A5000860440- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- International Development and Aid
- Peacebuilding and International Security
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Human Rights and Development
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Climate variability and models
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- Land Use and Management
- African history and culture studies
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Economic Issues in Ukraine
Tufts University
2022-2025
Climate Centre
2024
University of Oxford
2014-2023
Refugee Council
2018-2022
This article provides a critical examination of the current extensive promotion 'self-reliance' for refugees. The existing scholarship largely ignores unsuccessful historical record international assistance to foster refugees' self-reliance and fails discuss its problematic linkages neoliberalism notion 'dependency'. reveals that conceptualisation practice are shaped by priorities donors aim create cost-effective exit strategies from long-term refugee populations. authors argue where...
Abstract Although not new topics in the field of refugee studies, self-reliance, livelihoods and entrepreneurship have recently taken on a heightened emphasis. However, critical questions remain regarding how by whom self-reliance is defined measured, intended unintended outcomes historical contemporary efforts to foster it. This introductory article highlights key points arising from Special Issue presents short history evolution concept twentieth twenty-first centuries, including its...
When refugees flee war and persecution, protection assistance are usually provided by United Nations organisations their NGO implementing partners. In parallel is a largely neglected story: themselves frequently mobilise to provide other refugees. At global level, there has been shift in international policy rhetoric towards 'localisation' inclusion of refugees, which potentially provides an opportunity engage with refugee-led community (RLOs). However, RLOs rarely receive access recognition...
Within the humanitarian sector, there is a pressing need to scale up anticipatory action as climate change-related disasters increase. This article evaluates forecasts relating extreme weather events – rainfall, tropical cyclones, river flooding and storm surge in Myanmar Philippines assess feasibility of using such develop early warning systems responses. To make best use limited extant data, variety methods (reliability diagrams, hit rates, false alarm ratios, correlations) are employed....
As climate change increases the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, governments civil society organizations are making large investments in early warning systems (EWS) with aim to avoid death destruction from hydro-meteorological events. Early have four components: (1) risk knowledge, (2) monitoring warning, (3) dissemination communication, (4) response capability. While there is room improve all these components, we argue that largest gaps fall latter two categories:...
Abstract Although conflict-affected populations are often exposed to and severely impacted by disasters, little is known about their perceptions practices concerning early warning action (EWEA) or how EWEA strategies can protect communities affected conflict- climate-related disasters. This particularly problematic as, due the multiple challenges posed conflict compound crises in these contexts, warnings of weather hazards do not translate actions. comprehensive literature review examined...
This article draws upon grey literature and archival materials to compare contrast refugee livelihoods assistance in the interwar period (1919–39) post-war (1945–79). It argues that featured 'bottom-up' policies practices of League Nations, while was characterized by technocratic, authoritarian approaches development institutions such as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Development Programme (UNDP). Refugee were incorporated accommodated a central element relief efforts...
In the face of climate change, development and humanitarian practitioners increasingly recognize need to anticipate manage multiple, concurrent risks. One prominent example this increasing focus on anticipation is rapid growth Forecast-based Financing (FbF), in particular within Red Cross Crescent (RCRC). To evaluate how anticipatory efforts managed multiple compounding risks during COVID-19 pandemic, we examine 14 RCRC Societies adapted their Early Action Protocols COVID-19. Though many...
This paper presents evidence relating to a forecast-based cash and non-food item distribution among vulnerable herder households during the 2017-18 dzud (extreme winter) season in Mongolia, analyses results of quasi-experimental study evaluating its impacts. An innovative approach disaster risk reduction, financing (FbF) can have short- long-term benefits but remains understudied. The contributes information on multimodal FbF programme offering one-off grants in-kind veterinary kits. data...
Abstract The refugee self-reliance agenda is marked by tensions and contradictions, echoing wider incoherence in the international regime. We explore these through philosophical concept of paradoxes. Paradoxes allow for multiple interests narratives to be simultaneously ‘true’, leading policy outcomes that are often incoherent omission instead commission. To illustrate this, we draw on recent empirical studies examine how increased access digital technology can paradoxically lead less agency...
Reconceiving or reframing the humanitarian consequences of displacement in terms ‘dispersed dependencies’, a term drawn from field mental health, sheds light on disruptive experience and affected individuals’ relations with other displaced people, hosts, states actors. Dependency for person is neither problem nor abnormal; independence effect about having viable set dispersed dependencies. This description, when applied context disaster displacement, challenges some attitudes offers positive...
The current scale and duration of displacement prompts renewed urgency about livelihoods prospects for displaced people the role humanitarian organisations in fostering them. This special issue focuses on how aid organisations, together with private sector other actors, have worked to include refugees new forms online work within web-based digital economy. Building comparative analysis a comprehensive review field among forcibly displaced, this introductory article we argue that including...
In this article, we analyse Syrian refugee-led organisations and initiatives in Berlin, Germany, including those led by individuals, small groups or as part of religious institutions, to understand their role the integration process for Syrians. We draw on a framework refugee examine bridging, bonding, linking fostering social connections. argue that types connections these aim foster impact refugees, indeed creating such is demonstrative important components into Germany. Notably, existence...
ABSTRACT Motivation While livelihoods are increasingly promoted for refugees in long‐term situations of displacement, can rarely access microfinance loans—the very start‐up capital generally considered necessary creating businesses. Yet across Kampala, Uganda, meet to place small amounts money into group savings and take out repay microloans. Purpose This article sheds light on this underexplored phenomenon through an empirical study refugee‐led groups Kampala overview the existing local...
This research note reflects on the gaps and limitations confronting development of ethical principles regarding accessibility large-scale data for civil society organizations (CSOs). Drawing upon a systematic scoping study use in United Kingdom (UK) society, it finds that there are twin needs to conceptualize as more than mere availability data, well examine among CSOs generally. In order deal with apparent “digital divide” UK – where, despite extensive government rhetoric about openness,...