Conflict, displacement and fragility.

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There is a need to understand better what makes for stable, cohesive and peaceful states and societies. This cluster focuses on identifying the institutions, policies and actors that help overcome the challenges that conflict, fragility and displacement pose. It also asks what role external engagement can play in supporting social cohesion and preventing violent conflict.

Publications

Refugee securitization and the challenges of formal integration: case of Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia
Ikanda, Fred / Abdirahman A Muhumad / Jana Kuhnt (2025)
in: Comparative Migration Studies 13, article 5

Building social cohesion through livelihood support in climate-related internal displacement settings: evidence from Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Ncube, Tomy / Susan S. Ekoh (2026)
(Policy Brief 14/2026)

Kolumbien unter Druck: USA verschärft Migrationspolitik mit globalen Folgen
López, Stéphanie / Jana Kuhnt (2026)
published on lateinamerika-nachrichten.de

Entwicklungszusammenarbeit als Konfliktprävention? Was die Forschung sagt
Fiedler, Charlotte / Jasmin Lorch / Karina Mross / Julia Leininger (2026)
(Policy Brief 4/2026)

Constellations of State Fragility (3.0)
Ziaja, Sebastian (2025)
IDOS Research Data

From anticolonial heroes to post-independence liabilities: morphing refugee categorizations in African geopolitics
Jaji, Rose (2025)
published on fluchtforschung.net, 10 December 2025

The Return of International War and Rising Deficits in State Legitimacy: IDOS Constellations of State Fragility 3.0
Lorch, Jasmin / Sebastian Ziaja (2025)
(Policy Brief 33/2025)

Let’s be honest – both Sweden and Germany need the immigrants
Kuhnt, Jana / Mark Furness (2025)
in: Global Bar Magazine, 25 August 2025

Eine kohärente Migrations- und Flüchtlingsstrategie ist überfällig
Kuhnt, Jana / Mark Furness (2025)
published on makronom.de, 5 August 2025

Social cohesion in the context of environmental/climate-related internal displacement in Ghana
Ekoh, Susan S. / Charles Martin-Shields / Carolin Kitzmann / Nina Küssau / Mario Pfeffer / Merle Platen / Theresa Reinel / Mary Boatemaa Setrana / Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi / Stella Effah (2025)
(Discussion Paper 15/2025)

‘Managing’ the paradox: refugee self-reliance and solving the problem of refugee policy discontinuity
Kohlenberger, Judith / Charles Martin-Shields / Evan Easton-Calabria (2025)
in: Journal of Refugee Studies 38 (3), 570-583

Refugee securitization and the challenges of formal integration: case of Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia
Ikanda, Fred / Abdirahman A Muhumad / Jana Kuhnt (2025)
in: Comparative Migration Studies 13, article 5

Warum Sicherheit mehr ist als Verteidigungspolitik
Lorch, Jasmin (2025)
Makronom, 24 March 2025

Categories, refugee camps, and the governance of de-territorialized bodies
Jaji, Rose / Tanja Kleibl (2024)
in: Journal of Asian and African Studies 59 (7), 2202–2214.

Exclusionary refugee protection regime, colonial others and gender dualities
Jaji, Rose / Ulrike Krause (2024)
in: Jane Freedman / Glenda Santana de Andrade (eds.) Research Handbook on Asylum and Refugee Policy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 280–290.

Civil society organizations, migrants, and challenges in African contexts
Jaji, Rose (2024)
in: Roberto Marinucci (ed.), Life and agency at the borders: advocacy for the right of migrants and refugees to have rights, Brasilia: Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios (CSEM), 47-65.

Gender and migration: trends, gaps and urgent action
Bauloz, Celine / Margaret Walton-Roberts / Rose Jaji / Taehoon Lee (2024)
in: Marie McAuliffe / Linda Adhiambo Oucho (eds.), World Migration Report 2024, Geneva: International Organisation for Migration, 165-195.

