- Humanitarian assistance in complex crises
- Informal institutions
- Governance of economic hubs and corridors
- Political economy
Ahmed M. Musa left PRIO in 2024. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Ahmed M. Musa is a senior researcher taking part in PRIO's 'holding aid accountable: relational humanitarianism in protracted crisis (AidAccount)' project. He completed postdoctoral research on 'diaspora humanitarianism in complex crises (D-HUM)'. From 2016 to 2019, Ahmed participated in the research project 'governing economic hubs and flows Somali East Africa (GOVSEA) as a doctoral researcher. Between 2013 and 2016, Ahmed was the Somali Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention (OCVP)'s head of the Research and Data Analysis Department. Ahmed also researches the interconnection between trade and state-building in fragile contexts. Ahmed has a wide range of publications, including journal articles, book chapters, policy briefs, working papers and blog posts. His recent publications include 'Revenues on the hoof: livestock trade, taxation and state-making in the Somali territories. Journal of Eastern African Studies 13(3):1-20. Ahmed is also a research fellow at the LSE's Centre for Public Authority and International Development (CPAID) and the Somali Public Agenda (SPA), and a frequent Rift Valley Institute (RVI) collaborator.
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Final AidAccount team meeting.
PRIO to co-host academic workshop in Kampala on the role of local humanitarian actors and their accountability practices.
The latest special issue of Conflict Security and Development is co-edited by PRIO Senior Researcher Jason Miklian, and showcases the capstone publication for the PRIO project "Conflict of Interest? 'Business For Peace' as Development Aid in Volatile Environments" funded by the Research Council of Norway.
PRIO researcher Ahmed Mohamed Musa was interviewed about the relationship between Ethiopia and Somalia for the French magazine Le Point, and for Deutsche Welle (DW) Amharic.
PRIO researcher Ahmed Mohamed Musa was interviewed about upcoming elections in Puntland, Somalia, by the Spanish news wire, EFE.
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