Laboratory

Migration and Mobility

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Patterns of Migration and Mobility in Response to International Conflicts and Wars

Asli Ebru Sanlitürk, Athina Anastasiadou, Carolina Coimbra Vieira, Emilio Zagheni; in Collaboration with Vytenis Deimantas (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague, Netherlands), Francesco C. Billari (Bocconi University, Milan, Italy), Artem Volgin (The University of Manchester, United Kingdom), Douglas Leasure (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)

This project predicts and analyzes war-induced migration patterns. It sheds light on the size, patterns, and characteristics of migrants fleeing from their countries during and after international conflicts or wars, i.e., when timely data are much needed but often difficult to obtain.  Detailed Description

Publications

Anastasiadou, A.; Volgin, A.; Leasure, D. R.:

War and mobility: using Yandex web searches to characterize intentions to leave Russia after its invasion of Ukraine

Demographic Research 50:8, 205–220. (2024)