Östen Wahlbeck

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Professor in Human Rights and Multiculturalism at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Research interests: #migration #asylumpolicy #immigration #diasporas #minorityrights
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Östen WahlbeckApr 29, 2025
Andrew StroehleinApr 29, 2025

"The rise of authoritarian practices and annihilation of international law are not inevitable: people do and will resist attacks on human rights; governments can deliver international justice and must continue to do so"

Amnesty International's annual report: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/04/global-human-rights-crisis-trump-effect-accelerates-destructive-trends/

Human rights crisis as ‘Trump effect’ accelerates destructive trends

Undoing decades of painstaking work and endangering billions of people.

Amnesty International
Östen WahlbeckMar 2, 2025
Commissioner for Human RightsFeb 25, 2025
I recommend stronger action to uphold the human rights of Roma and Travellers in Finland, Ireland, and Slovakia. Read my memoranda on this 👇
https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/commissioner-o-flaherty-recommends-stronger-action-to-uphold-the-human-rights-of-roma-and-travellers-in-finland-ireland-and-slovakia
Commissioner O’Flaherty recommends stronger action to uphold the human rights of Roma and Travellers in Finland, Ireland, and Slovakia

Council of Europe
Östen WahlbeckFeb 22, 2025
Alexander KuprijankoFeb 22, 2025
Nyheten alla missat:
Svenska medier rapporterar att befolkningen i landet ökade med 36 000 förra året. Faktum är att befolkningen i princip inte ökade alls – nästan hela ökningen beror på att ukrainarna (som nästan alla befann sig i landet redan tidigare) fick folkbokföra sig 2024. #ukraina
Östen WahlbeckFeb 13, 2025

EU/EEA students can now apply for the #Master 's in #Human_Rights and #Multiculturalism at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Deadline April 15th 2025.
The programme pursues an interdisciplinary approach to human rights and multiculturalism and provides problem-based learning on real world global challenges.

https://youtu.be/N87wqiDsT1M?si=UnevyHcAMsdgByX8

https://www.usn.no/english/academics/find-programmes/master-in-human-rights-and-multiculturalism/

Alyssa Veliquiette from USA - previous Master student in Human Rights and Multiculturalism

YouTube
Östen WahlbeckFeb 5, 2025
Sinisa MalesevicFeb 5, 2025

16 full PhD scholarships in sociology and political science at Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence:

https://www.sns.it/en/phd-admission-competition/phd-calls?fbclid=IwY2xjawIP-dtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRUCtXaBQuwj3Ov_hpgSHGqG-ucq_9t177l5HwhmRKTfO0cpwMF_ws475A_aem_F7fRfDb_0UeMox87fBD7Kw

PhD Calls | ScuolaNormaleSuperiore

Östen WahlbeckJan 30, 2025
A new thematic issue of the bilingual journal Études kurdes, focused on the #Kurdish_diaspora. All articles are now available online, including my article "Future Developments of the Kurdish Diaspora in Europe" : https://www.etudeskurdes.org/ouvrage/n-17-la-diaspora-kurde/
N° 17 La diaspora kurde - Études kurdes - revue semestrielle de recherches

Études kurdes - revue semestrielle de recherches
Östen WahlbeckJul 22, 2024
Ulrike KrauseJul 22, 2024

Want to know more about the background and effects of externalization of asylum processes and refugee protection?

Check out the compendium of scientific knowledge about #ExternalizingAsylum, co-edited with Christiane Fröhlich.

48 contributions have been published online, covering a range of issues.

See https://externalizingasylum.info/

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Externalizing Asylum - A Compendium of Scientific Knowledge

Externalization of asylum and migration management is a highly topical and controversial issue shaping political and societal discussions worldwide. Externalization should be understood as the process of shifting functions that are normally undertaken by a State within its own territory so that they take place, in part or in whole, outside its territory.. “Externalizing Asylum” provides […]

Externalizing Asylum
Östen WahlbeckFeb 25, 2024
Apply for the #Master 's in #Human_Rights and #Multiculturalism:
https://www.usn.no/english/academics/find-programmes/news-about-master-in-human-rights-and-multiculturalism/santos-ikiba-humanity-is-for-all?fbclid=IwAR0edUQRKp1QhnS7IuAfDkUytuO2K80O6_cMzYkBfA9RFmTru-v2BrvZT8k
Santos Ikiba: Humanity is for all - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

Santos, a student in the master's program Human Rights and Multiculturalism, shares his experience from the internship with Scholars at Risk.

Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
Östen WahlbeckOct 10, 2023
Apply for admission to the #masters programme in #human_rights and #multiculturalism Non-EU/EEA applicants apply from 1 October to 1 November. https://www.usn.no/english/academics/find-programmes/news-about-master-in-human-rights-and-multiculturalism/studying-for-a-human-rights-master-s-degree-in-norway?
Studying for a human rights master's degree in Norway - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

"The combination of human rights and multiculturalism makes this master unique" say students Cherine and Marianthi .

Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
Östen WahlbeckJun 20, 2023

I wrote a book review in Nationalism & Ethnic Politics on:
Assessing #Multiculturalism in Global Comparative Perspective, edited by Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Alain-G Gagnon, and Arjun Tremblay, London and New York: Routledge, 2023.

50 free online copies available:

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QPECZQA7PXQRK3AWPDQW/full?target=10.1080/13537113.2023.2207874