Fafo’s research in the Middle East mainly revolves around people’s living conditions and livelihood strategies and how these are impacted by conflicts and rights. Much of our work has dealt with the situation of refugees. Increasingly, labour market issues and social protection have become central to our research portfolio.
Fafo conducts large-scale national living condition surveys, smaller surveys on more limited populations, opinion polls as well as coping studies benefitting from both quantitative and qualitative methods.
Fafo has also been involved in the design and evaluation of international assistance and relief programs to the region, including in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. Our evaluations focus on the assistance given for humanitarian purposes, post-conflict recovery and transformation, but also include aid programs with longer-term, developmental objectives.
Amongst our donors and partners are UN agencies, international humanitarian organizations, national governments and local NGOs. Training and capacity building of partner organizations are frequently crucial elements of our projects.
Guri Tyldum
A paradise without peopleNerina Weiss
Good radicals? Trajectories of pro-Kurdish political and militant mobilisation to the wars in Syria, Turkey and IraqMona Christophersen
Pursuing Sustainable Development under Sectarianism in Lebanon | 2018 | Last ned / DownloadJon Pedersen and Åge A. Tiltnes
Youth in the southern and eastern Mediterranean:Tewodros Aragie Kebede, Kristian Takvam Kindt og Jacob Høigilt
Writing change: Diglossia and popular writing practices in Egypt | 2016 | Les mer / Read moreMona Christophersen
Is Education a Dead End for Syrian Refugees?Mona Christophersen
As Divisions Entrench. Is Syria Headed for Permanent Split?Kjetil Selvik, Jon Nordenson and Tewodros Aragie Kebede
Print Media Liberalization and Electoral Coverage Bias in KuwaitSari Hanafi and Åge A. Tiltnes
Discrimination of Palestinian Professionals in LebanonSari Hanafi and Åge A. Tiltnes
The Employability of Palestinian Professionals in Lebanon: Constraints and TransgressionDebarati Guha-Sapir, Olivier Degomme & Jon Pedersen
Correspondence (Mortality in Iraq) | 2007 | Les mer / Read moreÅge Arild Tiltnes
New head of state in Jordan: The major challenges facing King AbdullahSvein Erik Stave & Åge A. Tiltnes
Coping Alone: The state of small-scale enterprises and vulnerable workers in Iraq eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021 | Open accessTewodros Aragie Kebede, Svein Erik Stave & Maha Kattaa
Facing Double CrisesTewodros Aragie Kebede, Svein Erik Stave, Maha Kattaa, and Michaela Prokop
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on enterprises in Jordan | 2020 | Last ned /DownloadTewodros Aragie Kebede, Svein Erik Stave, Maha Kattaa
Rapid assessment of the impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations and small-scale enterprises in IraqTone Sommerfelt, Mark B. Taylor
The big dilemma of small soldiers: Recruiting children to the war in SyriaSvein Erik Stave and Maha Kattaa
Labour force and unemployment trends among Jordanians, Syrians and Egyptians in Jordan: 2010-2014 | 2015 Download wcms_422561.pdfMona Christophersen
Educating Syrian Youth in Jordan: Holistic Approaches to Emergency Response | 2015 | Read the reportKristian Takvam Kindt
Trapped Outside Politics: Egyptian Independent Unions' Democratizing DilemmaKristin Dalen and Jon Pedersen
Iraqis in Jordan. Their number and characteristics | 2007 | Les mer / Read moreJon Pedersen
Socio-Economic Atlas of Iraq. | 2005Åge Arild Tiltnes
Magnitude and Characteristics of Working Children in Syria | 2002Å. A. Tiltnes & E. Magembe
Housing Situation and Housing Needs Assessment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories | 2002Bård Vegar Solhjell, Silje Sønsterudbråten ogRolf Vestvik
Nytenkning av norsk midtøstenpolitikk | 2015Silje Sønsterudbråten
Opportunity to Resist: Palestinian Attitudes towards Rocket Attacks on Israel | 2009 | Les mer / Read moreÅge Arild Tiltnes
Chronic illness in the Palestinian refugee camp population of JordanÅge Arild Tiltnes
Jordanian women's participation in public and political life | 1997Jon Pedersen og Marie Arneberg
Vocational training in Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip | 1988