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Hassan Aden left ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ in 2024. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Hassan Aden
Interests and experience
Projects
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Fieldwork Network (FIWON)
Dec 2023 – Jan 2024
Building Effective Collaboration for Stability in Somalia
Building Effective Collaboration for Stability in Somalia
Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
Transitioning Somalia to a Fully Democratic Election System: Learning from Somaliland
Transitioning Somalia to a Fully Democratic Election System: Learning from Somaliland
Apr 2018 – Jun 2023
Refugee Education: Building Durable Futures (REBuilD)
Refugee Education: Building Durable Futures (REBuilD)
Mar 2018 – Jun 2023
Building Futures through Refugee Education. Aspirations, Navigation and (Non)-citizenship
Building Futures through Refugee Education. Aspirations, Navigation and (Non)-citizenship
Latest publications
All publications
Hassan Aden (2024)
Localised refugee education: understanding nationally accredited refugee-led schools in Kenya’s Dadaab camps
Localised refugee education: understanding nationally accredited refugee-led schools in Kenya’s Dadaab camps
Journal article in Journal of Eastern African Studies
Hassan Ahmed Aden (2024)
Hoping against the Odds: Understanding Refugee Youths’ Aspirations for Gaining Overseas Scholarships
Hoping against the Odds: Understanding Refugee Youths’ Aspirations for Gaining Overseas Scholarships
Journal article in Journal on Education in Emergencies
Hassan Aden & Ahmed M. Musa (2023)
Re-thinking Somalia’s Stabilisation in Liberated Areas
Re-thinking Somalia’s Stabilisation in Liberated Areas
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Policy Brief
Ahmed Mohamed Musa & Hassan Ahmed Aden (2023)
Improving Coordination in Somalia’s Stabilisation: Addressing Resource and Power Competition
Improving Coordination in Somalia’s Stabilisation: Addressing Resource and Power Competition
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Policy Brief
Hassan Aden, Abdirahman Edle Ali & Cindy Horst (2023)
From Refugees to Citizens? How Refugee Youth in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya Use Education to Challenge Their Status as Non-Citizens
From Refugees to Citizens? How Refugee Youth in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya Use Education to Challenge Their Status as Non-Citizens
Journal article in Journal of Refugee Studies
Hassan Aden (2023)
Building futures through Refugee Education: Aspirations, Navigation, and (Non-)citizenship
Building futures through Refugee Education: Aspirations, Navigation, and (Non-)citizenship
PhD thesis
Ahmed M. Musa, Cindy Horst & Hassan Aden (2023)
Transitioning Somalia to Direct Elections: Lessons from Somaliland and Puntland
Transitioning Somalia to Direct Elections: Lessons from Somaliland and Puntland
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Paper
Ahmed M. Musa, Hassan Aden & Cindy Horst (2023)
Leveraging local elections to advance Somalia’s transition to a multiparty democratic system
Leveraging local elections to advance Somalia’s transition to a multiparty democratic system
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Policy Brief
Hassan Aden et al. (2022)
What can we learn from refugee-led education in Kenya?
What can we learn from refugee-led education in Kenya?
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Policy Brief
Hassan Aden, Zeina Bali & Cindy Horst (2022)
From refugees to citizens? Rethinking refugee education dilemmas
From refugees to citizens? Rethinking refugee education dilemmas
ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Policy Brief
Latest news
Wednesday, 25 Jun 2025
Reimagining Humanitarianism. Special issue on relational accountability in locally-led crisis response
Reimagining Humanitarianism. Special issue on relational accountability in locally-led crisis response
The special issue examines the transformative potential of centering communitarian practices, including mutual assistance networks, relational support systems, and local accountability frameworks, in order to rethink humanitarian action from the ground up.Â
Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023
Hassan Aden Successfully Defends His PhD Thesis
Hassan Aden Successfully Defends His PhD Thesis
​Today, Hassan Aden has defended his PhD thesis at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.
Thursday, 17 Jun 2021
New Animation Highlights Need for Refugee Education and Durable Futures
New Animation Highlights Need for Refugee Education and Durable Futures
​Education in situations of conflict and crisis is central in efforts to protect children and youth in the near-term and fostering peaceful coexistence over the longer-term.
Friday, 30 Oct 2020
Virtual workshop on education in conflict and exile
Virtual workshop on education in conflict and exile
​Over four sessions in October, 20 academics and practitioners from around the world met virtually to discuss the question of how education can enable refugee individuals and communities to build durable futures whenthere is great uncertainty about where these futures will be? Recognizing theprotracted nature of refugee situations, the latest UNHCR education strategyprioritizes the integration of refugees into the national education systems ofhost countries.
Wednesday, 4 Dec 2019
Call for Abstracts: ‘Education in Conflict and Exile: Building Durable Futures?’
Call for Abstracts: ‘Education in Conflict and Exile: Building Durable Futures?’
​This academic workshop focuses on education of refugee children and children living in protracted conflict within and beyond the national frame.
Latest comments
Wednesday, 28 Dec 2022
What Can Somalia’s Federal Member States Learn from Somaliland as They Transition to Multiparty Elections?
What Can Somalia’s Federal Member States Learn from Somaliland as They Transition to Multiparty Elections?
Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022
Why has the Puntland state of Somalia been unable to conduct a ‘one person one vote’ election for over 24 years?
Why has the Puntland state of Somalia been unable to conduct a ‘one person one vote’ election for over 24 years?
Monday, 28 Mar 2022
Security Logics of Africa’s Divided Position on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Security Logics of Africa’s Divided Position on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Thursday, 17 Jun 2021
Agents of Change? How to fulfill the promise of education to refugees
Agents of Change? How to fulfill the promise of education to refugees
Monday, 6 Apr 2020
Migrants and COVID-19 in Norway: Five Reflections on Skewed Impacts
Migrants and COVID-19 in Norway: Five Reflections on Skewed Impacts
Recorded event
Refugee Education Reimagined: A Pedagogy of Hope
Refugee Education Reimagined: A Pedagogy of Hope
Multimedia
We See You: What Syrian Refugee Students Wish Their Teachers Knew
We See You: What Syrian Refugee Students Wish Their Teachers Knew
Education in conflict situations is crucial for protecting children and youth in the short-term and promoting long-term peaceful coexistence. We See You is an animation about refugee education, developed through research for the REBUILD project.
Multimedia
An Agent of Change
An Agent of Change
Education in conflict is crucial for protecting children and youth in the short term and promoting peaceful coexistence long term. An Agent of Change is an animation about refugee education, developed through the REBUILD project research.
