Project Title: The potential of neighbourhood-based social integration of young refugees from Eritrea and Ethiopia and the implications for multilayer governance of social

Project Aims & Objectives:

Th research project focuses on three perspectives to the current situation in which for long periods of their youth, young adult refugees continue to rely on social assistance: (1) knowledge regarding the importance of local structures and the neighbourhood for integration processes, (2) findings regarding the relevance of the capability approach to social assistance for meeting the ambivalent requirements of the social investment state , and (3) the implications for multi-layer governance of the social investment approach.

Scholars/Institutions: Matthias Drilling et.la

Start Date: September 1, 2020

End Date: June 30, 2023

Findings/Outcomes:

Journal Article, a Book Chapter, and magazine Articles etc.

Project Webpage: https://irf.fhnw.ch/entities/project/4e130fed-abda-42d1-8001-39940956e24d

Funding Institution: Swiss National Foundation - SNF

Relevant Information: The project had local collaboration with Municipalities, Refugee and Migrant Communities - including Churches and Experts from the Refugee Communities

Country of Publication:

• Switzerland