Migration, Integration and Diversity
The Institute for Social Research has conducted research on migration since the end of the 1960s.
How does migration affect Norwegian society and what are the effects of integration measures aimed at the migrants that come here? These questions have been researched by the Institute for Social Research since migration research started in this country in the late 1960s. We research, among other things, migration management and social inequality, policy, labour market, and educational inequality from a migration and integration perspective.
In recent years, the ISF’s migration researchers have contributed knowledge about, among other things, the prevalence of Covid-19 in the immigrant population, asylum flows, revocation of residence permits, government use of social media in migration management, citizenship, integration of children of immigrants, attitudes to immigration and integration, participation in public debate, freedom of expression, and hate speech. The relationship between immigration and welfare, and support for the welfare state, has been central, in addition to civil society’s role in immigration and integration processes.
Contact
- jan.p.brekke@samfunnsforskning.no
- Phone
- +47 91 87 99 03
Most Recent Migration, Integration and Diversity Projects
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Public Attitudes towards the Sámi Sep. 14, 2026
What are the attitudes of the Norwegian majority population towards the Sámi people, and how can these be measured systematically over time? In this project, we develop a set of survey questions to systematically measure attitudes towards the Sámi and analyse data from a nationwide survey in which these questions are used.
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- isf-project
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- democracy
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- discrimination
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- diversity
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The Workplace as a Site of Integration June 29, 2026
What does it take for Norwegian working life to function as an arena for the integration of immigrants? This project provides comprehensive knowledge about the pathways into and upward within working life for different groups of immigrants – and about the role the workplace itself plays, seen from the perspectives of employers, trade unions and immigrants themselves.
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- isf-project
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- migration and integration
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- labour market
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- diversity
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- discrimination
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The Workplace as a Site of Integration June 29, 2026
What does it take for Norwegian working life to function as an arena for the integration of immigrants? This project provides comprehensive knowledge about the pathways into and upward within working life for different groups of immigrants – and about the role the workplace itself plays, seen from the perspectives of employers, trade unions and immigrants themselves.
- type
- isf-project
- tag
- migration and integration
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- labour market
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- diversity
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- discrimination