We wish to announce yet another recent publication from the MIGRAWARE Project. Abstract Geolocated social media data hold a hitherto untapped potential for exploring the relationship between user mobility and their interests at a large scale. Using geolocated Twitter data from Nigeria,…
read moreWe are happy to announce our most recent publication from the MIGRAWARE Project. Abstract: Rural communities in Ghana, dependent on agriculture and lacking resources and infrastructure, are highly vulnerable to climate and environmental change. Internal migration is often considered as a strategy…
read moreACCRA. Experts of the Rural-Urban Migration and Cross Border Migration in West Africa (MIGRAWARE), a research initiative under the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research,…
read moreArticle Written By: Johannes Mast (DLR), Dr. Marta Sapena (DLR) We were happy to represent the MIGRAWARE project at this year’s Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event (JURSE) in Heraklion, Greece, between 17-19 May 2023. As the name suggests, the focus of this…
read moreMigration is a complex phenomenon that requires careful analysis by researchers to understand its nature and magnitude. It also involves many factors such as economic growth, political stability and peace in the host country, institutional capacity (particularly with regard to governance), social…
read moreThe field data collection in key migrant communities in the South-East and South-South of Nigeria was an experience that could best be illustrated in this brief essay. Household survey and FDIs (and IDIs) were conducted in eight communities within a period of…
read moreInteracting closely with members of migrant communities in the recently concluded MIGRAWARE field survey was one huge lesson in human relations. Some excerpts from our interviews are illustrated in this brief article. Lesson one: Cultural integration and adherence to the customs…
read moreLiterature has it that migration patterns have been skewed towards increasing number of females leaving their origins to destinations in search of better opportunities and security. In the process, they are exposed to both positive and negative effects of migration. The key…
read moreIntroduction To better understand the complexity of migration processes, there is a need for more and better data and knowledge on the flows, the drivers, and the effects of migration. When it comes to drivers and effects of migration that have a…
read moreMIGRAWARE The goal of MIGRAWARE is to deliver a scientific-technological framework for assessing the processes, drivers and factors of rural-urban and cross-border migration in West Africa. MIGRAWARE will suggest governance instruments suitable to alleviate migration needs, improve local livelihoods and sustain human-environmental…
read moreAUGUST 18, 2022 Migrants play an essential part in the growth and development of regional and local economies. However, migrants’ contribution is contingent on their effective integration, influenced by the quality of integration policies and other national and regional policies such as…
read moreseptember, 21 2022 In recent times, the Citizen Science (CS) approach has been well known one of the rapid growing disciplines and practice that involves the general public in the scientific knowledge acquisition and broadening process. Research scientist have over the years…
read moreAN EXPERIENCE FROM A MIGRAWARE PHD STUDENT – ALINA SCHÜRMANN september 25, 2022 For my PhD thesis in the MIGRAWARE project, I traveled to Ghana in March 2022 for the first time in my life. The aim was to interview experts on…
read moreseptember 25, 2025 Between April 29th-30th, 2022, the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Research Action Plan (WRAP2.0), valued at 11 million euros, with funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) of…
read moreA VISUAL ANALYSIS OF MOTIVATION, CAUSE, AND ROUTES SEPTEMBER 24, 2022 Migration in West Africa has been taking place for centuries for different reasons. Many dimensions of migration remain insufficiently documented and poorly understood. In particular, factors of migration in destination areas…
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