Centre Website
18.07.2023
The PRIO Migration Centre examines how states, groups and individuals engage with, and are affected by migration.
Journal article
2026
Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Book chapter
Book chapter in Translocal Lives in Times of Conflict Understanding People’s (Im)Mobilities and (Dis)Connections under Conditions of Violence and War
Journal article in Population, Space and Place
Policy brief
MidEast Policy Brief
Report – other
Journal article in Internasjonal Politikk
Edited volume
Comment
Monday, 3 Aug 2026
In January 2017, the streets of Banjul, the tiny capital of The Gambia, fell silent. Shops shuttered. Families packed bags. Tens of thousands of people streamed across the border into Senegal – not because war had broken out, but because a deadline was approaching.
News
Thursday, 18 Jun 2026
As World Refugee Day 2026 is being marked, it is worth pointing to the strong foundations that exist based on research, which can inform policy at a time when humanitarian needs are pressing, while border control practices lead to migrant deaths.
Multimedia
Thursday, 11 Jun 2026
After listening to this IMISOCE Migration podcast conversation, migrant transnationalism is no longer just an abstract concept.
Kristian Berg Harpviken
Research Professor (affiliated)
Halvard Buhaug
Research Director
Gudrun Østby
Research Professor
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
Stefan Döring
Associate Researcher
Sebastian Schutte
Mathilde Bålsrud Mjelva
Doctoral Researcher
Kristina Petrova
Research Associate
Jessica Hagen-Zanker
PRIO Global Fellow
Aida Ibričević
Eirin Haugseth
Maria Helena Chavez-Aagaard
Research Assistant
Tone Sommerfelt
Elisabeth Nilsen
Master's Student
Jan 2016 –
Critical Perspectives on Migrant Smuggling
Led by Jørgen Carling
Jan 2017 –
The Meaning of 'Migrants'
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
Jan 2024 –
Syria and the Syrian refugee crisis
Led by
Jan 2025 – Sep 2028
Expanding the search for new ways of working along the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
Led by Cindy Horst
Sep 2025 – Dec 2030
Advisory Board for the Nobel Peace Center Exhibition Series Peace =
Mar 2026 – Feb 2034
The Norwegian Centre for International Economics (NORCIE)
Led by Simon Reid-Henry
Apr 2026 –
Leveraging protracted refugee situations: Comparing how Lebanon and Turkey have responded to Syrian displacement
Jun 2026 – Aug 2028
Golden years, gold standards: ageing at PRIO from a gender and diversity perspective
Led by Lynn P. Nygaard
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