April Maja Almaas

About

I am a Ph.D candidate in the research group Equality and Diversity, and am working on the FAMREUN project, which has its focus centered around unaccompanied refugee minors who have been reunified with their families in Norway, psychosocial health, integration and support services.

BA, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Ohio State University; USA

BA, English, The Ohio State University, USA

M.Div, Harvard University, USA

Research

FAMREUN

Psykososial helse og integrering av enslige mindreårige flyktninger (URM) som har blitt gjenforent med sine familier i Norge, og på hjelpeapparatet som jobber med dem.

Outreach

50% Teacher, 50% Something Else: School staff as Gap-fillers in the Family Reunification Processes of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors

29.06.2026: Presentation at the 23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference, Strengthening Migration Studies through Community Engagement

The Norwegian health and integration services’ encounters with unaccompanied refugee minors in the context of family reunification: A Decolonial Approach?

19.09.25 Presentation at the European Sociological Association RN15 conference " Global, Transnational and Cosmopolitan Society" in Split, Croatia.

Språkvelger

April Maja Almaas