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Kerilyn Schewel
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Amsterdam
- Senior Researcher
Kerilyn Schewel is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on how the social changes associated with human and economic development impact migration aspirations and behavior. She has carried out extensive fieldwork in Ethiopia and published on themes related to migration theory, immobility, education and gender.
Kerilyn currently manages the Migration as Development (MADE) project at the University of Amsterdam, funded by the European Research Council. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Amsterdam, an MSc in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford, and a BA in Psychology from the University of Virginia.
Recent publications
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Renewing the Migration Debate: Building disciplinary and geographical bridges to explain global migration
Research note
(2020), KNAW Compendium, 1 - 152
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Formal Education and Migration Aspirations in Ethiopia
Working paper
Kerilyn Schewel and Sonja Fransen, (2018), IMI Working Paper Series, 144, 1 - 35
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Understanding the Aspiration to Stay: A Case Study of Young Adults in Senegal
Working paper
Kerilyn Schewel, (2015), IMI Working Paper Series, 107