Sonja Fransen

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Senior Researcher, Migration and Development, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University

A study found migrants were more likely to volunteer in their communities than native residents. Sabrina Bracher/Shutterstock

January 18, 2024

Sonja Fransen, United Nations University; Neil Adger, University of Exeter; Ricardo Safra de Campos, University of Exeter, and William C. Clark, Harvard University

Migration is considered an inevitable effect of climate change. It could also be part of the solution.

Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, home to one million Rohingya refugees, is prone to flooding. Sk Hasan Ali/Shutterstock

June 6, 2023

Sonja Fransen, United Nations University

Refugee settlements are particularly affected by high temperatures and extreme rainfall, even more so than the rest of their host countries.