Research groups
Research projects
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Government responses to high influxes of protection seekers
A comparative analyses of eight European countries' responses in 2015/16 and 2022/23
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Integration or return for Ukrainian refugees? (NOR-RETIN)
Will I ever go home? Will they ever return?
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Labour-market integration of Ukrainian refugees in Norway (UKRINT)
The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the largest yearly influx of refugees in Norway to date.
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Private accommodation as an alternative during the influx of Ukrainian refugees (PRIVATBO)
During the refugee influx from Ukraine from 2022 and onwards, the number of refugees staying outside reception centers before settlement in Norwegian municipalities increased significantly compared to previous years. This project aims to gain more knowledge about how IMDi and the municipalities' follow-up these refugees and how the refugees have experienced staying in private accommodation before settlement.
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Regulating migration and membership through monetary requirements (REMIMO)
In this research project, the researchers will take a closer look at how time and money affect immigration and integration in Norway in different ways.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Eggebø, Helga;
Hernes, Vilde
;
Staver, Anne Balke
(2023).
Do integration requirements undermine egalitarianism?.
Dankertsen, Astri; Lo, Christian (Ed.).
The End of Norwegian Egalitarianism? Limits and Challenges to a Cherished Idea. p. 102-116.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215059839-23-06
Leirvik, Mariann Stærkebye
;
Hernes, Vilde
;
Liodden, Tone
;
Tronstad, Kristian
(2023).
Utenlandsadoptertes erfaringer med rasisme og diskriminering.
22 p.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.
Vol. 64.
https://doi.org/10.18261/TFS.64.2.1
Hernes, Vilde
;
Staver, Anne Balke
(2023).
Who deserves exceptions in times of crisis? A comparison of policy responses to mitigate negative consequences for unemployed people and immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Critical Social Policy.
Vol. 44.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018323119965
Hernes, Vilde
(2022).
National ministerial bureaucracy.
Graziano, Paulo Roberto; Tosun, Jale (Ed.).
Elgar Encyclopedia of European Union Public Policy. p. 81-88.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800881
Skjelbostad, Eivor Vold;
Hernes, Vilde
(2021).
The Nordic model – going separate ways?
Labor-market integration, universalism, and corporatism in Denmark and Norway during the refugee crisis.
Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift.
Vol. 37.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-2936-2021-03-01
Hernes, Vilde
(2021).
The case for increased centralization in integration governance: the neglected perspective.
Comparative Migration Studies.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00247-z
Hernes, Vilde
; Arendt, Jacob; Andersson Joona, Pernilla;
Tronstad, Kristian Rose
(2020).
Rapid or long-term employment? A Scandinavian comparative study of refugee integration policies and employment outcomes.
Journal of European Public Policy.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2020.1824011
Hernes, Vilde
(2020).
Policy preferences and ministerial structures: Immigrant integration governance in Western Europe, 1997–2017.
Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12481
Hernes, Vilde
(2018).
Cross-national convergence in times of crisis? Integration policies before, during and after the refugee crisis.
West European Politics.
Vol. 41.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2018.1429748
Hernes, Vilde
(2017).
Central coercion or local autonomy - A comparative analysis of policy instrument choice in refugee settlement policies.
Local Government Studies.
Vol. 43.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2017.1342627