Focusing on Finland as a unique ”national laboratory” of trust, this volume explores the complex role of trust, mistrust, and distrust in migration and integration processes. Through rich qualitative case studies, the contributors examine how trust is shaped, negotiated, and challenged in relation to migration law and state institutions, information and technology, and everyday social and institutional encounters.
Adopting a contextual, relational, and dynamic understanding of (dis)trust, the book highlights how trust relations are influenced by legal status, social position, power hierarchies, and lived experience. Bringing together multifaceted perspectives on institutional and interpersonal trust, the volume offers a nuanced account of the landscapes of trust and distrust that migrants navigate in contemporary Finland. Combining theoretical innovation with empirically grounded research, it contributes to scholarship on migration, integration, and trust while offering insights relevant to policymakers, practitioners, and others seeking to foster more inclusive and equitable societies.
