Östen Wahlbeck holds a PhD in Ethnic Relations from the University of Warwick, UK (1997) and the Title of Docent in Sociology from the University of Tampere, Finland (2006) . He has worked as Professor of Sociology at the Åbo Akademi University, Finland, Professor of Human Rights and Multiculturalism at the University of South-Eastern Norway, and Senior Lecturer in Ethnic Relations at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has published widely in the field of international migration and ethnic relations,...
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| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-3210 |
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Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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University of South-Eastern Norway
University, Norway
Professor -
University of Helsinki
University, Helsinki, Finland
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University of South-Eastern Norway
University, Kongsberg, Norway
Professor
Research
Assessing Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective: A New Politics of Diversity for the 21st Century?
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Finnish Civil Servants on Harmonization in the Asylum System: A Study in Horizontal Europeanization
| Authors | Osten Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Ethnic boundary making among Swedish migrants in Helsinki
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Utilisation of Migrant Capital to Access the Labour Market: The Case of Swedish Migrants in Helsinki
| Authors | Osten Wahlbeck, Sabina Fortelius |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion |
| Citations (WoS) | 11 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migrant Capital as a Resource for Migrant Communities
| Authors | Sanna Saksela-Bergholm, Mari Toivanen, Osten Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Transferability and Mobilisability of Transnational Resources: <i>The case of Turkish entrepreneurs in Finland</i>
| Authors | Osten Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Nordic Journal of Migration Research | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
To Share or Not to Share Responsibility? Finnish Refugee Policy and the Hesitant Support for a Common European Asylum System
| Authors | Osten Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 25 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
True Finns and Non-True Finns: The Minority Rights Discourse of Populist Politics in Finland
| Authors | Osten Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Intercultural Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Inflyttad från Sverige En studie av rikssvenska erfarenheter i Helsingfors
| Year | 2015 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Kurdish Diaspora: <i>Transnational Ties, Home, and Politics of Belonging</i>
| Authors | Minoo Alinia, Osten Wahlbeck, Barzoo Eliassi, ... |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Nordic Journal of Migration Research | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Finnish and Swedish Migration Dynamics and Transnational Social Spaces
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Mobilities |
| Citations (WoS) | 4 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States
| Year | 2013 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Kurdish Refugee Diaspora in Finland
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Diaspora Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The role of (transnational) social capital in the start-up processes of immigrant businesses: The case of Chinese and Turkish restaurant businesses in Finland
| Authors | Saija Katila, Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Social Work and Migration: Immigrant and Refugee Settlement and Integration
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Work in the kebab economy
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2007 |
| Journal Name | Ethnicities |
| Citations (WoS) | 28 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The concept of diaspora as an analytical tool in the study of refugee communities
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2002 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Community Work and Exile Politics: Kurdish Refugee Associations in London
| Authors | O. WAHLBECK |
| Year | 1998 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Refugee Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Coping with Migrants and Refugees
| Authors | Tiziana Caponio, Irene Ponzo |
| Year | 2022 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Sosyal Statü Olarak Girişimcilik: Kendi İşinde Çalışan Türk Göçmenlerin Finlandiya'daki Deneyimleri
| Authors | Östen Wahlberg |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Göç Dergisi |
Entrepreneurship as Social Status: Turkish Immigrants’ Experiences of Self-Employment in Finland
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | MIGRATION LETTERS | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
The Process of Integration
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Book Title | Kurdish Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Kurdish Associations: Community Work and Diasporic Politics
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Book Title | Kurdish Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Conclusions
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Book Title | Kurdish Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Resettlement Policies: Two Different Models
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Book Title | Kurdish Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Transferability and Mobilisability of Transnational Social Resources
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Nordic Journal of Migration Research | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Book Title | Kurdish Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Towards a Wider Understanding of the Refugee Experience
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Book Title | Kurdish Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Inclusion and Exclusion of Refugees: Rethinking Concepts and Theories
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Book Title | Kurdish Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Politics and Forced Migration in Kurdistan
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Book Title | Kurdish Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |