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Nauja Kleist
Primary research areas
Nauja Kleist’s research focuses on the linkages between mobility, belonging and social order. She analyses how migration is perceived, practiced and governed by different actors, the role of mobility in society, and the transnational engagement of diaspora groups with a focus on gender and affect.
Current research
Nauja Kleist analyses Somali diaspora engagement in humanitarianism and development in Somalia, with attention to mobility regimes, conflict, the international humanitarian system as well as gender and family relations, belonging and affect. Her research also explores the role of migration for local communities, migration as an imagined pathway for a better future, return migration and the politicization of these issues. Kleist works ethnographically, with expertise in multi-sited fieldwork and longitudinal studies. Theoretical focus on mobility and immobility, infrastructure, temporality, gender and belonging.
Projects
Nauja Kleist coordinates the collective research program Diaspora Humanitarianism in Complex Crises (D-Hum) with focus on Somalia and Somali diaspora groups. She is also part of the Governing Climate Mobility (GCM) research program that explores links between climate change, mobility and governance in Ghana and Ethiopia.
Research and activites
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Journal Article2024historicising current dynamics of climate-related migration in the savannah zone of GhanaFrancis Jarawura, Joseph Teye, Nauja Kleist, Lily Salloum Lindegaard & David Quaye
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Journal Article2023Improvisation, culture, and volatility in migration infrastructuresJesper Bjarnesen & Nauja Kleist
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Photo/illustration by Photo by UN Photo/Tobin Jones copyright licenseJournal Article2023Ahmed Musa & Nauja Kleist
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Book Chapter2023Nauja Kleist
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Book Chapter2022Mary Boatemaa Setrana & Nauja Kleist
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Report2022Somali diaspora practices and their effectsNauja Kleist & Masud Abdi
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DIIS Working Paper2021scoping study of two localities in GhanaJoseph Teye, Francis Jarawura, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Nauja Kleist, Marie Ladekjær Gravesen, Philip Mantey & David Quaye
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Photo/illustration by Vladimir Lysenko/Wikimedia Commons copyright licenseWeb Article2021Some methodological considerationsNauja Kleist
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Literature Review2021Nauja Kleist
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DIIS Working Paper2020Marie Ladekjær Gravesen, Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Francis Jarawura, Nauja Kleist & Joseph Teye
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDigital article2020Reflections on the mobilities turnNauja Kleist
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2020Entangled mobilities of people and things in transnational recyclingNauja Kleist
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2020Forced relocation processes and post-return lifeNauja Kleist
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Journal Article2020Forced relocation processes and post-return lifeNauja Kleist
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Journal Article2019Nauja Kleist & Jesper Bjarnesen
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Report2018Engagement in Development and Relief Work in the Horn of AfricaNauja Kleist
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Journal Article2017Nauja Kleist
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Web Article2017Nauja Kleist
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DIIS Report2017Human Security ImplicationsNinna Nyberg Sørensen, Nauja Kleist & Hans Lucht
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Book2016Nauja Kleist & Dorte Thorsen
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Photo/illustration by Everyday Humanitarianism in Tanzania (EHTZ)DIIS Comment2024Alexander Maxelon, Nauja Kleist & Lisa Ann Richey
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Photo/illustration by IndustryAndTravel / Alamy Stock PhotoDIIS Policy Brief2024Insights and priorities for Denmark´s new Africa strategy from DIIS’ partners across the continentMary Boatemaa Setrana, Rahma Hassan, Faisal Garba, Mohamed Aden Hassan, Meron Zeleke Eresso, Adam Moe Fejerskov, Nauja Kleist & Mikkel Funder
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DIIS Policy Brief2023Lily Salloum Lindegaard, Nauja Kleist, Francis Jarawura & Joseph Teye
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Photo/illustration by Rasmus Fly Filbert, http://rasmusfly.dk/DIIS Policy Brief2022South-North perspectivesAbdirahman Edle Ali, Alphonce Mollo, Eva Dzegblor , Fatima Dahiir, Iben Nathan, Jackson Wachira Waiganjo , Joanes Atela, Karuti Kanyinga, Kwesi Aning, Martin Marani, Mikkel Funder, Mustapha Abdallah, Nauja Kleist, Paul Stacey, Peter Albrecht, Peter Bembi…
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Brief2022Current trends and future scenarios of Somali diaspora engagementNauja Kleist, Ahmed Musa & Jethro Norman
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DIIS Policy Brief2021What we know and what we need to know more aboutMohamed Aden Hassan, Sahra Ahmed Koshin, Peter Albrecht, Mark Bradbury, Fatima Dahir Mohamed, Abdirahman Edle Ali, Karuti Kanyinga, Nauja Kleist, George Michuki, Ahmed Musa, Jethro Norman & Obadia Okinda
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DIIS Comment2020Emerging Trends in Somaliland Diaspora Response to Covid-19Ahmed Musa, Jethro Norman, Mark Bradbury, Mohamed Aden Hassan & Nauja Kleist
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseDIIS Comment2020Abdirahman Edle Ali, Ahmed Musa, Mohamed Aden Hassan, Nauja Kleist & Mark Bradbury
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Policy Brief2018Engagement in development and relief work in the Horn of AfricaNauja Kleist
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DIIS Policy Brief2013the challenges of involuntary returnNauja Kleist & George M. Bob-Milliar
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DIIS Policy Brief2012Nauja Kleist
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DIIS Policy Brief2011consequences for West African mobilityNauja Kleist
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DIIS Policy Brief2009the case of Somali and Ghanaian associations in DenmarkNauja Kleist