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Working paper series: Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change

The study of migration and translocality in times of climate change is central to the various sub-projects in our international consortium. Since the project started in August 2021, we have been examining drivers, practices, process and structures of migration from a variety of disciplinary and geographical perspectives, and have employed a range of methodological approaches. In this context, our research teams from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Germany have investigated environmental and social transformation and the climate change-migration nexus.
In our series, "Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change” we present the latest results, excerpts from our work, as well as interim results or outcomes of small-scale studies.

Presentations

Ghana on the move: Photo exhibition at the University of Passau

Fort P

Fort U

Mosque

Port

Kicker

Agriculture

Truck Pusher

Animals

Volta Lake

Women

water

oil

The photographs were taken during the student field research in Ghana in March 2023.

Background information on the field trip, literature and authors is available here.

Publications

2024	Blija, D.K., Asibey, M.O., Ababio, P.N., Amponsah, O., Poku-Boansi, M. & Amoako, C. (2024). A view of migrant women's “right to the city” through the lens of translocality. Cities 146 (2024) 104722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104722
2024	Klöpf, T., Wehner, S. Vulnerabilities and capacities: Dealing with coastal flooding in Ghana´s Volta Region. In: Ungruhe, C., & Wehner, S. (eds.), Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change. Mitra\|WA Working Paper Series No 2.
2024	Pantaleon, A. (2024). Climate Migration as a driver of migration? A comparative case study in eastern and northern Ghana. In: Ungruhe, C., & Wehner, S. (eds.), Migration, translocality and development in times of climate change. Mitra\|WA Working Paper Series No 1.
2024	Narh, J.: Progress, challenges and prospects of the modified Taungya system in Ghana. Agroforest Syst (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s10457-023-00947-8
2023	Narh, J.; Wehner, S.; Ungruhe, C.; Eberth, A. The Role of Translocal Practices in a Natural Climate Solution in Ghana. Climate2023, 11, 216. doi.org/10.3390/cli11110216
2023	Amponsah, E., Poku-Boansi, M., Amoako, C., Asibey M.O.: Transportation–Translocality Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development: A Systematic Review. Transportation in Development Economics9 (12).
2023	Ungruhe C. , Steinbrink M., Teye J.: Mobiles Westafrika. Kontinuitäten und Dynamiken von Migration in Zeiten klimatischer Veränderungen, Geographische Rundschau 75 (10). pp. 30–35.
2022	Teye K. J. (Ed.) Migration in West Africa: Spinger, Cham.
2022	Darby P., Esson J., Ungruhe C.: African Football Migration: Aspirations, Experiences and Trajectories. Manchester: Manchester University Press
2021	Ungruhe C.: Abseits der Krise. Migration, Jugend und soziale Teilhabe in Nordghana. In: M. Steinbrink, M. Gebauer und D. Anhuf (eds.), Afrika - ein Kontinent in Bewegung (Passauer Kontaktstudium Geographie 16). Passau: Universität Passau, pp. 93-100.
2021	Gebauer M., Steinbrink M.: Rurbane Pandemie: Pandemiebekämpfung, Stadt-Land-Beziehungen und translokale Lebensrealitäten in Südafrika. In: M. Steinbrink, M. Gebauer und D. Anhuf (eds.), Afrika - ein Kontinent in Bewegung (Passauer Kontaktstudium Geographie 16). Passau: Universität Passau, pp. 34-39.
2020	Steinbrink M., Niedenführ H.: Africa on the Move. Migration, Translocal Livelihoods and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg.