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65Introduction to the thematic issue ‘Refugee Crisis: The Borders of Human Mobility’Journal of Global Ethics 12 (3): 245-251. 2016.This introduction discusses some of the background assumptions and recent developments of the current refugee crisis. In this issue, the crisis is not viewed as a primarily European, Western or even Syrian, Afghan, or Iraqi crisis, but as a global crisis that raises complex ethical and political challenges for all humanity. The contributions to this thematic issue discuss a variety of questions relating to the rights and duties of different actors involved in the refugee crisis, and assess some …Read more
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53Refugee-based Reasons in Refugee Resettlement – The Case of LGBTIQ+Moral Philosophy and Politics 10 (2): 367-385. 2023.This paper discusses a recent turn in the ethics of refugee resettlement which involves taking the interests of refugees themselves into account in the distribution of refugees among potential refugee receiving countries. It argues that there is an important category of interest that does not align with the two commonly held views on what is owed to refugees: ‘safety’ or ‘conditions of a good life’. This category, focussing on the refugees’ interests in not being subjected to a variety of non-as…Read more
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39LGBT rights and refugees: a case for prioritizing LGBT status in refugee admissionsEthics and Global Politics 13 (1): 64-78. 2020.
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36On being good gay: ‘covering’ and the social structure of being LGBT+Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 24 (7): 1083-1090. 2021.
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11LGBTIQ+ prioritization in refugee admissions – The case of NorwayEtikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics 1 59-81. 2023._This article discusses some of the normative bases for the recent (2020) Norwegian policy prioritizing LGBTIQ+ refugees in refugee admissions. It argues that, when properly interpreted, this policy is compatible with the UNHCR vulnerability selection criteria but is not independently supported by it. Combined with some of the broader moral principles guiding refugee admissions – including both state-based and refugee-based reasons in refugee resettlement – the article provides qualified support…Read more
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11Introduction: Symposium on Acceptable and Unacceptable Criteria for Prioritizing Among Refugees in a Nonideal WorldJournal of Applied Philosophy 37 (5): 689-694. 2020.
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10On Exit: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the right of exit in liberal multicultural societies (edited book)De Gruyter. 2012.On Exit provides fresh, new perspectiveson the debates on the rights of individuals against their own cultural or religious groups. It brings together scholars from different disciplines to discuss some of thekey questions concerning the relations of cultural and religious groups, group members, citizens, and the state within Western liberal democracies. The volume revisits some of the theoretical controversiesrevolving aroundthe right of exit, and provides insights into the more practical probl…Read more
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5The limits of Liberal Multiculturalism: Towards an individuated approach to cultural diversityPalgrave Macmillan. 2015.Why should the liberal state be concerned about people's cultural differences? How should it respond to these differences? Can culturally differentiated treatment, including the rights and exemptions of minority members, be justified within the liberal framework? And if it can, to whom should this treatment be extended? The Limits of Liberal Multiculturalism discusses cultural accommodation from the perspective of liberal political theory on the one hand, and concrete multicultural policies on t…Read more
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2Exit, Identity, and MembershipIn Annamari Vitikainen & Dagmar Borchers (eds.), On Exit: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the right of exit in liberal multicultural societies, De Gruyter. pp. 78-101. 2012.
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2On Exit: Idea, Context, Topics and Open QuestionsIn Annamari Vitikainen & Dagmar Borchers (eds.), On Exit: Interdisciplinary perspectives on the right of exit in liberal multicultural societies, De Gruyter. pp. 1-12. 2012.
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Indigenous citizenship, shared fate, and non-ideal circumstancesCitizenship Studies 25 (1): 1-19. 2020.
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Group Rights, Collective Goods, and the Problem of Cross-border Minority ProtectionInternational Journal on Minority and Group Rights 2 (26): 261-288. 2019.
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