Fields of expertise: migration, diversity, EU-crisis, Norway, Spain, elite-interviewing
Postdoctoral fellow/project leader (2013-) Labour migration in uncertain times: Migration from Spain to Norway
The project aims to further our understanding of migration between two countries that have been differentially affected by the current European economic crisis by drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews.
Researcher (2012-2013 ): Judicialization and Social Citizenship.
Focus on ethnic, religious and cultural diversity in Norwegian prisions
Phd-thesis: Diversity Dilemmas: Majority approaches to societal diversity in Norway and Europe (2012)
Thesis defense: 25.01.2013
PhD-fellow Department of Sociology/UiB and EUROSPHERE: http://www.eurosphere.uib.no/ (2008-2012)
Research assistant (2006 -2007).
Master thesis Sociology/UiB (2005):
Questioning Modernity and Development: A qualitative inquiry on Women’s emancipation in Kerala, India
Foreleser (2008-2011)
SOS101: Individ og Samfunn
SOS112: Internasjonal migrasjon og etniske relasjoner
SOS321: Miljø, utvikling og migrasjon
Veiledet diverse bachelor oppgaver på IMER-feltet.
Seminarleder (2004-2007)
SOS 101: Individ og Samfunn
SOS 103: Samfunnsstrukturer i endring
SOS 109: The scandinavian welfare state and gender relations
SOS 111: Familien i endring
SOS112: Internasjonal migrasjon og etniske relasjoner
- 2008. Questioning modernity and development. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG. 112 pages. ISBN: 978-3-8364-5504-6.
- 2012. 'We are in compleete agreement' The Diversity issue, Disagreement and Change in the European Women's Lobby. Social Movement Studies. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2012.703831
- 2012. Gender-equality as boundary: 'Gender-nation frames' in Norwegian EU campaign organizations. The European Journal of Women's Studies. 19: 7-22. doi: 10.1177/1350506811425882
- 2010. Making equality diverse? merged gender equality and anti-discrimination measures in Norway. NORA. Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. 18: 88-104. doi: 10.1080/08038741003755475
- 2008. Interviewing People-oriented Elites. Eurosphere Working Papers. 10.
- 2013. Diversity Dilemmas. Majority approaches to societal diversity in Norway and Europe. University of Bergen, Bergen.
- 2008. Dorothy E. Smith. Kapittel, pages 187-193. In:
- 2008. Kjønnsteori. Gyldendal Akademisk. 349 pages. ISBN: 978-82-05-372177.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
International Journal Articles
Bygnes, S. (2013) Ambivalent Multiculturalism. Sociology, Volume 47, issue 1, pp. 126-141. Doi: 10.1177/0038038512448560
Bygnes, S. (2012) 'We are in Complete Agreement': The Diversity Issue, Disagreement and Change in The European Women's Lobby. Social Movement Studies, iFirst, 1-15. Doi: 10.1080/14742837.2012.703831
Bygnes, S. (2012): Gender-equality as boundary: 'Gender-nation frames' in Norwegian EU campaign organizations. European Journal of Women's Studies 19(1): 7-22.
Bygnes, S. (2010): Making Equality Diverse? Merged Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Measures in Norway NORA Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, 18 (2): 88-104.
Online papers/book chapters:
Bygnes, S (forthcoming 2014) Ad-hoc Multiculturalism: Prison staff approaches to cultural and religious diversity. In: Judicialization and Citizenship in the Welfare State. Sinding Aasen, H. etl al (eds). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bygnes, S (2013) Diversity dilemmas – majority approaches to societal diversity in Norway and Europe. PhD-dissertation, University of Bergen ISBN: 9788230821909
Bygnes, S. (2008) Interviewing People-oriented Elites. Eurosphere Working Paper Series. Online Working paper no. 10, 2008 (fulltekst pdf)
Bygnes, S. (2008): Dorothy E. Smith. In: Kjønnsteori. Gyldendal Akademisk 2008
Bygnes, S. (2008): Questioning modernity and development. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller 2008 (112 pages, published MA-thesis)
Press
Eksperten: En generasjon uten fremtid. Interview in: Studvest 13/2013
Myten om fattige Spanjoler i Norge. Radio interview at: Her og Nå NRK P1 17. April 2013
Bygnes, S: Europas Yttergrense. Hubro 2012(2): 39
Multikulturalismens Begravelsesagenter Intervju på forskningsradet.no
Bygnes, S: Har vi multikulturalisme? VG 7. mai 2012 s. 28-29
Presentations:
High-skilled Spanish migraiton to Norway after 2008. Presentation at 2014 IMISCOE annual conference in Madrid, 27-29 August 2014.
Did we leave beacuse of the crisis? Paper presentation at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 9 July 2014
Ambivalent Multiculturalism. Paper presentation and panel discussant at: Teorier og politikk: Fortellinger om multikulturalismens død: Norsk nettverk for migrasjonsforskning og Nordic Migration research årlige seminar. Fredag 12. oktober 2012
How to write an article based thesis. Talk at the faculty of social sciences, UiB March 2012
Session chair: Migration, Globalization and New Social Formations. IMER 15 year anniversary conference: http://org.uib.no/imer/seminars/index.htm
Paper presentation IMER seminar series, University of Bergen September 2011 http://org.uib.no/imer/seminars/index.htm
Paper presentation Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging, Mansfield College, Oxford September 2011
Training for international publishing on transnationalism and international migration Ved The International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in collaboration with the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) at the University of Sussex
Verv:
Board member Nordic Migraiton Research 2014-
Medlem av Forskerutdanningsforum 2011-2012
Medlem av styret for det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet 2009-2010
Styremedlem i Sosiologiforeningen, Avdeling Vestlandet 2009-2010
Visiting scholar:
Universitat Autonoma, Barcelona 2014
Berkeley, California 2012
Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India 2004
Labour migration in uncertain times: Migration from Spain to Norway (September 2013-)
The project aims to further our understanding of migration between two countries that have been differentially affected by the current European economic crisis by drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews.
Judicialisation and Social Citizenship (2012-)
PHD-project (2008-2012)
Related to EUROSPHERE: see eurosphere.org