![]() Östergötlands största jobbmässa – med fokus på inkludering & mångfald Välkommen att besöka jobb- och utbildningsmässa med fokus på inkludering. Onsdag 25/10 diskuterar vi demokrati och mångfald samt skapar gränslösa möten. Plats: Renströmmen Norrköping Drottningg. 1 (två min från stationen) Jobbmässa kl. 10-15, ett 30-tal företag och organisationer på plats i stora salen En möjlighet att ta del av föredrag, föreläsningar, seminarium inom inkludering och mångfald med mycket fokus på jobb, utbildning och företagande. Det är en öppen arena för alla medborgare att under en och samma dag, under samma tak diskutera demokrati och föra fria samtal över gränserna. Vi behöver din hjälp att bjuda in personer som du tror har nytta och glädje av denna mötesplats. Sprid gärna i ert nätverk att detta kommer att bli en riktigt fin dag. Fritt inträde, ingen anmälan behövs. Cafe´ och lunch finnsEva-Britt Sjöberg ![]() ![]() ![]() Invigningstalare och en person som gör det med hjärtat på riktigt ![]() ![]() ![]() Föreläsning kl. 13.00 “Handlingsutrymme och handlingskraft – inkludering på riktigt” ![]() ![]() Föreläsning kl. 11.00 “Hur du når framgång” ![]() ![]() Program från scen i stora salen 10.00 – Invigning Eva-Britt Sjöberg och invigningstal Charbel Gabro10.30 – Arbetsförmedlingen ”Nå ditt mål på arbetsmarknaden, satsa på dig själv!” 11.00 – Nihal Mohamed Föreläsning “Hur du når framgång” 11.30 – Paneldiskussion och goda exempel på inkludering. Sebastian Sjöström, Meriana Kostantine, Fia Blixt 13.00 – Haris Agic – Föreläsning “Handlingsutrymme och handlingskraft – inkludering på riktigt” 14.00 – Östergötlands Stadsmission Trygga orten – hur du kan bidra och jobba för mer mångfald i samhället” 14.30 – Paneldiskussion, “Samverkan inom samhället och summering av dagen” Martin Callmeryd, Heidi Wettel, Anna Arkler Förmiddag, scenen: kl. 10-12 Målgrupp: Arbetssökande etc. Syfte: Inspiration till personer som står utanför arbetsmarknaden.Eftermiddag, scenen: kl. 13- 15 Målgrupp: Arbetsgivare, tjänstemän. Syfte: Inspiration – hur ex. arbetsgivare kan bidra och jobba för mer mångfald & inkludering. Delta på jobbcafe Klicka här |
19/10-5/11 Kreativ sammen – the stories of young refugees in Norway, Finland and Scotland!

Welcome to the exhibition Kreativ sammen – the stories of young refugees in Norway, Finland and Scotland!
Location: Kunstgarasjen in Bergen, Møllendalsveien 15
Dates: 19.10.2023- 05.11.2023
Opening hours: Thursdays 16.00-19.00, Friday-Sunday 12.00-16.00

About the exhibition
The exhibition showcases pictures (collages) made by young adults who came as refugees to Norway, Scotland and Finland. It gives an insight into what makes children and young people thrive and create good lives for themselves and others, despite the challenges they encounter along the way. The collages were made as part of the international research project Drawing Together – Kreativ sammen in Norwegian. The participants have made three collages each that show their different everyday experiences, memories from childhood and dreams for the future. We also exhibit small film clips and photographs that illustrate how we worked together and what we learned. The aim is to convey the experiences of young people with a refugee background to a wider audience, both the challenges they face and what they contribute to the societies they become a part of. The public is invited to reflect on what the exhibition can teach us about how the local environment and institutions can contribute to well-being and welfare for everyone.
The curator of the exhibition is artist Christine Hoem.
We invite you to several events during the exhibition period, in collaboration between RKBU vest/NORCE, the Wester University of Applied Sciences (HVL), Kunstgarasjen and the Rafto Foundation.
19th October at 18.00 Opening of the exhibition. Welcome by the culture director in Bergen municipality Vincent Odour Mrimba and project manager Marte Knag Fylkesnes, and others. See facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1278988196128398
22nd October at 13.00 Panel discussion. Those responsible for the project tell about the background for the project and how young adults, artists, researchers and the Rafto Foundation have worked together. The panel discusses various themes from the exhibition: What roles do communities play for young people’s participation and well-being? What challenges do you face as a newcomer to Norway and what do young refugees contribute to the societies they become a part of? How can the local environment and institutions work towards inclusion and welfare for all?
