From a ‘crisis of migration’ to everyday ‘mobile livelihoods’
Caitlin Sturridge outlines the growing evidence for understanding mobility as a relatively unremarkable part of everyday life, development and change.
0402, 2022
1307, 2021
Forced to Take the Road Less Travelled: Lessons From Research on Refugees’ Economic Opportunities in Kenya
When people are reflecting on watershed moments in their lives that ultimately made them who they are today, you often find the poem by Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. The choice to take the road less traveled is often exalted but for many young people coming from displacement-affected settings, taking the road less
2005, 2021
Informality and procedural innovation at borderlands: Lessons from Mandera
A blog from Ngala Chome on his personal experience of border crossings and the impacts of formal border infrastructure.
1705, 2021
Extreme risk makes the journey feasible
What is the role of risk in determining how people move? New research shows how the extreme danger of kidnapping and extortion by traffickers opens up a narrow window of opportunity for some young Somalis to find a way to reach Europe.
2403, 2021
Adapting to Covid-19 – Reflections from a researcher
REF Research Team Leader, Lavender Mbyoa reflects on how her life and work has changed an adapted as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
2403, 2021
Webinar: ICTs and mobility
On March 11 2021, REF convened a webinar exploring how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) affect intentions and behaviours related to mobility within the Horn of Africa
0303, 2021
What is adaptation and resilience in the context of environmental change? : Case studies from Laikipia and Turkana Counties, Kenya
Watch The Research and Evidence Facility’s debut webinar highlighting findings from environmental change and resilience research in Kenya.
2701, 2021
Is the state fuelling the migration industry? The migration economy of Metema
Besides regulating migration, the state is involved in the migration industry along the route between Ethiopia and Sudan, both directly and indirectly.
1412, 2020
A Full Circle: Refugee returns between Kenya and Somalia
Kenya and Somalia present an interesting and often delicate case study of circular refugee movements. Spurred by limited data and analysis, circular refugee returns between the neighbouring countries became the focus of our rapid review
0812, 2020
A new perspective on rural-urban livelihoods in the face of environmental change
Our latest paper explores the relationship between environmental change and the way people move and adapt their livelihoods.