Research Staff

Cathrine Talleraas

Senior Researcher
Latest
13 Nov 2019

New funding for migration research from NordForsk
23 Oct 2024

CMI’s Climate Change & Migration Initiative at the Nordic Migration Research Conference at UiB
22 Oct 2024

EFFEXT final conference: African Migration Governance
22 Oct 2024

Podcast: Navigating EU Migration Policies: Insights from Jordan and Ghana with Dr Zoe Jordan and Dr Cathrine Talleraas
2 Dec 2024

EFFEXT final conference: Understanding African Migration: Evidence-Based Insight
29 Oct 2024 | Webinar

Influx of Migrants Following Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Integration and Governance Dynamics in Nordic and Baltic States
13 Aug 2024

Implementing migration policies in Ghana: navigating externalization and local realities
16 May 2024

Comparative Perspectives on Migration Policy Impact: Insights from Ghana and Jordan
Projects

Current projects
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026

Migration as a Tool of Hybrid Warfare
Jul 2024 - Dec 2025

Climate-related migration governance in Uganda
Sep 2023 - Dec 2025

Climate Change & Migration Research at CMI

Completed projects
Nov 2020 - Dec 2024

Effects of Externalisation
May 2023 - Oct 2024

Influx of Migrants Following Russia's Invasion of Ukraine:

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Political Geographer focusing on migration, development and governance

Cathrine Talleraas is Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI). 

Talleraas' work focuses on migration governance and politics, the links between migration and development, and transnational living. At CMI, she is project leader of the project "Effects of Externalisation: EU Migration Management in Africa and the Middle East", and co-leader of "Influx of Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian Migrants: Integration and Governance Dynamics in Nordic and Baltic States".

Talleraas is co-coordinator of CMI's Climate Change & Migration Initiative, and co-chair of the IMISCOE Standing Committee "Migration Politics and Governance". Talleraas has previously been engaged in several projects, including: "CONMIG", "QuantMig" (H2020), "Cross-Migration" (H2020), "TRANSWEL", "Understanding the Root Causes and Drivers of Migration", "Sustainable Migration", "NATION" and "PREMIG".  

She holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Oslo (2020), an MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford, and an MA in Human Geography from the University of Oslo. In her PhD research, Talleraas studied how state institutions engage with people who lead transnational lives. Her doctoral thesis available here.

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