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18.07.2023
The PRIO Migration Centre examines how states, groups and individuals engage with, and are affected by migration.
Policy brief
2025
PRIO Policy Brief
News
Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025
"What is your most important dream in life" was a key question in a large survey of young people, and the source of thought-provoking results.
Multimedia
Tuesday, 28 Oct 2025
Karen Liao gives a two-minute summary of insights.
Book chapter
Book chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Anthropology
Thursday, 25 Sep 2025
A new PRIO Paper offers in-depth documentation of the MigrationRhythms survey, shedding light on urban middle classes, social mobility and internal & international migration across four major Asian cities.
Recorded event
Thursday, 11 Sep 2025 13:15–14:15 UTC+02
Institusjonelt mangfoldsarbeid: Hva er motstand og hva gjør man med det i arbeid med inkludering og mangfold?
Thursday, 30 Oct 2025
Jørgen Carling gives a two-minute summary of insights.
Tuesday, 28 Oct 2025 14:00–15:00 UTC+01
What is the value of a transnational lens to understand the world at present? Join this webinar 28 Oct (14-15 CET) for a conversation on the IMISCOE Short Reader on Migrant Transnationalism.
Report – other
Friday, 17 Oct 2025 09:00–10:00 UTC+02
This seminar explored how global policy frameworks are responding to the complex realities of displacement and migration, linked to environmental stressors.
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?
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
Kristian Hoelscher
Research Director
Cindy Horst
Jørgen Carling
Research Professor in Migration Studies
Marta Bivand Erdal
Jørgen Jensehaugen
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
Marte Nilsen
Carl Henrik Knutsen
Bruno Oliveira Martins
Stefan Döring
Associate Researcher
Sebastian Schutte
Mathilde Bålsrud Mjelva
Doctoral Researcher
Jessica Hagen-Zanker
PRIO Global Fellow
Aida Ibričević
Eirin Haugseth
Audrey Kathleen Geissinger
Nicolás Caso
PhD fellow in Economics and Health Sciences at University of Ghent
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
Jan 2016 –
Critical Perspectives on Migrant Smuggling
Led by Jørgen Carling
Jan 2017 –
The Meaning of 'Migrants'
Dec 2018 – Jan 2026
Future Migration as Present Fact (FUMI)
Jan 2020 – Dec 2025
Inspirational Creative Practice: The Work of Artists after War and Violent Conflict (INSPIRE)
Led by Katarzyna Grabska
Apr 2021 – Dec 2025
Stateless in the Bengali borderlands : New technologies and challenges for identity and identification
Led by Mohammad Salehin
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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