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Portrait of Yousef Aleghfeli

Yousef Khalifa Aleghfeli

Research Fellow - Data Science
EducationDPhil, University of Oxford
Areas of ExpertiseData science, demographics, mixed methods, refugee education, migrant children and families
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Yousef Khalifa Aleghfeli is Research Fellow in Migration Data Science where they lead projects that sit at the nexus of migration and mobility studies and data science methods, with particular interest in forced migration and refugee studies. Yousef is currently the Project Manager for Demographic Projections and Migration Foresight as well as the Data Modelling Lead for MIrreM Canada. Yousef also teaches as a sessional lecturer at the CERC Migration Winter School. Yousef's strengths lie in their ability to integrate large quantitative data using R and Python with large qualitative data using NVivo in order to answer complex social inquiries.

Before joining CERC Migration, Yousef completed their DPhil in Education at the University of Oxford, where they wrote on the educational resilience of unaccompanied and separated children (external link)  based on fieldwork and data collection in Jordan and Greece. Yousef also worked as a Research Officer for the Rees Centre (external link)  and TalkTogether (external link)  at the University of Oxford Department of Education, and as a Research Fellow for the Centre for International Education Research (external link)  and the Hub for Education for Refugees in Europe (external link)  at the University of Nottingham School of Education.

Yousef is a recipient of the SSHRC Connections Grant, the Bridging Divides Workshop Grant, the British Association for International and Comparative Education Fieldwork Grant and was named Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK in recognition of their teaching practice. Yousef also completed visiting fellowships with the Asian Migration Cluster, Asia Research Institute (external link)  at the National University of Singapore and the African Centre for Migration & Society (external link)  at the University of Witswatersrand, South Africa.

Prior to pursuing academia, Yousef gained extensive professional experience working in research, policy, and data analytics for various governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organizations internationally. Yousef also completed a Master of Education from Harvard University, a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the American University of Sharjah in the UAE.

Recent Publications

Aleghfeli, Y. K., McIntyre, J., Hunt, L., & Stone, C. (2024). Safety, belonging, and success in education for refugees in Europe: a systematic review. European Journal of Education. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12852 (external link) 

Aleghfeli, Y. K. (2024). Inclusive Teaching and Learning Practices That Promote and Protect Reading and Science Literacy for Palestinian Children. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1145. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14111145 (external link) 

Aleghfeli, Y. K., & Nag, S. (2024). Exploring socio-ecological factors that support the navigation and negotiation of education by unaccompanied and separated children in Greece. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2024.2393112 (external link) 

Hunt, L., Aleghfeli, Y. K., McIntyre, J., & Stone, C. (2023). Refugees' gendered experiences of education in Europe since 2015: A scoping review. Review of Education, 11(3), e3441. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3441 (external link) 

Aleghfeli, Y. K. (2023). Examining socio-ecological factors contributing to the promotion and protection of education for unaccompanied and separated children in Jordan. Children and Youth Services Review, 107182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107182 (external link) 

Aleghfeli, Y. K., & Hunt, L. (2022). Education of unaccompanied refugee minors in high-income countries: Risk and resilience factors. Educational Research Review, 100433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2022.100433 (external link) 

Feinstein, L., Aleghfeli, Y. K., Buckley, C., Gilhooly, R., & Kohli, R. K. (2021). Conceptualising and measuring levels of risk by immigration status for children in the UK. Contemporary Social Science, 16(5), 538-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/21582041.2021.2007279 (external link) 

Aleghfeli, Y. K. (2021). Conceptualizing educational resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning, 10(1).

Blogs

Aleghfeli, Y. K. (2024). Inclusive Teaching and Learning Strategies for Palestinian Unaccompanied and Separated Children (external link) . Critical Refugee Studies.

Aleghfeli, Y. K. (2024). 5 Strategies make education refugee-inclusive Ukrainian students. (external link)  Global Partnership for Education, World Bank.