Marte Nilsen

Senior Researcher

Email: marnil@prio.org

Mobile phone: (+47) 988 79 323

Twitter: @MarteNilsen

Research Interests

Political and violent conflicts in Myanmar and Thailand
Civil society movements and societal transformation in peacebuilding and democratization
Religious and spiritual practices in politics and nation building
Popular culture and art in resistance movements
The politics of humanitarian aid and development schemes in violent conflicts
The Rohingya crisis and community strategies in forced displacement settings

Marte Nilsen
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PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 31 Aug 2023

NOYA PARA, TEKNAF, BANGLADESH - 2023/05/15: Rohingya refugee woman in front of her shop at noya para Rohingya refugee camp in Teknaf after Cyclone Mocha'a landfall. (Photo by K M Asad/LightRocket via Getty Images). Photo: © 2023 K M Asad

Six Years as Refugees and Still No Refuge

“What is happening with the Rohingya refugees? We heard so much about all the horrible things, but how are they now?” These are questions I often get when I talk to people about my research. What is the situation for the Rohingya? The situation is terrible. I have visited the ...

Journal article

2023

Community-Led Education among Rohingya Refugees and the Politics of Refugee Education in Bangladesh

Journal article in Journal of Refugee Studies

Multimedia

Thursday, 19 Jan 2023

04:40

Education Barriers for Rohingya Children

Rohingya refugees make films about their struggle for education.

Multimedia

Tuesday, 17 Jan 2023

07:59

Our Dreams and Aspirations

Rohingya refugees make films about their struggle for education.

Policy brief

2022

What Can We Learn from Refugee-Led Education in Kenya?

PRIO Policy Brief

Popular article

2022

Rohingya-krisen fem år etter massakren

'Something Is Better than Nothing': Online Learning Pursuits of Rohingya Youth and Teachers in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Internal report

News

Thursday, 10 Feb 2022

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

The new book chapter "We Are Alive, but Have No Life": Rohingya Refugees, Deprived of the Prospects for a Future written by Senior Researcher Marte Nilsen, explores some of the everyday strategies of survival that stateless, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh make use of to navigate under the precarious conditions of being denied rights and recognition.

Popular article

2023

Skal UDI ha vetorett over norsk utviklingspolitikk

Education is Our Only Hope for the Future

Rohingya refugees make films about their struggle for education.

Multimedia

Wednesday, 18 Jan 2023

05:55

Rohingya Girl's Education

Rohingya refugees make films about their struggle for education.

Event

Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022 13:00–15:00 UTC+01

Marte Nilsen, Haakon Gjerløw, Sine Dyrby Christensen, Kristin Thomassen Wæringsaasen and Gudrun Østby. Photo: PRIO

Education for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Community Initiatives, Humanitarian Aid and the Impact of COVID-19

Five years have passed since more than 700,000 Rohingya fled from the brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Popular article

2022

Rohingya refugees still desperate, five years after a genocide

Popular article in Southeast Asia Globe

Popular article

2022

Rohingya, fem år etter

Refugee Education Reimagined: A Pedagogy of Hope

Join us for a morning of research findings, animations and debate on how education can enable refugees and communities to build durable futures when there is great uncertainty about where these futures will be.

Book chapter

2021

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

Book chapter in Masks of Authoritarianism: Hegemony, Power and Public Life in Bangladesh

Current projects

Project

Apr 2021 – Mar 2025

Rohingya settlement in Bangladesh. Mohammad Salehin

Stateless in the Bengali borderlands : New technologies and challenges for identity and identification

Led by Mohammad Salehin. Funder: Research Council of Norway.

Project

Jan 2020 – Dec 2025

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

Led by Katarzyna Grabska.

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