Browsing SVA - Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) by Author "Søholt, Susanne"
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Agents of centralization? Local school administrations and contested school closures in Norwegian rural districts
Aasland, Aadne; Søholt, Susanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In recent decades, the number of schools in Norwegian rural municipalities has been reduced substantially, often accompanied by much contestation in the local community. In Norway's decentralized governance system, the ... -
Avtalt selvbosetting blant flyktninger og det norske bosettingsregimet
Henningsen, Erik; Søholt, Susanne (Tidsskrift for boligforskning;Årgang 1, nr. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-28)I de senere årene har norske statlige myndigheter oppfordret kommunene til å ta i bruk «avtalt selvbosetting», en ordning som innebærer at flyktninger finner bolig på egen hånd i det private leiemarkedet i overenstemmelse ... -
Avtalt selvbosetting blant flyktninger og det norske bosettingsregimet
Henningsen, Erik; Søholt, Susanne (Tidsskrift for boligforskning;Årgang 1, nr. 1-2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-28)I de senere årene har norske statlige myndigheter oppfordret kommunene til å ta i bruk «avtalt selvbosetting», en ordning som innebærer at flyktninger finner bolig på egen hånd i det private leiemarkedet i overenstemmelse ... -
Boforhold og boligtilfredshet blant innvandrere i Distrikts-Norge
Aasland, Aadne; Søholt, Susanne (Tidsskrift for bolig forskning;Årgang 2, nr.2-2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Artikkelen diskuterer boforhold og boligtilfredshet blant innvandrere i norske distriktskommuner. Basert på registerdata, en spørreundersøkelse blant ulike kategorier innvandrere og norskfødte, samt feltarbeid i tre ... -
Conditioned receptiveness: Nordic rural elite perceptions of immigrant contributions to local resilience
Søholt, Susanne; Stenbacka, Susanne; Nørgaard, Helle (0743-0167;Volume 64, November 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-19)Drawing on case studies among rural elites in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, this study investigates how rural elites in Nordic rural communities link immigration to rural resilience as expressed in their place narratives. ... -
Do Immigrants’ Preferences for Neighbourhood Qualities Contribute to Segregation? The Case of Oslo
Søholt, Susanne; Lynnebakke, Brit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Ethnic residential segregation is often explained with the claim that ‘immigrants don’t want to integrate—they prefer to stick together with co-ethnics’. By contrast, mixed neighbourhoods are seen as crucial for achieving ... -
Enhanced local-level willingness and ability to settle refugees: Decentralization and local responses to the refugee crises in Norway
Søholt, Susanne; Aasland, Aadne (Journal of Urban Affairs;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-11)The sudden mass influx of asylum-seekers in Europe in 2015, emplaced major stresses on refugee reception systems and challenged central – local migration policymaking. This article explores how this crisis affected ... -
Pathways to Integration: Cross-cultural Adaptations to the Housing Market in Oslo
Søholt, Susanne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Immigrants move not only from one country to another, but also to different ways of living and different kinds of housing systems. Based on the studies among households with Pakistani, Tamil and Somali background in Oslo, ... -
The Problem of Equal Opportunities in Housing. Immigrants in a Liberalized Housing Market
Søholt, Susanne (Scandinavian Studies in Law;68 Equality, March 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03)This chapter focuses on equality in the realm of housing, and the dilemma raised when universal policy objectives are combined with market mechanisms. More specifically, the focus here is on the equality of opportunities ... -
Protocol: Feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a multilingual support intervention to improve Norwegian language skills for adult refugees
Tøge, Anne Grete; Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira; Søholt, Susanne; Vilhjalmsdottir, Sigridur (International Journal of Educational Research;Volume 112, 2022, 101925, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This protocol is for a feasibility study and pilot trial of a multilingual support intervention. The intervention’s aim is to improve language training for refugees in Norway by introducing multilingual support assistants ... -
Rural Municipalities and Change in Local School Structure: Comparing Room of manoeuvre among Rural Municipalities in Latvia and Norway
Supule, Inese; Søholt, Susanne (Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-12)Rural depopulation, decreasing numbers of children and general centralization combined with high expectations to education, are factors that challenge rural communities and school structures in Latvia and Norway. The ...