Kuhnt, Jana
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Dr. Jana Kuhnt
Department
Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function
Project Lead & Senior Researcher
Specialization
Development Economy
Work areas
- Forced Displacement and Migration
- Social Cohesion
- Impact Evaluation
Regional expertise
- Africa
Vita
| since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Department "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace" |
| 8/2014 – 4/2018 | Georg-August University Göttingen, Department Development Economics PhD Candidate and Research Associate Research Focus: Rigorous impact evaluation, forced displacement and social cohesion, global health |
| 1/2018 – 3/2018 | Oxford University, Refugee Studies Centre Research Fellow: The impact of refugees on local employment and social cohesion in Uganda |
| 11/2016 – 6/2017 | Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) Research Consultancy: Displacement and social cohesion among youth in Jordan |
| 2014 -2016 | Adelphi Research and Consultancy Research Support: Planetary boundaries |
| 1/2014 – 4/2014 | Sparkassen Stiftung for International Cooperation (Cuenca, Ecuador) Short-term expert: Microfinance |
| 2/2012 – 11/2013 | KfW Development Bank Student assistant: Country rating and risk analysis for MENA region |
| 7/2011 – 9/2011 | ProCredit Bank (Quito, Ecuador) Intern: MSME financing |
| 1/2009 – 3/2009 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Intern: Division East Asia |
Refereed Publications
- Kuhnt, Jana / Lennart Kaplan / Ana Garcia-Hernandez / Julia Leininger / Janina I. Steinert (2025)
Ethics and equity: addressing violations of the Belmont Report principles for research staff
in: World Development Perspectives 37, 100662 - Ikanda, Fred / Abdirahman A Muhumad / Jana Kuhnt (2025)
Refugee securitization and the challenges of formal integration: case of Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia
in: Comparative Migration Studies 13, article 5 - Agblorti, Samuel K. M. / Abis Getachew / Jana Kuhnt / Abdirahman A. Muhumad (2023)
Context matters: the implications of the mode of service provision for structural and relational integration of refugees in Ghana and Ethiopia
in: Journal of Refugee Studies 37 (1), 134-156 - Kuhnt, Jana / Ashfa Hashmi / Sebastian Vollmer (2023)
The effect of the WHO safe childbirth checklist on essential delivery practices and birth outcomes: Evidence from a pair-wise matched randomized controlled trial in Pakistan
in: SSM - Population Health 24, article 101495 - Ruhe, Constantin / Jana Kuhnt (2023)
Who wants to leave? Global survey evidence on how individual emigration aspirations differ between peaceful and conflict-affected contexts
in: International Migration Review, first published 04.07.2023 - Kaplan, Lennart C. / Jana Kuhnt / Katharina Richert (2023)
International or national implementers: who is better? Evidence from a framing experiment
in: Review of Development Economics 27 (4), 2538-2564 - Kaplan, Lennart / Jana Kuhnt / Laura E. Picot / Catherine Fallon Grasham (2022)
Safeguarding research staff “in the field”: a blind spot in ethics guidelines
in: Research Ethics, 19(1), 18–41 - Bangura, Ibrahim / Ananya Chakraborty / Ana Garcia-Hernandez / Lennart Kaplan / Jana Kuhnt et al. (2022)
Ethical failures in global health research: violations of Sustainable Development Goal 8, decent work for all
in: The Lancet Global Health 10 (5), e619 - Steinert, Janina Isabel / David Atika Nyarige / Milan Jacobi / Jana Kuhnt / Lennart Kaplan (2021)
A systematic review on ethical challenges of 'field' research in low-income and middle-income countries: respect, justice and beneficence for research staff?
