The topic of Amanda Cellini's PhD project is refugee resettlement in the Nordic countries. The project was started as part of the Nordic Branding research group, which was funded by UiO:Norden.
Cellini is interested in law, international relations, durable solutions to forced migration and specifically the use of refugee resettlement. Previously, she worked at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), the Norwegian Centre on Humanitarian Studies (NCHS), the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and with local resettlement organizations in the US. She holds a MSc in Human Rights and Multiculturalism from the University of Southeast Norway and a BA in International Relations from Rhodes College.