PhD Candidate in Sociology
Department for Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo
E-mail: anna.skiba@sosgeo.uio.no
ABOUT
I hold a master’s degree in European Studies from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and have worked as a research assistant for the EU-Horizon funded project REDEMOS and at the ARENA research centre for European Studies (UiO). Beyond this I have worked with refugees in Norway, as a freelance interpreter and in public sector.
I am interested in how forced displacement shapes the way people understand themselves and their place in the world. My research explores what happens when places, objects, practices, and memories that once provided a sense of belonging are disrupted, and how people rebuild that sense of belonging in a new and unfamiliar environment. Drawing on Ukrainian refugees in Norway and Germany as a comparative case, I examine how host country contexts with different histories of displacement shape the conditions available for that rebuilding. Looking ahead, I hope to expand this work to explore how identities are passed on across generations, and how migrant communities across Europe navigate belonging, build communities, and cope with experiences of isolation.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Migration, Ukraine, Social Practice, Identity, Memory
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