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Brekke, Jan-Paul Senior Researcher Dr. polit., Sociology E-mail: jpb@socialresearch.no Phone ISF: 23 08 61 00 Private phone: +1 646 678 3966 Mobile: +1 646 410 1964

Fields of interest: Forced migration, migration, civil society, ethnicity Brekke has his doctorate in sociology from the University of Oslo. His main areas of interest are refugees and migration. How are the policies in these areas developed? How do these conditions influence the experience of the individuals that arrive? In several studies Brekke have shed light upon these questions from various angles. But Brekke's field of interest is broad. His production also includes studies on the workings of the civil society and the conditions for voluntary activity. The most recent study in this area looks into the challenge that the alternative culture of snowboarders represent to the established central organization for sports in Norway. Brekke is also interested in ethnomethodology - i.e. the finer workings of face to face encounters. One study here analyses the informal interaction at diplomatic receptions. In addition to this, Brekke has explored topics on the fringes of the methodology of the social sciences. For example he has published on the use of photography as part of data-gathering among sensitive informants and on the use of interpreters in qualitative interviews. Curriculum Vitae in fulltext Curriculum Vitae in fulltext

2006 International students and immigration to Norway
2001 Velkommen og farvel?
2010 Life on Hold
2006 Utestengt fra velferdsstaten
2005 Humanitet eller null-tolerans
2002 Samtalekulturen i diplomatiet
2001 The Dilemmas of Temporary Protection – the Norwegian Experience
1999 Midlertidig beskyttelse i Nordisk flyktningepolitikk
2012 Forsvunnet
2009 Why Norway
2008 Fra tilbakevending til retur
2007 Talking about integration. Discources, alliances and theories...
2007 Reception conditions for asylum seekers in Norway and the EU
2005 I velferdsstatens grenseland
2004 The struggle for control
2004 While we are waiting
2003 Utenfor løypa?
2002 Kosovo - Norge, tur og retur
1998 Et nytt flyktningregime?
1994 Frivillighet og lokalsamfunn
2009 Integration Through Incentives
2008 Making the unreturnable return
2005 Trends in Scandinavian asylum policies
2003 Photography as tool in social research
2002 Children and adolecents with an immigrant background
1999 Barn og ungdoms levekår i Norden