Health care providers as petty sovereigns? Migration control and access to welfare

16.01.2025 14:15 - 15:30English

How do Norway’s welfare policies and immigration controls create confusion in the state’s response to irregular migration?

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In this presentation, Marry-Anne Karlsen will explore ambiguities in the Norwegian state’s response to irregular migration arising from the interaction and tension between welfare policy and entry control. Specifically, she will investigate the role of discretionary decision-making in (re)producing or challenging state borders in the medical encounter.

The ethnographic focus brings forth the multiple and dispersed, as well as negotiated quality, of the border in everyday practices and situations.

Moderator: Audun Løvlie

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Bergen Global
Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen

16.01.2025
14:15 - 15:30
English
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Marry-Anne Karlsen
Marry-Anne Karlsen
Associate Professor, University of Bergen

Marry-Anne Karlsen holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Bergen in 2015 and a major in human geography from the same place.

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Marry-Anne Karlsen

Associate Professor, University of Bergen
Marry-Anne Karlsen

Marry-Anne Karlsen holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Bergen in 2015 and a major in human geography from the same place.

Karlsen’s professional interests lie at the intersection of migration control and welfare policy. In her PhD thesis ‘Precarious inclusion: Irregular migration, practices of care and state bordering in Norway’, Karlsen explored, among other things, how the health system became increasingly involved in migration control.

Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.