Nigeria

Research and activites

Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo

Livestreaming

West Africa now

DIIS Auditorium

This seminar sheds light on the myriad challenges shaping West Africa and discusses the recent political upheavals, the growing influence of Russia, and the complex web of migration patterns intersecting the region and beyond
Photo/illustration by Jette Mariboe

Podcast

2023

"I'm building the house for my children"
Photo/illustration by Esther Egele-Godswill

DIIS PODCAST

2023

Who is stealing Nigeria’s oil?

Oil was discovered in Nigeria in the Niger delta in 1956 and it’s now Nigeria’s main source of export. Nigeria is world’s 15th largest oil producer just a little behind a country like Norway which is number 13. At the same time Nigeria is one of the poorest countries in the world.
Photo/illustration by Morten L. Kringelbach

Weaving narratives: Autoethnographic migration research in the making

DIIS Auditorium

Autoetnography is emerging as a trend in current research. Come and reflect on the different ways to use personal experience and positionality with four migration scholars
Journal Article

2022

Indebted deportation among undocumented migrant sex workers from Thailand and Nigeria in Europe

My body is my piece of land
Photo/illustration by Cover photo by Chinedum “Maxzy” Iregbu

Webinar

Women on the move - new insights on women as migrants, refugees, and trafficked

Online via Zoom

In the past years we have seen images of West African women en route to Europe crossing the Mediterranean and currently newspapers and media are brimming with images of Ukrainian women.
Previous streamed webinar

5 May 2021

How can we overcome the root causes of piracy?

A conversation with scholars on maritime security
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Article

2021

To beat China on tech, learn from it 

The United States needs more than support of traditional allies to outpace China on 5G and other new technologies
Book

2020

Governing African Oil and Gas

Boom-Era Political and Institutional Innovation
Journal Article

2020

Governing African oil and gas

Boom-era political and institutional innovation
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

DIIS Comment

2020

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nine Months into the Pandemic with No End in Sight
Photo/illustration by Brian Larkin

Webinar

The ambient infrastructure of generators

Online via Zoom

Brian Larkin kicks of the analytical approaches to infrastructure webinar series
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

DIIS Longread

2020

The Women’s war
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Activity

2 January 2019

DIIS and Ban Ki-Moon opened UN’s Global Migration Film Festival

New narratives on migration through film
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Forskningsprojekt

5 October 2018

DIIS Researcher receives grant from Open Society Foundation

New pilot project on women's irregular migration to the EU
Interview

21 September 2018

The China model’s false promise

Infrastructure alone does not bring development
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Feature Article

2018

The China model is one to avoid - not emulate

China’s weighty engagement is jeopardising future development prospects in Africa
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Interview

28 June 2018

China’s military footprint in Africa

New defense forum will expand China’s military presence on the continent
Book Chapter

2017

Life after deportation

Ethnographic perspectives from around the World
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Journal Article

2017

Making new citizens out of deportees

New article on deportation from the perspective of deportees and their nation states
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

21 April 2016

How do migrants and states manage borders?

New major joint migration project between DIIS and University of Oslo
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Journal Article

2016

Africa’s petrostates are crashing hard

Fall of oil prices causing continental shift in the economic balance of power in Africa
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

Only a multifaceted approach will defeat Boko Haram

The Jihadist violence in Nigeria continues
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

Fighting corruption is key to improve border control in Niger

More border officies could even undermine security in the Sahel, this new policy brief argues
DIIS Report

2016

Avoiding past mistakes in the fight against Boko Haram

New DIIS Report on Boko Haram in the Sahel region

Journal Article

2022

My body is my piece of land

Indebted deportation among undocumented migrant sex workers from Thailand and Nigeria in Europe.

Sine Plambech

Security Dialogue

Read journal article
Article

2022

Mobility, mobilization, and counter/insurgency: the routes of terror in an African context

By Daniel E. Agbiboa. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2022. 248p. $70.00 cloth, $29.95 paper

Peer Schouten

Perspectives on Politics, 20

Read publication (external link)
Book

2020

Governing African Oil and Gas

Boom-Era Political and Institutional Innovation

Luke Patey, Ricardo Soares de Oliveira & Nelson Oppong

Read more about the publication (external link)
Journal Article

2020

Governing African oil and gas

Boom-era political and institutional innovation

Nelson Oppong, Luke Patey & Ricardo Soares de Oliveira

The Extractive Industries and Society, 7

Read publication (external link)
Journal Article

2018

Vulnerable Here or There?