Panelists are researcher Marte Knag Fylkesnes (RKBU Vest/NORCE), our two young ambassadors, curator and curator Christine Hoem and Shayan Hussein (project worker at the Raftostiftelsen). See facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1514138549422696/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D
Feel free to follow RKBU Vest for more info leading up to the exhibition: https://www.facebook.com/RKBUvest
Link to the project’s website: https://www.drawingtogetherproject.org/bergen-norway-2023
19/10 RIKSDAGSSEMINARIUM OM RÄTTEN TILL VÅRD PÅ LIKA VILLKOR
DATUM: TORSDAG 19/10
TID: 8:00 – 9:30
PLATS: Riksdagen, sal Mittpoolen
Riksgatan 1, 100 12 Stockholm
Föranmälan krävs.
Kaffe och fralla serveras.
Välkommen!
Rätten till vård-initiativet består av ett 70-tal organisationer där stora delar av vårdprofessionen och civilsamhället är representerade. I mars i år antog initiativet ett uttalande med kritik mot de delar av Tidöavtalet som begränsar rätten till vård
på lika villkor. Det följs nu upp med ett seminarium i riksdagen med fokus på förslagen om
anmälningsplikt och begränsningar i möjligheten till tolk.
Seminariet leds av Rätt till vård-initiativet och medverkar gör representanter från bl.a. Svenska Röda Korset, Rädda Barnen, Svenska Läkarsällskapet och Svensk sjuksköterskeförening.
Syftet med seminariet är att belysa konsekvenserna som förslagen kommer få för personer i behov av vård samt för vårdpersonal.
Samtalet med nätverket följs av en panel med representanter från riksdagspartierna.
Värdar för seminariet är:
Malin Danielsson (L)
Anders W Jonsson (C)
Karin Rågsjö (V)
Ulrika Westerlund (Mp)
Anmäl dig via hemsidan
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vardforpapperslosa.org
Rätt till vård-initiativet
25/8 Public Forum: Migrant Rights X Finnish Immigration Policies
Friday, 25th August 2023 17:30 – 20:00
Maijansali Hall, Oodi Library, Helsinki
A public forum to discuss the effects of the proposed immigration laws in the government programme on the rights of diverse migrant groups in Finland.
The event brings together the public and experts, to help understand the implications of the programme, raise awareness of concerns, offer an opportunity for public dialogue, hear the opinions of experts and civil society, and develop a collective action plan on how to address the concerns. It will consist of informative talks and a panel discussion among experts, and an open mic and Q&A session, through which the public can ask questions and share their experiences, concerns, and ideas.
Speakers:
• Teemu Haapalehto, City of Espoo
• Erna Bodström, University of Helsinki
• Nick Walters, Helsinki LEFT ry
The event is organised by Prof. Nitin Sawhney (Trust-M), Dr. Johanna Leinonen (Mobile Futures), and Dr. Nick Walters & Ditmar Hasanaj (Helsinki LEFT ry).
5/9 Producing the ideal citizen? An anthropological study of Norwegian integration politics
![]() IMER Lunch Seminar Producing the ideal citizen? An anthropological study of Norwegian integration politics Time: Tuesday 5th of September 2023, 12.00 – 13.00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 You can also follow through this zoom link.It will be great to know if you plan to join us using the registration link here. A light lunch will be served. What does integration mean? The question has been at the centre of political and public debates in Norway for the past four decades and is shaped by specific perspectives on “the nation”, “belonging”, and minority-majority relationships. But what perspectives on integration do Norwegian bureaucrats build on when creating Norwegian integration policies? What purpose do integration policies serve in Norway and how are these policies implemented by frontline workers in the municipalities? About the SeminarIn this lunch seminar, Mona Frank will talk about how Norwegian governmental policies utilise the mandatory introduction program for refugees to shape refugees into “ideal citizen workers”. Building on empirical data from a small municipality, Mona will present the fictitious city of Låsen as a case study to illustrate how frontline workers’ perspectives on integration differ from the imaginaries of Norwegian policymakers, who view integration as a business model and integration policies as a tool of discipline and control. The case study also shows how frontline workers struggle to implement Norwegian integration policies, as their daily work is affected by local power struggle and austerity policies which bring the local integration infrastructure to the verge of collapse. Mona Frank holds an Erasmus Mundus master’s degree in Social and Cultural Psychology, with a specialization in migration and acculturation, as well as a master’s degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Oslo. Her master thesis on the Norwegian integration system for refugees was published as report by ARENA Centre for European Studies (UiO) in 2023. Mona works currently as advisor at Skeiv Verden Vest. For questions about the event or if you experience problems registering, etc., please contact: Felicity.Okoth@uib.no |
