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Kerilyn Schewel
Visiting Research Scholar, Duke University
- Senior Researcher and IMI Working Paper Series Editor
Kerilyn Schewel's research examines 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. Her work has appeared in International Migration Review, Population and Development Review, Social Forces, and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
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. She has held research positions at Addis Ababa University, Princeton University, and the University of Amsterdam, where she managed the Migration as Development project.
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