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18.9.2024

Highly skilled internationals’ well-being and belonging in Finland – a narrative view

HIWE writing series on key results of the project: Part I In this writing series, HIWE publishes key findings of the project and discusses what they entail for Finnish society and the immigration policy regarding highly skilled internationals. While the articles of the series acknowledge that internationals’ experiences of living, working, and entrepreneuring in Finland […]

14.9.2023

An update on HIWE project’s results, autumn 2023

HIWE in brief High-skilled internationals: bottom-up insights into policy innovation for work and entrepreneurship in Finland (HIWE) is a two-year Business Finland funded research project implemented by the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Turku between 2022 and 2024. In the project, we listen to internationals’ experiences of Finland. We look at how […]

12.6.2023

Listening to the life stories of international talents – a researcher’s perspective 

HIWE has published five intriguing stories about the lives of international talent in Finland. The stories are based on the interview material collected in the project since autumn 2022. This blog is a personal reflection of one researcher on the questions that the stories bring to the fore.  From ALL-YOUTH to HIWE – but with […]

24.4.2023

“See the person behind the papers” – International talent’s experiences of Finnish working life and how to develop it 

We have recently interviewed several dozens of international talents in the HIWE project. In the interviews, we have asked about their lives before coming to Finland, their experiences while in Finland, and their hopes and plans for the future. Our special interest has been in internationals’ experiences of employment, working life and entrepreneurship in Finland.  […]

16.2.2023

Researching stories on migration(s)

The HIWE project takes part in the Annual Conference of the Finnish Political Science Association held in Jyväskylä in May 2023. We coordinate a working group in the conference in which we examine what kinds of stories media, politics and research currently tell and promote about migration and integration. The stories are complex and controversial […]

26.1.2023

New perspectives and voices to research on highly skilled internationals’ lives in Finland

Recently, there has been lively public discussion about the effects of the worsening dependency ratio and the deepening of labor shortage on the future of Finnish society and its ability to maintain the accustomed level of well-being in the future. According to many views, Finland needs new workers from outside the country – although there […]

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