![]() IMER Lunch Seminar Producing the ideal citizen? An anthropological study of Norwegian integration politics Time: Tuesday 5th of September 2023, 12.00 – 13.00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 You can also follow through this zoom link.It will be great to know if you plan to join us using the registration link here. A light lunch will be served. What does integration mean? The question has been at the centre of political and public debates in Norway for the past four decades and is shaped by specific perspectives on “the nation”, “belonging”, and minority-majority relationships. But what perspectives on integration do Norwegian bureaucrats build on when creating Norwegian integration policies? What purpose do integration policies serve in Norway and how are these policies implemented by frontline workers in the municipalities? About the SeminarIn this lunch seminar, Mona Frank will talk about how Norwegian governmental policies utilise the mandatory introduction program for refugees to shape refugees into “ideal citizen workers”. Building on empirical data from a small municipality, Mona will present the fictitious city of Låsen as a case study to illustrate how frontline workers’ perspectives on integration differ from the imaginaries of Norwegian policymakers, who view integration as a business model and integration policies as a tool of discipline and control. The case study also shows how frontline workers struggle to implement Norwegian integration policies, as their daily work is affected by local power struggle and austerity policies which bring the local integration infrastructure to the verge of collapse. Mona Frank holds an Erasmus Mundus master’s degree in Social and Cultural Psychology, with a specialization in migration and acculturation, as well as a master’s degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Oslo. Her master thesis on the Norwegian integration system for refugees was published as report by ARENA Centre for European Studies (UiO) in 2023. Mona works currently as advisor at Skeiv Verden Vest. For questions about the event or if you experience problems registering, etc., please contact: Felicity.Okoth@uib.no |
17-19/4 2024 CfP 2024 IMISCOE Spring Conference
![]() ![]() Call for Papers Crises generate complex, nuanced and multi-directional actions within the mobility spectrum, such as emigration, return, forced displacement, or immobility. Against the backdrop of emerging and protracted armed conflicts, ever increasing impact of climate change, continuing global economic downturn, and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, this conference seeks to examine interrelated and compounded crises with a view on their relation to mobilities. The distinctive feature of the contemporary polycrisis situations is their unprecedented scale, multitude, speed, and overlapping natures, which further exacerbates their intersection with migration. This conference aims to provide a space for scholars and researchers to explore this intersection between polycrisis and (im)mobilities with a specific focus on four interrelated crises situations: political, economic, health-related, and environmental. Political, economic, health-related, and environmental crises rarely develop in an one-sided manner. Instead, they are triggered by one categorical event, which triggers others, leading to multiple, compounded crisis situations. These situations impact migration trends, decisions, capabilities, and livelihoods of migrant communities. Initial aspirations and decisions to migrate are constructed at the intersection of local and individual realities; by sociocultural, political, and economic transformations ‘back home’; and by the structural constraints of globalization. Although the diverse motivations for migration are established in protracted temporalities, combination of extreme crises may function as a trigger or a tipping point for mobility or make an immobility situation even more severe. Elaborating on the term “polycrisis”, this international conference proposes to explore the impact of the multiple and overlapping crises on migration and mobility by focusing particularly on four crisis axes: politics, economics, health, and climate. Research that accounts for these multiple and overlapping crises will provide deeper insights into their impacts on migration and mobility. The conference aims to bring together researchers from various disciplines and geographies with different methodological approaches to discuss these pressing issues. It seeks to foster a research agenda that embeds migration and mobility within current social transformations, while acknowledging the multiple crises we are going through. The conference aims to create a space for future-oriented dialogue and exchange among scholars. The conference will consider paper submissions focusing on but not limited to, the following topics: Polycrisis, mobility/immobility, and stages of migration: Mobility/Immobility and Polycrisis Migration aspirations Settled immigrant populations Return decisions Perspectives on political crises: Emerging and protracted conflict situations with far reaching impact Regional perspectives from Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, among others Migration diplomacy and the instrumentalization of migration crises Rising xenophobia and democracies in crisis The language of crisis and its implications for migration policies Migration within the context of global economic and financial crises: Inflation/increase in living costs Demographic developments Unemployment/labour market integration Shifting economic activities/patterns (e.g. gig economy, digital nomadism, etc.) Migration and health in a rapidly changing world: Revisiting mobility discussions following the COVID-19 pandemic Right to healthcare; migrant and refugee health in transit and upon arrival Migration and transnationalism on health-related decisions/practices Environmental and climate change induced migration: Food security and migration Direct/indirect slow onset processes Rapid onset disasters more information Conditions/Requirements This conference will be hybrid in nature and presenters can join online or in person. The deadline for submissions is September 18, 2023. Decisions will be sent by October 23, 2023. Paper submissions must include a title, abstract (max. 350 words) and a short biography (max. 250 words). To apply, please fill in this form. The conference organizers intend to publish an edited volume and a special issue from the conference proceedings. ![]() Batiment B31, Boite 24 Place des Orateurs 3 Liege, B-4000 Belgium Difficult to read? Access this newsletter in a browser. |
