Migration

Event

Thursday, 09 Dec 2021 18:00-19:30

Stories from the Past - Inspiring the Future: Acts of Courage in Somali History and Today

This Oslo Peace Days event will launch the short-film “Uffo: The wind that blows before the rain” based on a true story, which was featured on BBC Africa.

We invite you to a panel discussion about acts of courage in both Somali history and in Norway today among youth who have ties to the Somali region.

The panel consists of young and talented filmmakers, politicians and comedians together with PRIO researchers.

The legendary oud player Ali Osman will perform at the event.

Time: 09 Dec 2021 18:00-19:30

Place: PRIO, Hausmanns gate 3, Oslo

News

Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021

New article on how anti-immigration parties mobilize against global warming policies, by Otteni & Weisskircher

News

Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021

New article on anti-immigration party organization, by Heinze & Weisskircher

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Publications
Blog posts
Recordings

News

Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021

New article on how anti-immigration parties mobilize against global warming policies, by Otteni & Weisskircher

PRIO Blogs

Wednesday, 24 Nov 2021

European Union-Belarus Border Crisis: Why the narrative of “hybrid warfare” is dangerous

The 2021 EU-Belarus border crisis was preceded by a rapid deterioration of the already strained European Union (EU)-Belarus relations, in most part due to the Ryanair 4978 incident and the concomitant wide-ranging sanctions imposed by the EU on the authoritarian government of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has often been referred by the media ...

Book Chapter

2021

“We Are Alive, but Have No Life”: Rohingya Refugees, Deprived of the Prospects for a Future

By Marte Nilsen

News

Friday, 12 Nov 2021

Belonging and Bureaucracy in Norway

In a recent episode of PRIO's Peace in a Pod, Marta Bivand Erdal discusses her research and findings on cizenship, permits, and immigration status in Norway.

Report

2021

Systematic review of determinants of migration aspirations

By Maryam Aslany, Jørgen Carling, Mathilde Bålsrud Mjelva & Tone Sommerfelt

News

Tuesday, 30 Nov 2021

New article on anti-immigration party organization, by Heinze & Weisskircher

European Union-Belarus Border Crisis: Why the narrative of “hybrid warfare” is dangerous

By Ayşe Bala Akal in RLI Blog on Refugee Law and Forced Migration

News

Sunday, 14 Nov 2021

Pursuing Big Dreams in Ghana

Fieldwork for the project Future Migration as Present Fact (FUMI) finally began in Ghana after long COVID-related delays.

News

Friday, 12 Nov 2021

Call for Abstracts: Times and Temporalities of Migrant Transnationalism

The Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) invites papers for a series of panels at the 2022 IMISCOE conference.

Edited Volume

2021

Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders

By Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert(ed.) & Elisa Pascucci(eds.)

Upcoming events

Event

Thursday, 09 Dec 2021 18:00-19:30

Stories from the Past - Inspiring the Future: Acts of Courage in Somali History and Today

This Oslo Peace Days event will launch the short-film “Uffo: The wind that blows before the rain” based on a true story, which was featured on BBC Africa.

We invite you to a panel discussion about acts of courage in both Somali history and in Norway today among youth who have ties to the Somali region.

The panel consists of young and talented filmmakers, politicians and comedians together with PRIO researchers.

The legendary oud player Ali Osman will perform at the event.

People

Kristian Berg Harpviken

Research Professor

Halvard Buhaug

Research Professor

Mete Hatay

Senior Research Consultant

Andreas Forø Tollefsen

Senior Researcher

Cindy Horst

Research Professor

Jørgen Carling

Research Professor

Marta Bivand Erdal

Research Director

Simon Reid-Henry

Research Professor

Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert

Research Director

Cathrine Talleraas

Senior Researcher

Katarzyna Grabska

Senior Researcher

Ebba Tellander

Doctoral Researcher

Mohamed Aden Hassan

PRIO Global Fellow

Bruno Oliveira Martins

Senior Researcher

Trude Stapnes

Doctoral Researcher

Hassan Aden

Doctoral Researcher

Sebastian Schutte

Senior Researcher

Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn

Research Assistant

Mathilde Bålsrud Mjelva

Doctoral Researcher

Kelly Fisher

Research Assistant

Tone Sommerfelt

Senior Researcher

Jessica Hagen-Zanker

PRIO Global Fellow

Aida Ibričević

PRIO Global Fellow

Kerstin Fisk

Senior Researcher

Carlos Vargas-Silva

Senior Researcher

Maisie Fitzmaurice

Research Assistant

Malin Nærum Aadalen

Research Assistant

Maryam Aslany

Senior Researcher

Eirin Haugseth

Doctoral Researcher

Ayşe Bala Akal

Research Assistant

Ida Marlene Henriksen

Master's Student

Audrey Kathleen Geissinger

Doctoral Researcher

Projects

Jul 2015 –

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

Led by Marta Bivand Erdal

Jan 2016 –

Critical Perspectives on Migrant Smuggling

Led by Jørgen Carling

Jan 2017 –

Meaning of Migrants

Led by Jørgen Carling

Jul 2017 – Dec 2021

To Restore a Hospital as Resistance: Transformative Collective Action in Northern Somalia in the 1980s (PhD)

Led by Ebba Tellander

Aug 2017 – Jul 2022

Humanitarianism, Borders, and the Governance of Mobility: The EU and the 'Refugee Crisis'

Led by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert

Mar 2018 – Apr 2022

Refugee Education. Building Durable Futures (PhD)

Led by Hassan Aden

Apr 2018 – Mar 2022

Refugee Education: Building Durable Futures (REBuilD)

Led by Cindy Horst

Jun 2018 – Aug 2023

MIGNEX - Aligning Migration Management and the Migration-Development Nexus

Led by Jørgen Carling

Dec 2018 – Dec 2023

Future Migration as Present Fact (FUMI)

Led by Jørgen Carling

Jan 2019 – Dec 2023

Education and Displacement: An Impact Evaluation of an Accelerated Education Programme in Uganda

Led by Gudrun Østby