Alexander Page

Alexander Gamst Page is a researcher affiliated with PLURISPACE. He is studying the experiences of Muslim migrants to Norway, and how these experiences are shaped by policy and political ideology.
Academic interests
His academic interests include: Migration, religion, minority groups, diversity, integration, identity construction, China studies, international students, ethnographic research.
Background
He has an MA in social anthropology based on fieldwork in Guangzhou, China. This was a sociolinguistic study of the effect of language choice in a multilingual community.
Page has held a PhD fellowship within the Department of Social Work and Health Science at NTNU focusing on migration, integration and diversity. This was an ethnographic study of Chinese international students using primarily participant observation and semi structured interviews. The research explored the globalised and cosmopolitan ideals that motivated the Chinese youths to travel, their subsequent difficulties, and how religious social spaces were used to manage these difficulties.
Most recently, Alexander Page held a postdoctoral position at the Department of Teacher Education, NTNU, where he studied the construction of professional identity among preservice teachers. His research explored the PST’s self-identification as teachers, their focus on student relationships and their conceptualisation of knowledge.
Publications
Journal Articles
Page, A. G., McManus, C., González, C. P. & Chahboun, Sobh (2017). Is Beauty in the Hand of the Writer? Influences of Aesthetic Preferences through Script Directions, Cultural, and Neurological Factors: A Literature Review. Frontiers in Psychology 8(1325) (Level 2). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01325
Page, A. G. & Chahboun, S. (2019). Emerging Empowerment of International Students: how international student literature has shifted to include the students’ voices. Higher Education, 78(5) (Level 2). doi: 10.1007/s10734-019-00375-7
Page, A. G. (2019) Ethnic Enclaves Transcending Space: Chinese international students’ social networks in a European University town. Asian Ethnicity, 20(4) (Level 1). doi: 10.1080/14631369.2019.1570816
Page, A. G. (2019) International Studies as Global Capital: a case study in how Chinese students utilize their sojourns for achieving global mobility. Asian Anthropology, 18(4) (Level 1). doi: 10.1080/1683478X.2019.1625514
Page, A. G. (2020) Language Relations on Shamian: A Study of Sales Aggression Triggered by Language in a Trilingual Community. The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 21(4), 371-386. doi: 10.1080/14442213.2020.1795707
Book Chapters
Page, A. G., Lund, A. C. B. & Løhre, A. (2020). Innledning: Om ProfILU, antologien og nye utfordringer. In A. Løhre og A. C. B. Lund (eds.), Studenten skal bli lærer: Kunnskap, identitet og profesjonsutvikling (s. 9-24). Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Page, A. G. & Moen, E. T. (2020). En syklisk vei til profesjonell kunnskap: Praksisperiodens påvirkning på kunnskapsproduksjon i lærerutdanning. In A. Løhre og A. C. B. Lund (eds.), Studenten skal bli lærer: Kunnskap, identitet og profesjonsutvikling (s. 105-118). Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Moen, E. T. & Page, A. G. (2020). Kunnskapsformer og danningsidealer i lærerutdanningen. In A. Løhre og A. C. B. Lund (eds.), Studenten skal bli lærer: Kunnskap, identitet og profesjonsutvikling (s. 85-104). Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
- Moen, Elin Tronsaune & Page, Alexander Gamst (2020). Kunnskapsformer og danningsidealer i lærerutdanningen, I: Audhild Løhre & Anne Carine Bonnevie Lund (red.), Studenten skal bli lærer: Kunnskap, identitet og profesjonsutvikling. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-65237-1. 4. s 85 - 104
- Page, Alexander Gamst (2020). Language Relations on Shamian: A Study of Sales Aggression Triggered by Language in a Trilingual Community. Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology. ISSN 1444-2213. 21(4), s 371- 386 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2020.1795707 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary
- Page, Alexander Gamst & Moen, Elin Tronsaune (2020). En syklisk vei til profesjonell kunnskap: Praksisperiodens påvirkning på kunnskapsproduksjon i lærerutdanning, I: Audhild Løhre & Anne Carine Bonnevie Lund (red.), Studenten skal bli lærer: Kunnskap, identitet og profesjonsutvikling. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-65237-1. 5. s 105 - 118
- Page, Alexander Gamst (2019). Ethnic enclaves transcending space: Chinese international students’ social networks in a European University town. Asian Ethnicity. ISSN 1463-1369. 20(4), s 418- 435 . doi: 10.1080/14631369.2019.1570816 Show summary
- Page, Alexander Gamst (2019). International studies as global capital: a case study in how Chinese students utilize their sojourns for achieving global mobility. Asian Anthropology. ISSN 1683-478X. 18(4), s 282- 296 . doi: 10.1080/1683478X.2019.1625514 Show summary
- Page, Alexander Gamst & Chahboun, Sobh (2019). Emerging empowerment of international students: how international student literature has shifted to include the students’ voices. Higher Education. ISSN 0018-1560. 78(5), s 871- 885 . doi: 10.1007/s10734-019-00375-7 Full text in Research Archive.
- Page, Alexander Gamst; Chris, McManus; González, Carmen P. & Chahboun, Sobh (2017). Is Beauty in the Hand of the Writer? Influences of Aesthetic Preferences through Script Directions, Cultural, and Neurological Factors: A Literature Review. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 8 . doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01325 Full text in Research Archive.
- Page, Alexander Gamst; Lund, Anne Carine Bonnevie & Løhre, Audhild (2020). Introduksjon: Om ProfILU, antologien og nye utfordringer, I: Audhild Løhre & Anne Carine Bonnevie Lund (red.), Studenten skal bli lærer: Kunnskap, identitet og profesjonsutvikling. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-65237-1. Kap. 00. s 9 - 24
- Page, Alexander Gamst (2016, 08. august). Kinesisk guts møter norsk hverdag. [Internett]. abcnyheter.no.
- Page, Alexander Gamst (2016, 08. august). Kinesisk guts møter norsk hverdag. [Internett]. Gemini.no.
- Page, Alexander Gamst & Marko, Valenta (2016). Moorings and Disembeddedness: The Search for Modern Subjectivity and the Need for Belonging among Chinese International Students in Norway.
- Johansen, Stein Erik & Page, Alexander Gamst (2011). Language Relations in Guangzhou. The Intimate and Official Dimension of Linguistic Codes in Urban China.