11/5 ‘I promise you my country will help you’
![]() IMER Lunch Seminar ‘ I promise you my country will help you’ – Promissory acts within the Norwegian refugee regime Time: Thursday 11th of May 2023, 12.00 – 13.00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 You can also follow through this zoom link It will be great to know if you plan to join us using the registration link here. A light lunch will be served. About the Seminar Promises play an integral part in refugee regimes of Western liberal democracies. They appear in political speeches, bureaucratic procedures, legal texts on asylum, or integration programs. In this IMER seminar, Manuel Insberg explores how promissory acts constitute the relationship between refugees and the receiving society and engender powerful images of the future, drawing on data from his ethnographic fieldwork in Oslo.Protection, a good life, and participation in the receiving society are promised objects that politicians, government officials, or humanitarian actors declare desirable for certain ‘deserving’ forced migrants. However, they are also inevitably linked to assurances of protecting the integrity of the nation, its citizens, and the prosperity of the welfare state. Following Sarah Ahmed’s and Lauren Berlant’s accounts on promises, Insberg understands the Norwegian refugee regime as a cluster of hegemonic promises that (re)produces different subjectivities and the power relations between them through promises. Zooming in on some encounters with his interlocutors who have gained protection status in Norway, this presentation sheds light on the promises that circulate within the refugee regime. Manuel Insberg is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern in Switzerland and a short-term visiting PhD scholar at the Center for Women and Gender Studies (SKOK) at UiB. Manuel is part of the SNF-Ambizione project ‘Violent Safe Havens? Exploring Articulations and Repercussions of Violence in Refugee Reception and Settlement’ funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. For questions about the event or if you experience problems registering, etc., please contact: Felicity.Okoth@uib.no |
24-25/8 Critical Perspectives on Precarious and Informal Work

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Critical Perspectives on Precarious and Informal Work
24th-25th, August 2023
University of Helsinki, Finland
We are excited to invite you to submit individual paper proposals to the kick-off symposium of the project Tackling Precarious and Informal Work in the Nordic Countries (Future Challenges in the Nordics programme)
Deadline extended to May 15th, 2023
The two-day symposium brings together scholars across different disciplines studying precarious and informal work in the Nordics and beyond. The world of work is being transformed by globalisation, deregulation, digitalisation, robotization, and demographic changes due to population ageing and migration. In addition, frequent shocks such as financial crises, the pandemic, and the current energy crisis impact workers across the Nordics and beyond. The erosion of secure employment is a phenomenon that transcends nation-state borders. We are also witnessing the increase of precarious work especially in, but not limited to, sectors like cleaning, construction, and agriculture and in new modes of organising work such as the platform economy.
Especially the Nordic social model, characterized by high employment and taxes, low wage and income equality, and comprehensive welfare regimes, has relied on the prevalence of formal employment at reasonable pay. The symposium seeks to tackle the following questions, but not limited to these: How do welfare states respond to these transformations? What are the effects of the erosion of secure employment on individual workers and communities? In which ways are different labour sectors, labour relations, and labour processes changing? How do intersecting inequalities based on gender, ‘race’, ethnicity, class, migrancy, and so forth structure the everyday of work? In which novel ways do relations of production and social reproduction intermingle in the contemporary transformations of work? Do the concepts of precarious and informal work capture the changing world of work or should these be re-thought?
We encourage paper proposals coming from a range of disciplines and welcome submissions from scholars representing various approaches, backgrounds, and scholarly career stages.
Our keynote speakers include Professor Emeritus Nancy Folbre (University of Massachusetts Armherst, USA) presenting via Zoom, Professor Emeritus Karl Ove Moene (University of Oslo, Norway) and Professor Janine Leschke (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark).
The symposium is on site and a conference fee of 50 euros will cover lunch and refreshments. Please submit your 250-300 word abstract to precanord2023@helsinki.fi by May 15th, 2023.
