PhD Candidate

Karl-Gunnar Severinsen

Karl-Gunnar Severinsen
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Haugesund
HGSD, H-HOV4061

Field of work

PhD Candidate in urban and regional economics at HVL Business School. Enrolled in the doctoral programme "Responsible Innovation and Regional Development" (RESINNREG).

Karl-Gunnar has a MSc in Business, Regional Economics and Innovation from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The title of his master thesis is "The potential for local population growth and expanded labour market area as a result of the Sauda tunnel".

His PhD research primarily focuses on commuting patterns and labour market outcomes of immigrants and refugees from different backgrounds.

Research projects:

  • Life at the frontiers. The Impact of Social Frontiers on the Social Mobility and Integration of Migrants - Funded by Nordforsk (#95193)
    • Project participant
  • Influx of migrants following Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Integration and Governance Dynamics in Nordic and Baltic States (INFLUX) - Funded by Nordforsk (#161678)
    • Project participant
Courses taught
Research areas
  • Urban and Regional Economics
  • Spatial Interaction
  • Social Frontiers
  • Labour market outcome
  • Commuting patterns

Selected publications

  • Interpreting observed differences in spatial labour market mobility of workers living at different sides of a social frontier.

    Severinsen, Karl-Gunnar, Gjestland, Arnstein, Thorsen, Inge Heldal, Ubøe, Jan (2024)
  • Labour market participation and unemployment of immigrant groups in an urban area with social frontiers.

    Severinsen, Karl-Gunnar, Gjestland, Arnstein, Thorsen, Inge Heldal, Ubøe, Jan (2024)
  • A time fixed effects approach to study the commuting pattern of immigrants living at different sides of social frontiers in the Oslo urban area.

    Severinsen, Karl-Gunnar, Gjestland, Arnstein, Thorsen, Inge Heldal, Ubøe, Jan (2024)
  • Labour market interaction and integration of immigrants in a region with social frontiers.

    Severinsen, Karl-Gunnar, Gjestland, Arnstein, Thorsen, Inge Heldal, Ubøe, Jan (2024)
  • The impact of social frontiers on spatial labour market behaviour for specific immigrant groups in the Oslo labour market.

    Severinsen, Karl-Gunnar, Gjestland, Arnstein, Thorsen, Inge Heldal, Ubøe, Jan (2023)