Internal displacement, informal local structures and social cohesion in Mozambique
Jaji, Rose (2024)
(Policy Brief 32/2024)

Conflicting interests and the localisation of international migration governance norms in Ghana
Jaji, Rose (2024)
(Policy Brief 21/2024)

Externalization, the commodification of asylum, and implications for International refugee law
Jaji, Rose (2024)
in: Ulrike Krause / Christiane Fröhlich (eds.), Externalizing Asylum: A compendium of scientific knowledge, published online on externalizingasylum.info

Deutschlands Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie aus entwicklungspolitischer Perspektive: Zielkonflikte thematisieren, Synergien stärken
Lorch, Jasmin (2024)
(Policy Brief 18/2024)

Integrated Security in Times of Austerity
Lorch, Jasmin (2024)
The Current Column of 13 June 2024

Moderating digital communities in hybrid governance contexts: refugees' digital inclusion and communication in Nairobi
Martin-Shields, Charles (2024)
in: Nicole Stremlau / Clara Voyvodic Casabó (eds.), Technology and governance beyond the state: the rule of non-law, Milton Park: Routledge (forthcoming)

Urban refugees and digital technology
Martin-Shields, Charles (2024)
Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press

COVID-19 and Political Trust in Local Governments: Evidence From Nepal
Fiedler, Charlotte / Hugo Marcos-Marne / Karina Mross (2024)
Political Studies Review, 22(4), 930-947

Democratization and Peace after Civil War - What Difference Can International Engagement Make? Insights from Liberia
Mross, Karina (2024)
International Studies Perspectives, 26(2), 166-187

Constellations of State Fragility: Improving International Cooperation Through Analytical Differentiation
Lorch, Jasmin / Sebastian Ziaja / Jörn Grävingholt (2024)
(Policy Brief 5/2024)

Improving employment and social cohesion among refugee and host communities through TVET: evidence from an impact assessment in Ethiopia
Getachew, Abis / Lisa Höckel / Jana Kuhnt / Abdirahman A. Muhumad / Armin von Schiller (2023)
(Policy Brief 26/2023)

Children in refugee camps and their role in refugee-host community integration
Nyambedha, Erick / Rose Jaji / Jana Kuhnt (2023)
(Policy Brief 16/2023)

Context matters: the implications of the mode of service provision for structural and relational integration of refugees in Ghana and Ethiopia
Agblorti, Samuel K. M. / Abis Getachew / Jana Kuhnt / Abdirahman A. Muhumad (2023)
in: Journal of Refugee Studies 37 (1), 134-156

Who wants to leave? Global survey evidence on how individual emigration aspirations differ between peaceful and conflict-affected contexts
Ruhe, Constantin / Jana Kuhnt (2023)
in: International Migration Review, first published 4 July 2023

The relationship between state fragility and refugees
Martin-Shields, Charles (2023)
in: David Carment / Yiagadeesen Samy (eds.), Handbook of Fragile States, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 192-204

Human subjects, digital protocols: the future of institutional review boards (IRBs) and digital research in vulnerable communities
Martin-Shields, Charles / al Achkar, Ziad (2023)
in: Colette Mazucelli / James Felton Keith / C. Ann Hollifeld (eds.), Personal data collection risks in a post-vaccine world, New York: Anthem Press, 25-47

Dealing with the past for a peaceful future? Analyzing the effect of transitional justice instruments on trust in post-conflict societies
Fiedler, Charlotte / Karina Mross (2023)
The International Journal of Transitional Justice, 17(2), 303–321

Somali refugees, informality, and self-initiative at local integration in Ethiopia and Kenya
Muhumad, Abdirahman A. / Rose Jaji (2023)
in: Journal on Migration and Human Security 11 (1), 75-88

Co-operation or mutual co-option? The Senegal–EU partnership on migration
Dimé, Mamadou / Rose Jaji (2023)
(Policy Brief 10/23)

What Do We Know about How Armed Conflict Affects Social Cohesion? A Review of the Empirical
Fiedler, Charlotte (2023)
Literature. International Studies Review, 25(3)

Strengthening social cohesion in conflict-affected societies: potential, patterns and pitfalls
Cox, Fletcher D. / Charlotte Fiedler / Karina Mross (2023)
(Policy Brief 3/2023)

Women and Terrorism in Bangladesh. Women’s Involvement and Roles in Jihadist Networks and the Problem of Human Rights Violations in Counterterrorism
Lorch, Jasmin / M Abul Kalam Azad (2023)
Baden-Baden: Nomos

Do information communication technologies (ICTs) support self-reliance among urban refugees? Evidence from Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia
Martin-Shields, Charles / Katrina Munir-Asen (2022)
in: International Migration Review, first published 25 December 2022

What role do local elections play for societal peace in Nepal? Evidence from post-conflict Nepal
Fiedler, Charlotte / Karina Mross (Eds.) (2022)
Discussion Paper 4/2022

Cities and Displacement (Themenheft)
Dick, Eva / Einhard Schmidt-Kallert / Benjamin Schraven (2022)
in: Trialog - a journal for planning and building in a global context 140-141 (Januar 2022)

