TemPro Final Conference

Temporary asylum as the new normal?  Experience & dilemmas in Northern Europe

Wednesday 6 November, 09.00-13.00 at Skram, Litteraturhuset i Oslo

The project TemPro: Temporary protection as a durable solution? (2020-2024) is coming to an end and will have its final conference at Litteraturhuset i Oslo. The project, which has been funded by the Research Council of Norway, has been led by Jessica Schultz, Senior Researcher at Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI). The Centre for Women’s and Gender Research (SKOK) at the University of Bergen, Coventry University (UK) and Aarhus University (DK) have been partners in the project.

About the conference

Following high numbers of refugee arrivals in 2015, many European countries responded with restrictive asylum policies aimed at reinforcing the temporary nature of protection provided.

Among the measures adopted were shorter-term residence permits, reduced rights to welfare and family reunification, and stricter requirements for permanent residence and citizenship. Such developments, together with intensified revocation practices, signaled a profound shift away from the secure and predictable path to permanent residence previously accorded to persons with refugee status. The increased insecurity of their continued residence in countries of asylum poses important challenges for refugees themselves, for civil society, for the state and for regional cooperation. 

Over the past four years, researchers in the TemPro project (Temporary Protection as a Durable Solution? NFR 2020-2024) from the fields of law and anthropology have investigated the consequences of this 'temporary turn' within asylum policies in Norway, Denmark, the UK, and Germany, and the dilemmas it raises.

In our final conference we will discuss our findings and consider the broader societal, political and legal ramifications of these developments. Please join us!

Programme Summery

8:30 – 9:00       Breakfast: Coffee/croissants

9:00 – 9:15       Introducing the TemPro project (Jessica Schultz, project leader)

9:15 –10:15     Session 1: The 'temporary turn' in Norway

10:30 –11:30   Session 2: The 'paradigm shift' in Denmark

11:50 –12:50   Session 3: The temporary turn in context: developments and dilemmas

See full programme details here. 

Practical information and registration

The event will be held in English and will not be streamed. Attendance is free.

Since we will be serving food, we require registration by 20 October - register your attendance here

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Contact kamilla.stolen@uib.no for more information about the event.