Academic interests
- Migration
- Borders og border criminology
- Asylum
- Migrant smuggling
- Humanitarianism
- Legal mobilization
- Qualitative methods
Nora Milch is Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law. For her PhD project, Milch researches counter-smugling policy and migration control. Read more about the project here.
Background
Milch holds an M.Phil degree in Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Oslo (2020). Her master's dissertation focused on legal aid provided to refugees in humanitarian operations, and was part of the REF-ARAB research project.
Before starting her PhD, Milch worked as research assistant and later research consultant on the the three inter-linked projects BEYOND, REF-ARAB and ASILE, focusing on international refugee law.
Milch visited PRIO Cyprus Centre as guest researcher in 2025, and has been affiliated with the American University of Beirut as a guest researcher in 2023 and research intern in 2017. She has also held internships with the Norwegian Refugee Council in Oslo (2019), and Alef - Act for Human Rights in Beirut (2017).
Teaching
- RSOS4958 – International Migration: Sovereigns, Borders, Control
- SVMET1010 – Kvalitative metoder
HUMR5191 – Human Rights Methodology: Research, Analysis and Thesis Preparation
Appointments and memberships
- Leader of the PhD Council at the Faculty of Law (2025)
- Representative of the temporary academic employees to the Faculty Board (2025)
- Member of Border Criminologies