As a researcher with an interest in the practical implications of my work, I strive to publish in a mix of venues. You can find my work in academic journals, policy white papers for international organizations and governments, and newspapers and blogs. I publish in English and German and am happy to provide translations of my work upon request.

Book

2024. Urban Refugees and Digital Technology: Reshaping social, political, and economic networks, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press

Reviewed in: International Migration Review

Peer-reviewed articles
2025. “Lost in the crowd: re-humanising crowdsourcing in the context of post-digital peacebuilding.” Peacebuilding. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2025.2583861

2025. “Institutional voids, misalignments and workarounds: the role of intermediaries for forced migrant entrepreneurship.” Intenrational Small Business Journal. OnlineFirst. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426251346734. With Andrés Barrios and Sonia Camacho.

2025. “’Managing’ the paradox: refugee self-reliance and solving the problem of refugee policy discontinuity.” Journal of Refugee Studies. OnlineFirst. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feaf012. With Judith Kohlenberger and Evan Easton-Calabria.

2024. “Do Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) support self-reliance among urban refugees? Evidence from Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia.” International Migration Review. 58(1), 69-93. With Katrina Munir-Asen.

2022. “Ride-Sharing Apps for Urban Refugees: Easing or Exacerbating a Digital Transport Disadvantage?” TRIALOG Journal. 140-141(1-2), 58-62.

2022. “Digitalization and E-government in the Lives of Urban Migrants: Evidence from Bogotá.” P&I Policy and Internet. 14(2), 450-467. With Sonia Camacho, Rodrigo Taborda, and Constantin Ruhe.

Media coverage: El Espectador (In Spanish) “Conectividad y acceso a TIC para migrantes, otro desafío para los candidatos”

2021. “The Asylum Hump: Why Country Income Level Predicts New Asylum Seekers, But Not New Refugees,” Journal of Refugee Studies. 34(2), 1730-1746. With Constantin Ruhe and Lisa Maria Groß

2019. “When Information Becomes Action: Social and political drivers of individuals’ trust in broadcast versus peer-to-peer information during disaster response,” Disasters. 43(3), 612-6332019.

2019. “Food Security and Conflict: Empirical challenges and future opportunities for research and policy making on food security and conflict.” World Development. 119, 150-164. With Wolfgang Stojetz.

2019. “Challenges and possible solutions to conducting quantitative surveys with displaced populations.” Briefs on Methodological, Ethical and Epistemological Issues. 13. With Jana Kuhnt and Ruben Wedel.

2018. “Peacekeeping’s Digital Economy: The Role of Communication Technologies in Post-conflict Economic Growth,” International Peacekeeping. 25(3), 420-445. With Nicholas Bodanac.

2017. “Towards a People Centred Early Warning and Disaster Response System in Samoa: The Use of ICT by Samoans During Disaster.” The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. 81(2), 1-18 With Ioana Chan Mow, Hobert Sasa, and Lealaolesau Fitu.

2017. “Peace Tech: The Liminal Spaces of Digital Technology in Peacebuilding.” International Studies Perspectives. 18(1), 4-42. With Pamina Firchow, Roger Mac Ginty and Atalia Omer.

2016. “Communicating Stability: Managing the regulatory process to get the most out of communication infrastructure in post-conflict settings.” Business, Peace and Sustainable Development. 16(7), 50-65

2014. “Smart Phones and Social Bonds: Communication Technology and Interethnic Cooperation in Kenya.” The Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. 9(3), 50-64. With Elizabeth Stones.

2013. “Interethnic Cooperation Revisited: Why mobile phones can help prevent discrete events of violence, using the Kenyan Case study.” Stability: International Journal of Security and Development. 2(3), article #58

2013. “The Technologist’s Dilemma: Ethical Challenges of Using Crowdsourcing Technology in Conflict and Disaster- Affected Regions.” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. 14(2), 135-141

Book Chapters

2024. “Moderating Digital Communities in Hybrid Governance Contexts: Refugees’ Digital Inclusion and Communication in Nairobi.” In Technology and governance beyond the state: the rule of non-law. Edited by Nicole Stremlau and Clara Voyvodic Casabó. 93-104. Milton Park: Routledge

2023. “The Relationship Between State Fragility and Refugees.” In Handbook of Fragile States. Edited by David Carment and Yiagadeesen Samy. 192-204. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

2023. “Human Subjects, Digital Protocols: The Future of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Digital Research in Vulnerable Communities.” In Personal Data Collection Risks in a Post-Vaccine World. Edited by Colette Mazzucelli, James Felton Keith, and C. Ann Hollifeld. 25-47. New York: Anthem Press. With Ziad al Achkar.

