I am a legal researcher based at the Chr. Michelsen Institute and UiB's Faculty of Law. My recent work focuses on the concept of vulnerability in migration law, cessation of refugee status, refugee resettlement and temporary protection. I am currently lead researcher for the Norwegian Research Council-funded project: Temporary Protection as a Durable Solution? The ‘return turn’ in asylum policies in Europe (TemPro), which is a collaboration between anthropologists and legal scholars exploring how temporariness is produced in law and how it is experienced by refugees in Denmark, Norway, the UK and Germany. Together with Marry-Anne Karlsen I edit the resource page on Interdisciplinarity in Migration Research. I also co-host, with Kari Anne Drangsland, the podcast Refugee Law and Refugee Lives.

Other current projects include:

The Future of Resettlement: Vulnerability Revisited (NFR, 2021-2024)

Recent projects include:

VULNER: Vulnerabilities under the global protection regime (EU Horizon 2020, 2020-2023)

WAIT: the temporalities of irregular migration (NFR 2017-2020)

@JessLSchultz

Most recent publications

Journal Article | Apr 2024

Unsettling expectations of stay: probationary immigration policies in Canada and Norway

Jessica Schultz

Comparative Migration Studies

Book Chapter | Jan 2024

Global developments in refugee law

Terje Einarsen, Jessica Schultz

The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol 2e

CMI Report | 2022

The temporary turn in Norwegian asylum law and practice

Jessica Schultz

Newspaper Op-Ed | 2022

Ukrainere risikerer åtte års uvisshet i Norge

Jessica Schultz, Kari Anne Drangsland & Marry-Anne Karlsen

Book Chapter | 2022

Dublin-samarbeidet

Vigdis Vevstad, Jessica Schultz

Lærebok i Utlendingsrett, 3. utgave

Book Chapter | 2022

Felles yttergrense og felles europeisk asylsystem

Vigdis Vevstad, Jessica Schultz

Lærebok i Utlendingsrett, 3. utgave

Blog post | 2022

Collective Protection as a Short-Term Solution: European Responses to the Protection Needs of Refugees from the War in Ukraine

Jessica Schultz, Kari Anne Klovholt Drangsland, Marry-Anne Karlsen, Jens Vedsted-Hansen, Nikolas Feith Tan, Julia Kienast

Blog post | 2022

What can we learn from getting lost in translation?

Jessica Schultz & Kari Anne Drangsland

Blog post | 2021

Attachments and the arc of refugee protection: a legal perspective

Jessica Schultz

CMI Report | 2021

Temporal governance, protection elsewhere and the ‘good’ refugee: a study of the shrinking scope of asylum within the UK

Jessica Schultz, Esra Kaytaz

Blog post | 2021

Temporary protection as a durable solution for Afghan refugees in Europe?

Esra Kaytaz and Jessica Schultz

Blog post | 2021

The New Plan for Immigration and the risks of extending Temporary Protection Status

Jessica Schultz, Esra Kaytaz, Maria O'Sullivan

Jessica Schultz

TemPro Final Conference

Precarious legal inclusion: Consequences of the 'temporary turn' in asylum policies in Northern Europe

Unsettling expectations of stay: probationary immigration policies in Canada and Norway

Unsettling expectations of stay: probationary immigration policies in Canada and Norway

Global developments in refugee law

Paradigmeskiftet i dansk asylpolitikk – og norske erfaringer

Paradigmeskiftet i dansk asylpolitikk – og norske erfaringer

TemPro at the Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference, 21-23 June 2023

Bergen Summer Research School: Contested Childhood in the Context of Migration

The Nordic Asylum Law Seminar 2023

Report launch: The temporary turn in Norwegian asylum law and practice

Understanding Denmark’s ’paradigm shift’ and the wider implications for affected refugees and European countries

Final episode of the podcast (in Danish): "Er vi der snart"?

The temporary turn in Norwegian asylum law and practice

Ukrainere risikerer åtte års uvisshet i Norge

Dublin-samarbeidet

Felles yttergrense og felles europeisk asylsystem

Collective Protection as a Short-Term Solution: European Responses to the Protection Needs of Refugees from the War in Ukraine

What can we learn from getting lost in translation?

