I am a Post-Doc researcher at the University of Pisa currently working in the DESIRA project. My work particularly focuses on the socio-economic impact of digitilization and urban food policies.

In 2020, I completed a joint Ph.D. at the University of Pisa (Agriculture, Food and Environment) and Ghent University (Applied Biological Science – Socioeconomics). My Ph.D. focused on the socio-economic aspects of international migration decisions and outcomes. During my Ph.D., I was a visiting Ph.D. fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) – Brugge (BE), where I developed a policy component of my thesis. Before the Ph.D., I completed an Erasmus Mundus international master’s programme in rural development (IMRD) offered by a consortium of universities, including the University of Pisa (IT) and Ghent University (BE).

I have worked as a consultant in several institutions, including WorldFish and World Bank. In 2020, I was selected among the young fellows in false displacement by the World Bank. I also volunteered in community development projects in Nigeria, such as the Ricosmigration project and Youths Capacity Building and Business Development project.

KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Agricultural and rural policy evaluation
• Migration and false-displacement
• Socio-Economic, food (in)security, and wellbeing assessment
• Digitilization in rural areas

CORE COMPETENCES

• Microeconomics and data analysis
• Impact evaluation methods and randomized control trials
• Policy analysis and project management
• Poverty assessment in low and medium-income countries

CURRENT EU-FUNDED AND NATIONAL PROJECTS

DESIRA – Digitisation: Economic and Social Impacts in Rural Areas

See the list of all projects the group is involved in here

SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Obi, C., Slosse, W., Bartolini, F. et al. Understanding Integration Experience and Wellbeing of Economic-Asylum Seekers in Italy: the Case of Nigerian Immigrants. Int. Migration & Integration (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-022-00938-1

Obi, C. (2021). Understanding the Socioeconomics of International Migration Decisions and Outcomes Through the Capability-Based Migration Framework, Afrika Focus, 34(2), 379-395. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/2031356X-34020009

Obi, Bartolini, Brunori, D’Haese (2020) How does international migration impact on rural areas in developing countries? A systematic review. The journal of rural studies. DoI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.09.016

Obi, Bartolini, D’Haese (2020): International migration, remittance and food security during food crises: the case study of Nigeria. Food security 12, 207-220. DOI: 10.1007/s12571-019-00990-3

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