Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag is a PhD Research Fellow in Sociology researching representations of immigrant integration in the North of Norway with a local focus on policy, media, and immigrant perspectives; she is affiliated with the research division Welfare and Social Relations. Kvalvaag is a Book Review Editor at the Nordic Journal of Migration Research and a member of the inaugural cohort of the IMISCOE PhD Academy.
Education: MSc Human Rights and Multiculturalism, University of South-Eastern Norway; BA Social Work, Cornerstone University
Research interests: international migration, immigrant integration, human rights, critical theory
Membership: IMISCOE PhD Academy; PROFRES Research School; European Sociological Association; Norsk sosiologforening; Social Work Research Group, Nord University; Gender, Ethnicities, and Equality (KEL) Research Group, Nord University.
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5026-4475