Examining the vulnerability of victims of human trafficking before and after return

Erlend Paasche, May-Len Skilbrei & Sine Plambech

Anti-Trafficking Review, 2018

Read publication (external link)
Book Chapter

2017

Back from "the Other Side"

The Post-deportee Life of Nigerian Migrant Sex Workers

Sine Plambech

After Deportation. New York: Springer New York

Read publication (external link)
Journal Article

2017

Sex, Deportation, and Rescue

Economies of Migration among Nigerian Sex Workers

Sine Plambech

Feminist Economics, 23

Download (pdf, 438.5 KB)
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Journal Article

2017

God Brought You Home – Deportation as Moral Governance in the Lives of Nigerian Sex Worker Migrants

Sine Plambech

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Download (pdf, 1.3 MB)
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Journal Article

2016

Africa’s petrostates are imploding

And that’s setting off a dramatic shift in the economic balance of power on the continent

Luke Patey

FP Foreign Policy
DIIS Report

2016

Boko Haram

From local grievances to violent insurgency

Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Sine Plambech

Download (pdf, 1.6 MB)
Journal Article

2014

Between "Victims" and "Criminals"

Rescue, Deportation, and Everyday Violence Among Nigerian Migrants

Sine Plambech

Social Politics, 21

Download (pdf, 128.1 KB)
DIIS Report

2007

Oil development in Africa

Lessons for Sudan after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement

Luke Patey

Download (pdf, 371.8 KB)

Photo/illustration by Rasmus Fly

DIIS Q&A

2021

Transnational threat or PR stunt?

When jihadist groups declare allegiance

Dino Krause & Anne Blaabjerg Nielsen

Read publication (external link)
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

DIIS Comment

2020

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nine Months into the Pandemic with No End in Sight

Dane Fetterer

Read publication (external link)
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

DIIS Longread

2020

The Women’s war

Sine Plambech
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

Defeating Boko Haram requires a multifaceted approach

Jihadist violence in Nigeria continues

Sine Plambech & Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde

Download (pdf, 2.2 MB)
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

Corruption, insecurity and border control in Niger

security in the Sahel

Eric Hahonou

Download (pdf, 1.5 MB)

Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo

Livestreaming

West Africa now

DIIS Auditorium

This seminar sheds light on the myriad challenges shaping West Africa and discusses the recent political upheavals, the growing influence of Russia, and the complex web of migration patterns intersecting the region and beyond
Photo/illustration by Morten L. Kringelbach

Weaving narratives: Autoethnographic migration research in the making

DIIS Auditorium

Autoetnography is emerging as a trend in current research. Come and reflect on the different ways to use personal experience and positionality with four migration scholars
Photo/illustration by Cover photo by Chinedum “Maxzy” Iregbu

Webinar

Women on the move - new insights on women as migrants, refugees, and trafficked

Online via Zoom

In the past years we have seen images of West African women en route to Europe crossing the Mediterranean and currently newspapers and media are brimming with images of Ukrainian women.
Previous streamed webinar

5 May 2021

How can we overcome the root causes of piracy?

A conversation with scholars on maritime security
Photo/illustration by Brian Larkin

Webinar

The ambient infrastructure of generators

Online via Zoom

Brian Larkin kicks of the analytical approaches to infrastructure webinar series
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Activity

2 January 2019

DIIS and Ban Ki-Moon opened UN’s Global Migration Film Festival

New narratives on migration through film
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Forskningsprojekt

5 October 2018

DIIS Researcher receives grant from Open Society Foundation

New pilot project on women's irregular migration to the EU
Interview

21 September 2018

The China model’s false promise

Infrastructure alone does not bring development
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Interview

28 June 2018

China’s military footprint in Africa

New defense forum will expand China’s military presence on the continent
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

21 April 2016

How do migrants and states manage borders?

New major joint migration project between DIIS and University of Oslo
Film

22 May 2015

Becky’s Journey – a rare insight into hopes and fears of migrants

Documentary on undocumented migration and trafficking from the perspective of a 26-year-old Nigerian
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

27 March 2015

New research project on human trafficking

Sine Plambech's postdoc project analyses human trafficking seen from the Global South

Photo/illustration by Jette Mariboe

Podcast

2023

"I'm building the house for my children"
Photo/illustration by Esther Egele-Godswill

DIIS PODCAST

2023

Who is stealing Nigeria’s oil?

Oil was discovered in Nigeria in the Niger delta in 1956 and it’s now Nigeria’s main source of export. Nigeria is world’s 15th largest oil producer just a little behind a country like Norway which is number 13. At the same time Nigeria is one of the poorest countries in the world.

DIIS Experts

Photo/illustration by Lynggaardhansenfoto.dk

Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde

Migration and global order

Senior Researcher

smr@diis.dk
Photo/illustration by Marie Hald

Sine Plambech

Migration and global order

Senior Researcher

+45 6065 0479

spl@diis.dk