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Grete Brochmann

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Academic Interests

International migration; European immigration policy; Comparative integration policies in welfare states and in the Nordic region as well as historical studies of immigration to Norway.

Courses Taught

Bachelor and Master: Citizenship, welfare state, international migration and ethnic relations

  • SOS2800 - Internasjonalisering, medborgerskap og velferdsstat I
  • SOS4090 - Masteroppgave i sosiologi
  • SOS4800 - Internasjonalisering, medborgerskap og velferdsstat II

Background

  • Dr. polit. University of Oslo, 1990
  • Research Director, Institute for Social Research, Oslo 1995-2007
  • Guest Researcher, Université Catholique de Louvain, Groupe d'Étude des Migrations et des Relations Interethniques (GREM) 1991-92
  • Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley 1999-2000
  • Willy Brandt professor, University of Malmo, Sweden 2002
  • Visiting Scholar Boston College, Boston 2007-2008

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Positions Held

Grete Brochmann has held a series of position in the Research Council of Norway; she has been board member at PRIO, ARENA, Freedom of Expression Foundation, The Norwegian Refugee Council, The Swedish research Council FAS among others. She has been member of two Governmental Commissions, and is currently leading one on International migration and the Norwegian welfare model. She has also held positions within the European research environment: Different COST committees, the European Science Foundation, Ludwig Bolzman Stiftung (Vienna), AMID (Aalborg) as well as the Swedish power and integration commission.

Tags: Sociology

Publications

  • Brochmann, Grete (2025). Norway: Rising immigration in a welfare state. Migration Policy Institute. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kefale, Asnake; Brekke, Jan-Paul & Brochmann, Grete (2025). The power switch in bilateral return migration management: the case of Norway and Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. ISSN 1369-183X. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2025.2452263. Full text in Research Archive
  • Friberg, Jon Horgen; Borevi, Karin; Brochmann, Grete; Tyldum, Guri & Djuve, Anne Britt (2023). Roma Migration and the Cumulative Causation of Diverging Policy Responses in Scandinavia. International Migration Review. ISSN 0197-9183. p. 1–23. doi: 10.1177/01979183231187629. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2022). Immigration to Scandinavian Welfare States in the Time of Pluralism. In Einhorn, Eric; Harbison, Sherrill & Huss, Markus (Ed.), Migration and Multiculturalism in Scandinavia. University of Wisconsin Press. ISSN 9780299334802. p. 31–59. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv27h1p5g.5. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2022). Innvandring til Skandinavia. Velferdstater i pluralismens tid. In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.), Det norske samfunn - bind 1. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788205563414. p. 40–59. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2022). Governing Immigration in the Scandinavian Welfare States: Control and Integration. In Hollifield, James F.; Martin, Philipp; Orrenius, Pia & Heran, Francois (Ed.), Controlling Immigration. A comparative perspective. Stanford University Press. ISSN 9781503631663. p. 412–440. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2022). Inclusion under Pressure: The Case of Norway. In Koning, E. (Eds.), The Exclusion of Immigrants from Welfare Programs. Cross-National Analysis and Contemporary Developments. University of Toronto Press. ISSN 9781487546342. p. 155–175. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2021). From Bounded Universalism to the Trial of Internationalization: Migration and Social Democracy in Scandinavia. In Brandal, Nikolai; Bratberg, Øivind & Thorsen, Dag Einar (Ed.), Social Democracy in the 21st Century. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISSN 9781839099533. p. 195–222. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (2020). Philosophies of integration? Elite views on citizenship policies in Scandinavia. Ethnicities. ISSN 1468-7968. doi: 10.1177/1468796820950453. Full text in Research Archive
  • Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Brochmann, Grete; Erdal, Marta Bivand; Kruse, Mathias; Jensen, Kristian Kriegbaum & Bevelander, Pieter [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Assessments of citizenship criteria: are immigrants more liberal? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. ISSN 1369-183X. 46(13). doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1756762. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2019). Nasjonen bak vår rygg. Samtiden. Tidsskrift for politikk, litteratur og samfunnsspørsmål. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2019). Investigating Immigration and the Sustainability of the Norwegian Welfare State: The Role of Government Commissions. In Ruhs, Martin; Tamas, Kristof & Palme, Joakim (Ed.), Bridging the Gap. Linking Research to Public Debates and Policy-Making On Migration and Intergration.. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198834557. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198834557.003.0007. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Dølvik, Jon Erik (2018). The welfares state and international migration. The European challenge. In Greve, Bent (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State, Second Edition. Routledge. ISSN 9781138631649. p. 508–521. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jensen, Kristian Kriegbaum; Fernandez, Christian & Brochmann, Grete (2017). Nationhood and Scandinavian naturalization politics: varieties of the civic turn. Citizenship Studies. ISSN 1362-1025. 21(5), p. 606–624. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2017.1330399. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Grødem, Anne Skevik (2017). Den norske modellens møte med innvandring - et regime i endring. In Stamsø, Mary Ann (Eds.), Velferdsstaten i endring : Om norsk helse- og sosialpolitikk (3. utg). Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205424005. p. 362–381. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Immigration policies of the Scandinavian countries. In Nedergaard, Peter & Wivel, Anders (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Scandinavian Politics. Routledge. ISSN 9781138905856. p. 229–239. doi: 10.4324/9781315695716-18. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2016). Innvandring til Skandinavia. Velferdsstater i pluralismens tid. In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.), Det norske samfunn, bind 1.. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205490208. p. 130–155. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Immigration and the Nordic Welfare State: a tense companionship. In Kettunen, Pauli; Michel, Sonya & Petersen, Klaus (Ed.), Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States. An American Dilemma?. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781784715366. p. 83–106. doi: 10.4337/9781784715373. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hagelund, Anniken & Brochmann, Grete (2015). Migrationspolitik in den skandinavischen Wohlfahrtsstaaten. In Henningsen, Bernd; jochem, sven & Frech, Siegfried (Ed.), Das Politische Skandinavien. Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik & Kultur. Wochen Schau Verlag. ISSN 9783734400506. p. 173–198. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Nation-building in the Scandinavian Welfare State: The Immigration Challenge. Nordicum-Mediterraneum. 10(2). doi: 10.33112/nm.10.2.3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brekke, Jan-Paul & Brochmann, Grete (2015). Stuck in Transit: Secondary Migration of Asylum Seekers in Europe, National Differences, and the Dublin Regulation. Journal of Refugee Studies. ISSN 0951-6328. 28(2), p. 145–162. doi: 10.1093/jrs/feu028. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2014). Scandinavia. Governing Immigration in Advanced Welfare States. In Hollifield, James F. et al. (Eds.), Controlling Immigration. A Global Perspective. Stanford University Press. ISSN 9780804786270. p. 281–302. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2014). På grensen. Innvandringskontroll under press. In Claes, Dag Harald; Heidar, Knut & Holst, Cathrine (Ed.), Politikk i grenseland - Festskrift til Øyvind Østerud. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215022598. p. 113–133. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Hagelund, Anniken (2014). Migrationspolitik in den Skandinavischen Wohlfahrtsstaaten: Zuwanderung und integration). Der Burger im Staat. ISSN 0007-3121. 64(2-3 ), p. 149–158. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Grødem, Anne Skevik (2013). Migration and welfare sustainability. The case of Norway. In Brochmann, Grete & Jurado, Elena (Ed.), Europe's immigration challenge. Reconciling work, welfare and mobility. I.B. Tauris. ISSN 9781780762265. p. 59–76. doi: 10.5040/9780755619931.ch-003. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dølvik, Jon Erik; Brochmann, Grete & Jurado, Elena (2013). ‘Europe’s Immigration Challenge’ (Chapter 1). In Brochmann, Grete & Jurado, Elena (Ed.), Europe's immigration challenge. Reconciling work, welfare and mobility. I.B. Tauris. ISSN 9781780762265. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Djuve, Anne Britt (2013). Multiculturalism or Assimilation? The Norwegian Welfare State Approach. In Kivisto, Peter & Wahlbeck, Östen (Ed.), Debating multiculturalism in the nordic welfare states. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9780230360198. p. 219–245. doi: 10.1057/9781137318459.0013. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2012). Å bli norsk i det 21. århundret. In Olaf, Aagedal (Eds.), Statsborgarseremoniar i Skandinavia. Unipub forlag. ISSN 9788274774988. p. 23–51. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2011). Citizenship and welfare in the Norwegian nation state. The immigration challenge. In suszycki, andrezej (Eds.), Welfare citizenship and welfare nationalism. Nordic centre of excellence nordwel. ISSN 9789521069802. p. 193–227. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Hagelund, Anniken (2011). Migrants in the Scandinavian welfare state. The emergence of a social policy problem. Nordic Journal of Migration Research. 1(1), p. 13–24. doi: 10.2478/v10202-011-0003-3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2010). Innvandring og det flerkulturelle Norge. In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.), Det norske samfunn. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205390867. p. 435–457. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2010). L’immigration et l’État providence nordique – un compagnonnage tendu. Revue d'histoire Nordique. ISSN 1778-9605. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Hagelund, Anniken (2010). From rights to duties? Welfare and citizenship for immigrants and refugees in Scandinavia. In Baert, Patrick; Koniordos, Sokratis; Procacci, Giovanna & Ruzza, Carlo (Ed.), Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society. Routledge. ISSN 9780415558730. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2010). Innvandringskontroll i en internasjonalisert velferdsstat. In vevstad, vigdis (Eds.), Utlendingsloven. Kommentarutgave. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215016313. p. 21–35. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2010). War brides in Norway. In Bade, Klaus J. (Eds.), Encyclopaedia Migration in Europe since the 17th Century. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9783770541331. p. 422–424. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2010). Immigration and the Nordic welfare state - a tense companionship. In Kuhnle, Stein (Eds.), The Nordic Welfare State - a Basic reader. Fudan University Press. ISSN 9787309072327. p. 313–334. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Brochmann, Grete & Brekke, Jan-Paul (2024). De krevende asylreturene. Full text in Research Archive
  • Gerell, Anders Emanuel Manne; Brattbakk, Ingar & Brochmann, Grete (2024). Frokostseminar: Svenske og norske tilstander - segregasjon, byutvikling og kriminalitet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brattbakk, Ingar; Gerell, Anders Emanuel Manne & Brochmann, Grete (2024). Svenske og norske tilstander - segregasjon, byutvikling og kriminalitet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Paasche, Erlend; Brekke, Jan-Paul & Brochmann, Grete (2022). Europeisk dobbeltmoral. [Journal]. Dag og Tid. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2022). Tojes time: Grete Brochmann. [Journal]. Minervanett. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2022). Disse vant priser under Vinterseminaret 2022. [Journal]. sosiologen.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2022). NAV-konferansen 2021: La oss snakke om tillit. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (2020). Er statsborgerpolitikk et godt redskap for integrasjon? Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2019). Faglighet og farlighet. [Professionalism and danger]. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS). ISSN 0040-716X. 60(1), p. 81–83. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-291X-2019-01-06. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bevelander, Pieter; Erdal, Marta Bivand; Brochmann, Grete; Bech, Emily Cochran; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen & Mouritsen, Per (2019). Infödda och invandrade ense om krav för medborgarskap. Full text in Research Archive
  • Holden, Steinar; Brochmann, Grete; Calmfors, Lars; Holen, Elisabeth; Røed, Knut & Simson, Kristine von (2019). Tiltak for å øke sysselsettingen. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete; Erdal, Marta Bivand & Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen (2019). Statsborger i Skandinavia – hvem bør få innpass? Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2018). Innvandring og velferdspolitikk. Skandinavisk uro. In Omdal, Sven Egil (Eds.), Skandinavisk uro. Norske, danske og svenske tilstander.. Forlaget Press. ISSN 9788232801954. p. 83–102. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). "Scandinavian Immigration Policies". Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Innvandring og velferdsordninger. [TV]. Debatten, NRK. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Fritt ord om Leo Ajkic - Grete Brochmann. [Radio]. NRK Dagsnytt. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Utvalg leverer utredning om langsiktige konsekvenser av høy innvandring. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Gjest - Dagsnytt 18. [Radio]. NRK Dagsnytt 18. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Mohammed og mamma. [Radio]. Ekko. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Ekspertutvalg: Slik kan velferdsstaten håndtere høy innvandring. [Journal]. VG. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Hvor mange flyktninger trengs det for å ødelegge velferdsstaten? [Journal]. Morgenbladet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). Norge har så langt ikke lyktes godt nok i å innlemme flyktninger i arbeidslivet. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2016). Key note: The Scandinavian approach to immigration policy. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2016). Lecture on the Nordic Model and the immigration challenge. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2016). The survival of the Nordic Welfare Model: The Migration Challenge. In Simonyi, Andras & Cagan, Debra (Ed.), Nordic Ways. Center for Transatlantic Relations. ISSN 9780990772118. p. 239–247. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2016). Podcast med Professor Grete Brochmann om innvandring og trygd - og om sin egen kjærlighet til velferdsstaten. [Internet]. VG. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2016). Integreringstiltak blir liggende. [Journal]. Aftenposten. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2016). Hun skal hjelpe Regjeringen med å få innvandrere i arbeid. [Journal]. Aftenposten. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2016). Per Mouritsen (2015) En plads I verden. Det moderne medborgerskab. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS). ISSN 0040-716X. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Den nye innvandringen. Norgeshistorie.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Talk on Refugees and migrants as a legal and humanitarian challenge. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). New York Review of Books, conference on “What’s wrong with the Economy?” Lecture on the Nordic Model. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Talk on European asylum policies. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Talk on the Welfare and Migration commission. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Gjest - NRK Ytring. [Radio]. NRK Ytring . Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Debatten. [TV]. NRK. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Innvandringsreguleringen fra 1970-tallet hadde relevante innsikter. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2015). Erik Bleich (2011). "The freedom to be racist? How the United States and Europe struggle to preserve freedom and combat racism." Oxford Uni. Press. Sosiologi i dag. ISSN 0332-6330. 4(45). Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2014). Key note: Nationalism or bounded universalism. The Scandinavian case. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2014). “Governing Immigration in advanced Welfare States. The Case of Scandinavia". Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2013). Lecture on Immigration and the sustainability of the European welfare state. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2013). Den legitime balansering? Ujevn antologi om et helt sentralt migrasjonsfelt. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X. 4(13). Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Hagelund, Anniken (2012). Vems välfärdsstat? 2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2011). Lecture on integration policy dilemmas in Europe. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2011). “The welfare state and immigration policies in Scandinavia”. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2011). Lecture on the Norwegian Welfare and Migration Commission. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2011). Talk on Challenges in Norwegian immigration policies. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2011). Talk on Scandinavian nation-building and the immigration challenge. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2011). Samfunn. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0804-0486. 19(3). Full text in Research Archive
  • Aarebrot, Frank; Waage, Hilde Henriksen; Gundersen, Kristian; Matlary, Janne Haaland; Hessen, Dag Olav & Brochmann, Grete [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2010). Vi er ikke blitt redde! [Journal]. Aftenposten. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2010). Lecture on “Norwegian immigration policy”. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2010). Panel on “The politics on immigration and integration in Europe”. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2024). Ingen snarvei til hverdagsintegrering? Fafo. Full text in Research Archive
  • Erdal, Marta Bivand; Bertelli, Davide; Kruse, Mathias; Tjønn, Mathias Hatleskog; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen & Brochmann, Grete [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2019). Citizenship, Participation and Belonging in Scandinavia: Results from a survey among young adults of diverse origins in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). ISSN 9788234300486. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete & Grødem, Anne Skevik (2019). Absorption Capacity as Means for Assessing Sustainable Immigration. EMN Norway Occasional Paper. European Migration Network Norway. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2017). NOU 2017:2 Integrasjon og tillit — Langsiktige konsekvenser av høy innvandring. Departementenes servicesenter. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2014). Integrasjon. Store Norske Leksikon. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brochmann, Grete (2011). NOU 2011: 7 Velferd og migrasjon - Den norske modellens framtid. Departementenes servicesenter. Full text in Research Archive

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