Dear list members,
In this recently published article I challenge the riches-to-rags narrative that is so
common in research on highly skilled forced migrants. It is available open access for
those interested:
Not All Syrian Doctors Become Taxi Drivers: Stagnation and Continuity Among Highly
Educated Syrians in Norway
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-019-00717-5
Sincerely,
Susanne Bygnes
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Bergen, Norway
+47 55589732/45204980
Recent publications:
Bygnes, S (2019) Not All Syrian Doctors Become Taxi Drivers: Stagnation and Continuity
Among Highly Educated Syrians in Norway. Journal of International Migration and
Integration<https://link.springer.com/journal/12134>.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-019-00717-5
Bygnes, S (2019) A collective sigh of relief: Local reactions to the establishment of new
asylum centers in
Norway<https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=1069687127….
Acta Sociologica.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0001699319833143
Bygnes, S (2017) Are They Leaving Because of the Crisis? The Sociological Significance of
Anomie as a Motivation for
Migration<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0038038515589300&…. Sociology.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038038515589300
Bygnes, S and Erdal, MB (2017) Liquid migration, grounded lives: considerations about
future mobility and settlement among Polish and Spanish migrants in Norway. Journal of
Ethnic and Migraiton Studies.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2016.1211004