Craig Loschmann is a research fellow at UNU-MERIT, defending his thesis in October 2016 on the subject of conflict-related migration and development in the case of Afghanistan. Craig has worked on several migration-related projects for a variety of institutions including the World Bank, UNHCR, IOM, ILO and OECD. Additionally, Craig has experience coordinating fieldwork in Burundi and Rwanda for separate DfID- and UNHCR-funded projects, respectively.

	Selected publications by Craig Loschmann
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Loschmann, Craig & Katrin Marchand, 2021, The labor market reintegration of returned refugees in Afghanistan, Small Business Economics, 56: 1033-1045, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-019-00315-w, More information
Fajth, Veronika, Özge Bilgili, Craig Loschmann & Melissa Siegel, 2019, How do refugees affect social life in host communities? The case of Congolese refugees in Rwanda, Comparative Migration Studies, 7(1): 33-, DOI: 10.1186/s40878-019-0139-1, More information
Loschmann, Craig, Özge Bilgili & Melissa Siegel, 2019, Considering the benefits of hosting refugees: evidence of refugee camps influencing local labour market activity and economic welfare in Rwanda, IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 9(5), DOI: 10.1186/s40176-018-0138-2, More information
Bilgili, Özge, Craig Loschmann, Sonja Fransen & Melissa Siegel, 2019, Is the Education of Local Children Influenced by Living near a Refugee Camp? Evidence from Host Communities in Rwanda, International Migration(Special Issue), DOI: 10.1111/imig.12541, More information
Bilgili, Özge, Craig Loschmann, Sonja Fransen & Melissa Siegel, 2018, Is the education of local children influenced by living nearby a refugee camp? Evidence from host communities in Rwanda, International Migration, 57(4): 291-309, DOI: doi.org/10.1111/imig.12541, More information
Loschmann, Craig, Christopher R. Parsons & Melissa Siegel, 2015, Does Shelter Assistance Reduce Poverty in Afghanistan?, World Development, 74: 305-322, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.022, More information
Loschmann, Craig & Melissa Siegel, 2015, Revisiting the Motivations behind Remittance Behavior: Evidence of Debt-Financed Migration from Afghanistan, migration letters, 12(1), More information
Loschmann, Craig & Melissa Siegel, 2014, The influence of vulnerability on migration intentions in Afghanistan, Migration and Development, 3: 142-162, DOI: 10.1080/21632324.2014.885259, More information
Book chapters
Loschmann, Craig, 2020, Taking Stock of the Evidence on the Consequences of Hosting Refugees in the Global South, in: Glenn Rayp, Ilse Ruyssen & Katrin Marchand (eds), Regional Integration and Migration Governance in the Global South, Springer, Dordrecht, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-43942-2_2, More information
Loschmann, Craig, Katherine Kuschminder & Melissa Siegel, 2017, The Root Causes of Movement: Exploring the Determinants of Irregular Migration from Afghanistan, in: Marie McAuliffe and Khalid Koser, A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making, ANU Press, Canberra, More information
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Loschmann, Craig, Melissa Siegel & Christopher R. Parsons, 2014, Does shelter assistance reduce poverty in Afghanistan?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2014-051
Loschmann, Craig & Melissa Siegel, 2013, The influence of vulnerability on migration intentions in Afghanistan, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2013-038
External working papers
Bilgili, Özge, Craig Loschmann & Melissa Siegel, 2018, The Gender-Based Effects of Displacement: The Case of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda , KNOMAD Working Paper 21, More information
Bilgili, Özge, Craig Loschmann & Melissa Siegel, 2017, The Gender-Based Effects of Displacement: The Case of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda, KNOMAD Working Paper 21, More information
Research reports
Weyel, Silja , Craig Loschmann & Melissa Siegel, 2015, Migration and Development: A World in Motion - Morocco Country Report, IS Academy survey Morocco, More information
Loschmann, Craig, Katrin Marchand, Melissa Siegel, Nassim Majidi & Camille Hennion, 2013, Evaluation of the UNHCR Shelter Assistance Programme, Report of the UNHCR Shelter Assistance Evaluation Afghanistan (2012-2013) project
Loschmann, Craig, Katrin Marchand, Melissa Siegel, Nassim Majidi & Camille Hennion, 2013, Evaluation of the UNHCR Shelter Assistance Programme - executive summary, Executive summary of the UNHCR Shelter Assistance Evaluation Afghanistan (2012-2013) project
Proceedings
Loschmann, Craig, 2009, The Global Crisis, Remittances and the Livelihoods of the Poor, in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Population and Development 2009. Paris, World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Vol. 54: 833-838
Conference contributions
Loschmann, Craig, 2017, Exploring the effects of refugees on social infrastructure change in Rwanda, UNU-WIDER conference: Migration and Mobility: New Frontiers for Research and Policy, University of Ghana, Accra, 5-6 October, 2017
Loschmann, Craig, 2017, The Local Economic Impact of Hosting Refugees: The Case of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda, AFD-World Bank 10th International Conference on Migration and Development, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, 29-30 June, 2017
Loschmann, Craig, 2017, The Local Economic Impact of Hosting Refugees: The Case of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda, Workshop on Migration and Conflict, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, 8-9 June, 2017
Loschmann, Craig, 2017, The Economic Impact of the Congolese Refugee Population on Host Communities in Rwanda, TRANSMIC conference: Migration, Rights and Citizenship: Coming Full Circle in a Challenging Environment, European University Institute, Florence, 18-19 May, 2017
Loschmann, Craig, 2017, The consequences of forced migration: does the presence of refugees lead to greater economic activity for host communities?, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 10 April, 2017
Loschmann, Craig, 2017, Determinants of Labour Market Outcomes of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda, Refugee Studies Centre conference: Beyond Crisis – Rethinking Refugee Studies. University of Oxford, Oxford, 16-17 March, 2017
Theses
Loschmann, Craig, 2016, Essays on Conflict-related Migration and Development in the case of Afghanistan, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University
Other (editorship, media appearance, keynote, etc.)
Loschmann, Craig, Katherine Kuschminder & Melissa Siegel, 2014, The root causes of movement: Exploring the determinants of Irregular Migration from Afghanistan, Irregular Migration Research Programme Occasional Paper Series 11|2014, More information