Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt studied International Relations and Development Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark and is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science. He has been awarded visiting research fellowships in Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Poland, and the Institute for Political Economy, Carleton University, Canada. He has recently been involved in EU-funded research on foreign policy in India and a Danish government-funded project on health and education in Bhutan. His research interests range from globalization and international division of labor to social and welfare policy and state regulations with a focus on East Asia, South-East Asia and South Asia. Most recent publications include: Globalization and Social Change (with Jacques Hersh; Routledge 2002); The New Political Economy of Southeast Asia (with Rajah Rasiah; Edward Elgar 2011) and Development Challenges in Bhutan: Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness (Springer 2017).

Leah Kimathi is a researcher and social activist. She has worked in program management in East Africa with national and international organizations including the United Nations Development Program in the fields of elections and governance, forced migration and humanitarian assistance, protection, peace and security. Currently, she is undertaking a PhD in Governance and Management at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya. Her research interests are on the state in Africa, having published on the same with CODESRIA and The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) among other publishers.

Studies the nature and scope of forced migration at the Horn of Africa and East Africa

Reveals the often brutal uprooting of people in a region that hosts more than five million refugees

Enriches our understanding of the socio-economic, geopolitical and humanitarian causes and implications of migration and population displacement