Centre Website
18.07.2023
The PRIO Migration Centre examines how states, groups and individuals engage with, and are affected by migration.
News
Friday, 13 Mar 2026
PRIO-led research backs up warning to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Comment
Friday, 27 Feb 2026
The EU is considering moving parts of asylum processing out of Europe, and several countries are pushing for third-country solutions.
Book chapter
2026
Book chapter in Samfunnsgeografi: Perspektiver og prosesser
Thursday, 18 Dec 2025
Research with theoretical objectives can also yielded new insights of relevance to policy and public debate in the communities where the research was carried out.
Multimedia
Thursday, 13 Nov 2025
Tone Sommerfelt gives a two-minute summary of insights.
Recorded event
Monday, 1 Dec 2025 14:00–16:00 UTC+01
Migrasjon er et sentralt tema i utviklingspolitikken, og sees ofte som et problem. Vi utfordrer dette perspektivet og spør: Hvordan kan migrasjon fungere som drivkraft for utvikling?
Journal article
2025
Journal article in International Migration Review
Journal article in Comparative Migration Studies
Kristian Berg Harpviken
Research Professor (affiliated)
Halvard Buhaug
Research Professor
Gudrun Østby
Arne Strand
Senior Researcher at CMI
Mete Hatay
Senior Research Consultant
Andreas Forø Tollefsen
Senior Researcher
Cindy Horst
Jørgen Carling
Research Professor in Migration Studies
Marta Bivand Erdal
Jørgen Jensehaugen
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
Marte Nilsen
Bruno Oliveira Martins
Sebastian Schutte
Mathilde Bålsrud Mjelva
Doctoral Researcher
Jessica Hagen-Zanker
PRIO Global Fellow
Aida Ibričević
Eirin Haugseth
Anu Abraham
Affiliate Researcher at Independent
Maria Helena Chavez-Aagaard
Research Assistant
Patrick Nyheim Schjølberg
Tone Sommerfelt
Elisabeth Nilsen
Master's Student
Ole Magnus Gaalaas-Hansen
Audrey Kathleen Geissinger
Jan 2016 –
Critical Perspectives on Migrant Smuggling
Led by Jørgen Carling
Jan 2017 –
The Meaning of 'Migrants'
May 2021 – Apr 2026
Migration Rhythms in Trajectories of Upward Social Mobility in Asia
Led by Marta Bivand Erdal
Oct 2021 – Sep 2026
Rights, Duties, Social Movements and the Welfare State
Led by Audrey Kathleen Geissinger
Mar 2022 –
UNRWA and the Funding Crisis
Led by Jørgen Jensehaugen
Sep 2023 –
The Leveraging of Cross-Border Mobility as an Issue-Linking Strategy: Above and Below the State
Led by Wilmer Rosell Öden
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