Cecilie Øien

Research Director, Migration

Ph.D. in Social Anthropology with visual media, University of Manchester

E-mail: cecilie.oien@fafo.no

Tel: +47 22078728

Work areas:
Migration, gender, child migration, transnational families and visual anthropology

Current projects

Transnational child-raising arrangements between Africa and Europe (TCRAf-Eu) NORFACE (2010-2012)

Why do unaccompanied minors migrate and what conditions determine their choice of country (Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police)

How to live irregularly in Norway: A qualitative study of the living conditions of irregular migrants (Norwegian Directorate of Immigration)

Coordinator (with Esben Leifsen) of the project Informal Child Migration in Europe (N-ICME) 2006-2010. A joint project with the University of Oslo, Prio and Institute for Social Research (ISF), financed by the Research Council of Norway

Former projects
General evaluation of the au pair arrangement and assessment of the effects of the changes in regulations introduced Autumn 2007

Publications

Øien, C. (2010) 'Relative tension: the migration experiences of young Angolans in transnational families in Portugal’. Pp. 35-50 in African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, Volume 3 Issue 1 2010

Øien, C. (2009), On equal terms? An evaluation of the Norwegian au pair scheme. Fafo-report 2009:29

Øien, C. (2007) 'The Angolan diaspora in Lisbon: An introduction' . Pp. 23-33 in Economia Global e Gestão (No. 3, Vol. 11, December). Special edition connected to Angola in Movement/Angola em Movimento prosjektet

Øien, C. (2007) 'Transnational Networks of Care: Angolan Children in Fosterage in Portugal '. Pp. 1104-1117 in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 29, Nr. 6

Øien, C. (2002) 'A view of from the humus'. Book review written for Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 30, Nr. 4. The review is of Benthall, J., (ed.),2002: The best of anthropology today, London and New York: Routledge

Comments

21.08.2009 Tenk nytt rundt au pair. Dagsavisen

29.09.2009 Å sette (en) pris på omsorg. Dagsavisen