War crashes higher education systems – countries like Somalia need a system-wide reboot Insight | 30 June 2020 | Arnaldo PelliniThe system-wide damage to higher education caused by conflict can only be addressed through systems thinking and collective effort. Read and comment
Research in Somalia: opportunities for cooperationResearch reports and studies | February 2020 | Arnaldo Pellini with Deqa I. Abdi, Guled Salah, Hussein Yusuf Ali, Kalinaki Lawrence Quintin, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, Salim Said, Amina Khan and Ed LawsAs Somalia builds its institutions and shifts towards a federal system, this report investigates opportunities for research cooperation in the country. Downloads
Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crisis (SPARC)Projects | January 2020 to December 2025Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crisis (SPARC) is a research consortium supporting pastorialist knowledge sharing. Find out more
The 2017 pre-famine response in Somalia: progress on reform?Research reports and studies | January 2019 | Maxine Clayton, Ahmed Abdi Ibrahim and Badra YusufReviewing the 2017 pre-famine response in Somalia through the lens of the Grand Bargain: what lessons have been learned, and what could still be improved? Downloads
Building livelihood and community resilience: lessons from Somalia and ZimbabweWorking and discussion papers | January 2019 | John Twigg and Margherita CalderoneDeveloping a theoretical conceptualisation of resilience and operational guidance on resilience-building in fragile environments. Downloads
Funding to local humanitarian actors: Somalia case studyResearch reports and studies | October 2018 | Nisar Majid, Khalif Abdirahman, Lydia Poole and Barnaby Willitts-KingCase study exploring humanitarian funding patterns in Somalia tracking how direct and indirect funding reaches local and national humanitarian actors. Downloads
Funding to local humanitarian actors: evidence from Somalia and South SudanBriefing papers | October 2018 | Barnaby Willitts-King, Nisar Majid, Mo Ali and Lydia PooleFocusing at Somalia and South Sudan, this policy brief explores how much funding is provided ‘as locally as possible’ to national humanitarian actors. Downloads
Counter-terrorism, bank de-risking and humanitarian response: a path forwardBriefing papers | August 2018 | Stuart Gordon and Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthyKey findings on the impact of bank de-risking measures on humanitarian NGOs in the occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. Downloads
The challenge of informality: counter-terrorism, bank de-risking and financial access for humanitarian organisations in SomaliaWorking and discussion papers | June 2018 | Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthyExamining the internal and external challenges to financial access for local humanitarian actors in Somalia. Downloads
Working in fragile states: learning from the Somalia Stability FundComment | 31 May 2018 | Ed LawsThe Fragility Commission has called for a fresh approach to fragile states. Maybe thinking and working politically is it? Read and comment
