Publications
Recent Submissions
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Social and Spatial Flood Risk Analysis for Decision Making: Cases from Two Flood Prone Areas in Eastern Sudan
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Anti-corruption in peacebuilding practice
(U4 Issue 2024:8, Research report, 2024-11-01)Despite the vital role of anti-corruption in sustaining peace, the scope and success of integrating anti-corruption provisions in peace agreements has never been examined. Our study finds that, in the last 34 years, ... -
Addressing CRSV through Truth Commissions in Africa
(Report, 2024-02-01)Based on examples from truth commissions in Africa, the policy brief presents recommendations for enhancing accountability, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence for conflict-related sexual violence. Written for ... -
Effects of Externalisation (EFFEXT) Summary Report
(Others, 2024-11-01)Migration is key for development in Africa and the Middle East. Yet, a number of states in these vast regions cooperate with European stakeholders on interventions to curb irregular migration and increase returns. While ... -
Migration Forms: What Forms of Migration Can Be Distinguished?
(Introduction to Migration Studies, Chapter, 2022-06-01)This chapter addresses the question: what forms of migration can be distinguished? This topic is closely tied to the issues addressed in the previous chapters, concerning why and how people migrate. Central to the ... -
Humanitarian Migration
(Chapter, 2022-06-01)Humanitarian migration relates to the movement of people who feel somehow forced to move. Yet, distinguishing which migration forms fall under the label of humanitarian migration is not straightforward. Migration research ... -
Defining Sustainable Migration
(Research report, 2018-01-01)Is current international migration sustainable? And if so, for whom? This report explores the term sustainable migration as an approach to migration from low- and middle-income countries in the Global South to ... -
The Unintended Effects of Norway’s Readmission Agreement with Ethiopia
(Research report, 2014-01-01)The main purpose of migration policy is to affect migration flows. Sometimes, however, policies have other, unintended effects. Such consequences are easily overlooked in policy evaluations, which usually focus on the ... -
Migration
(Humanitarianism: Keywords, Chapter, 2020-09-01) -
Root Causes and Drivers of Migration: Implications for Humanitarian Efforts and Development Cooperation
(Research report, 2016-01-01)The idea of alleviating migration pressure by means of humanitarian aid and development cooperation is long-standing. It has received renewed attention since the surge in migration across the Mediterranean in 2015. The ... -
Reconciling transnational mobility and national social security: what say the welfare state bureaucrats?
(Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies vol. 45 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-01)The welfare state was constructed to ensure the well-being of a sedentary population, consisting of citizens living within the territorial boundaries of the nation. However, mobility patterns change, and more people lead ... -
Complementing theories: institutional ethnography and organisation theory in institutional analysis
(Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region, Chapter, 2019-11-01)In this chapter I explain how I combine concepts and tools from institutional ethnography (IE) and institutional organisation theory (IT) in my PhD project. In the research, I explored the encounter between the Norwegian ... -
Contestations over National Identity and Diversity
(Research report, 2015-01-01)How and when is national identity and nationhood debated, and what does this reveal about the boundaries of national identity? Drawing on analyses of opinion pieces from French and British newspapers, this Policy Brief ... -
The Morality of Transnational Social Security: When is it fair to export Norwegian social security benefits?
(Research report, 2018-01-01)The Norwegian welfare system was created to ensure the wellbeing of a population largely living within state borders. But the group of people who take state benefits abroad is growing. Bridging social security with ... -
Becoming One of Us?
(Research report, 2015-01-01)Citizenship and naturalization legislation in France, Norway, and the UK has changed substantially more during the 2000s than in previous decades. In which areas of citizenship policy have changes occurred? And how do these ... -
Combining Transnational Living and National Welfare
(Research report, 2018-01-01)People can be transnationally mobile while receiving national social security benefits. Transnationally mobile people entitled to Norwegian social security benefits include both foreigners and Norwegians. They regularly ... -
Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave
(Migration Studies vol. 12 no. 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-11-01)In this article, we set out to unpack, explore and contribute to new understanding of how conflict and education emerge and intertwine in refugees’ reflections about their decisions to leave conflict-affected areas. We ... -
The Colombian Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-Repetition and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
(CMI Report R 2024:04, Research report, 2024-11-01) -
Impacts of parenting programs in low- and middle-income countries
(Research report, 2024-05-01)This evidence review explores the impacts of parenting programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) on child nutrition, violence against children, and caregiver and child mental health. The review synthesizes ... -
Conflict and domestic turmoil: A review of intimate partner violence in conflict settings
(Research report, 2024-09-01)This evidence review examines existing research linking conflict and intimate partner violence (IPV), identifies macro and micro-level mechanisms driving this relationship, and reviews interventions aimed at mitigating IPV ...
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