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Ida Kjeøy

Researcher
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    Ida Kjeøy researches migration and integration. She holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Oslo. Her MA-thesis was on migration aspirations.

    She has been the project leader for Fafo's evaluation of the role of volunteers as information disseminators to the immigrant population during COVID-19, and is currently engaged in several research projects on Ukrainian and other refugees in Norway and Europe.

    Ida is skilled in both qualitative and quantitative methods, and has experience conducting interviews with vulnerable groups.

    Ida previously worked on developing Norwegian minority policies at the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. From 2008 to 2015, she held various positions at the Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities, including roles related to teaching and research dissemination.

    Education

    Master degree in sociology, Universitety of Oslo.

    Area of work

    The multi-cultural society | Dropout from education | Integration and skills | Inclusion of immigrants | Migration | School developement and learning | The introduction programme for refugees in Norway

    Current projects

    How Russian diaspora communities navigate identity, risk, and political alignment in exile

    This project aims to provide a better understanding about conditions for the "new Russian diaspora” – the large groups that have left the Russian Federation after the 2014 invasion of Crimea and, in particular, following the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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    Unaccompanied minors living in reception centers - knowledge of living conditions and care situation
    Fafo will research the living conditions of unaccompanied minors in reception centres and how their care needs are met. The project will lead to recommendations on how UDI can ensure that all unaccompanied minors in reception receive proper care.
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    Marginalised areas and social exclusion - what do we know about the situation, what measures work?
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    Unions and skill politics at the work place level
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    Secondary migration among refugees - causes and consequences
    Fafo and Oslo Economics are conducting a project that will provide better insight into the causes and consequences of secondary migration among refugees settled in Norwegian municipalities. In general, we want to shed light on the connections between refugees‘ migration decisions, managed and dispersed settlement, and the municipalities’ integration measures.
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    Sekundærmigrasjon og fremtidsmuligheter blant ukrainske flyktninger i Europa
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    Fafo publications

    Articles and book chapters

    Other publications

    Completed projects

    User survey among participants in the introduction programme
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    Kort programtid og midlertidige endringer i integreringsloven som følge av ankomst av fordrevne fra Ukraina
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    High levels of absenteeism in Norwegian schools
    Fafo will produce a knowledge overview of high absenteeism from school. The overview will say something about the causes of high absenteeism, the prevalence of absenteeism and changes over time, and about measures that work when it comes to reducing absenteeism.
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    Voluntary associations as information providers during Covid-19

    The project will assess extraordinary grants to voluntary organizations for information measures for the immigrant population, and discuss the role of civil society in connection with the covid-19 pandemic. Carried out in collaboration between Fafo and the National Institute of Public Health.

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    Norwegian-Romanian Initiative for Quality in Education - NOROC

    The project aims to improve the quality of educational services, in particular in rural areas, in five departments in Romania. The project aims to combat school dropout and facilitate the transition from primary to lower secondary education and lower secondary to upper secondary education for 650 children at risk.

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