Research completed and report released March 2023: Captive Commodities - commodification, exploitation and missingness of Ethiopian irregular migrants on the Eastern Route to Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Senior researcher and analysis for Phase 1 of ‘Shaping the Future of Mobility in Africa: Addressing Climate-Forced Displacement & Migration at Individual and Household Level’ (Client: Mixed Migration Centre in collaboration African Union Commission, the United Nations & the World Bank -field work in 2021) Release of Ravenstone contributions in 2023 here.
Advice, management and oversight of a portfolio of foundation-funded philanthropic interventions and humanitarian activities in Asia and Africa (Client: Angelina Jolie’s Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, long term on-going since 2019)
Design, management and compilation of the Mixed Migration Review 2022 – Alternative ideas and solutions for contemporary mixed migration (Client: Mixed Migration Centre)
Analyst and writer for Climate migration: risks and challenges for adaptation policies (2021) offering a critique of current adaptation responses to climate mobility and immobility. (Client: Action Aid Italy).
Policy paper: ‘Setting The Highest Standards For Global Europe Implementation’_ CONCORD Policy Paper On Eu ODA, Migration And Global Europe (Client: Concord Europe, 2021)
Design, management and compilation of the Mixed Migration Review 2021 - Reframing human mobility in a changing world. (Client: Mixed Migration Centre)
Evaluation of Responsive Research Mechanism for Elrha’s Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC). (Client: Elhra, 2021)
Conducting the Research Migration Ethiopia project researching the trends, factors and risks of unaccompanied child migration from Ethiopia through the East migration routes (Client: SAVE Italy, 2020/1)
Design, management and compilation of the Mixed Migration Review 2020 with focus on migration and cities. (Client: Mixed Migration Centre)
Commissioned research: Addressing Root Causes of Conflict & Displacement: Taking Stock of Results and Learning. (Client: Danish Refugee Council, 2020/1)
Commissioned to conduct an assessment of the Migration Emergency Relief Fund (MERF). (Client: START NETWORK/SCUK, 2020)
Senior technical advisory role with the multi-year Ethiopia Migration Programme consortium led by the Danish Refugee Council (Client: Danish Refugee Council / DFID, 2020)
Three research studies (stakeholder mapping, political economy analysis and conflict analysis) of children on the move in Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt (Client: Save the Children International / SDC, 2020/1)
Commissioned briefing paper: Weak links: Challenging the climate & mixed migration paradigm in the Horn of Africa & Yemen. Feb 2020. (Client: Mixed Migration Centre)
Design and authorship of 2018 and 2019 Mixed Migration Review - a comprehensive analysis and annual presentation of essays, data and expert interviews of global mixed migration dynamics (Client: Mixed Migration Centre / DANIDA & SDC)
Refugee and diaspora consultation in East Africa for CRRF, and across three regions in advance of the Global Refugee Forum (Client: Danish Refugee Council / UNHCR)
Fragility Assessment/political economy analysis of private sector investment in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya, for the International Finance Corporation (Client: Control Risk / IFC, 2019)
Regional scenario analyses for the future dynamics and expectations of mixed migration in West Africa, North Africa and the Horn of Africa (Client: Mixed Migration Centre / ICMPD, 2019)
Commissioned Study: The new 'public enemy number one’ Comparing and contrasting the war on drugs and the emerging war on migrant smugglers (Client: Mixed Migration Centre, 2019)
Commissioned Briefing Paper: Everyone’s prey: Kidnapping and extortionate detention in mixed migration (Client: Mixed Migration Centre, 2018)