Ounour Hassan

Ounour Hassan is a Research Fellow at the University of Bayreuth, affiliated with the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences. Their work spans interdisciplinary themes, including migration, gender, ethnicity, and conflicts, with a regional focus on Sudan. They explore academia as a societal microcosm and incorporate social media as a research lens.

• Geographical Focus: Sudan
• Key Research Areas: Migration networks, gender dynamics in artisanal mining, ethnic-religious intersections, and anthropological analyses of death and madness.

Current research investigates Sudan's role in international migration from the Horn of Africa and Central/West Africa. The project examines assisted migration versus human trafficking through ethnographic fieldwork in Gadarif, Kassala, Red Sea, Khartoum, North Darfur, and Northern States of Sudan, utilizing qualitative methods like in-depth interviews, group discussions, and content analysis of trafficking trials and social media groups (e.g., Facebook).