Rebecca Wai

Rebecca's research focuses on how migrants and refugees are able to gain equitable access to resources when they settle in host communities, especially in the age of growing natural resource scarcity. She is particularly interested in how local community institutions can help integrate migrants into host communities. She examines how these institutions increase interaction between migrants and hosts, and foster economically productive cooperation. Her dissertation project focuses on farmer groups in Uganda that bring refugees and host communities together.

Fields of Study

• Comparative Politics
• Migration Politics
• Distributive Politics
• Environmental Politics