Marta Bivand Erdal

Marta Bivand Erdal is a Human Geographer and has conducted research in South Asia (mainly Pakistan), Norway and Poland. She combines research on migration processes and transnational ties, with research on living together in culturally and religiously diverse societies, focusing on citizenship and nationhood.

Her research is mainly based on qualitative methods, using semi-structured interviews and focus groups, focusing on innovative approaches to sampling and data collection in migration research. Marta has also worked with surveys, in Pakistan and in Scandinavia, including survey instrument development, sampling consideratons, and analysis.