Projects
Conflict, displacement, and refugee journeys
This Project is part of the following research programme/s:
Publications & Activities
Demographic and household composition of refugee and internally displaced populations: Findings from an online survey
The impacts of the Ukrainian conflict in Europe and beyond webinar (2023). (Online)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B, Torrisi O, Head M,
Forced Displacement in Ukraine: A Comparison of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Population Association of America Annual Conference 2023 (2023). (New Orleans)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B, Torrisi O, Head M,
Forced Displacement within and outside of Ukraine: How Do Key Characteristics Explain Distance Travelled?
European Population Conference 2024 (2024). (Edinburgh)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B, Torrisi O,
Forced displacement within and outside of Ukraine: language, security, and uncertainty
ECSR Conference (2024). (University of Barcelona)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B, Torrisi O,
From Conflict Zones to Europe: Syrian and Afghan Refugees' Journeys, Stories, and Strategies
Social Inclusion (2022). 10 (4)
Authors: Belabbas S, Bijak J, Modirrousta-Galian A, Nurse S,
Health Needs Survey for Ukrainian displaced persons and refugees
University of Southampton, CPC (2022).
Authors: Torrisi O, Perelli-Harris B, Head M, Brackstone K,
Household composition and socio-economic status of displaced persons in Ukraine
Wartime migration and integration: Ukrainian stayers, IDPs and refugees, 2nd IAB-BIB-ECSR international Workshop (2025). (Congress Centre of the Federal Employment Agency, Nuremburg, Germany)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B,
Internal Displacement and Subjective Well-Being: The Case of Ukraine in 2018
Social Forces (2023). 102 (3) 1157-1179
Authors: Perelli-Harris B, Zavisca J, Levchuk N, Gerber T,
Internal displacement and subjective well-being: The case of Ukraine
CPC (2022). Series Number: 99.
Authors: Perelli-Harris B, Zavisca J, Levchuk N, Gerber T,
Panellist at 'Migration in Ukraine during the Russian Invasion',
University of Washington, Center for Studies in Ecology and Demography Seminar Series (2023). (University of Washington)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B,
Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris will chair session Panel 4 "Family, housing and well-being"
Wartime migration and integration: Ukrainian stayers, IDPS and refugees 2nd IAB-BIB-ECSR Workshop (2025). (Congress Centre of the Federal Employment Agency, Nuremburg, Germany)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B,
The uncertainty of forced displacement: how language and violence have shaped forced migrants' journeys during Russia's invasion of Ukraine
British Society Population Studies Conference 2024 (2024). (Bath)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B, Torrisi O,
The war, refugees, and the future of Ukraine's population
Uncertainty and the family life course workshop (2024). (University of Florence )
Authors: Liu C, Kulu H, Christison S, Mikolai J,
Ukraine's depopulation crisis: Fertility uncertainty, Displacement, and War.
Social Statistics and Demography Seminar Series (2023). (University of Southampton)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B,
Understanding health needs of Ukrainian refugees and displaced populations
University of Southampton (2022).
Authors: Head M, Brackstone K, Crane K, Walker I, Perelli-Harris B,
What explains low life satisfaction among Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine: current deprivation, loss of status, or exposure to violence?
ECSR Annual Conference 2021 (2021). (Virtual)
Authors: Perelli-Harris B, Zavisca J, Levchuk N, Gerber T,
Policy Engagement
Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris and Professor Jakub Bijak contributed to a workshop on 'The demography of Ukraine and the challenges of war and humanitarian crisis' 28 April 2022
Location: Online (Germany)
The workshop was co-hosted by the Federal Institute for Population Research in Germany, Population Europe and CPC.Contributors: Perelli-Harris B, Bijak J,
Media
War, displacement and migration in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies Spotify. 2024
Professor Jane Falkingham gave the opening talk in this event about the effects of the contemporary conflicts in Eastern Europe, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border have on local populations.
Demographics and Health Circumstances of Ukrainian Displaced People Youtube. 2023
Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, Dr Michael Head and Dr Ken Brackstone held a workshop “War in Ukraine: Armed violence, forced displacement and mental wellbeing.” at the University of Southampton. The results of a rapid-needs health survey were disseminated.
'Hope is finished, we're dying out'-what people in Ukraine said about Russian conflict The Print. 2022
Research by Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, Professor Theodore Gerber and Dr Yuliya Hilevych on life in the Ukrainian separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
'The hope is finished': life in the Ukrainian separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk The Conversation. 2022
Research by Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, Professor Theodore Gerber and Dr Yuliya Hilevych on life in the Ukrainian separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
'The hope is finished': life in the Ukrainian separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk Western Morning News. 2022
Research by Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, Professor Theodore Gerber and Dr Yuliya Hilevych on life in the Ukrainian separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
CPC Webinar: 'Low subjective well-being of Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine' | Brienna Perelli-Harris Youtube. 2021
Although Internally Displaced Persons outnumber refugees globally, few studies have examined their well-being and assimilation into the local population. Here we investigate Ukraine, which hosts the largest IDP population in Europe.
In 2014, war erupted in eastern Ukraine, resulting in around 1.7 million people forced to resettle throughout Ukraine. Despite being ethnically and culturally similar to the local population, IDPs encountered severe economic, housing, and social challenges, as well as residual trauma from violence.
In this study we examine to what extent the subjective well-being (SWB) of IDPs differs from locals who were not displaced. We explore whether the IDP/local SWB gap is due to economic hardship, inadequate housing, and/or weak social support. Using a unique survey conducted in 2018 and OLS regression methods, we find a sizable gap in SWB between IDPs and locals. The gap shrinks after accounting for economic and housing status, and support from local networks. Measures of loss in housing and social networks additionally account for the gap.
However, none of the factors can account for the difference between locals and IDPs who reported only leaving due to violence, pointing to the enduring impact of trauma on SWB.