Localisation of global refugee policies the case of Kenya and Kalobeyei
Dick, Eva (2022)
in: Trialog (140/141), 4-9

The nexus between climate change and human mobility and its relevance for urban areas
Schraven, Benjamin (2022)
in: Trialog (140/141), 10-12

Ride-sharing apps for urban refugees: easing or exacerbating a digital transport disadvantage?
Martin-Shields, Charles (2022)
in: Trialog (140/141), 58-62

Navigating through an external agenda and internal preferences: Ghana’s national migration policy
Segadlo, Nadine (2021)
Discussion Paper 8/2021

Local governments and the sustainable integration of refugees in Ethiopia
Binkert, Eva / Merlin Flaig / Lukas Frucht et al. (2021)
Discussion Paper 21/2021

A behavioural perspective on the drivers of migration: studying economic and social preferences using the Gallup World Poll
Klöble, Katrin (2021)
Discussion Paper 4/2021

A systematic review on ethical challenges of 'field' research in low-income and middle-income countries: respect, justice and beneficence for research staff?
Steinert, Janina Isabel / David Atika Nyarige / Milan Jacobi / Jana Kuhnt / Lennart Kaplan (2021)
in: BMJ Global Health 6 (7), article e005380

How the political participation of refugees is shaped on the local level: self-organisation and political opportunities in Cologne
Jacobi, Milan (2021)
Discussion Paper 34/2021

Refugees and local power dynamics: the case of Gambella Region of Ethiopia
Hagos, Samuel Zewdie (2021)
Discussion Paper 25/2021

Economic integration into host communities in times of Covid-19: how to ease the impact of Covid-19 on displaced populations in low- and middle-income countries
Kuhnt, Jana / Kirsten Schüttler (2021)
published on deval.org, 16.04.2021

How digital solutions can ease the COVID-19 impact on displaced populations
Kuhnt, Jana / Kirsten Schüttler (2021)
published on blogs.worldbank.org, 2 March 2021

“Aberrant” masculinity: men, violence and forced migration
Jaji, Rose (2021)
in: Claudia Mora / Nicole Piper (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Migration, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 373-386

Identifying Pathways to Peace: How International Support Can Help Prevent Conflict Recurrence
Mross, Karina / Charlotte Fiedler / Jörn Grävingholt (2021)
International Studies Quarterly, 66(1), 1-14

Disaggregating democracy aid to explain peaceful democratisation after civil wars
Mross, Karina (2021)
European Journal of International Security, 7(2), 164 - 188. Siehe auch Publikationen in Endnote Nr.5, 7 & 8

Gradual, Cooperative, Coordinated: Effective Support for Peace and Democracy in Conflict-Affected States
Fiedler, Charlotte / Jörn Grävingholt / Julia Leininger / Karina Mross (2020)
International Studies Perspectives, 21(1), 54–77. Siehe auch Pubikation in Endnote Nr. 5

Terrorism in Bangladesh: Understanding a Complex Phenomenon
Lorch, Jasmin (2020)
Asian Survey: A Bimonthly Review of Contemporary Asian Affairs, 60(4), 778-802

Othering Within the Islamist Spectrum: Ennahda and the Political Salafists in Tunisia
Lorch, Jasmin / Hatem Chakroun (2020)
Middle East Law and Governance 12, 198-221

Constellations of fragility: an empirical typology of states
Ziaja, Sebastian / Jörn Grävingholt / Merle Kreibaum (2019)
in: Studies in Comparative International Development

First peace, then democracy? Evaluating strategies of international support at critical junctures after civil war
Mross, Karina (2019)
in: International Peacekeeping 26 (2), 190-215

What do we know about post-conflict transitional justice from academic research: key insights for practitioners
Fiedler, Charlotte / Karina Mross (2019)
Briefing Paper 3/2019

Supporting peace after civil war: what kind of international engagement can make a difference?
Fiedler, Charlotte / Jörn Grävingholt / Karina Mross (2018)
Briefing Paper 23/2018

Constellations of State Fragility v1.0.
Grävingholt, Jörn; Ziaja, Sebastian; Ruhe, Constantin; Fink, Patrick; Kreibaum, Merle; Wingens, Christopher (2018)
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). DOI: 10.23661/CSF1.0.0

State fragility as a cause of forced displacement: identifying theoretical channels for empirical research
Martin-Shields, Charles P. (2017)
Discussion Paper 30/2017

Urban governance of forced displacement: premises, requirements and challenges in the light of new humanitarian trends
Dick, Eva / Benjamin Schraven (2017)
in: RaumPlanung 5/2017, 22-29