Sahra Ahmed Koshin

@University of Nairobi

​Faculty of Science, Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), Section for Global Development, University of Copenhagen/University of Nairobi,
University of Nairobi



                                         

https://researchid.co/sahra

Sahra is a Somali-Dutch Ph.D. Candidate studying Somali Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises at the University of Copenhagen and at the University of Nairobi. She has an advanced MA degree in Advanced Development Studies from Radboud University in Nijmegen as well as a MA degree in Cultural Anthropology/Development Sociology from Leiden University both in the Netherlands.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Candidate studying Somali Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises, University of Copenhagen and University of Nairobi (2024, expected)
Advanced MA degree, Advanced Development Studies, Radboud University in Nijmegen (2007)
MA degree, Cultural Anthropology/Development Sociology, Leiden University both in the Netherlands (2006)
BA Degree, Cultural Anthropology/Development Sociology, Leiden University both in the Netherland (2005)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Gender
Cultural identity and belonging
Attitudes, migration and migrants
Diasporas and transnational communities
Family relations and migration

151

Scholar Citations

5

Scholar h-index

5

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Using prospective research methodology to understand policy advocacy for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
    S Clark, S Abdi, SD Chingarande, SA Koshin, R Khadduri, A le May
    Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters 31 (3), 2316431 2023

  • Diaspora groups have become key humanitarian actors: The case of Somalia
    SA Koshin, F Dahir, AB Nielsen, A Edle
    < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: Dansk 2023

  • Somali or part of the Somali diaspora?
    SA Koshin, M Barse
    < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: Dansk 2022

  • Africa In Movement
    H Aidi, M Lynch, Z Mampilly
    Africa in Movement, 3 2022

  • Intra-Africa Humanitarianism: A Qualitative Case Study of the Somali Business Community in Zambia
    SAK al
    Africa in Movement: Essays on African Migration from the January 2022 Junior 2022

  • Growth and Economic Transformation Strategy (Gets) for Somalia: Social Sector-Education and Health for Women and Youth Empowerment
    E Sambili, N Ngeno
    Final Report, National Economic Council of Somalia 2022

  • Global study: Gender equality and media regulation
    S Macharia, JB Mir
    Fojo Media Institute 2022

  • Inclusive Education and Cultural Relevance in East Africa
    A Stone-MacDonald, OH Pinar-Irmak
    Disability in Africa: Inclusion, Care, and the Ethics of Humanity, 255-285 2021

  • Galkayo’s Khat Economy - The Role of Women Traders in Puntland, Somalia
    S Ahmed Koshin
     2021

  • Khat And Covid-19: Somalia's Cross-Border Economy In The Time Of Coronavirus
    SA Koshin
    http://riftvalley.net/index.php/publication/khat-and-covid-19-somalias-cross 2020

  • Puntland and COVID-19: Local responses and economic impact
    N Majid, S Hassan, S Ahmed Koshin, AM Musa, K Abdirahman
    Conflict Research Management 2020

  • Commodified cities
    T Hagmann, AN Mohamed, AE Ali, J Mohamed, M Wasuge, MH Ibrahim, ...
    Nairobi: Rift Valley Institute 2020

  • Evidence from the conflict research programme: Submission to the integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy
    M Kaldor, H Radice, A De Waal, M Benson, S Detzner, C Elder, ...
    Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science 2020

  • Women in Peacebuilding in Somalia
    SA Koshin
    https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190947910.001.0001 2019

  • War and peace in Somalia: National grievances, local conflict and Al-Shabaab
    M Keating, M Waldman
    Oxford University Press 2019

  • Somali women's participation in peacebuilding and conflict resolution in Somalia
    SA Koshin
    Making international law work for women post-conflict- new voices, Open 2018

  • Assessment study on female police officers in police forces in Somalia
    SA Koshin, MA Botan
    < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: Somali 2017

  • Women and Value Chain Analysis & Private Sector Development Study in Puntland
    SA Koshin
    < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: Somali 2017

  • Implementing the women, peace and security agenda? Somali debates on women’s public roles and political participation
    C Horst
    Journal of Eastern African Studies 11 (3), 389-407 2017

  • Final Evaluation, Self Help Groups in Somaliland, SHG/Food Security Programme, Horn of Africa
    AY SA Koshin, Hv Hulst-Mooibroek, C Odhiambo
    https://learn.tearfund.org/~/media/files/tilz/churches/self_help_groups/2017 2017

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • War and peace in Somalia: National grievances, local conflict and Al-Shabaab
    M Keating, M Waldman
    Oxford University Press 2019
    Citations: 45

  • Implementing the women, peace and security agenda? Somali debates on women’s public roles and political participation
    C Horst
    Journal of Eastern African Studies 11 (3), 389-407 2017
    Citations: 35

  • Is settling good for pastoralists? The effects of pastoral sedentarization on children’s nutrition, growth, and health among Rendille and Ariaal of Marsabit District, northern
    E Fratkin, MA Nathan, EA Roth
    International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya 2006
    Citations: 21

  • Seeking Salaam: Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis in the Pacific Northwest
    SM Chait
    University of Washington Press 2011
    Citations: 15

  • Global study: Gender equality and media regulation
    S Macharia, JB Mir
    Fojo Media Institute 2022
    Citations: 11

  • Evidence from the conflict research programme: Submission to the integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy
    M Kaldor, H Radice, A De Waal, M Benson, S Detzner, C Elder, ...
    Conflict Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science 2020
    Citations: 5

  • Khat And Covid-19: Somalia's Cross-Border Economy In The Time Of Coronavirus
    SA Koshin
    http://riftvalley.net/index.php/publication/khat-and-covid-19-somalias-cross 2020
    Citations: 4

  • Inclusive Education and Cultural Relevance in East Africa
    A Stone-MacDonald, OH Pinar-Irmak
    Disability in Africa: Inclusion, Care, and the Ethics of Humanity, 255-285 2021
    Citations: 3

  • Puntland and COVID-19: Local responses and economic impact
    N Majid, S Hassan, S Ahmed Koshin, AM Musa, K Abdirahman
    Conflict Research Management 2020
    Citations: 3

  • elections in Somalia: The rise of Somali women’s new political movements
    SA Kolshin
    SIDRA Institute 2016
    Citations: 3

  • Growth and Economic Transformation Strategy (Gets) for Somalia: Social Sector-Education and Health for Women and Youth Empowerment
    E Sambili, N Ngeno
    Final Report, National Economic Council of Somalia 2022
    Citations: 2

  • Assessment study on female police officers in police forces in Somalia
    SA Koshin, MA Botan
    < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: Somali 2017
    Citations: 2

  • Commodified cities
    T Hagmann, AN Mohamed, AE Ali, J Mohamed, M Wasuge, MH Ibrahim, ...
    Nairobi: Rift Valley Institute 2020
    Citations: 1

  • Working the second shift, settling in Canada and other struggles; narratives of working African-immigrant mothers in Toronto.
    MM Osman
    Toronto Metropolitan University 2014
    Citations: 1