Tove Heggli Sagmo left PRIO in 2016. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Tove is currently working on the research project “Possibilities and Realities of return migration: Perspectives on integration, exclusion and withdrawal (PREMIG)”. Her geographical focus is Burundi and she will be exploring the actual pattern of return to Burundi and how the reintegration process is experienced among the returnees and the communities to which they return. Fieldwork will be conducted in Norway, UK and Burundi.
Work Experience:
2009-2010 UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Title: Associate Livelihoods Officer
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
2007- 2009 UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
Title: Associate Community Services Officer,
Location: Arua, Uganda
2005-2007 NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Press, Cultural, Relations and Information Department
Title: Consultant
Location: Oslo, Norway
Education:
2004 Master in Human Geography from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
2002 Development Studies, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand
2002 Bachelor from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
1999 Development studies, Agder University College
Languages: Norwegian (mother tongue), English, French(basic) German (Basic)
Journal Article in Norwegian Journal of Geography
PhD Thesis
Journal Article in Conflict Trends
Book Chapter in Africa's Return Migrants: the New Developers?
PRIO Policy Brief
Popular Article in NRK Ytring
PRIO Project Summary
Popular Article in Dagens Næringsliv
Journal Article in Mobilities
Popular Article in Ytring
Today, Tuesday 15 March, Tove Heggli Sagmo has successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo: Return Migration and Social Change: Creating Distinctions in the Social Field.
Proposed changes in Norway's immigration could have adverse effects on integration, discriminate against persons with disabilities, and undermine democratic control.
As part of the NCHS project Protection of Civilians: From Principle to Practice, Cindy Horst and Tove Heggli Sagmo have published the Policy Brief ‘Humanitarianism and Return: Compromising Protection?’. The policy brief draws on a case study on the protection of displaced Somalis, conducted in collaboration with NCHS-partner The Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS).
The war in Syria, the threat of Islamic radicalisation, and fears that terrorists may recruit Norwegian citizens have sparked renewed debate about Norway’s citizenship legislation. Meanwhile, another debate continues to be forgotten: We call for a reopening of the debate on dual citizenship, as Norway’s antiquated legislation is out of step with that of its Nordic neighbours. Both debates are important, and both should be addressed now. But these are two separate debates.