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Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag

Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Email
alyssa.m.kvalvaag@nord.no
Phone
+4775517518
Mobile
+4792273326
Study location
Bodø
Office
Bodø, Hovedbygget, E327B
Areas of expertise
Migration Studies, Social Work, Qualitative Research, Migrant Integration, Critical Theory

Education: PhD Sociology, Nord University. MSc Human Rights and Multiculturalism, University of South-Eastern Norway. BA Social Work, Cornerstone University.

Membership: International Sociological Association. European Sociological Association. Norsk sosiologforening. Social Work Research Group, Nord University. Gender, Ethnicities, and Equality (KEL) Research Group, Nord University. Research Group for Welfare and Community Studies (WELCOM), Nord universitet.

ORCiD: 0000-0001-5026-4475

Teaches in social work, sociology, and social analysis. Course coordinator for SOA1005 Social Works Legal and Theoretical Perspectives, and PRA1025 Mentoring in a Multicultural Context. Previously course coordinator for SOS1004 Diversity and Gender.

Ongoing Projects

Coordinator The Nightingale Positive Role Models (funded by the Bufdir)

Researcher WELBOUND (funded by The Research Council of Norway)

Researcher PrepChild (funded by The Research Council of Norway)


Previous Projects

Researcher ROBUST - Crisis Governance in Turbulent Times - Mindset, Evidence, Strategies (funded by EU Horizon 2020)

