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Illustration photo of a filipino male outdoors in snow landscape.
9. January 20198. September 2020Blog post

Greener pastures or false promises?

Carolyn Arguelles writes about the risks Filipino nurses undertake to work in Norway and the strong motivation that drives them to succeed.

10. December 20188. September 2020Blog post

Globalized world, mobility, and bureaucracy

Barriers to mobility and migration do not just affect the nurses that we study. Elżbieta Goździak and Taylor Vaughn write about their own trials and tribulations when faced with Norwegian and Polish bureaucracies.

smiling nurse at hospital. photo: colourbox.com
6. December 20188. September 2020Blog post

What does it mean to be a nurse?

Being a nurse means different things to different nurses, as experiences shape the professional identity into a part of one’s personal identity. In this sense, the question posed above is a psychological one.

Books on a shelf. blurry. colourbox
7. November 20188. September 2020Book corner - What are we reading?

Reading novels as part of social science research

Aslaug Gotehus writes about Viajero – A Filipino novel in the book corner.

Older man at nursing home talking to nurse. Photo: colourbox.com
5. November 20188. September 2020Blog post

Empowerment in the nursing home

The notion of empowerment might shed a new light on nursing practices, writes Marek Pawlak in a new blog post.

15. October 20188. September 2020Blog post

On not getting lost in translation

Marta Bivand Erdal and Lubomiła Korzeniewska write about the challenges of conducting interviews in various languages

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6. September 20188. September 2020Blog post, Conferences

A few thoughts on a recent conference

Marie Louise Seeberg shares her thoughts about the 19th Nordic Migration Research Conference.

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16. August 20188. September 2020Blog post

The roles of migration infrastructure

Jørgen Carling writes about the importance of ‘migration infrastructure’ as a theoretical concept.

Nurses training at hospital. Photo: colourbox.com
31. July 20188. September 2020Blog post

Playing the role of patients

Izabella Main writes about training for Polish nurses to enhance their empathy.

Male nurse listening to older person at nursing home in the garden. Photo: colourbox.com
7. June 20181. October 2020Blog post

Learning the New Ways

Ways of walking, saying, and listening tell us more about the existing hierarchies and power relations in a workplace, Marek Pawlak writes in his blog on different “ways” of nursing in Norway and Poland.

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PROJECT DETAILS

Title: WELLMIG – Migration for welfare: nurses within three regimes of immigration and integration into the Norwegian welfare state

Project leader: Marie Louise Seeberg, NOVA, OsloMet

Contact information:
mlsee@oslomet.no

Funding: FRIPRO, Research Council of Norway

Project period: 09.01.16 – 11.2.21

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