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Et arbeidsmarked som tiltrekker seg papirløse migranter

Kronikk hos Ytring 09-08 2017 Det er et betydelig marked i Europa for billig, rettighetsløs arbeidskraft. Det er det som lokker fattige mennesker til å reise i en gummibåt over Middelhavet. Dersom vi vil stoppe båtene som kommer over Middlehavet, Continue Reading

Migration and labour market segmentation in the hotel industry in Oslo

Article in Nordic Journal of Migration Research 6/2 2016 Aadne Aasland and I have mapped the interrelationships between workplace organization, employment conditions and contentment and well-being at work, in the heterogeneous groups of hotel workers in the hotel sector in and Continue Reading

RDS survey among beggars and other street workers in the Scandinavian capitals

Fafo researchers have conducted an RDS survey among homeless Romanians in the Scandinavian capitals, giving valuable insights int the mobility and livelihood options of beggars and other streetworkers in  Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm. The surveys have given an incredibly rich Continue Reading

Migration and divorce

Article in Nordic Journal of Migration Research 5/3 2015 Sometimes absence of access to divorce can be a reason to leave family behind and go abroad. In this article I show how several factors have shaped the high level of Continue Reading

Stigmas and ideas of what is respectable shape how migrants talk about own migration experience

Article in Sociology 1/49 2015   In this article, I address the stigma associated with female migration in many regions of large-scale female mobility. Showing the use of and the relationship between different narratives of female migration in Western Ukraine, Continue Reading

Book on Respondent driven sampling for migrant populations

Edited book 2014 I have edited a book together with Lisa Johnston, that summarizes some of the first experiences from the first attempts to apply RDS for migrant populations. We were lucky to compile a group of researchers with varied Continue Reading

Article on ethics and access

International Journal of Social Research Methodology 3/15 2012 Can it be ethically defended to pay respondents in social science research?  Is paying money for participation worse than other strategies that are commonly applied to access respondents for social science research? And Continue Reading

Limitations in Research on Human Trafficking

  International Migration 48/5 2010 There will always be some limitations and biases in empirical research in the trafficking field. However, as long as we acknowledge these limitations and make them explicit in our research, sound empirical research that enhances Continue Reading

RDS study on Polish migrants in Oslo

Fafo report 2007:27 The report presents the first findings from a 2007 study that draws on Respondent driven sampling to produce data on polish labour migrants in Oslo. This is among the first RDS studies on migrant populations. Download report in Continue Reading