Working Papers 

Working Paper 1 WP 1 

This paper describes changes in both Polish and Norwegian migration reality which stemmed from migration policies and labour market situation. Both pulling and pushing factors on the Polish-Norwegian migratory axis are analysed as well. Furthermore, the paper tries to assess the integration of Poles in Norway and the challenges they face on the Norwegian labour market. 

 

Working Paper WP 1

Working Paper 1 WP 2

In this WP2 Working Paper we provide a very brief theoretical overview of the themes guiding the conceptual framework, methodology and picked up in the analysis. Secondly, we discuss the WP2 Methodological Approach in great detail – not only in terms of the research process "from above", but also in regards to fieldwork experiences and good practices (a view "from below"). The methodological part smoothly turns into a bridging component of a paper, in which we discuss Respondent's Characteristics, while already presenting some key characteristics of migrants and their correspondence with the broader scholarship, as well as our analysis. In the third component we continue our discussion of findings by primarily focusing on three interviews and discuss them through the lens of entanglement of family migration trajectory and the labour market. This selective approach shows our direction in going forward with subsequent analyses and gives way to understanding how lives of migrants are actually lived and how family practices are done.

Working Paper 1 WP 2

 

Working Paper WP 3

This working paper reports on the progress and preliminary findings of the work package on social capital among Polish immigrant families in Norway. Preliminary findings suggest that different Polish migrant waves in Norway have faced different contexts that have had an impact on the establishment of social capital. Furthermore, language barriers seem to constitute the largest barrier for establishing social capital among post 2004 Polish migrants. Consequently, it is suggested that Norwegian authorities need to consider implementations which may facilitate more social inclusion among the largest immigrant group in the country.

 

Working Paper WP 3

 

Working Paper 1 WP 5

In this WP5 Working Paper we focus on the topic of children's identities. This paper is organized into four main sections. In the first section, we underline the importance of the topic discussed here. In the second section, we outline the methodological and fieldwork issues. In the third section, we briefly present some empirical findings dealing with children's national identities and identifications. In the last section, we present selected conclusions in regards to these issues. The findings presented in this paper first and foremost demonstrate that children have a lot to say about themselves, their relatives, school, peers, Poland, Norway and the world that surrounds them in general. Taking on a topic of national identity and identifications is a complex task for a variety of reasons. The intensified mobility of children as a result of labour migrations of parents lead to multiple challenges to (re)constructing children's identities in the new place of settlement.

Working Paper 1 WP 5

 

Working Paper 1 WP 6

This Working Paper shows the main findings from WP 6 Settlement choices in Norway. On the basis of the analysed material, it can be concluded that we are witnessing a process of settlement of Polish migrants in Norway. Regardless of the initial plans, currently they see their future in Norway, not in Poland. Their activities in Norway do not limit to work exclusively, they establish their families there or gather family members, who used to live in Poland.

Working Paper 1 WP 6

 

Working Paper WP 7

Polish immigrants are today the largest group of family immigrants to Norway. Since Polish immigration is regarded as an intra-European movement of labor, there are no specific laws or regulations besides from the labor regulations that pertains the settlement and introduction of Polish families in Norway. As a consequence there are few set standards in schools and municipalities on how to meet Polish children in school. Besides for those regulations made for foreign children with predominantly a non-European background, and a refugee experience, schools and municipalities has had to come up with their own answers to the challenges that emerge with these new groups of Polish immigrants: The Polish Child, and The Polish Parent. In this working paper, we will discuss the challenges faced by the research team in recruiting informants for the study of the inclusion of Polish children in Norwegian schools. What initially was intended as an explorative study with participatory observation in classrooms combined with interviews with teachers, parents and children in two different communities where Polish immigration was prevalent, turned into a project where the search for informants itself became part of the research and data material. The paper describes the process of getting access to the research field where researchers were not welcome, the transformations necessary to create a viable research case. Finally, the paper suggests four issues from the preliminary analysis worth pursuing; the invisibility of the Polish immigrant child, the challenges of communication in home school collaboration, competing norms and practices of being a child and socially acceptable ways of doing gender as a child.

Working Paper 1 WP 7

 

            

Projekt finansowany ze środków funduszy norweskich, w ramach programu Polsko-Norweska Współpraca Badawcza realizowanego przez Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju.