Simon Roland Birkvad

• Brekke, Jan-Paul; Birkvad, Simon Roland & Erdal, Marta Bivand (2020). Losing the Right to Stay: Revocation of Refugee Permits in Norway. Journal of Refugee Studies. ISSN 0951-6328. doi: 10.1093/jrs/feaa006. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Following the record number of asylum seekers to Europe in 2015, Norway intensified its practice of revoking migrants’ residence permits and citizenships, which primarily affected refugees and their families, and reflects a broader international trend of increased use of temporary protection. This article explores the effects of revocation on individuals, their families and wider communities by analysing how revocation is experienced and its consequences for integration processes. Drawing on the concepts of deregulariation, temporality and integration, our analysis builds on interviews with migrants from Somalia and Afghanistan living in Norway. We find severe consequences for individuals affected by revocation processes and discuss spillover effects, most notably what we refer to as disintegration. Our conclusions point to the need for futher analytical scrutiny of both the consequences of intensified revocation practices and their purported effectiveness as a measure to regulate immigration.

• Birkvad, Simon Roland (2019). Immigrant meanings of citizenship: mobility, stability, and recognition. Citizenship Studies. ISSN 1362-1025. doi: 10.1080/13621025.2019.1664402. Full text in Research Archive

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• Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Birkvad, Simon Roland & Erdal, Marta Bivand (2018). Hvem skal få bli statsborgere? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. Show summary

  Aldri før har så mange fått norsk statsborgerskap som i fjor. Tilsammen ble 21.600 personer norske statsborgere i 2017, et stort flertall av dem fra ikke-europeiske land. «Det er på tide at vi slutter å dele ut statsborgerskap som om det er sukkertøy», uttalte Fremskrittspartiets innvandringspolitiske talsmann Jon Helgheim da tallene ble offentliggjort – til kraftig motbør fra Sandra Bruflot i Unge Høyre. Statsborgerskapspolitikk er ikke lenger et tradisjonelt høyre/venstre-spørsmål: Nye politiske allianser dannes i spørsmål om statsborgerskap. Det er nå flertall på Stortinget for å tillate dobbelt statsborgerskap, noe som også vil åpne for å kunne ta statsborgerskapet fra borgere som har utført handlinger til skade for Norges vitale interesser. Statsborgerskapspolitikken er med andre i ord i rask endring. Det er derfor på tide å spørre: Hva ønsker man med fremtidens norske statsborgerskapspolitikk i en globalisert verden?

• Brekke, Jan-Paul; Birkvad, Simon Roland & Erdal, Marta Bivand (2019). Losing the Right to Stay: Revocation of immigrant residence permits and citizenship in Norway — Experiences and effects. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 978-82-7763-631-3. Full text in Research Archive
• Fladmoe, Audun; Nadim, Marjan & Birkvad, Simon Roland (2019). Erfaringer med hatytringer og hets blant LHBT-personer, andre minoritetsgrupper og den øvrige befolkningen. Institutt for samfunnsforskning. ISSN 978-82-7763-623-8. Full text in Research Archive
• Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen; Birkvad, Simon Roland & Erdal, Marta Bivand (2018). Citizenship in the Nordic Countries : past, present, future. The Nordic Council of Ministers. ISSN 978-92-893-5523-0. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The Nordic countries have a century-long tradition for cooperation within the area of citizenship law. Since the mid-1970s, however, the Nordic countries have moved in different directions. Today, the Nordic countries represent the entire continuum in European citizenship policies – from liberal Sweden to restrictive Denmark, with the other Nordic neighbors in between. This report reviews the historical development and the current citizenship regime in the five Nordic countries, it provides statistics on the acquisition and loss of citizenship in each country over the past 10–15 years, and it offers a comparative analysis of the divergent development of citizenship law in the 2000s. The concluding chapter discusses possible consequences of the different citizenship regimes and the prospects for strengthened cooperation between the Nordic countries in the area of citizenship law.

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