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Cindy Horst
Senior Researcher
Email: cindy@prio.no
Work phone: +47 22 54 77 49
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Senior Researcher Cindy Horst is an anthropologist with a specialization in Forced Migration Studies. Her main work has focused on refugee livelihoods in protracted refugee situations, specifically exploring the transnational dimensions of these livelihood strategies. She has also worked on migration-development links more generally for many years, i.a. focusing on individual and collective remittances as well as diaspora organizational engagement with the region of origin. Dr. Horst has led a number of research projects on protracted refugee situations, remittances, and international humanitarian aid. She is particularly interested in the methodological and ethical challenges of doing fieldwork related to the various aspects of conflict, and she heads the Fieldwork Network at PRIO. Her regional focus is on the Horn of Africa.

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Research Areas of Interest:

* Mobility and transnationalism affecting (national) identities
* The impact of transnationalism on (post-)conflict situations
* Interactions between refugees and the refugee regime
* Refugee Livelihoods
* Diaspora Engagements
* Ethical and Methodological challenges of fieldwork in conflict situations (Coordinator of the Fieldwork Network at PRIO)

Languages spoken:

Dutch (mother tongue), English, German, Norwegian (basic), French (basic), Somali (very basic),

Work Experience:

Moderator of the Refugee Livelihoods Network, UNHCR
Researcher and Lecturer on forced migration, University of Amsterdam

Education:

2003: PhD in Social Sciences on migration and transnationalism among Somalis, University of Amsterdam
1997: Foundation Course on Forced Migration, Centre for Refugee Studies, Oxford University
1996: MA in Cultural & Social Anthropology, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Cindy Horst is the author of the monograph Transnational Nomads, published by Berghahn Books (2006). She has written articles in the Journal of Refugee Studies; Conflict, Security and Development; the Refugee Survey Quarterly; Afrika Spectrum; and Refuge. Furthermore, she is the contributor to numerous edited volumes. 
Books and reports
Erdal, Marta Bivand & Cindy Horst, 2010. 'Engaging Diasporas in Development. A Review of Pilot Project Pakistan', PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.
Horst, Cindy & Mohamed Husein Gaas, 2008. 'Remittances for Peace? The Transnational Political Engagements of Somalis in Norway'Oslo: PRIO.
Carling, Jørgen; Marta Bivand Erdal, Cindy Horst & Hilde Wallacher, 2007. 'Legal, Rapid and Reasonably Priced? A Survey of Remittance Services in Norway', PRIO Report 3. Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).
Horst, Cindy, 2006. 'Connected Lives. Somalis in Minneapolis: Family Responsibilities and the Migration Dreams of Relatives'. Geneva: UNHCR.
Horst, Cindy, 2006. Transnational Nomads: How Somalis Cope with Refugee Life in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya. Oxford, New York: Berghahn Books.
Articles
Horst, Cindy, 2010. 'Somalia's Hidden Population', Global Expert Finder, 11 August.
Erdal, Marta Bivand & Cindy Horst, 2010. 'Ekskludert fra utvikling?' [Excluded from Development?], Dagsavisen, 29 July.
Horst, Cindy, 2009. 'Expanding Sites: The Question of ‘Depth’ Explored' in Mark-Anthony Falzon, ed., Multi-Sited Ethnography. Theory, Praxis and Locality in Contemporary Social Research. Aldershot: Ashgate (119–134).
Horst, Cindy & Mohamed Husein Gaas, 2009. 'Diaspora Organizations from the Horn of Africa in Norway: Contributions to Peacebuilding?', PRIO Policy Brief 2, Oslo: PRIO.
Horst, Cindy, 2008. 'Diaspora Engagements in Development Cooperation', PRIO Policy Brief 8, Oslo: PRIO.
Horst, Cindy, 2008. 'The Transnational Political Engagements of Refugees: Remittance Sending Practices amongst Somalis in Norway', Conflict, Security and Development 8(3): 31–339.
Erdal, Marta Bivand; Mohamed Husein Gaas & Cindy Horst, 2008. 'Tvunget til lovbrudd' [Forced to Break the Law], Dagbladet, 2 April.
Horst, Cindy, 2008. 'A Monopoly on Assistance? International Aid to Refugee Camps and the Role of the Diaspora', Afrika Spectrum 43(1): 121–131.
Horst, Cindy, 2007. 'The Somali Community in Minneapolis: Expectations and Realities' in Abdi Kusow & Stephanie Bjork, eds, From Mogadishu to Dixon: The Somali Diaspora in a Global Context. Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press.
Horst, Cindy, 2007. 'The Role of Remittances in the Transnational Livelihood Strategies of Somalis' in Ton van Naerssen, Annelies Zoomers & Ernst Spaan, eds, Global Migration and Development. London: Routledge.
Horst, Cindy, 2007. 'Connected Lives: Somalis in Minneapolis Dealing with Family Responsibilities and Migration Dreams of Relatives' in Osman Farah, Mammo Muchie & Joakim Gundel, eds, Somalia: Diaspora and State Reconstitution in the Horn of Africa. London: Adonis and Abbey (89–101).
Horst, Cindy, 2007. 'Somaliere i Norge: Krigere eller velgjørere?' [Somalis in Norway: Warriors or Benefactors?], Dagbladet, 18 January.
Horst, Cindy, 2006. 'Buufis amongst Somalis in Dadaab: The Transnational and Historical Logics Behind Resettlement Dreams', Journal of Refugee Studies 19(2): 143–157.
Horst, Cindy, 2006. 'Refugee livelihoods: Continuity and Transformations', Refugee Survey Quarterly 25(2): 6–22.
Other
Horst, Cindy, 2008. 'Multi-sited Methods within the Diasporas for Peace Project', presented at DIASPEACE Kick-off Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 5 May.
Horst, Cindy, 2008. 'Somali Assistance Networks: The Social Dynamics of Sending Remittances', presented at Gwendolen M. Carter Conference Migrations In & Out of Africa: Old Patterns & New Perspectives, University of Florida, 15 February.
Horst, Cindy, 2008. 'Somalis in Kenya: Business as Usual?', presented at International Association for the Study of Forced Migration, Cairo, Egypt, 8 January.
Horst, Cindy, 2007. 'A Monopoly on Assistance? International Aid to Refugee Camps and the Role of the Diaspora', presented at AEGIS Conference, Leiden, 11 July.
Horst, Cindy, ed., 2006. Refugee Survey Quarterly 25(2), October. Special issue on Refugee Livelihoods: Continuity and Transformations.