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The project is funded by the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and Denmark’s Consultative Research Committee for Development Research (FFU), and it runs from June 1st, 2023, to May 31st, 2027. PATHWAYS is a multidisciplinary endeavour conducted jointly by researchers based at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Addis Ababa University (AAU), and the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA). Additional expertise is drawn in from Lund University, Sweden and Tufts University, USA, as well as from Save the Children. Ninna Nyberg Sørensen (DIIS) and Tekalign Ayalew Mengiste (AAU) jointly coordinate the project.
The project Team
Ninna Nyberg Sørensen:Senior Researcher at DIIS, a migration-development-conflict expert with extensive managerial and field experience.
Tekalign Ayalew Mengiste:Associate Professor and chair of SOAN, University of Addis Ababa, with extensive experience in regional mobility forms and patterns.
Truphena Mukuna:Executive Director of OSSREA and specialist in gender, youth, and child protection.
Ida Marie Savio Vammen:Senior Researcher at DIIS, expert on the effects of soft migration governance in Africa and migrant aspirations.
Yeshtila Wondemeneh Bekele: Assistant Professor in Political Economy and Development, University of Addis Ababa, founder of the Governance and Development Studies School at AAU.
Mo Hamza:Professor at Lund University, expert on climate change, disasters and displacement and with vast experience in capacity building.
Aklilu Amsalu:Associate Professor at the College of Social Sciences, University of Addis Ababa, climate change mitigation, adaptation and financing specialist.
Kimberly Howe:Assistant Professor at Tufts University, expert on the effects of humanitarian and political interventions on civilians, armed groups and political structures and on developing child-sensitive methodological tools.
George Neville:Trends and Research Advisor at Save the Children Denmark, expert in conducting applied research with vulnerable populations.
Temesgen Chibssa Etana:PhD student at the University of Addis Ababa.
Abera Ogato Onchere:PhD student at the University of Addis Ababa.
Fiker Haile Melekot:PhD student at the University of Addis Ababa.
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Capacity Development training for PhD students
The training objective was to help the PhD students in analyzing, publishing their works in journals, and completing their studies effectively. The training titles were “Application of Systematic Review (Meta-synthesis and Meta-Analysis): A refresher training for PhD scholars”. and “Academic writing and publications”. The main objective of the first half-day training was to equip PhD students with the theory and........
Capacity Development training
A PhD course focusing on climate mobility theory, methodology and gender analysis. During the PhD course students presented their revised proposals and discussed ways to work in mobility considerations beyond the movement of people, including attendance to gender intersectionality and age specificity, the latter geared at future fieldwork among children and young people. The finance team training focused on budgeting, accounting........
Fieldwork in South Ethiopia (Chencha and Duguna Fango)
Two Woredas, Chencha and Dugena fango, which are situated in the Gamo and Wolyeta zones, respectively, were used for the field work. The research team visited the site of the field work, spoke with the appropriate officials, and did a preliminary in-depth interview with locals. The preliminary fieldwork was carried out to select field sites for the PAWTHWAYS project. The field visit resulted in the selection of........
Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) Course
Throughout the training, members of the project developed shared guidelines for conducting pre-departure risk assessments, ensuring travel and accommodation safety, protecting interlocutors (including secure digital data storage), and........