Shaddin Almasri, PhD MSc

Scientific Staff - Department for Migration and Globalisation - Center for Migration and Globalisation Research

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Shaddin is a postdoctoral researcher focused on inequalities between refugee and migrant groups of varying backgrounds. She is particularly interested in the interactions between aid, development, and refugee/migrant integration, with a specific focus on the SWANA and East Africa regions. She takes a keen interest in refugee policy in the Global South and is currently exploring the intersection of scale of refugee and migrant arrival, rights, and temporality, and the impact this has on determining refugee admission and integration policy.

She is currently investigating questions on the links between (perceived) inequalities and migrant relations in North Africa under her postdoctoral role in the MixedRivals project (Mixed (ar)rivals: Perceptions of threat, inequality, and the risk of violence between different (forced) migrant groups in North Africa). With colleagues at the Department for Migration and Globalisation, Shaddin is investigating what factors influence perceptions of migrant groups of each other, and under what conditions these can trigger solidarities or rivalries.

About the person

Shaddin holds a PhD in Migration Studies from Danube University Krems in the Department for Migration and Globalisation. Her thesis investigated the links between migration diplomacy and nationality-based refugee aid and inclusion policies in Jordan and Turkey. She also holds an MSc in Migration, Mobility and Development from SOAS, University of London.

Projects (Extract Research Database)

Running projects

Mixed (ar)rivals: Perceptions of threat, inequalities and the risk of violence between different (forced) migrant groups in North Africa

Duration: 01/03/2024–28/02/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Heidrun Bohnet
Funding: EU

Completed projects

Smart Migration and Asylum Governance (SMAG)

Duration: 01/09/2020–31/12/2022
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)

Publications (Extract Research Database)

Almasri, S.; Nigusie, A. A. (2026). The permanent few or the temporary many? Evaluating refugee integration obstructors through implementation of the Ethiopia and Jordan Job Compacts. Migration Studies, 14/1: https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaf060

Almasri, S. (2024). Establishing the Refugee Rentier Subject: Forced Migration, Aid, and the Politics of Integration in Jordan and Türkiye. Lynch M.; Tsourapas G., POMEPS Studies 50: The Politics of Migration and Refugee Rentierism in the Middle East: 16-24, Pompes, Washington D.C.

Almasri, S. (2023). How humanitarian–development responses may discriminate by nationality: Refugee and migrant inclusion following the 2016 Jordan Compact. Development Policy Review, 42 (1): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dpr.12734

Almasri, S. (2023). Accessible vs Applicable Policies? A Discussion on Calculated Informality of Afghan Migrants in Turkey. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 1: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15562948.2023.2291490

Almasri, S. (2023). Why is Syria a War but Not Afghanistan? Nationality-based aid and protection in Turkey’s Syria refugee response. Refugee Survey Quarterly 42, Special Issue 1: 29-54, Oxford Academic

Almasri, S. (2023). Crisis management: A look at differentiated refugee support in countries of first asylum. Zenodo: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8215120

Almasri, S. (2022). Exclusive Refuge: Origins, causes and impacts of exclusionary nationality-based targeting in refugee protection and aid.

Diab, J; Almasri, S. (2022). The Refuge Reports: Week 4 – Afghanistan. Institute for Migration Studies: Lebanese American University

Almasri, S. (2021). The Political Economy of Nationality-Based Labor Inclusion Strategies: A Case Study of the Jordan Compact. Middle East Critique, Volume 30, Issue 2: 185-203

Almasri, S. (2021). Power, Protection and Policy: The Condition of Domestic Workers in the Arab States during COVID-19. In: Diab, J. L.; Dharani, U. B., Female Migrant Labourers and COVID-19 in Asia: 10-12, Global Research Network, Canterbury, UK

Almasri, S. (2021). Book review: "Handbook of Translocal Development and Global Mobilities". MIgration & (Im)mobility Magazine / Routed, 18: n/a, n/a

Lectures (Extract Research Database)

Understanding Inter-Migrant Group Perceptions in Contexts of Inequality and Hierarchization: A Rivalry-Based Analytical Framework

Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting Conference, 25/11/2025

Maintaining the Right to Deport: The Limits of Refugee Integration in MENA

Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, 24/11/2025

Gender-Responsive Approaches to the Implementation of the Global Compact on Migration

International Youth Day Annual Conference – Center for Gender, Migration & Justice, 12/08/2025

Contemporary understandings of protection and solutions

Refugee Protection Live Webinar – Refugee Law Initiative, SAS, 12/06/2025

Maintaining the Right to Deport: The Limits of Refugee Rentierism in Facilitating Integration in Jordan and Turkey

15th Annual Refugee Law Initiative Conference – SAS, 02/06/2025

“Return” in Lieu of Durable Solutions for Syrian Refugees? Impacts, Realities, and Unconsidered Consequences

CBRL Amman Institute, 25/02/2025

The Political Economy of Refugee Labor Inclusion

International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Universitas Gadjah Madah, 22/01/2025

Austerity in the MENA region and post-COVID social protection

MAJALAT EU Southern Neighborhood Policy Seminar: For a Shift of the Post-Covid19 Development Paradigm, 30/11/2021

Female Migrant Labourers and COVID-19 in Asia

Global Research Network War, Conflict and Global Migration Think Tank, 05/11/2021

The European Union’s response to the refugee situation in Afghanistan

What role for the EU Pact on Migration and the UN Global Compact on Refugees?; Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, 17/09/2021

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