About NMR

The Nordic Migration Research (NMR) is an international non-profit organisation of individual and institutional members. It was founded during the Nordic Migration Research conference in Bergen in November 2007 and the board had its inaugural meeting in January the following year.

The NMR board consists of three board members and one substitute each from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The NMR Office is located in the institute of the chairman, and alters between the four countries with a four-year interval. Board members and the location of the secretariat is elected by the General Assembly that takes place every second year in conjunction with the Nordic Migration Research Conference.

The objectives of the association are regulated in the NMR statutes. These are:

a) Stimulate and promote comparative Nordic scientific research on migration and ethnic relations, to promote the formation of closer research networks among Nordic researchers, institutions and research projects, and to support individuals seeking to visit other institutions as guest researchers for shorter periods of time.

b) Increase awareness of NMR-related issues and research results in the public debate in the Nordic countries and in a global context.

c) Provide support for scholars embarking on this field of research.

d) Promote collaboration concerning education at the Master and PhD levels.

e) Organize and support conferences and courses with the capacity to contract with local organizers to whom the organization can confer all powers and liabilities, and

f) Publish a Nordic, English-language scientific journal.