PROJECT TEAM & PARTNERS

Funding, timeframe, and partners

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.