Amanda Cellini

Research Interests

• forced migration
• humanitarian governance
• migration management systems
• international law
• the history of durable solutions
• refugee resettlement
• the Nordic region​

Background

Amanda is a PhD Student at the University of Oslo and a member of the Research School on Peace and Conflict. Cellini holds a MA Degree in Multiculturalism and Human Rights from the University of South-Eastern Norway and International Relations from Rhodes College. A description of her PhD project is available here

Previously, she was the Department Manager for the Social Dynamics department, Administrative Coordinator for the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS), a joint PRIO, NUPI and CMI initiative for research and policy discussions in Norway on humanitarian issues, and a Research Assistant on various projects. ​​Before working at PRIO, she was a Graduate Research Assistant at the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI). Cellini holds a MSc in Human Rights and Multiculturalism from the University College of South-Eastern Norway and a ​BA in International Relations from Rhodes College.

In 2018, Cellini became a doctoral research fellow at the Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo with the Nordic Branding research project.

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Research Groups

• Migration
• Humanitarianism
• Law and Ethics

PRIO Departments

• Dimensions of Security (2012-2022)
• Social Dynamics (2012-2022)

PRIO Projects

• Brazil's Rise to the Global Stage (BraGS): Humanitarianism, Peacekeeping and the Quest for Great Powerhood
• Protection of Civilians: From Principle to Practice
• Transnational Lives in the Welfare State (TRANSWEL)

Events

• Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:00-15:00 – Gjenbosetting av flyktninger: En god varig løsning?
• Thu, 07 Dec 2017 11:30-13:00 – The Politics of Genocide and the Impact on Humanitarian Aid and Peace in Myanmar
• Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:00-14:00 – Humanitarian Studies Colloquium: The Ethics of Humanitarian Action – rationale and critique of a do-gooder regime
• Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:30-15:30 – Media Studies and Humanitarian crisis – state of scholarship
• Tue, 10 Oct 2017 08:30-10:00 – Humanitarianism as Social Movement: (Re) Framing Actions of Solidarity
• Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:30-10:00 – DRONEWARS 2017
• Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:00-16:00 – Brazil: Where Now? Humanitarian Efforts and International Ambitions in a time of Domestic Political Changes
• Tue, 02 May 2017 08:15-09:45 – Here's how to fix the refugee crisis! Or perhaps not?
• Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:30-15:30 – The Anthropology of Emergencies, Rescue and Good Intentions
• Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:30-10:00 – Palestine: the Threshold from Occupation to Annexation
• Wed, 29 Mar 2017 12:00-14:00 – The Good Drone: Endless Possibilities for "Doing Good"?
• Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:00-14:00 – Building a Legal Sociology of the Humanitarian Field
• Fri, 09 Dec 2016 08:30-09:30 – Colombia’s Peace Process and the Nobel: A Prize that Changed History?
• Fri, 28 Oct 2016 12:00-13:30 – Haiti after Hurricane Matthew: Challenges of Humanitarian Aid
• Fri, 14 Oct 2016 08:15-09:45 – Bombing Hospitals: War Crimes and the End of IHL Protection
• Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:30-15:00 – The History of Development and Humanitarian Studies in Norway
• Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:00-14:00 – Roundtable: Politics of Humanitarian Aid in Syria

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