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The PRIO Migration Centre brings together research from across the PRIO organization that relates to migration. Our research is financed on a project basis by external funders, including the European Commission, the European Research Council, and the Research Council of Norway.

Current Projects

Critical Perspectives on Migrant Smuggling

Led by Jørgen Carling

Forced Migration and Social Unrest

Led by Eirin Haugseth

Future Migration as Present Fact (FUMI)

Led by Jørgen Carling

Geographies of Conflict-Induced Migration (CONMIG)

Led by Andreas Forø Tollefsen

Inspirational Creative Practice: The Work of Artists after War and Violent Conflict (INSPIRE)

Led by Katarzyna Grabska

Meaning of Migrants

Led by Jørgen Carling

MIGNEX - Aligning Migration Management and the Migration-Development Nexus

Led by Jørgen Carling

Migration Rhythms in Trajectories of Upward Social Mobility in Asia

Led by Marta Bivand Erdal

Non-Formal Faith Education, the Public School, and Religious Minorities in Norway (FAITHED)

Reaching Out to Close the Border: The Transnationalization of Anti-Immigration Movements in Europe (MAM)

Led by Kristian Berg Harpviken

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

Led by Ebba Tellander

TRUST: Attitudinal Impacts of Refugees on Host Communities in the Global South

Led by Halvard Buhaug

Completed Projects

Building Futures through Refugee Education. Aspirations, Navigation and (Non)-citizenship – Led by Hassan Aden
Controlling Migrant Bodies. A study of biometric technology and the process of making the body readable in migration control – Led by Emilie Hermansen
EducAid: Improving Education for Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar Living in Bangladesh – Led by Gudrun Østby
Humanitarianism, Borders, and the Governance of Mobility: The EU and the 'Refugee Crisis' (HumBORDER) – Led by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
'Just' Research: A Case Study of EU-funded Research with Experimental Artificial Intelligence Technology for Border Control – Led by Lise Endregard Hemat
Migration of asylum seekers and the politics of labelling: The discursive construction of the refugee label in the Norwegian government 2016-2021 – Led by Ida Marlene Henriksen
Moving masculinities: Polish men's migration experiences in Oslo – Led by Kelly Fisher
The Power of Ideas: Muslim Humanitarians and the SDGs (HUMA) – Led by Kaja Borchgrevink
Privacy, Ethical, Regulatory and Social No-gate Crossing Point Solutions Acceptance (PERSONA) – Led by Kristoffer Lidén
PSYOPS: The Psychology of Political Struggle – Led by Inger Skjelsbæk
QuantMig: Quantifying Migration Scenarios for Better Policy – Led by Marta Bivand Erdal
Refugee Education: Building Durable Futures (REBuilD) – Led by Cindy Horst
Societal Transformation in Conflict Contexts (TRANSFORM) – Led by Cindy Horst

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The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people.

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