Multisetting Studies

Where TRANS-WELL research takes place

Three prolonged and volatile conflict and mobility contexts serve as cases in point for TRANS-WELL's topic. The project does not attempt to carry out "conventional" comparative studies. It borrows the "multicentre study" idea (which we call "multisetting study"). The samples represent striking examples of an intertwining of environmental and livelihood degradation, armed conflict, urging epidemiological crises, gradual and sudden drivers of migration and pressures on public health institutions. 

It is hoped that the three studies, with their multi-perspective approach, help to unpack the problematic (im)mobility-health complex. Through this research design, we aim at a better understanding of the well-being ecosystem (or lack thereof) and strive to co-produce creative solutions for an attentive, empathetic policy and public health system which is responsive to the needs of both (im)mobile people and local residents.

A family in rural central Mozambique
A farmer's family practising shifting cultivation. Villagers in some areas of central and northern Mozambique live amidst armed conflict and drastic environmental degradation - currently, there are over 500,000 IDPs in the Cabo Delgado province alone.

Study setting 1: Northern Mozambique

- Will be updated soon - 


Study setting 2: Dominican Republic

- Will be updated soon - 

Clinic in a Dominican batey
A clinic in a "batey" near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Bateyes have traditionally been secluded rural settlements for migrant workers in the sugar cane industry.

Refugee camp near Mae Sot, Northwestern Thailand
Refugee camp in Northwestern Thailand near Mae Sot. Approx. 100,000 refugees from neighbouring Myanmar are living here.

Study setting 3: Northern Thailand

- Will be updated soon -