- Migration policy
- Decolonisation
- Legal mobilsation
- Citizenship deprivation
- Border activism
Maisie Fitzmaurice left PRIO in 2024. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Maisie Fitzmaurice
Interests and experience
Current Position:
Maisie is a research assistant involved in the following projects under the supervision of Marta Bivand Erdal and Jørgen Carling:
- Migration Rhythms in Trajectories of Upward Social Mobility in Asia (MigrationRhythms)
- Aligning Migration Management and the Migration-Development Nexus (MIGNEX)
Education:
- 2023: MPhil in Theory an Practice of Human Rights, the University of Oslo
- 2018: BA Hons in Development Studies and Study of Religions, SOAS University of London
Languages Spoken:
English (mother tongue), Norwegian (working proficiency)
Maisie is also affiliated with the research project Deporting Foreigners: Contested Norms in International practice (NORMS) at the Institute for Social Research (ISF), as a master's student. Her supervisors are Nicole Ostrand and Katja Franko. She is a recipient of a Fritt Ord grant. Maisie previously trained in design, and works as a jeweller and silversmith.
Latest publications
Middle Classes, Moving and Staying in Hanoi
PRIO Paper
Middle Classes, Moving and Staying in Metro Manila
PRIO Paper
The overlooked opportunities of short distance and short-term migration
Mignex Policy Briefs
The determination of migration through focus group data
MIGNEX Background Paper
Documentation of qualitative data collection
MIGNEX Handbook Chapter
Latest news
MIGNEX Insight: What`s next for EU policy on migration and development
In April, MIGNEX convened a major Policy Conference on future EU migration and development policy, in partnership with ODI. See below for a brief summary of our discussions on longstanding and emerging EU policy agendas.
Next Steps toward New Insights on Migration, Development and Policy from MIGNEX
Successful MIGNEX consortium meeting in Istanbul, with inspiring discussion as the project members continue to build new knowledge on migration, development and policy.
Call for Papers: Geographies of Migration in Conflict Settings
What about conflict drives some people to move, while others stay behind? Proposed session for the Annual Meeting of American Geographers 2022, on the geographies of migration during conflict and the dynamics of migration-decision making in conflict settings.
Latest events
Registration open for MIGNEX Policy Conference in Brussels: What’s next for EU migration and development policy?
Rethinking Development Through Global Urban Middle Classes
Humanitarian Borders & the Governance of Mobility in Europe: from 2015 to 2022
It Depends: Unpicking the Development Impacts of Migration in Asia
Rahul, Varsha, Shankar and the City of Opportunity (Hindi)
Rural to urban migration is contributing to improved living standards and realising life aspirations for many across Asia. This animation tells multiple migration stories across generations, to Mumbai. Watch in Hindi or English, or read the comic in either.
Rahul, Varsha, Shankar and the City of Opportunity (English)
Rural to urban migration is contributing to improved living standards and realising life aspirations for many across Asia. This animation tells multiple migration stories around education, work or love, enabling social mobility across generations, to Mumbai.
Rethinking Development Through Global Urban Middle Classes
Humanitarian Borders & the Governance of Mobility in Europe: from 2015 to 2022
It Depends: Unpicking the Development Impacts of Migration in Asia