Publications

For almost a decade, the UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), and its implementing partners, have worked…

The COVID-19 pandemic caused extensive food insecurity in low-income countries. However, most studies rely on aggregate-level…

Households living in humanitarian settings face extreme vulnerability to adverse shocks. Cash transfers can reduce this…

This study examines the impact of countermeasures, such as stay-at-home orders and school closures, on stress…

When refugees flee abroad, they carry the legacy of their traumatic experiences across borders. While there…

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of armed conflict and climate change on individual labor…

When refugees flee violent conflict, they carry the legacies of their experiences across borders. Using representative survey data from refugees living in Jordan, we examine how pre-displacement exposure to violent conflict shapes the long-term social well-being of refugees.

Social norms are crucial drivers of human behavior. However, misperceptions of others’ opinions may sustain norms…

This paper studies the social protection of refugees during a pandemic. A pandemic adds to the…

This paper provides empirical micro-level evidence on the gendered impacts of armed conflict on economic activity…

Climate change and violent conflict are defining challenges of our time. However, it is not yet…

Governments worldwide responded to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic with various lockdown measures. Restrictions curb…

Polycrises created by violent conflict and climate change are ubiquitous. Yet, the impacts of conflict and…

This paper provides novel evidence on the impacts of agricultural support programs in acute emergency settings,…

The detrimental impacts of wars on human development are well documented across research domains, from public…

Displacement has increased continuously over the last 12 years and the number of forcibly displaced persons…

During protracted displacement, women and girls often face serious gender-specific challenges and vulnerabilities, including adverse norms…

Despite beneficial cardiovascular effects, substantial long-term modulation of food pattern could only be achieved in a…

Background South Sudan continues to face severe levels of violent conflict and climatic disasters, and households…

Small-scale agricultural and horticultural interventions play a critical role in improving nutrition and food security of…

During the past decades, scholars from diverse social science disciplines have investigated the relationship between violent…