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, including several international monographs, several edited books, and more than 30 international refereed academic articles articles in journals like Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Intercultural Studies, Journal of Refugee Studies, Ethnicities and Mobilities. In addition, he is the author of numerous book chapters published in various languages. His research interests include transnational migration, migrant businesses, refugee studies, and integration policies. He has been the project leader of several large research projects in these areas funded by the Academy of Finland and the European Commission.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 780 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-3210 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/östen-wahlbeck-81889a26/ | |
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
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University of Helsinki
University, Helsinki, Finland
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University of South-Eastern Norway
University, Kongsberg, Norway
Professor
Research
The Formation of a Kurdish Diaspora and Transnational Politics
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Routledge Handbook of Turkey's Diasporas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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 | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion |
Ethnic boundary making among Swedish migrants in Helsinki
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
The Utilisation of Migrant Capital to Access the Labour Market: The Case of Swedish Migrants in Helsinki
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck, Sabina Fortelius |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion |
| Citations (WoS) | 11 |
Migrant Capital as a Resource for Migrant Communities
| Authors | Sanna Saksela-Bergholm, Mari Toivanen, Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
The Transferability and Mobilisability of Transnational Social Resources
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Nordic Journal of Migration Research | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Transferability and Mobilisability of Transnational Resources: <i>The case of Turkish entrepreneurs in Finland</i>
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Nordic Journal of Migration Research |
To Share or Not to Share Responsibility? Finnish Refugee Policy and the Hesitant Support for a Common European Asylum System
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 25 |
True Finns and Non-True Finns: The Minority Rights Discourse of Populist Politics in Finland
| Authors | Östen 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, Barzoo Eliassi, Khalid Khayati, ... |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | NORDIC JOURNAL OF MIGRATION RESEARCH |
The Finnish and Swedish Migration Dynamics and Transnational Social Spaces
| Authors | Östen Wahlbeck |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Mobilities |
| Citations (WoS) | 4 |
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 |
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 |
Introduction
| 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 |
Inclusion and Exclusion of Refugees: Rethinking Concepts and Theories
| 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 |