Research & Interdisciplinary Clusters
Empirical, comparative and policy-relevant scholarship on borders and mobility.
IRC 1
Cross-Border Trade, Security & Regional Integration
Border economies, trade corridors, regional integration, security and cooperation, with attention to the Great Lakes region.
IRC 2
Forced Migration, Refugee Integration & Humanitarian Corridors
Displacement, refugee protection, integration, humanitarian logistics and the lived realities of mobility.
IRC 3
Climate Change, Resource Scarcity & Pastoralist Mobility
Climate-related mobility, ecological change, resource competition and pastoralist movement.
Methods
From field evidence to spatial intelligence
The framework identifies GIS mapping, remote sensing, quantitative and qualitative methods, digital humanities, surveys, structured interviews and community-led participatory approaches.
Research ambition
Annual scholarly output
The five-year framework sets an ambition of at least 15 peer-reviewed articles annually by Year 3, alongside policy briefs and an open-access journal.