Barbara Stein
Job description
I am associate professor at the Department of Social Education. I did my PhD at the same department and in my project I studied volunteerism's role in the integration processes of adult immigrants. I am affiliated with the Arctic Centre for Welfare and Disability Research (ASVF).
Research interests: Issues related to migration, integration, volunteerism, and gender.
Migration seminar: I lead an informal research network which is open to anyone at UiT who is studying migrationrelated issues. Get in touch for more information or to join.
Supervision: I supervise mainly theses related to questions on migration, integration, volunteerism or gender. Currently, I supervise two master theses (Master in Social Innovation and Welfare) and one doctoral project.
Teaching: I teach topics related to the social sciences at the Department of Social Education and its programmes Bachelor in Social Education and Master in Social Innovation and Welfare.
Voluntary engagement: board member and representative for members under 35 in NTL UiT; member of the integration council, Harstad municipality
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Research interests
Migration, integration, volunteerism, gender
Teaching
Barbara Stein teaches on bachelor's, master's and PhD level at the Department of Social Education, primarily within the fields of social anthropology/sociology, migration/minorities, and gender.
She is currently supervising two master's theses affiliated with the Master in Social Innovation and Welfare (SSO-3911 Masteroppgave velferdsendring).
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CV
2022 - : Associate Professor at Department of Social Education, UiT Harstad
2018 - 2023: PhD candidate at Department of Social Education, UiT Harstad
Thesis: Integration and the Voluntary Sector: An Unfavourable Pairing, or the Perfect Match? - Exploring Integration Processes of Immigrants through and in the Voluntary Sector in Norway
08/2019 - 02/2020: Research stay at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand
2015 - 2017: Master of Peace and Conflict Transformation, UiT Tromsø
2011 - 2015: Bachelor of Arts in Sociocultural Anthropology, LMU Munich, Germany