NOVAFRICA News: Annual newsletter
NOVAFRICA‘s welcome to 2022! In this new year, we would like to share with you our achievements in 2021 and our goals for 2022. Read... Read More
The impact of Covid-19 on intentions to migrate from Africa to Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted the already limited opportunities to emigrate legally from Africa to Europe. Border closures were a mechanism used by most countries to... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: The COVID-19 pandemic decreased irregular migration, but only initially!
The COVID-19 pandemic has initially decreased irregular migration to Europe by the poorest African youth. But more recently the migration numbers have been rising –... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Workshop in The Gambia about Irregular Migration to Europe.
Join us online this Wednesday, July 7th, in a workshop that takes place in The Gambia about the NOVAFRICA project “Information Gaps and Irregular Migration... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper “How has COVID-19 affected the intention to migrate via the backway to Europe? Survey evidence and a salience experiment”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Tijan L.Banh, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David MacKenzie, this... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Project on irregular migration featured in Spain
Irregular migrants that come to Europe through the sea on average expect that their chances of survival are 50%, even so they choose to do... Read More
Congratulations to Tijan L. Bah for his PhD
The NOVAFRICA researcher Tijan L. Bah received his official PhD hold on October 23 for his doctoral work “Essays in International Migration”. The PHD graduation... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Why do People Migrate Irregularly? Evidence from a Lab in the Field Experiment in West Africa”
On Wednesday, October 30, at 02.30 pm, Tijan L. Bah from Nova School of Business and Economics will present his job market paper on the determinants... Read More
62 days in Gambia: A life experience story by a NOVAFRICA Intern
During this summer I had the opportunity to participate on a field-experiment on migration and development economics as a research assistant. The internship took place... Read More
Europe is cool!
Britain votes to leave the European Union. Yellows vests color and unrest France and other European countries. Several European governments are elected with a mandate... Read More
