing debates about the nature of the concept, and the newness of the phenomenon, there is a growing consensus about the importance of taking into account migrants’ multi-stranded social ties which link together societies of origin and settlement. There is also a strong push to move away from ‘methodological nationalism’ in order …
This is My Home’: Pakistani and Polish Migrants’ Return Considerations as Articulations About ‘Home’
Considerations about return are a persistent dimension of identity work in migrant populations. The question of where and what constitutes ‘home’ for migrants is central to understanding processes of integration, sustained transnational ties, and return considerations, because reflections about ‘home’ are reflective of belonging. Based on analysis of migrants’ and descendants reflections about the possibility of return migration, this paper asks:…
Return Migration and Transnationalism: How Are the Two Connected
Return migration and migrant transnationalism are key phenomena in research on international migration. Here we examine how the two are connected. The article introduces a special section and draws partly upon this selection of papers and partly upon the broader literature. First, we argue that there is often a blurred boundary between mobility as a transnational practice, for instance in the form of return visits, and purportedly permanent or lo…
Private money, public scrutiny? Contrasting perspectives on remittances
Migrant remittances have received unprecedented attention over the past decade and scholars have interpreted remittance flows from a range of vantage points. In this article, we explore the meaning of remittances from three perspectives - (1) as an ingredient of terrorism and crime; (2) as a contribution to development; and (3) as an obstacle to integration. We explore these perspectives through an analysis of eight years of public debate in Norw…
Going Back to Pakistan for Education? The Interplay of Return Mobilities, Education, and Transnational Living
This paper explores the ways in which experiences with return migration are intertwined with considerations about education. How is education a part of returnees' stories about return to Pakistan, and what are the implications that can be drawn to better understand return mobilities and transnational living? While the academic discussion of education in relation to migration has been pre‐occupied with integration concerns, bringing together liter…
Polish migration within Europe: Mobility, transnationalism and integration
Polish migration within Europe is by now a well-researched field, with a growing number of scholars exploring a variety of its features across different disciplines and geographic locations. A deca
Where are you from' or 'when did you come'? Temporal dimensions in migrants' reflections about settlement and return
In this article we explore the added value of foregrounding temporal dimensions in migration research. Age at the time of migration, length of stay in the country of settlement and individual life-cycle stages matter for migrants' settlement and return considerations. However, these factors are rarely put centre stage in analyses. We draw on data from sixty-seven informants with different country backgrounds, who had either immigrated recently, a…
Juxtaposing Pakistani diaspora policy with migrants’ transnational citizenship practices
Through a juxtaposition of diaspora policy with migrants’ transnational citizenship practices, this article explores how peoplehood, nationhood and citizenship are articulated, justified and enacted. The article draws on the politico-spatial context of Norwegian-Pakistani transnational social space, analyzing the Pakistani Origin Card (POC), remittances and return mobilities as transnational citizenship practices. The elusiveness of residency bec…
Moving citizens: Citizenship practices among Polish migrants in Norway and the United Kingdom
Following post-EU-accession migration, Poles currently form the largest group of foreign nationals in Norway and the second largest group of foreign born residents in the United Kingdom. Given the considerable volume of new arrivals, there is a growing literature on Polish migration to both countries; however, there is little comparative research on Polish migration across different European settings. By exploring how Polish migrants reflect on t…
With faith in development: Organizing transnational Islamic charity
This article examines the different roles religion can play when migrants organize for development. We focus on organizing for development, through transnational Islamic charity, formally and informally, and where religion takes on explicit or implicit roles. By taking Muslim religious practices as starting points, different forms of development engagements are revealed, than if starting with a focus on so-called ‘faith-based organizations’ (FBOs…
Reproducing, transforming and contesting gender relations and identities through migration and transnational ties
This article contributes to conceptual debates on gender transformations in the context of migration and transnationalism. We do so by discussing developments in gender relations and identities among Polish post-accession migrants in Norway; analysing the intersections of continuities and changes, relationally, as these are produced spatially and temporally. We draw on ethnographic data collected among Polish migrants in the Norwegian cities Oslo…
Immigration and membership politics in Western Europe
Immigration and Membership Politics in Western Europe provides a systematic, comparative, analysis, unpacking the so-called civic turn in integration-related policies in Europe. The “civic turn” re
Transnational Islamic charity as everyday rituals
In this article, through a case study of transnational Islamic charity, we explore the intersection between migrant development engagements and religious practices. While migrant engagement in development is well known, the intersections of these with everyday religious practices are less so. We use the prism of ‘everyday rituals', understood as human actions that connect ideals with practices. Everyday rituals not only express but also reinforce…
Dismantling diasporas: Rethinking Geographies of Diasporic Identity, Connection and Development
Liquid migration, grounded lives: Considerations about future mobility and settlement among Polish and Spanish migrants in Norway
The 2004 EU extension and the 2008 financial crisis triggered new migration flows within Europe, and subsequent debates about what the novelty of these migration flows consists of. We draw on adult Polish and Spanish migrants' in Norway's considerations about future mobility and settlement, and explore how these situate themselves in relation to conceptualisations of intra-European migration as 'liquid'. Family concerns, economic factors and work…
Return Imaginaries and Political Climate: Comparing Thinking About Return Mobilities Among Pakistani Origin Migrants and Descendants in Norway and the UK
The political climate on immigration and diversity in various European societies has previously been analysed in relation to media representations, policy regimes and public opinion. This paper focuses more narrowly on how political climates affect migrant and post-migrant generations, as inhabitants of these European societies. We focus on the impact of ambivalence resulting from perceived lack of recognition as full citizens in European societi…
Citizenship in the Nordic Countries
The Nordic countries have a century-long tradition for cooperation within the area of citizenship law. Since the mid-1970s, however, the Nordic countries have moved in different directions. Today, the Nordic countries represent the entire continuum in European citizenship policies – from liberal Sweden to restrictive Denmark, with the other Nordic neighbors in between. This report reviews the historical development and the current citizenship reg…
Sociology (49 works) · Political science (47 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (40 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (38 works) · Gender Studies (31 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (30 works) · Law (27 works) · Politics (27 works) · Gender Studies (24 works) · Economics (21 works)