Attachments and the arc of refugee protection: a legal perspective

Temporal governance, protection elsewhere and the ‘good’ refugee: a study of the shrinking scope of asylum within the UK

Temporary protection as a durable solution for Afghan refugees in Europe?

The New Plan for Immigration and the risks of extending Temporary Protection Status

Temporary protection as a durable solution? The 'return turn' in asylum policies in Europe (TemPro)

FAFO (NFR)-The Future of Resettlement - Vulnerability Revisited

IRRINI Review - voluntary return to Iraq

Transitional Justice, Violence and Reconciliation

Anti-Corruption Policy Making in Practice

Unsettling expectations of stay: probationary immigration policies in Canada and Norway

The Internal Protection Alternative in Refugee Law: Treaty basis and scope of application under the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol

Global developments in refugee law

Felles yttergrense og felles europeisk asylsystem

Dublin-samarbeidet

An end to asylum? Temporary protection and the erosion of refugee status

The Internal Protection Alternative and its Relation to Refugee Status

The Right to Refugee Status and the Internal Protection Alternative: What Does the Law Say?

The European Court of Human Rights and Internal Relocation: An Unduly Harsh Standard?

The United States

Flyktningers sårbarhet : Hvordan blir flyktningers sårbarhet forstått, vurdert, ivaretatt og skapt gjennom lovverk og forvaltningspraksis?

Vulnerable Protection Seekers in Norway: Regulations, Practices, and Challenges

The Internal Flight Alternative in Norway: Law and practice with respect to Afghan families and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

The temporary turn in Norwegian asylum law and practice

Temporal governance, protection elsewhere and the ‘good’ refugee: a study of the shrinking scope of asylum within the UK

Between two societies: Review of the information, return and reintegration of Iraqi nationals to Iraq (IRRINI) programme

The UNCAC Complaince Review in Kenya: Process and prospects

The UNCAC and judicial corruption: Requirements and avenues for reform

The United Nations Convention against Corruption. A Primer for Development Practitioners

The Internal Protection Alternative in Refugee Law. Treaty basis and scope of application under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol

Ukrainere risikerer åtte års uvisshet i Norge

Regjeringen åpner for å innskrenke retten til flyktningstatus. Det er urovekkende.

Ingen Trygg Havn i Kabul

Danish-Norwegian Return Center for Minors in Kabul: Well-Founded Initiative?

Feilslutninger i norsk asylpolitikk

What can we learn from getting lost in translation?

Collective Protection as a Short-Term Solution: European Responses to the Protection Needs of Refugees from the War in Ukraine

Attachments and the arc of refugee protection: a legal perspective

Temporary protection as a durable solution for Afghan refugees in Europe?

The New Plan for Immigration and the risks of extending Temporary Protection Status

The end of protection? Cessation and the ‘return turn’ in refugee law

Understanding the internal protection alternative (Part II)

Understanding the internal protection alternative (Part I)

Managing corruption risks in locally-managed aid programmes in Somalia

Opportunities for anti-corruption work in Cambodia

Strengthening judicial integrity in Thailand

Contact

Legal researcher focused on international human rights and refugee law

Unsettling expectations of stay: probationary immigration policies in Canada and Norway

Global developments in refugee law

The temporary turn in Norwegian asylum law and practice

Ukrainere risikerer åtte års uvisshet i Norge

Dublin-samarbeidet

Felles yttergrense og felles europeisk asylsystem

Collective Protection as a Short-Term Solution: European Responses to the Protection Needs of Refugees from the War in Ukraine

What can we learn from getting lost in translation?

Attachments and the arc of refugee protection: a legal perspective

Temporal governance, protection elsewhere and the ‘good’ refugee: a study of the shrinking scope of asylum within the UK

Temporary protection as a durable solution for Afghan refugees in Europe?

The New Plan for Immigration and the risks of extending Temporary Protection Status