2024
Integration as a Solution to Depopulation? Producing the Moral and Loyal Resident in Policies Aiming to Attract and Retain International Migrants 2024 Nordic Journal of Migration Research - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Re/Presentations of Migrant Integration Discourses in Northern Norway 2024 - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Yan Zhao, Marit Anne Aure
Contesting integration discourses: migrant organizations and epistemic resistance in northern Norway 2024 Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
From transnational to trans-Indigenous: a critical analysis of the role of categorization and everyday coloniality in Indigenous mobilities 2024 Ethnic and Racial Studies - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, João Carlos Jarochinski Silva
2023
International Human Rights Frameworks in Relation to National Family Reunification Policy and Administrative Practice Forced Migration and Separated Families: Everyday Insecurities and Transnational Strategies 2023 - Jaana Palander, Usumain Baraka, Hilda Gustafsson, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Michelle Lokot, Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli, Hadas Yaron Mesgena, Irene Tuzi, Helena Wray
What Integration Discourses “Do”: The Gendered Migratization of Policy Issues and Justification of Welfare Retrenchment 2023 NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Categorization and Racialization in Integration Discourses: Who is Framed as “Needing” Integration in Regional and Local Newspaper Articles Rethinking Integration: Challenging Oppressive Practices and Pointing to Ways Forward 2023 - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
2022
Indigenous Peoples on the Move: Intersectional Invisibility and the Quest for Pluriversal Human Rights for Indigenous Migrants from Venezuela in Brazil 2022 Nordic Journal of Human Rights - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Power, Vulnerability, and the Effects of COVID-19 on Migrants Held by the Detention Industry in the United States The Global and Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ethical and Philosophical Reflection 2022 - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Forced Migration and the Detention of Indigenous Asylum Seekers in the United States: a critical analysis of the intersectional nature of the oppression of Indigenous migrants Direitos Humanos e Vulnerabilidade e Migrações Forçadas 2022 - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
2021
Neither Durable nor a Solution: a critical analysis of broken policies of return between the EU and Afghanistan Direitos Humanos e Vulnerabilidade e o Direito Internacional dos Refugiados 2021 - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Maira Omar
A Quest for Justice: Recognition and Migrant Interactions with Child Welfare Services in Norway Migration, Recognition and Critical Theory 2021 - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Gabriela Mezzanotti
2026
Book review of Gómez-Ciriano, Emilio José, Cabiati, Elena, and Dedotsi, Sofia (eds.) 2023. Migration and Social Work: Approaches, Visions and Challenges. Bristol: Policy Press, 248 pp. 2026 Nordic Journal of Migration Research - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
2025
Inkludering av barn og unge i utsatte livssituasjoner under pandemien - tiltak i to norske kommuner 2025 FORSA - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Janne Paulsen Breimo
Hvorfor lukker vi øynene for ærsrelatert vold? 2025 - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
A Trans-Indigenous Analysis of Im/mobility: Advancing Pluriversal Eco-Social Transitions Against Brutalism 2025 Norwegian Association of Latin American Studies (NALAS) Conference - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Different pathways to robust governance in Northern and Southern Europe? 2025 IRSPM Conference 2025 - Lara Ripoll, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Jaime García Rayado, Berit Irene Vannebo, Javier García-Lacalle, Ann-Torill Tørrisplass
2024
Contesting Social Imaginaries of Integration: Migrant Organizations and Epistemic Resistance in Northern Norway 2024 IMISCOE Annual Conference 2024 - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Migrant Organizations as Arenas and Actors of Homemaking: Conceptualizing Integration from Below 2024 ‘Being SEA-EU’ Conference - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Yan Zhao
Contesting Integration Discourses: Migrant Organizations and Epistemic Resistance in Northern Norway 2024 22nd Nordic Migration Research Conference - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
2023
A Means to an End? Integration as a Solution to Depopulation in Resident Recruitment Policies in the North of Norway 2023 IMISCOE Annual Conference 2023 - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Book review of Favell, Adrian 2022. The Integration Nation: Immigration and Colonial Power in Liberal Democracies. Cambridge: Polity Press, 226 pp. 2023 Nordic Journal of Migration Research - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Racialized Human Rights: Discriminatory Responses and Everyday Coloniality in Migration Governance in the Global North 2023 XX ISA World Congress of Sociology - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Interlocking Oppressions, Crossing Categories, and Rights: A Critical Analysis on the Impact of Categorization Defining Human Rights of Indigenous Migrants from Latin America 2023 XX ISA World Congress of Sociology - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
2022
Rights, Categories, and Invisibility: The Role of Categorization in Defining Human Rights of Indigenous Migrants from Venezuela in Brazil 2022 IMISCOE Annual Conference 2022 - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Critical Perspectives on Integration 2022 National Policies and Theoretical Models of Integration, Multiculturalism and Human Rights Protection (MHRMC701) - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
On Remoteness and Migration: Precariousness, Possibilities, and the Role(s) of Migrant Organizations in the North of Norway 2022 21st Nordic Migration Research Conference - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Integration Talk: How Do Local Newspapers Use the Concept Integration in the Context of a 'Shrinking' Area? 2022 IMISCOE Annual Conference 2022 - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Reflections on Migrants in Privatized Detention in the United States and the Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic 2022 - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Invisible Indigeneity: Challenges of Indigenous Migration from Latin America to the United States 2022 Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) Annual Conference 2022 - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Living Coloniality: A Critical Analysis on the Struggles for Recognition and Implementation of Indigenous Migrants' Rights 2022 IASFM19: Global Issues, Regional Approaches (International Association for the Study of Forced Migration) - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Book review of Gullikstad, Berit, Kristensen, Guro Korsnes and Sætermo, Turid Fånes (eds.) 2021. Fortellinger om integrering i norske lokalsamfunn [Narratives of Integration in Norwegian Local Communities]. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. 292 pp. 2022 Nordic Journal of Migration Research - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
2021
Immigrant Integration Policy: A Simultaneous Source of Agreement and Conflict 2021 Young Researchers Night - Bodø - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Power, Vulnerability, and the Effects of COVID-19 on Migrants Held by the Detention Industry in the United States 2021 Ethical Perspectives on the Social and Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Who needs immigrant integration? Insights from local newspaper articles 2021 ELSA-webinar - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
2020
Keskinen, Suvi, Skaptadóttir, Unnur Dís, and Toivanen, Mari. 2019. Undoing Homogeneity in the Nordic Region: Migration, Difference, and the Politics of Solidarity. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 210 pp 2020 Nordic Journal of Migration Research - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
Family (im)mobility during the holidays: The Norwegian government’s COVID-19 containment measures and the Facebook activism of families separated by borders 2020 - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag
A Quest for Justice: Recognition and Migrant Interactions with Child Welfare Services in Norway 2020 Recognition, Migration, and Critical Theory - Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Gabriela Mezzanotti
2019
The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Preventing Discrimination and Ensuring Children’s Rights in a Culturally Diverse Environment 2019 Conference celebrating 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Gabriela Mezzanotti, Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag, Becky Coleman, Susanne Holter Hjukse