Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag is a PhD Research Fellow in Sociology where she is researching the integration of immigrants in the North of Norway with a regional focus on policy and immigrant perspectives; she is affiliated with the research division Welfare and Social Relations. Kvalvaag is a member of the Social Work Research Group at Nord University and is a Book Review Editor at the Nordic Journal of Migration Research. She holds a MSc in Human Rights and Multiculturalism from the University of South-Eastern Norway and a BA in Social Work from Cornerstone University.