Ayla Bonfiglio
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Ayla Bonfiglio
- Maastricht University
Ayla Bonfiglio is a Doctoral Fellow at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University exploring the tertiary education trajectories of refugees within Africa to gain a deeper understanding of agency within forced migration processes. During her PhD, she has held Visiting/Associate Researcher positions at the International Migration Institute (IMI) and Wits University’s African Centre for Migration and Society, and has worked with several international organizations, including GIZ. Formerly, Ayla was a Research Officer at IMI working on the Mobility in the African Great Lakes project and the Global Migration Futures project. Ayla obtained an MSc in Forced Migration in 2010 from Oxford and a BA (Hons) in Political Science from Columbia University. She has worked and conducted research in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Guatemala, and Rwanda. Her current research interests include forced migration and migration theory, refugee mobility, and education in emergencies.
Recent publications
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Global migration futures: Exploring the future of international migration with a scenario methodology
Working paper
Simona Vezzoli et al, (2017), IMI Working Paper Series, 135, 1 - 32
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Moving Beyond Conflict: Re-framing mobility in the African Great Lakes region
Working paper
Oliver Bakewell and Ayla Bonfiglio, (2013), IMI Working Paper Series, 71
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Arab Spring and Beyond: Human Mobility, Forced Migration and Institutional Responses
Workshop report
Ayla Bonfiglio, (2012)
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Conceptualising Environmental Change and Global Migration Futures
Workshop report
Ayla Bonfiglio, (2012)
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Refugees’ diasporic memories and the politics of democratisation
Workshop report
Ayla Bonfiglio, (2012)