Research Groups / Equality, inclusion, migration [LIM]
Equality, inclusion, migration [LIM]
The research group reaches across a wide field of studies of social inequality and change:
- Inclusion and integration issues in a multi-ethnic and pluralistic society
- International migration
- Gender relations and equality policy
Our aim is to be at the forefront of studies of an increasingly heterogeneous/diversified society, with a particular emphasis on tensions between national and international factors. This will be achieved by committing to research projects and research partnerships which combine the ambitions of basic research with the issues addressed by applied research
Key themes are:
- Welfare state and welfare policy: Policy formulation, inclusion, participation.
- Migration flows and politics of control: Internationalisation, regulation, experience.
- Working life and education: Processes of inclusion and exclusion.
- New household, family and partnership relations: Class, gender, generation, minority/majority.
- Anti-discrimination and equality politics. Practice, politics and legislation.
- Issues relating to democracy and rights: Citizenship, rights conflicts, religion.
Research Director: Dr. polit. Mari Teigen
E-mail: mari.teigen@socialresearch.no
Phone: (+47) 23 08 61 85