Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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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.
Completed 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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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
Danielsen, Åsne;
Hernes, Vilde
(2025).
Turning Scandinavian integration policies upside down?
<i>A comparative analysis of the Scandinavian governments' responses to the influx of displaced persons from Ukraine</i>.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2025.2565908
Hernes, Vilde
; Łukasiewicz, Karolina
(2025).
Restrictive, liberal, selective or universal? A cross-national analysis of European countries’ policy response to forced migrants from Ukraine.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2025.2565907
Hernes, Vilde
;
Staver, Anne Balke
(2025).
Immigration and Integration Policy.
Kolltveit, Kristoffer; Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd; Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid; Rasch, Bjørn Erik (Ed.).
Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics. p. 639-658.
Oxford University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198888581.013
Hernes, Vilde
(2025).
Why Local Governments Support Increased Centralization: An Analysis of Norwegian and Swedish Central–Local Governance of Immigration Integration.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration (SPJA).
Vol. 29.
https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.22744
Hernes, Vilde
;
Aasland, Aadne
;
Deineko, Oleksandra
;
Myhre, Marthe Handå
(2024).
Where does the future lie? Initial aspirations for return among newly arrived Ukrainian refugees in Norway.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2383729
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
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
Leirvik, Mariann Stærkebye
;
Hernes, Vilde
;
Liodden, Tone
;
Tronstad, Kristian
(2023).
Utenlandsadoptertes erfaringer med rasisme og diskriminering.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS).
Vol. 64.
https://doi.org/10.18261/TFS.64.2.1
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/10.4337/9781800881112.ch09
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
