Research - MIGRAWARE

To advise government on which environmental and climate related factors drives migration within and out of West Africa with the aim of reducing the negative impact of migration, it is relevant to explore the topic of migration through the lens of modern technology and grounded techniques which has been tried and texted in other jurisdictions. The science-technology-based research outlook of this project will birth a library-based open source software (MIGRAWARE) aimed at analyzing migration drivers, factors and trends across West Africa. To arrive at this results, our research strategically employs BIG Data (remote sensing and social media), qualitative approaches, governance and policy analytics, citizen science approaches, and systems of systems modeling techniques with using Bayesian Belief Network Models to explore the topic of migration.

Big Data Analytics

Exploring the dynamic state of the earth surface and it impact on migration

Multi-source spatially verifiable drivers
Use of scale capable to assessing spatial interactivity and impact
Social media using Twitter tweet mining as proxies

BBN Modeling

Explore network interactions of actors

Motives and patterns of migration
Explore the complexities of migration across West Africa
Connect socio-economic drivers with spatial factors

Citizen Science

Crowd sourcing techniques

Identify adult migration histories
Establish an understanding of how histories are connected to Climatic factors
Single out how social networks and information fluxes influence migration decision

Big Data Analytics

KEY OUTPUT I

Multi-source spatially verifiable drivers
Use of scale capable to assessing spatial interactivity and impact
Social media using Twitter tweet mining as proxies

BBN Modeling

KEY OUTPUT II

A model interface that presents the interaction of different drivers and factors by depending on complex systems architecture

Citizen Science

KEY OUTPUT III

A migration centered cloud-sourcing application for exploring multi-chain communication channel, supportive network and interdependencies on climate change

OPEN SOURCE MIGRAWARE APPLICATION

A jointly developed library-based open source software solution and complementary apps for data collection, analysing migration trends and exploring network interaction of actors. The idea is to supports updating and further develop migration analyses at WASCAL as a service provider, and provides a joint development platform for Universities, NGOs or governmental development institutes (NARES institutions) including interfaces to map and track human mobility across West Africa.