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Zimbabwe

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People

Elin Berstad Mortensen

Research Assistant

Projects

Possibilities and Realities of Return Migration (PREMIG)

Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Mortensen, Elin Berstad (2014) Not Just a Personal Decision: Moral Obligations and Collective Pressures on Return to Zimbabwe, African Diaspora 7(1): 15–37.

PRIO Report

Carling, Jørgen; Marta Bolognani; Marta Bivand Erdal; Rojan Tordhol Ezzati; Ceri Oeppen; Erlend Paasche; Silje Vatne Pettersen; & Tove Heggli Sagmo (2015) Possibilities and Realities of Return Migration, PRIO Project Summary. Oslo: PRIO.

PRIO Policy Brief

Mortensen, Elin Berstad (2013) Why are Zimbabwean migrants ambivalent about return? Insights from the project 'Possibilities and Realities of Return Migration', PRIO Policy Brief, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

Past Events

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:30-10:00 - Migration, Transnationalism and Catholicism
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:00-16:00 - Perspectives on Return to Zimbabwe

Blog Posts

Lithium in Zimbabwe: A future boom of doom?

Posted by Anna-Sophie Hobi on Tuesday, 12 January 2021

Electric vehicles (EV) sales are on the rise. One of key ingredients for EV batteries is lithium, which is not that easily replaced as a key element in batteries. Thus, the demand in the lightweight mineral will continue to grow – the investment bank UBS estimates it demand will grow ... Read more »

Zimbabwe: from Coup to Democratization?

Posted by Marianne Dahl & Kristian Skrede Gleditsch on Friday, 17 November 2017

In the early hours of the morning on 15 November, the Zimbabwean military placed President Mugabe under house arrest. The coup against one of the longest serving rulers in Africa appears to have been a reaction to Mugabe’s ouster of his vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, to pave the way for his ... Read more »