Migration Research Cell

ADVANCING EVIDENCE, SHAPING POLICY, AND INFORMING CHANGE FOR PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.

About Migration Research Cell

The Migration Research Cell produces evidence to enhance knowledge, inform policymaking, and develop stakeholders’ networks through rigorous research on the complex and intersectional nature of human mobility and its impacts on societies, economies, and politics at global, regional, and national levels.

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Protracted Displacement Economies

PROTRACTED DISPLACEMENT ECONOMIES
UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR & UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX 
(August 2023)

Blog

New Migration Research in Pakistan

A collaborative blogpost by Dr Ayub Jan and Professor Shahida Aman of the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, with Dr Ceri Oeppen, Dr Tahir Zaman and Professor Michael Collyer of SCMR.

Media

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Latest Publications

Working Papers

Ayub Jan, M.; Aman, S.; Zaman, T. and Aman, S. (2025) Fragmented Adaptive Social Protection in Contexts of Climate-Induced Displacement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, BASIC Research Working Paper 54, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI:

Book Projects

The findings of the research project ‘Protracted Displacement Economies’ by Dr. Shahida Aman, Dr. Abdul Rauf, and Dr. Ayub Jan are now published in a book titled ‘Refugees in a world without aid’. Building upon research from the Protracted Displacement Economies project.

Policy Briefs

Oeppen, C; Aman, S; Jan, M.A; and Rauf, A. (26 March 2023) Afghan refugees in Pakistan–Protracted displacement or protracted settlement? Asian Displacement Solutions Platform (ASDP) and Samuel Hall. ASDP Expert Commentary No 1.

Meet Our Team

Dr Shahida Aman

Professor Chairperson

Muhammad Ayub Jan

Head of Migration Research Cell

Dr Shagufta Aman

Waseem Murad

PhD Scholar

Muhammad Faizan

MPhil Scholar

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Service

To deliver on the promise of migration, while supporting the world's most vulnerable.

Saving lives and protecting people on the move

Saving lives and protecting people on the move

Saving lives and protecting people on the move

Event & News

26 Feb 2026

21 Migrants Died Every Day in 2025, New IOM Data Reveals

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26 Feb 2026

21 Migrants Died Every Day in 2025, New IOM Data Reveals

Event & News

26 Feb 2026

21 Migrants Died Every Day in 2025, New IOM Data Reveals

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