Marry-Anne Karlsen
Associate Professor, University of BergenMarry-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.
Read moreA joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
How do Norway’s welfare policies and immigration controls create confusion in the state’s response to irregular migration?
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
Facebook eventMarry-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.
Read moreMarry-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.