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Abdirahman Ahmed

Abdirahman Ahmed

Abdirahman Ahmed is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of Migration Studies at Jigjiga University, Ethiopia. His research interest is on the durable solutions for forcibly displaced (refugees and IDPs) and diaspora engagement in Ethiopia.

Contact
Hosting institute
  • German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Current affiliation
  • Institute of Migration Studies, Jigjiga University; Ruhr University Bochum
Memberships
Key expertise
  • forced migration, refugees, IDPs
  • migration policy
  • migration and development
  • diaspora studies
  • climate change
  • GS GN research collaboration and knowledge production
Regional expertise
  • Äthiopien
  • Somalia

Profile according to FFVT taxonomy

Scientific topics
  • Causes Of Displacement
  • Economy Of Forced Migration
  • Environment And Climate
  • Infrastructure Of Flight / Forced Migration
  • Integration And Social Participation
  • Local And Municipal Refugee Policies
  • Migration Routes, Refugees’ Journeys
  • National Refugee And Asylum Policies
  • Refugee Camp
  • Refugee Law
  • Self-Organization
Disciplines
  • Anthropology
  • Sociology

Professional Career

Relevant publications

  • A. A. Muhumad, J. Grävingholt, M. Flaig .Displacement cases: Ethiopia. In Jochen Oltmer, Marcel Berlinghoff, Franck Düvell, Ulrike Krause, Andreas Pott (Eds.), Report Global Flight 2023.2023.Fischer.
  • A. A. Muhumad, R. Jaji.Somali Refugees, Informality, and Self-initiative at Local Integration in Ethiopia and Kenya. In Journal on Migration and Human Security, 11(1), 75–88.2023.SAGE.
  • A. A. Muhumad, M. Fadal, M. Hussein, P. Iyer, L. Brain.Bridging the gap: environmental change, mobility and policy in Ethiopia’s Somali Region and Somaliland.2022.London: EU Trust Fund for Africa (Horn of Africa Window) Research and Evidence Facility.
  • I. Bangura, A. Chakraborty, A. Garcia-Hernandex, L. Kaplan , J. Kuhnt, A. A. Muhumad, J. Steinert, D. Tellez.Ethical failures in global research: violations of Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘decent work for all’. In The Lancet Global Health, 10(5).2022.Elsevier BV.
  • A. A. Muhumed, E. Stites, E. Alexion , D. Bruns .Livelihood Components of Durable Solutions for IDPs: Assessment of three cases in Somali Region, Ethiopia.2021.Boston, MA: Feinstein International Center, Tufts University.