For more information: PrecaNord website and PrecaNord at Future Nordics webpage
26/4 Navigating opportunities and risks on Social Networking SitesTime
![]() IMER Lunch Seminar Online self-presentations of young migrant women in Norway: Navigating opportunities and risks on Social Networking Sites Time: Wednesday 26th April 2023, 12.00 – 13.00 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31 You can also follow through Zoom. It will be great to know if you plan to join us using the registration link here. A light lunch will be served. Social Networking Sites (SNS) represent important social arenas in young people’s everyday life. SNS give young people with migrant backgrounds opportunities to keep in touch with family and friends in transnational networks and create opportunities to establish “digital neighbourhoods” of youth in Norway and elsewhere. Activities on SNS, however, also involve risk in relation to visibility and exposure and may reproduce and even reinforce processes of marginalization. About the Seminar In this seminar, Ingrid Onarheim Spjeldnæs and Rita Agdal will present research findings where they group-interviewed 15 young women aged 16 to 26 years who have lived in Norway for several years and originate from the Greater Middle East or from the Horn of Africa. Their analysis suggests that these young women present themselves in carefully tailored ways according to affordances of SNS, such as anonymity, visibility, and persistence. Self-presentations are managed towards several particular, yet large and diverse audiences, bearing in mind the constant risks of experiencing challenges, such as “context collapse.” Their analysis draws upon research from communication researcher Hollenbaugh (2021) as well as a broader framework of social psychology and symbolic interactions. Spjeldnæs and Agdal’s presentation will also touch upon the topic of settings-based health promotion strategies that aim to enable people to increase control over their health and environments. In this case, it implies sharing strategies to navigate complex networks, like emphasizing the importance of anonymous chats, sharing health-related information with extended networks with lower e-literacy, and the cocreation of health promotion strategies. Publications Agdal, R. & Spjeldnaes, I.O. (2023). Developing Public Health Promotion Strategies for Social Networking Sites: Perspectives of Young Immigrant Women in Norway. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, 4033. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/5/4033 Agdal, R., Zachariassen, H.& Spjeldnæs, I.O. (2022). Samfunnsarbeid i digitale nabolag: Tre perspektiver på unge kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn sine vilkår for deltakelse på sosiale nettverkssider. I Ågotnes, G.& Larsen, A.K. (Red.), Kollektiv mobilisering: teori og praksis. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. https://press.nordicopenaccess.no/index.php/noasp/catalo For questions about the event or if you experience problems registering, etc., please contact: Felicity.Okoth@uib.no |
10-11/10 Vienna Migration Conference 2023
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vienna Migration Conference (VMC) Dear Reader, In its 7th edition, the Vienna Migration Conference 2022 gathered key European and global actors in Vienna’s historic city centre to discuss the old and new forces shaping international migration – and how governments, international organisations and civil society should respond. These factors included conflicts and instability, instrumentalisation of migration, climate change and post-COVID-19 pandemic labour shortages on the movement of people. In this special issue, we invite you to revisit VMC2022 in our newly published conference report. Finally, we are also happy to look to the future, and announce that Vienna Migration Conference 2023 will take place on 10-11 October. Happy reading! Presenting the Vienna Migration Conference 2022 Report VMC2022 brought together 250 decision- makers and thought leaders to discuss the current developments shaping migration. The conference was live-streamed to a global audience, with nearly 1,300 people registered to follow the conversations online. VMC2022 kicked off with the Migration Futures Dinner, which featured European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas and Politico Europe’s Chief Brussels Correspondent Suzanne Lynch in a conversation on recent developments and how they are shaping EU migration policy. The two following days were full of lively discussions and 34 high-level panellists zooming in on an array of pressing issues in 13 sessions. Read the full report here. 7 takeaways for migration governance in turbulent times VMC2022 featured two days of intensive and wide-ranging discussions exploring new and old factors shaping the movement of people and how policymakers and other actors could respond. Below are 7 takeaways from the discussions that we found particularly insightful: Rapid responses and holistic approaches reduce risks for vulnerable groups Balancing competing priorities remains difficult but essential Global partnership is vital but regional solutions are paramount Migration policy is not only about responding to crises – it should also be forward looking Stepping out of silos is essential Labour mobility opportunities should be expanded and mutually beneficial Communicating honestly with the public is difficult but necessary Read on: 7 takeaways for migration governance in turbulent times Save the date: Vienna Migration Conference 2023 On 10-11 October 2023, the migration community will gather again for the 8th VMC in Vienna and online. Mark the dates in your calendar and subscribe here for updates about this year’s programme. For questions, please reach out to vienna-migration-conference@icmpd.org. Impressions from the Vienna Migration Conference 2022 www.vienna-migration-conference.org ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gonzagagasse 1 1010 Vienna Austria |