Vigdis Vevstad is a lawyer, She has a doctorate in international public law and works as associate researcher at the Institute for Social Research in Oslo and as an independent consultant in international law and policies. Her particular field of interest is in asylum and refugee law, human rights and EU developments in the area of migration.

Selected publications (books, academic reports and articles): 

• “Utlendingsloven” Kommentarutgave (The Immigration Act), Ed.& Co-author, Universitetsforlaget, 2010..
• “Mottaksforhold for asylsøkere i Norge og i EU i et fremtidig perspektiv” (”Reception conditions for asylum seekers in Norway and the EU in a future oriented perspective”), Asylmottak gjennom 20 år, Artikkelsamling fra Mottakskonferansen, UDI, 2008..
• ”Norges rolle i utviklingen av et felles europeisk asylsystem” (Norway’s role in the development of a Common European Asylum System”), Nordisk Tidsskrift for Menneskerettigheter, Vol 25, nr. 3, 2007. .
• Research report: “Reception conditions for asylum seekers in Norway and the EU”, (co-author together with Jan-Paul Brekke), ISF, 2007.
• Research report: “Flyktningekonvensjonen Artikkel 1 C-F” (“Article 1 C-F of the Refugee Convention”), (co-author together with Terje Einarsen and Elin Skaar), UDI, Christian Michelsens Institutt, CMI Report 2006:2, Bergen 2006.
• “Utvikling av et felles europeisk asylsystem – Jus og Politikk” (Development of a Common European Asylum System. Law and Politics), Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 2006.
• "Refugee Protection: A European Challenge", Tano Aschehoug, Oslo, 1998.
• ”Norwegian Refugee Protection is not Good Enough: A New Approach is Needed” in “Innvandringspolitikk og utlendingslov”, Turid Heiberg, Ed. Fagbokforlaget, 1998.