Brit Lynnebakke

The Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education

Three Perceptions of Norwegianness: Descent, Cultural Practice and Citizenship The article discusses Norwegianness defined by descent, cultural practice and citizenship. The theoretical starting point is Brubaker’s ”groupness” concept. Empirically, the article is based on interviews with young adult immigrants and young adult descendants of immigr...

Tolerance and equality are widespread norms in the official policy of many European countries. The educational system is an arena which even more than others is meant to foster equal opportunities by giving individuals the opportunity to strive for social mobility through their educational performance. Despite this, young people from ethnic minorit...

Ethnic residential segregation is often explained with the claim that ‘immigrants don’t want to integrate—they prefer to stick together with co-ethnics’. By contrast, mixed neighbourhoods are seen as crucial for achieving social cohesion. In line with spatial assimilation theory there is a normative assumption that people interact with those living...

div> Global Indian Diasporas discusses the relationship between South Asian emigrants and their homeland, the reproduction of Indian culture abroad, and the role of the Indian state in reconnecting emigrants to India. Focusing on the limits of the diaspora concept, rather than its possibilities, this volume presents new historical and anthropologic...

Against the background of the transnational Barents Cooperation, the article explores the multisided views of borderland locals in Kirkenes. Based on semi-structured interviews, there were seven, partly contradictory, perspectives on Russians and a local orientation towards Russia. The same individuals expressed views that went beyond either endors...

Denne rapporten handler om forskjellsbehandling, rasisme og diskriminering i skolen. Temaet er tilnærmet på to måter. I den første delen undersøker vi i hvilken grad diskriminering og forskjellsbehandling bidrar til forskjeller i prestasjoner mellom ulike elevgrupper i norsk skole. Den andre delen handler om ungdomsskoleelevers opplevde erfarin...

This article discusses the role of local identity and local leisure practices in migrants’ inclusion processes in two rural Norwegian localities. The discussed study was conducted in municipalities that had experienced increased international migration following the EU expansion in 2004 and had a long history of internal in‐migration. In the study,...

Based on responses to a survey of international migrants and Norway-born residents in three rural municipalities, this article analyses place attachment at various levels of scale. It compares international migrants to Norwegian-born internal migrants and local natives. Three questions are addressed: 1) Are there differences in the three resident c...

Formålet med dette prosjektet er å gi en systematisk oppsummering av forskning på konsekvenser av rasisme og diskriminering på grunn av etnisitet og religion, samt å identifisere kunnskapsbehov. I kunnskapsoppsummeringen kartlegges temaer og type konsekvenser i forskningen – eksempelvis konsekvenser knyttet til helse, deltakelse i utdanning og tilk...

This publication is also accessible online: https://www.norden.org/no/publication/hvordan-gar-det-med-unge-flyktninger-i-norden-coming-age-exile-cage

Purpose: This article explores the question: what shapes young refugees’ often high educational aspirations? A sense of mastery and future hope are among the numerous factors that can positively predict school achievements. High aspirations may thus contribute to both young refugees’ improved educational outcomes and wellbeing. Method: We discuss f...

This is the final report of the CAGE-project.

This article discusses two relatively underexplored topics in international migration research: place attachment processes and staying intentions in the new place of residence. The analysis is based on findings from semi-structured interviews with internal and international labour migrants in two rural Norwegian municipalities. In a study that prim...

EUMARGINS second policy brief focuses on the impact of citizenship legislation on inclusion and exclusion processes in seven different countries: Norway, Sweden, Estonia, UK, Italy, France and Spain. We discuss the great variation in citizenship policies from country to country and the core principles these different national naturalisation require...