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Griffith et al. 2023

Griffith, D., R. Muneepeerakul, G. Guerry, A.C. Cabrero, J.C. Johnson, R. Munoz-Carpena, M. Puma, U. Lall, and M. Homayounfar, 2023: Migration and livelihood constellations: Assessing common themes in the face of environmental change in Somalia and among Agro-Pastoral peoples. Int. Migr., 61, no. 5, 186-200, doi:10.1111/imig.13122.

Research on migration has become more challenging due to at least four factors: (1) more complex migration traditions; (2) the development of migration economies that engage many types of migrants from ever more social and cultural backgrounds; (3) increasing likelihood of climate change-driven environmental migration; and (4) increasing likelihood of conflict-based migration in some contexts. These developments have shaken economic theories of migration and have encouraged interdisciplinary, methodologically mixed, qualitative and quantitative research and analysis. From a review of the literature, we have gleaned 11 common themes about environmental, economic and conflict migration that we differentiate by process (migration behaviours that are still evolving) and patterns (migration behaviours that have become customary). We then consider how positive and negative dimensions of migration can be captured and represented with close attention to livelihood constellations (multiple economic activities combined by individuals, households and families). Finally, focusing on Somalia and agro-pastoral peoples generally, where recent environmental and conflict migration have been added to decades of economic migration and centuries of seasonal, environmental migration associated with pastoralism, we combine historical and qualitative work to demonstrate the value of a livelihood constellation perspective.

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@article{gr09110p,
  author={Griffith, D. and Muneepeerakul, R. and Guerry, G. and Cabrero, A. C. and Johnson, J. C. and Munoz-Carpena, R. and Puma, M. and Lall, U. and Homayounfar, M.},
  title={Migration and livelihood constellations: Assessing common themes in the face of environmental change in Somalia and among Agro-Pastoral peoples},
  year={2023},
  journal={International Migration},
  volume={61},
  number={5},
  pages={186--200},
  doi={10.1111/imig.13122},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - gr09110p
AU  - Griffith, D.
AU  - Muneepeerakul, R.
AU  - Guerry, G.
AU  - Cabrero, A. C.
AU  - Johnson, J. C.
AU  - Munoz-Carpena, R.
AU  - Puma, M.
AU  - Lall, U.
AU  - Homayounfar, M.
PY  - 2023
TI  - Migration and livelihood constellations: Assessing common themes in the face of environmental change in Somalia and among Agro-Pastoral peoples
JA  - Int. Migr.
JO  - International Migration
VL  - 61
IS  - 5
SP  - 186
EP  - 200
DO  - 10.1111/imig.13122
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