Colonization History, Decolonization, History of the Present, Italian History, Libyan History, Mediterraneran History and Migration History
Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn left PRIO in 2022. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Colonization History, Decolonization, History of the Present, Italian History, Libyan History, Mediterraneran History and Migration History
Mathias is a research assistant involved in the following projects under the supervision of Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, Marta Bivand Erdal and Kristian Berg Harpviken:
Norwegian, English and Italian
Mathias holds an MPhil in Modern International and Transnational History from the University of Oslo, as well as BA in History from the same institution. His thesis dealt with how the previous colonial relationship between Italy and Libya affects and shapes migration management between the two countries (and the EU) today. Methodologically he has experience with archival research, qualitative interviews and extensive literature review.
He also previously earned a BM in Composition and Performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA and works as a musician and composer.
Mathias is affiliated with the DimSec Department.
MIGNEX Policy Brief
MIGNEX Policy Brief
Journal article in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
MIGNEX Background paper
MIGNEX Background Paper
Popular article in Peace News Network
MidEast Policy Brief
MIGNEX Background paper
Popular article in PRIO Blog
PRIO Policy Brief
How did the arrival of growing numbers of refugees and other migrants in a non-violent setting and high-income country like Norway become framed as a ‘humanitarian crisis’? Is there a humanitarian crisis if nobody dies?
Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn has contibuted to the panel, Africa Now: Migration Governance - the Emergency Transit Mechanism in Rwanda, hosted by the Norwegian Council for Africa with his knowledge on colonial history, migration studies and the Mediterranean politics.
How does integration in the country of settlement matter for diaspora members’ development engagements in the Global South? And how has this intersection been addressed in policy and practice? A video from webinar the discussing these questions is available.
A jury composed of the Babylon editorial board and the journal editors agreed that Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn’s article «Å gjøre vann til olje: Kolonitidens betydning for den italiensk-libyske oljeindustrien» was the best article by a pre-PhD researcher in the 2019 editions of Babylon – Nordic journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
In May, a new PRIO Middle East Centre project started.
PRIO research assistant Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn has been awarded the HIFOs Fritt Ord-scholarship for his MA thesis titled: The Persistence of Colonialism.