Theorizing Risk, Money and Moralities in Migration- TRiMM

Sted: FAFO

Researchers responsible for the project at Fafo: May-Len Skilbrei
Partner: Jørgen Carling (project leader) at PRIO

Duration: 2009-2012
Funded by RCN (FRISAM).

The project will explore the assessment and management of risk, the roles of money and material wealth in interpersonal relationships, and the moralities which inform migration decisions and subsequent transnational relationships. These themes will be examined in relation to three cross-cutting dimensions: the mediating roles of geographical space, and the dichotomy between self and others. The themes and dimensions, and the relation between them, are discussed in detail below. The project will consist of two parts: 1) a theoretical component, based largely on secondary sources and material from previous research, carried out by senior researchers; 2) an empirical study in the form of a doctoral sub-project. The empirical component will address migration from Africa to Europe.