Brigitte Suter Editor

Oleksandr Ryndyk is a Researcher at the Centre for Intercultural Communication at VID Specialized University, Norway. He holds a Master's degree in International Economics and a joint European Master’s in Migration and Intercultural Relations (EMMIR). He has researched a broad range of migration-related topics, such as social-welfare protection and the integration of intra-European migrants, the labour-market integration of refugees, gender roles, equality and child-rearing practices among migrants, the integration of 1.5-generation migrants, family counselling and conflict resolution among migrant families.

Brigitte Suter is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer in International Migration and Ethnic Relations at the Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) at Malmö University, Sweden. She has researched a wide range of migration-related topics and has extensive experience in qualitative, interpretative research methods. Her research interests include (im)mobility, social networks, the transformative potential of migration, ethnography, the mobility of highly skilled migrants in the global economy and the role of norms and rights in the field of migration and integration.

Gunhild Odden is Professor of Research in Migration Studies and Vice Dean for Research at VID Specialized University in Stavanger, Norway. She holds a PhD in Sociology and a Master’s in International Migration and Interethnic Relations, both from the University of Poitiers, France. Her research interests include transnational migration dynamics, migratory trajectories, migration and family life and migration and social mobility. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Spain, Norway and Senegal.