Abdirahman Edle, PhD
Abdirahman Edle, PhD
(Administrative Director)
Abdirahman Edle, PhD
Abdirahman Edle Ali is a doctoral candidate at the University of Nairobi’s Institute of Development Studies and the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Food and Resource Economics. With a strong background as a development practitioner, he specializes in participatory community development. His research focuses on migration, humanitarianism, and diaspora engagements, with recent publications in Security Dialogue (2022) and the Journal of Refugee Studies (2023). In addition to his doctoral work, Abdirahman has extensive experience as a research consultant, collaborating with academic institutions such as Durham University, Wasafiri Consulting, the Rift Valley Institute, the Peace Research Institute Oslo, the Life & Peace Institute, SWISS Peace, and the Clingendael Institute. He is also a co-founder of 3D Research Limited, contributing to policy-relevant research in development studies.
List of Publications – Abdirahman Edle Ali
- Kleist, , Albrecht, P., Ali, A. E., Bradbury, M., Hassan, M. A., Kanyinga, K., Mohamed, F. D., Musa, A. M., & Norman, J. (2025). Situated polycrises: Somali responses to COVID-19. International Affairs, 101(1). https://doi.org/10.xxxx/yyyy
- Ali, E., Norman, J., & Schouten, P. (2024, August 7). Somalia’s isbaaro: Checkpoints and world- making beyond the state. Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). https://www.diis.dk/en/research/somalias-isbaaro
- Aden, , Horst, C. and Edle, A (2023). ‘From Refugees to Citizens? How Refugee Youth in the Dadaab Camps of Kenya Use Education to Challenge Their Status as Non-Citizens. Journal of Refugee Studies. https://academic.oup.com/jrs/article/36/4/736/7208040
- P Chonka, A Edle Ali, K Stuvøy (2022). Eyes on the ground and eyes in the sky: Security narratives, participatory visual methods and knowledge production in ‘danger zones’. Security Dialogue, 2022. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09670106221111620
- Abdirahman Edle (2017), “Relationship between social cohesiveness and households’ financial well-being among pastoralist communities in Mandera County”. International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology ISSN 2412-0294. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.ijssit.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Relationship-Between-Social-Cohesiveness-And-Households%E2%80%99-Financial-Wellbeing-Among-Pastoralist-Communities.pdf
- (Under Review). Abdirahman Edle, Peter Albrecht, (2025). Mobilizing for what? The Somali clan as service provider. African Studies Review.
- (Under Review). Abdirahman Edle, Peter Albrecht, (2025). From Mosques to Clans: The Politics of Giving in Somali Diaspora Aid Networks. African Spectrum Journal.
- Abdirahman Edle (2023), “Brokering Trade Routes, The political economy of checkpoints along the Baidoa Corridor, Rift Valley Institute (RVI), Nairobi. https://www.xcept-research.org/publication/brokering-trade-routes/
- Abdirahman Edle (2019), “Class conceptions and attributes in three Somali cities (Hargeisa, Mogadishu and Baidoa)”, Rift Valley Institute (RVI), Nairobi. Kenya
- Abdirahman Edle (2019), “Land Administration and Governance Challenges of Rapid Urbanization and Forced Displacement in Somalia (Kismayo, Mogadishu, Baidoa)”. Rift Valley Institute (RVI), Nairobi. Kenya
- Abdirahman Edle (2018), “Political Economy Analysis of Urban Networks and Centres in Baidoa, Somalia”. Rift Valley Institute (RVI), Nairobi. Kenya. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://riftvalley.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/rvi-commodified-cities-report-2022-en.pdf
- Edle et (2019). Security on the Move – Research Brief No.1. Displacement, Insecurity and Camp Management in Baidoa. Institute of Development Studies. https://securityonthemove.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SOTM-Research-Brief-BAIDOA.pdf
- Edle et (2019). Security on the Move – Research Brief No.2. Creating Satellite Towns: Displacement and Resettlement in Bosaaso. Institute of Development Studies. https://securityonthemove.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SOTM-Research-Brief-BOSAASO.pdf
- Edle et (2019). Security on the Move – Research Brief 3. Displacement and Camp Urbanization in Mogadishu. Institute of Development Studies. https://www.academia.edu/101351268/Security_on_the_Move_Research_Brief_3_Displacement_and_Camp_Urbanisation_in_Mogadishu
- Edle et (2019). Security on the Move – Research Brief No.4. Long-term Legacies of Displacement and Urban Growth in Hargeisa. Institute of Development Studies. https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Security_on_the_Move_-_Research_Brief_No_4_Long-term_Legacies_of_Displacement_and_Urban_Growth_in_Hargeisa/26424604
- Edle et al. (2025). Humanitarian Aid in Baidoa: Religious Leaders Speak Out. PeaceRep. https://peacerep.org/2025/01/27/humanitarian-aid-in-baidoa-religious-leaders-speak-out/
- Abdirahman Edle (2022), Bay and Bakool: how Somalia’s breadbasket turned into an epicentre of humanitarian RVI, 2022. https://riftvalley.net/news/bay-and-bakool-how-somalias-breadbasket- turned-epicenter-humanitarian-crisis
- Abdirahman Edle et al (2022). Decolonising academic Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). https://www.diis.dk/en/research/decolonising-academic-collaboration
- Abdirahman Edle et al (2020). COVID-19: A Looming humanitarian disaster for Somali East Africa, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 1st April https://www.diis.dk/en/research/covid-19- a-looming-humanitarian-disaster-somali-east-africa
- Abdirahman Edle et al (2020). Mogadishu in the time of COVID-19, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). https://diis.dk/en/research/mogadishu-in-the-time-of-covid-19
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