In this lesson, we will take a closer look at why the common school is supposedly a strong tool for integration as well as the notions about immigrant integration that affect what is taught in public schools in Scandinavian - especially the pri

Lesson 6: Citizenship

Apr 30th, 2020 58m 57s

In this lesson, we will discuss convergence among West European countries towards conditioning access to permanent residence and citizenship on meeting a range of integration requirements regarding language, employment, law-abidingness and know

Lesson 5 - Political discourse and belonging

Apr 29th, 2020 1h 4m

This lesson examines, first, how the political debate about nationhood and national belonging differ between the Scandinavian countries and, second, the effect of anti-immigrant rhetoric and exclusionary notions about nationhood on the politica

Lesson 4: Theories of immigrant integration

Apr 23rd, 2020 1h 36m

The course now turns from discussing migration patterns and theories to immigrant integration. This lesson, and the following four, look at factors that might affect the integration process of migrants who have received a right to stay in the h

Lesson 1: Immigration and the Nordic welfare states

Mar 30th, 2020 38m 13s

In this introductory lecture, I will initially provide an overview of the course and its progression. Afterwards, we will talk about the characteristics of the Nordic welfare states, their historical background and the dilemmas, problems and op