in: BMJ Global Health 6 (7), article e005380 - Kaplan, Lennart / Jana Kuhnt / Janina I. Steinert (2020)
Do no harm? Field research in the Global South: ethical challenges faced by research staff
in: World Development 127, article 104810 - Kuhnt, Jana / Ramona Rischke / Anda David / Tobias Lechtenfeld (2019)
Social cohesion in times of forced displacement: the perspective of youth in Jordan
in: Zeitschrift für Flucht- und Flüchtlingsforschung 3 (2), 320-342 - Kuhnt, Jana / Charles Martin-Shields / Ruben Wedel (2019)
Challenges and possible solutions to conducting quantitative surveys with displaced populations
Rotterdam: IMISCOE (Briefs on Methodological, Ethical and Epistemological Issues 13) - Brückmann, Peter / Ashfa Hashmi / Marina Kuch / Jana Kuhnt / Ida Monfared / Sebastian Vollmer (2019)
Public provision of emergency obstetric care: a case study in two districts of Pakistan
in: BMJ Open 9 (5), e027187 - Kuhnt, Jana / Sebastian Vollmer (2017)
Antenatal care services and its implications for vital and health outcomes of children: evidence from 193 surveys in 69 low- and middle-income countries
published on BMJ Open 7 (11)
Non-refereed Publications
- Getachew, Abis / Lisa Höckel / Jana Kuhnt / Abdirahman A. Muhumad / Armin von Schiller (2023)
ለስደተኞች እና ለስደተኛ ተቀባይ ማህበረሰቦች የስራ እድል እና ማህበራዊ ትስስርን ለማሻሻል የቴክኒክና ሙያ ስልጠና (TVET) ያለው ሚና፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ ከተካሄደው የተፅዕኖ ግምገማ (Impact Assessment) የተገኘ ማስረጃ
(Policy Brief 27/2023) - Getachew, Abis / Lisa Höckel / Jana Kuhnt / Abdirahman A. Muhumad / Armin von Schiller (2023)
Improving employment and social cohesion among refugee and host communities through TVET: evidence from an impact assessment in Ethiopia
(Policy Brief 26/2023) - Nyambedha, Erick / Rose Jaji / Jana Kuhnt (2023)
Children in refugee camps and their role in refugee-host community integration
(Policy Brief 16/2023) - Binkert, Eva / Merlin Flaig / Lukas Frucht et al. (2021)
Local governments and the sustainable integration of refugees in Ethiopia
(Discussion Paper 21/2021) - Kuhnt, Jana / Kirsten Schüttler (2020)
Economic integration into host communities in times of crisis. How to ease the impact of Covid-19 on displaced populations in low- and middle-income countries
DEval Policy Brief - Koch, Anne / Jana Kuhnt (2020)
Migration and the 2030 Agenda: making everyone count - migrants and refugees in the Sustainable Development Goals
(Briefing Paper 11/2020) - Koch, Anne / Jana Kuhnt (2020)
Migration und die Agenda 2030: Es zählt nur, wer gezählt wird - Migrant*innen und Geflüchtete in den Zielen nachhaltiger Entwicklung
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 8/2020) - Eppler, Mirko / Stella Gaetani / Francy Köllner / Jana Kuhnt / Charles Martin-Shields / Nyat Mebrahtu / Antonia Peters / Carlotta Preiß (2020)
Information and communication technology in the lives of forcibly displaced persons in Kenya
(Discussion Paper 15/2020) - Kuhnt, Jana / Lennart Kaplan / Janina I. Steinert (2020)
How can we make research in the “Global South” more ethical?
published on democracyinafrica.org 16.03.2020 - Kaplan, Lennart / Sascha Kuhn / Jana Kuhnt (2020)
Verhalten im Fokus: wie eine verhaltenswissenschaftliche Perspektive Politikmaßnahmen in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit verbessern kann
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 3/2020) - Kaplan, Lennart / Sascha Kuhn / Jana Kuhnt (2020)
The behavioural lens: taking a behavioural vantage point to improve the success of development programmes
(Briefing Paper 2/2020) - Kuhnt, Jana / Jana Lenze / Ramona Rischke (2019)
Not in my backyard? Welfare gains and social challenges: the impact of refugees on the host population in Uganda
(Discussion Paper 17/2019) - Kuhnt, Jana / Charles Martin-Shields / Ruben Wedel (2019)
Challenges and possible solutions to conducting quantitative surveys with displaced populations
Rotterdam: IMISCOE (Briefs on Methodological, Ethical and Epistemological Issues 13) - Kaplan, Lennart C. / Jana Kuhnt / Katharina Richert / Sebastian Vollmer (2019)
How to increase the uptake of development interventions? Considering the Theory of Planned Behaviour
(Discussion Paper 10/2019) - Kuhnt, Jana (2019)
Literature review: drivers of migration. Why do people leave their homes? Is there an easy answer? A structured overview of migratory determinants
(Discussion Paper 9/2019) - Kuhnt, Jana / Ramona Rischke / Anda David / Tobias Lechtenfeld (2017)
Social cohesion in times of forced displacement - the case of young people in Jordan
Göttingen: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Courant Research Centre: Poverty, Equity and Growth;Discussion Papers 243)
Opinion Pieces
- Kuhnt, Jana / Kirsten Schüttler (2021)
How digital solutions can ease the COVID-19 impact on displaced populations
published on blogs.worldbank.org, 02.03.2021 - Kuhnt, Jana / Lennart Kaplan / Janina I. Steinert (2020)
How can we make research in the “Global South” more ethical?
published on democracyinafrica.org 16.03.2020 - Kuhnt, Jana / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2019)
The commendation of experimental designs are well-deserved yet there is still a lot to do
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 9 December 2019 - Dick, Eva / Jana Kuhnt (2019)
The neglected role of cities in the Global Compact on Refugees
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 23 January 2019)
Projects
- Social Cohesion in Displacement Contexts
- Ethics in Development Research: `Doing No Harm´ when Conducting Research in the Global South
- ‘Contested mobility‘: Migration policy in countries of the global South between local needs, national interests and global agendas
- Municipalities as actors in the context of international aid for displaced populations
- Reducing root causes of forced displacement and managing migration
- Digitalisation and Information in the Lives of Migrants and Refugees
Video: Kürzungen von Entwicklungsgeldern
Werden mehr Menschen zu uns kommen?Highlight
Ethics and equity: addressing violations of the Belmont Report principles for research staff
Kuhnt, Jana / Lennart Kaplan / Ana Garcia-Hernandez / Julia Leininger / Janina I. Steinert (2025)
in: World Development Perspectives 37, 100662