INSKILLS Forum: Unlocking hidden talent in skilled migration
Welcome to INSKILLS Workshop, a space for rethinking skilled migration, inclusion, and the future of work in Norway.
- Starts:08:30, 21 May 2026
- Ends:13:30, 21 May 2026
- Location:BI - campus Oslo, main room: A2-Red 13
- Enrolment deadline:21.04.2026 23:30
- Contact:Sahizer S. Carignani (sahizer.s.garignani@bi.no)
Join us for this half-day interdisciplinary forum bringing together policymakers, employers,practitioners, researchers, and migrant spouses to address a critical gap in skilledmigration: the systemic underutilization of migrant spouses’talent. Drawing on insights from the INSKILLS project, we will unpack barriers to inclusion, share practical interventions, and co-design actionable solutions to strengthen retention, equity, anddiversity-driven growth in Norway.
Our goal is clear: to transform skilled migration from a retention risk into a strategic advantage strengthening inclusion, unlocking underutilized talent, and advancing diversity-driven growth for Norway’s long-term economic and social vitality.
Register to be part of the conversation and the change!
The research from the INSKILLS project has received funding from the European Commission under Grant Agreement N°101149964.
About INSKILLS
Skilled migrants and their families are essential to Norway’s economic vitality andinnovation capacity. Yet too often, talent is left untapped. Highly skilled migrant spouses, frequently women, are routinely treated as dependents rather than professionals, their qualifications overlooked, their careers stalled, and their contributions rendered invisible. Findings from INSKILLS, a two-year project funded by MarieSkłodowska Curie Actions, reveal the hidden labor of adaptation undertaken by these highly skilled partners as they navigate non recognition of credentials, bureaucratic fragmentation, language barriers, brain waste, and social exclusion.