2022. “Where Privacy Meets Politics: EU–Kenya Cooperation in Data Protection.” In Africa–Europe Cooperation and Digital Transformation. Edited by Chux Daniels, Benedikt Erforth, Chloe Teevan. 142-155. London: Routledge. With Benedikt Erforth.

Working Papers in Peer-Reviewed Series

2025. “Social cohesion in the context of environmental/climate-related internal displacement in Ghana.” IDOS Discussion Paper 15/2025. With Susan Ekoh, Carolin Kitzmann, Nina Küssau, Mario Pfeffer, Merle Platen, Theresa Reinel, Mary Boamataa Setrana, Johnson Wilson Appiah, and Stella Efah.

2021. “Digitalization in Displacement Contexts: Technology and the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees.” Reference Paper for the 70th Anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Geneva: UNHCR

2020. “Digitalisation and Information in the Lives of Migrants and Refugees in Kenya.” DIE Discussion Paper 15/2020. With Jana Kuhnt, Eva Dick, Mirko Eppler, Stella Gaetani, Francy Koellner, Nyat Mebrahtu, Antonia Peters, and Carlotta Preiß

2019. “Digitalisation in the Lives of Urban Migrants: Evidence from Bogota,” DIE Discussion Paper 12/2019. With Sonia Camacho, Rodrigo Taborda, and Constantin Ruhe.

2018. “Food security and conflict: Empirical challenges and future opportunities for research and policy making on food security and conflict,” FAO ESA Working Paper 18-04. With Wolfgang Stojetz

2017. “Conceptualizing Forced Displacement as an Outcome of State Fragility,” DIE Discussion Paper 30/2017

2017. “Conflict and Development: Recent Research Advances and Future Agendas.” Helsinki: UNU-WIDER Working Paper 178/2017. With Tilman Brück and Patricia Justino.

Selected General Audience Writing (English and German)

“Security as a Collective Good: Development and the New Global Order.” Global Policy. 17 March 2025.

“Warum Entwicklungspolitik zentral für den Erfolg deutscher Sicherheitspolitik ist.” Table Briefings. 11 March 2025. With Julia Leininger.

“Wen schert die Entwicklungspolitik? Die Wähler*innen!” Die Aktuelle Kolumne. 18 February 2025. With Julia Leininger.

“Electronic options for improving government services.” D+C Development and Cooperation. April 2023 issue, pp. 27-29.

“New digital world order.” D+C Development and Cooperation. September 2021 issue, pp. 27-30. In German: “Neue digitale Weltordnung.” E+Z Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit. September 2021, pp. 27-30

“Neue Stimme für Menschenrechte und gute Regierungsführung.” Welternährung – Fachjournal der Welthungerhilfe, 02/2021

“Konfrontation oder Kooperation?” Frankfurter Rundschau, 30 October 2020

“Digitalization and Forced Displacement: How addressing access, online behavior, and privacy issues can lead to better digital solutions.” Policy Brief, TF9, Migration and Young Societies; T20 Saudi Arabia

“Digital Technology in Daily Lives of Urban Refugees” Transient Spaces Project. 23 January 2020. With Katrina Munir-Asen.

“Mehr als nur ein Notstand” Frankfurter Rundschau. 24 July 2018

“Keeping the Knowledge Flowing: Policy recommendations for supporting high-skill migration.” T20 Argentina Policy Brief, 2 July 2018. With Katrina Munir-Asen

“Dare to be More Complex!” DIE Current Column, 19 February 2018, with Benjamin Schraven (also available in German, cited by the SPD parliamentary committee in developing the party platform on migration)

“Digitalization and Flight: how can donors leverage digital technologies to support refugees?” DIE Briefing Paper 18/2017

“When and how can foreign aid slow migration?” Monkey Cage Blog, Washington Post, November 2, 2017. With Steffen Angenendt and Benjamin Schraven.

“Mehr Entwicklung – mehr Migration? Der “migration hump” und seine Bedeutung für die entwicklungspolitische Zusammenarbeit mit Subsahara-Afrika.” DIE Analysen und Stellungnahmen 15/2017 (cross-published as a SWP Aktuell) September 2017. With Dr. Steffen Angenendt and Dr. Benjamin Schraven

“Gründe, um zu bleiben.” Frankfurter Rundschau, 7 September 2017