DIASPOlitic launch workshop at the University of Oslo

The project’s official kick-off event took place at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. The event gathered some 30 participants, including the project team: Dr. Kacper Szulecki (Principal Investigator), Prof. Marta Bivand-Erdal and Dr. Ben Stanley (Co-investigators); representatives of the Advisory Board – Dr. Cathrine Thorleifsen (C-Rex, UiO), Prof. Thomas Hylland Eriksen (Social Anthropology, UiO) and Prof. Mikołaj Cześnik (SWPS Warsaw), as well as the Head of Department, Prof. Anne Julie Semb, the Institute’s project coordinator Ilze Gehe, former Director of PRIO, Prof. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Prof. Nina Witoszek from the Center of Development and the Environment, Evian Leidig (C-Rex) as well as the project’s User Group: Ingrid Brekke (Aftenposten), Marius Doksheim (Civita), Pia Buhl Girolami (Ministry of Education), Katarina Heradstveit (Directorate of Integration and Diversity – IMDi), Anne Grete Riise (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sveinung Rotevatn (Liberal Party MEP), and Espen Thorud (Ministry of Justice and Public Security).