Erik Kolstad
Research Professor, NORCEErik Kolstad is a research professor at NORCE and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. He also has a part-time position as researcher at CMI.
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A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
How do we tackle climate-related migration?
27.03.2025
09:00 - 10:30English
What are the causes, consequences and potential responses to climate-related migration?
Abdur Rahman – Pexel Rising temperatures and environmental hazards threaten livelihoods and reduce agricultural productivity. This have direct and indirect consequences for migration and mobility – especially in the Global South. Yet, which countries and communities are particularly affected by this, and what are the reasons?
While other forms of migration are recognised by destination countries, why does the legitimacy of climate-related migration remain a subject of debate? What legal and policy frameworks, if any, exist to protect those displaced by climate-related processes and events, and how can the international community address this growing crisis?
This open seminar is organised by CMI’s Climate Change & Migration initiative, and seminar brings together Bergen-based researchers raising critical questions about the challenges of, and responses to, climate-related migration.
Seminar outline:
- Linking climate variations and migration: a critical view (Erik Kolstad)
- Field insights:
- Climate (im-)mobility: Mariners and migrants in a Palestinian refugee community, Lebanon (Are John Knudsen)
- Climate and migration governance: Narratives from Uganda (Cathrine Talleraas)
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Environmental justice and western accountability on climate mobility (Johannes Servan)
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Q&A
All are welcome!
Event info.
Bergen GlobalJekteviksbakken 31, Bergen
27.03.2025
09:00 - 10:30
English
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Are Knudsen
Research Professor, CMIAre John Knudsen is Research Professor at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and an International Fellow at Institut Convergences Migrations (ICM), Paris.
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Cathrine Talleraas
Senior Researcher, CMITalleraas' work focuses on migration governance and politics, the links between migration and development.
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Hanna Geschewski
Doctoral Researcher, CMIEnvironmental scientist focusing on socio-ecological change in South Asia.
Read moreErik Kolstad
Research Professor, NORCE
Erik Kolstad is a research professor at NORCE and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. He also has a part-time position as researcher at CMI.
Kolstad’s main research interests are climate prediction and climate change impacts and solutions.
Are Knudsen
Research Professor, CMI
Are John Knudsen is Research Professor at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and an International Fellow at Institut Convergences Migrations (ICM), Paris.
nudsen specializes in forced displacement, camp-based and urban refugees in the Middle East, particularly Lebanon. His research focuses on emergency urbanism and shelter architectures in camps and informal areas and he has published books, chapters, and journal articles on these topics.
Cathrine Talleraas
Senior Researcher, CMI
Talleraas' work focuses on migration governance and politics, the links between migration and development.
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.
Hanna Geschewski
Doctoral Researcher, CMI
Environmental scientist focusing on socio-ecological change in South Asia.
Hanna is a doctoral researcher at CMI within the NFR (NORGLOBAL) project, “Prioritising the Displacement-Environment Nexus: Refugee and IDP Settlements as Social- Ecological Systems.”
Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.
