Cathrine Talleraas – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Cathrine Talleraas left PRIO in 2024. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Cathrine Talleraas

Cathrine Talleraas

Topic
Governance

Topic
Humanitarianism

Topic
Migration

Cathrine Talleraas worked at PRIO as Research Assistant, (2013-2015), Doctoral Researcher (2015-2019), Senior Researcher (2019), and Affiliated Researcher (2020-2024). She holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Oslo (2020), an MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford, and an MA in Human Geography from the University of Oslo. Her research interests span migration governance, politics, transnationalism and development.

Per 2024, Talleraas is Senior Researcher at CMI. Read her full profile at CMI's web pages.

Projects

Jul 2015 –
International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE)

Oct 2020 – May 2024
Geographies of Conflict-Induced Migration (CONMIG)

Jan 2020 – Jul 2023
QuantMig: Quantifying Migration Scenarios for Better Policy

Jan 2018 – Jun 2018
Concept, themes and methodology for policy-relevant research on sustainable migration from poor to rich countries

Mar 2016 – Dec 2016
Understanding the Root Causes and Drivers of Migration

Apr 2015 – Jan 2020
Transnational Lives in the Welfare State (PhD)

Oct 2014 – Jul 2019
Transnational Lives in the Welfare State (TRANSWEL)

Dec 2013 – Dec 2017
Negotiating the Nation: Implications of Ethnic and Religious Diversity for National Identity (NATION)

Jun 2010 – Dec 2016
Possibilities and Realities of Return Migration (PREMIG)

Latest publications

All publications

Cathrine Talleraas et al. (2025)
Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda

Journal article in Population, Space and Place

Marta Bivand Erdal et al. (2024)
Migration drivers across time and space: selected examples

Book chapter in From Uncertainty to Policy: A Guide to Migration Scenarios

Marta Bivand Erdal et al. (2024)
Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave

Journal article in Migration Studies

Mathias Czaika, Marta Bivand Erdal & Cathrine Talleraas (2023)
Exploring Europe’s external migration policy mix: on the interactions of visa, readmission, and resettlement policies

Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Jørgen Carling, Marta Bivand Erdal & Cathrine Talleraas (2021)
Living in two countries: Transnational living as an alternative to migration

Journal article in Population, Space and Place

Cathrine Talleraas (2020)
Institutionalising transnationalism: The national welfare system’s encounter with people who lead transnational lives

PhD thesis

Cathrine Talleraas (2019)
Complementing theories: institutional ethnography and organisation theory in institutional analysis

Book chapter in Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region

Cathrine Talleraas (2019)
Who are the transnationals? Institutional categories beyond “migrants”

Journal article in Ethnic and Racial Studies

Cathrine Talleraas & Lubomiła Korzeniewska (2018)
The Morality of Transnational Social Security: When is it fair to export Norwegian social security benefits?

PRIO Policy Brief

Marta Bivand Erdal et al. (2018)
Defining Sustainable Migration

PRIO Paper

Latest news

Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
Virtual book launch of 'From uncertainty to policy: A guide to migration scenarios' on International Migrants Day

Can migration be forecasted in today's unpredictable world? How can policymakers and scholars navigate inherent uncertainty, with robust and realistic models?

Monday, 27 Jan 2020
Successful Thesis Defense by Cathrine Talleraas

PRIO congratulates Cathrine Talleraas, who has successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography in the Faculty of Social Sciences at UiO.

Monday, 14 Oct 2019
The Migration Research Hub is launched, with PRIO contributions

The Migration Research Hub collects research on migration and makes it easily searchable and shareable.

Monday, 27 Nov 2017
Call for papers: Categories in research and policy on migration and transnationalism

The 15th Annual Conference of IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe), Barcelona, 2–4 July 2018

Thursday, 27 Apr 2017
Call for papers - Transnational Lives: Economies, Bureaucracies, and Desires

We invite abstracts for an exploratory workshop in Oslo, 11-12 January 2018, that will examine the significance and implications of leading life in two (or more) countries.

Tuesday, 9 Feb 2016
PRIO Researchers Dispute Changes in Immigration Law

Proposed changes in Norway's immigration could have adverse effects on integration, discriminate against persons with disabilities, and undermine democratic control.

Tuesday, 22 Dec 2015
PRIO Migration Research Update

Friday, 27 Mar 2015
Call for Papers: Engaging with Scenarios of Return Migration

Thinking about Going ‘Home’: Engaging with Scenarios of Return Migration Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) 20–21 August 2015 The possibility of one day returning to one’s country of origin is a fact of life for international migrants.

Latest events

Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024 09:00–16:00 UTC+01
Intersecting Pathways - Understanding Migration Decisions, Journeys, and Refugee-Host Interactions

Thursday, 15 Feb 2024 16:30–19:30 UTC+01
Living in Displacement: Ukrainian Experiences and Stories in Norway since February 2022

Tuesday, 21 Nov 2023 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
What Shapes Refugee Journeys?

Monday, 30 Aug 2021 15:00–16:00 UTC+02
Transnational lives: the meanings and implications of living in two countries

Monday, 28 Oct 2019 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Transnational Lives in the Welfare State: Presentation of Findings

Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Ten Years of Migration Research at PRIO

20–21 Aug 2015
Thinking About Going 'Home'

Wednesday, 21 Jan 2015 08:15–10:00 UTC+01
What's Time Got to Do With It? Integration in a Temporal Perspective

Thursday, 19 Jun 2014 08:15–10:00 UTC+02
Norway's Readmission Agreement with Ethiopia: What Happened?

In the media

February 2023

PRIO Researchers Jørgen Carling and Cathrine Talleraas’s PRIO Paper on Root Causes and Drivers of Migration was quoted in an article on US migration, on the news site Townhall.

PRIO started listing media appearances on profiles in 2023. Earlier media appearances may not be listed.

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