Research

WelMi’s research topics cover different areas of research related to immigration and the welfare state. The ongoing research of WelMi’s members can be divided into three broader research topics: 1. Integration policies and multiculturalism, 2. Political citizenship and participation and 3.  Immigration policies and gender. Follow the links of the research topics to find out more about the ongoing research projects of WeMi’s members.

1. Integration policies and multiculturalism

• Labour market policies targeted at unemployed immigrants in the Scandinavian countries: Same challenges, same political objectives but different ‘solutions’ (Karen Breidahl)
• Integration- and inclusion politics in Norway, Sweden and Denmark from the 1990s (Marianne Garvik)
• Same, same but different…Why? A comparative study of the introductory programme for newly arrived refugees and immigrants in Sweden, Denmark and Norway (Ariana Guilherme Fernandes)
• In the borderland of the welfare state – Danish integration policy 1967 – 2007 (Heidi Vad Jønsson)
• Mångkulturalismens idéhistoriska rötter: från assimilationism till mångkulturalism i efterkrigstidens Sverige ur ett transnationellt perspektiv (Mats Wikström)

2. Political citizenship and participation

• Immigrant organisations in Sweden and Italy (Roberto Scaramuzzino)
• Citizenship and Participation in Immigrant Policies. A comparative study of Finland and Denmark (Marjukka Weide)

3. Immigration policies and gender

• Intimate Citizenship and Immigration Policy (Helga Eggebø)
• Gatekeepers of the welfare state. Russian women in Finnish immigration practices after 1990  (Saara Pellander)