📣Come work with us in Oxford! 🌈 University of Oxford is recruiting a Programme Coordinator for the Oxford Sanctuary Community. The role: creating a space of welcome for individuals who have been affected by displacement. 🗓️Deadline: Thurs 10th Aug ✍️Info: qeh.ox.ac.uk/content/oxford… 🧵

🌍 Join our vibrant team at ODID as Programme Coordinator for the Oxford Sanctuary Community! Help support individuals affected by displacement on their educational journey. Apply by 10 August ow.ly/nABg50Pksp5

Existing research on refugee mental health is heavily skewed towards refugees in high-income countries. This study aims to fill this gap by conducting a multi-country representative survey with refugees and host communities in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/26/1/e…

Our new research brief explores how refugees in Rwanda take advantage of their freedom of movement to engage with the economy, and offers recommendations for enhancing the impact and feasibility of refugee entrepreneurship in the country. refugee-economies.org/publications/r…

Welcome to Day 2 of the festival! ☀️Looking forward to starting the day navigating professional pathways, followed by a deep dive into research methods in humanitarian settings. Follow #refugeeledresearch for updates & learn more about the research undertaken by RLRH affiliates!

Perspectives from those most impacted is critical to advancing meaningful solutions. Thanks, Refugee Economies Programme Refugee-Led Research Hub and @GidronYotam, for including INKOMOKO's work to invest in entrepreneurs - including refugees and their perspectives - in your most recent research.

#DevelopmentResponses Learning session from current development approaches to forced development; UNDP Africa's teresa del ministro (she/her) moderates a panel with World Bank's Dr. Solomon Walelign, on lessons from IGAD DRDIP & Refugee Economies Programme's @GidronYotam on lessons 4m other interventions.

Excited that my paper with Olivier Sterck has been published in the Journal of Development Economics! We study the impacts of a restricted cash transfer on the businesses and markets where the transfer is spent. Link here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jdev…

Empowering women in #Tunisia through cash grants and financial training. Last week on VoxDev, @JulesGazeaud J-PAL J-PAL MENA AUC, Nausheen Khan World Bank Research, Eric Mvukiyehe DukePoliticalScience & Olivier Sterck ODID Refugee Economies Programme outlined their research: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…

🪧 UHD2024 Program Preview On 18 January, Ukraine House Davos will kick off our closing day at 11:00 CET with, “Saving Ukrainians Saves Ukraine - Human Capital in War and in War Economy” where we’ll explore the major trends and possibilities for Ukraine’s economy through a human

Huge pleasure to lead this session on ‘35.3m Refugees at a Critical Junction’ at #wef24 👇

Calling all University of Oxford staff and students, the University of Sanctuary Fair takes place tomorrow afternoon at Worcester College, Oxford. Join us from 2pm!

New Report! Nour Moussa and Olivier Sterck's new 'Skilled Worker Visas for Refugees' report assesses the DTMP, a programme set up by Talent Beyond Boundaries & the Home Office to facilitate skilled migration pathways to the UK for displaced people. Read here: refugee-economies.org/publications/d…

Just published! A new report from Refugee Economies Programme on ‘Refugee Debt and Livelihoods in Northern Kenya’ looks at how refugees use debt as a coping strategy in Kakuma refugee camp and the Kalobeyei settlement. Read it here: refugee-economies.org/publications/r…

📣 New article on #WorldRefugeeDay ‘The Economic Lives of Refugees’ is out now World Development Open Access Focusing on East Africa, it shows that #refugees have heterogenous economic lives & outcomes, & explains the reasons for this variations. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New research by Vittorio Bruni & Olivier Sterck shows that aid cuts in refugee camps severely affect food intake and overall welfare, while also straining local food and credit markets. voxdev.org/topic/institut…

All 6 episodes in the ‘Refugees at work – what are their prospects?’ podcast are now available. They feature contributions from the RSC's, Emeritus Professor Roger Zetter, Professor Alex Betts and Bisimwa Mulemangabo. Listen here: ilo.org/PROSPECTS-podc…