Migration and integration are highly important topics globally. NordForsk has now awarded funding for seven new research projects that will explore crucial topics within the field of Nordic-Baltic migration and integration.
The proposed project will investigate migrant health needs and experienced barriers to healthcare access for Ukrainian Refugee Women (URW) residing in Norway, Sweden and Estonia.
While the success of the populist radical right has been extensively documented in Europe and also the Nordic-Baltic region, we have little knowledge about how this is affecting the local immigrant and immigrant-origin populations.
This project focuses on street-level social work aimed at migrants in three Nordic countries, Finland, Norway and Sweden, and on how migrants make sense of and experience such social work in the context of transforming migration and welfare regimes in the Nordic region.
Sweden has good practices in integrating refugee students. This is partly due to a diverse school staff. This is one of the findings of a Nordic research project that has recently been presented along with a number of recommendations for better integration.
Project owners from Norway, Sweden, Estonia and Lithuania have submitted a total of 84 applications in the Nordic-Baltic call for proposals for research projects on migration and integration. The gender split in the project owners is roughly two-thirds women to one-third men.
Young people with immigrant backgrounds make active choices, are well-informed and have the power and strength to shape their own future despite strong social segregation and religious identity, say researchers.
