Barbara Sophia Stein

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! / The doctoral thesis is available here!

Auditoriet er åpent for publikum og  trømmes og et opptak vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn.
The auditorium is open to the public. The defense will still be streamed, and a recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne starter kl. 10.15 / The trial lecture starts at 10.15
Tittel/Title:  "What are the challenges and implications pertinent to studying integration, and how may they be mitigated?"
Prøveforelesningen strømmes her / The trial lecture will be streamed here

Disputasen starter kl. 12.15 / The defense starts at 12.15
Disputasen strømmes her / The defense will be streamed here

De som ønsker å opponere ex auditorio kan sende en e-post til leder av disputasen innen kl. 13:00 disputasdagen: bjorn.e.johnsen@uit.no
If you want to oppose ex. auditorio, send an e-mail to the leader of the defence before 13:00 on the day of the defence: bjorn.e.johnsen@uit.no

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen/ Summary of the thesis

This doctoral project explores how volunteerism and processes of and around integration interact, and where and how the voluntary sector may facilitate – or hamper – integration processes in a Norwegian setting. The study is situated in a qualitative research tradition and draws on a document analysis of 29 Norwegian policy documents published between 1973 and 2021, and focus group discussions with (Norwegian) volunteers and immigrants.

This thesis finds that integration has for a long time been set on a par with employment yet since the introduction of everyday life integration, volunteerism has increasingly been included. It further finds that volunteering can be beneficial to integration processes, but that it also holds some pitfalls including power imbalances through discourses of immigrants ‘in need’ and unequal relationships resembling service provider/service recipient relationships. Thus, integration and volunteerism may be both a perfect match and an unfavourable pairing.

Veiledere/ Supervisors:
Hovedveileder/Main supervisor:
Førsteamanuensis Gunn Elin Fedreheim, Institutt for vernepleie, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Biveileder/supervisor:
Instituttleder og professor Marit Aure, Institutt for samfunnsvitenskap, Fakultet for humaniora, samfunnsvitenskap og lærerutdanning, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Bedømmelseskomité/Defensecomitee:
Professor Morten Fredriksen, Aalborg University  – 1. opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Astrid Ouahyb Sundsbø, Høgskulen på Vestlandet– 2. opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Christine Smith- Simonsen, Institutt for arkeologi, historie, religionvitenskap og teologi, UiT, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité.

Disputasleder/ Leader of defense:
Instituttleder Bjørn-Eirik Johnsen, Institutt for vernepleie, UiT, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.