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Project Dissemination | Nov 2024

Effects of Externalisation (EFFEXT) Summary Report

Cathrine Talleraas, Kiya Gezahegne, Anna Gopsill, Zoë Jordan, Leander Kandilige, Are John Knudsen, Hans Lucht, Ida Marie Savio Vammen

Journal Article | Nov 2024

Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave

Marta Bivand Erdal, Marianne Larsen, Cathrine Talleraas, Andreas Forø Tollefsen

Migration Studies

Journal Article | Nov 2024

Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications

Cathrine Talleraas

International Migration Review

Report in External Series | Oct 2024

Border management in flux: Comparative lessons from the Norway-Russia and Finland-Russia borders (2015–2023)

Cathrine Talleraas, Katharina Koch

Journal Article | Sep 2024

Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda

Talleraas, Cathrine and Erdal, Marta Bivand and Larssen, Marianne F. and Tollefsen, Andreas F.

Population, Space and Place

Journal Article | Aug 2024

Implementing migration policies in Ghana: navigating externalization and local realities

Cathrine Talleraas

Journal Article | Jan 2024

The politics of migration policy implementation in Ghana

Talleraas, Cathrine

Governance

Journal Article | 2023

Exploring Europe’s external migration policy mix: on the interactions of visa, readmission, and resettlement policies

Czaika, Mathias and Erdal, Marta Bivand and Talleraas, Cathrine

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Project Dissemination | 2023

EFFEXT Background Papers – National and international migration policy in Ghana

Leander Kandilige, Joseph Teye, Cathrine Talleraas and Anna Gopsill

Book Chapter | 2022

Humanitarian Migration

Talleraas, Cathrine, Brekke, Jan-Paul, Buhr, Franz

Book Chapter | 2022

Migration Forms: What Forms of Migration Can Be Distinguished?

Talleraas, Cathrine

Introduction to Migration Studies

Journal Article | 2021

Living in two countries: Transnational living as an alternative to migration

Jørgen Carling, Marta Bivand Erdal, Cathrine Talleraas

Population, Space and Place

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 workshop: Understanding African Migration

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 workshop: 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

Sep 2023 - Dec 2025

Climate Change & Migration Research at CMI

Jul 2024 - Jul 2025

Climate-Related Migration Governance in Uganda

Nov 2020 - Dec 2024

Effects of Externalisation

Completed projects

May 2023 - Oct 2024

Influx of Migrants Following Russia's Invasion of Ukraine:

Publications

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Journal Articles

Journal Article | Nov 2024

Externally Driven Border Control in West Africa: Local Impact and Broader Ramifications

Cathrine Talleraas

International Migration Review

Journal Article | Nov 2024

Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave

Marta Bivand Erdal, Marianne Larsen, Cathrine Talleraas, Andreas Forø Tollefsen

Migration Studies

Journal Article | Sep 2024

Refugee journey infrastructures: Exploring migration trajectories from South Sudan to Uganda

Talleraas, Cathrine and Erdal, Marta Bivand and Larssen, Marianne F. and Tollefsen, Andreas F.

Population, Space and Place

Journal Article | Jan 2024

The politics of migration policy implementation in Ghana

Talleraas, Cathrine

Governance

Journal Article | 2023

Exploring Europe’s external migration policy mix: on the interactions of visa, readmission, and resettlement policies

Czaika, Mathias and Erdal, Marta Bivand and Talleraas, Cathrine

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Journal Article | 2021

Living in two countries: Transnational living as an alternative to migration

Jørgen Carling, Marta Bivand Erdal, Cathrine Talleraas

Population, Space and Place

Journal Article | 2021

Transnational Welfare Management: Accommodating Transnational Living in Norway

Cathrine Talleraas

Nordic Journal of Migration Research

Journal Article | 2020

Who are the transnationals? Institutional categories beyond “migrants”

Cathrine Talleraas

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Journal Article | 2019

Reconciling transnational mobility and national social security: what say the welfare state bureaucrats?

Cathrine Talleraas

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Book Chapters

Book Chapter | 2022

Migration Forms: What Forms of Migration Can Be Distinguished?

Talleraas, Cathrine

Introduction to Migration Studies

Book Chapter | 2022

Humanitarian Migration

Talleraas, Cathrine, Brekke, Jan-Paul, Buhr, Franz

Book Chapter | 2020

Migration

Cathrine Talleraas

Humanitarianism: Keywords

Book Chapter | 2019

Complementing theories: institutional ethnography and organisation theory in institutional analysis

Cathrine Talleraas

Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region

Reports

Report in External Series | Oct 2024

Border management in flux: Comparative lessons from the Norway-Russia and Finland-Russia borders (2015–2023)

Cathrine Talleraas, Katharina Koch

Report in External Series | 2018

Combining Transnational Living and National Welfare

Cathrine Talleraas

Report in External Series | 2018

Defining Sustainable Migration

Marta Bivand Erdal, Jørgen Carling, Cindy Horst, Cathrine Talleraas

Report in External Series | 2018

The Morality of Transnational Social Security: When is it fair to export Norwegian social security benefits?

Cathrine Talleraas, Lubomila Korzeniewska

Report in External Series | 2016

Root Causes and Drivers of Migration: Implications for Humanitarian Efforts and Development Cooperation

Jørgen Carling, Cathrine Talleraas

Report in External Series | 2015

Contestations over National Identity and Diversity

Cathrine Talleraas, Marta Bivand Erdal

Report in External Series | 2015

Becoming One of Us?

Marta Bivand Erdal, Cathrine Talleraas

Report in External Series | 2014

The Unintended Effects of Norway’s Readmission Agreement with Ethiopia

Cathrine Talleraas

Theses

Doctoral Thesis | 2021

Institutionalising transnationalism: The national welfare system’s encounter with people who lead transnational lives.

Cathrine Talleraas

Other Publications

Journal Article | Aug 2024

Implementing migration policies in Ghana: navigating externalization and local realities

Cathrine Talleraas

Project Dissemination

Project Dissemination | Nov 2024

Effects of Externalisation (EFFEXT) Summary Report

Cathrine Talleraas, Kiya Gezahegne, Anna Gopsill, Zoë Jordan, Leander Kandilige, Are John Knudsen, Hans Lucht, Ida Marie Savio Vammen

Project Dissemination | 2023

EFFEXT Background Papers – National and international migration policy in Ghana

Leander Kandilige, Joseph Teye, Cathrine Talleraas and Anna Gopsill

Summary

Contact

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.