Arbnora Shala

Arbnora Shala is a doctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), working in the Department of Agricultural Policy since March 2023. Her research focuses on rural immobility and migration dynamics in Southeast Europe through the lens of the Multidimensional Well-being Index (MWI).

• Education: Master's degree in Rural Development and Agribusiness from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Previous Affiliation: Data analyst at the Sectoral Economics Research Department of the Agricultural Research Institute in Budapest (2021)

Her work examines how place attachment and multidimensional well-being influence rural mobility decisions in Southeast Europe. She actively contributes to the RuWell project and presents her research at international conferences.

Recent publications analyze:

• Immobility patterns in rural populations
• Place-based determinants of staying intentions
• Interconnections between well-being and migration

She can be reached at shala@iamo.de or by phone at +49 345 2928-253.