Gender Dimensions of Forced Displacement: A Brief Review and Introduction to the Special Issue
Displacement has increased continuously over the last 12 years and the number of forcibly displaced persons…
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The Double Burden of Female Protracted Displacement: Survey Evidence on Gendered Livelihoods in El Fasher, Darfur
During protracted displacement, women and girls often face serious gender-specific challenges and vulnerabilities, including adverse norms…
Impacts of early action support on lives and livelihoods in South Sudan: The Life in Bentiu Study – Final impact report
Background South Sudan continues to face severe levels of violent conflict and climatic disasters, and households…
Short- and medium-term impacts of small-scale vegetable support on food security: evidence from Syria
Small-scale agricultural and horticultural interventions play a critical role in improving nutrition and food security of…
Cohesion Among Whom? Stayees, Displaced, and Returnees in Conflict Contexts
During the past decades, scholars from diverse social science disciplines have investigated the relationship between violent…
Systematic review on the impacts of agricultural interventions on food security and nutrition in complex humanitarian emergency settings
Complex humanitarian emergencies are a main driver of food and nutritional insecurity. Agricultural interventions are key…
Institutional trust in the time of corona: Evidence from countermeasures in Germany
We study how the stringency of policy measures to counter the COVID-19 pandemic affects individuals’ trust…
Prevalence of Depression and Associated Socio-economic Outcomes during Violent Conflict: A Matched Analysis for Palestine Using Nationally Representative Survey and Conflict Event Data
Mental health risks are high in conflict settings, but mental health research mostly focuses on non-conflict…
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The Peace Bargain (Policy Brief)
This brief is a policy-focused summary of our research on the complexities of financing peace agreements.
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The Peace Bargain
Our research on the complexities of financing peace agreements delves into the understudied intersection of funding and peacebuilding processes.
Impact Assessment: Evaluation of Jobs-Based Programming for Stability
This report contains findings from an impact assessment of SPARK's programme LEAD 2, focussing on its success in supporting new entrepreneurs.
The burden of experience: Remembering life events increases poor people’s rejection of risky but favorable bets
The burden of poverty is caused by both material deprivation and the psychological threat associated with…
Armed conflict and gendered participation in agrifood systems: Survey evidence from 29 African countries
This paper provides empirical microlevel evidence on the gendered impacts of armed conflict on economic activity in agriculture and other sectors, combining large-N sex-disaggregated survey data with temporally and spatially disaggregated conflict event data from 29 African countries.
The effects of cool roofs on health, environmental, and economic outcomes in rural Africa: study protocol for a community-based cluster randomized controlled trial
Background High ambient air temperatures in Africa pose significant health and behavioral challenges in populations with…
COVID-19 Pandemic and Food Insecurity Fuel the Mental Health Crisis in Africa
Objective Providing country-level estimates for prevalence rates of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), COVID-19 exposure and food…
How do online users respond to crowdsourced fact-checking?
Recently, crowdsourcing has been proposed as a tool for fighting misinformation online. Will internet users listen…
Psychosocial characteristics are associated with adherence to dietary, drugs and physical activity recommendations amongst cardiovascular disease patients in Lebanon
Cardiovascular diseases are increasing at an alarming rate worldwide, reaching epidemic proportions in countries of the…
Effect of an Integrated School Garden and Home Garden Intervention on Anemia Among School-Aged Children in Nepal: Evidence From a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
The effects of agricultural and nutritional support programs on health are not fully understood. This article…
Do Work Permits Work? The Impacts of Formal Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
The integration of refugees into host countries’ formal labor markets is increasingly recommended as a durable…
Medical Expert Endorsement Fails to Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy in U.K. Residents
In this report we outline the null findings of a pre-registered experiment on vaccine hesitancy in…
UNHCR’s Engagement in Humanitarian-Development Cooperation Post-2021: How to Stay the Course
This comprehensive report provides an in-depth analysis of the UNHCR's efforts to address the needs of refugees and other displaced persons.
