Victoria van der Land is a sociologist with a research focus on climate change and migration. She has extensive work and field experience in West African countries, such as Benin, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. Currently, she works as a DAAD lecturer at the University of Bamako, Mali.

• Introduction: Climate change, environment and migration Livelihoods, environmental stress and mobility in Mali and Senegal Theoretical perspectives on the environment-migration nexus The role of environmental factors in shaping migration The migration decision: capabilities matter Aspirations for a better life Social transformation and its impact on the effects of of climate change on migration A migrant typology Migration in the "global North" and the "global South" Conclusion and outlook: Rethinking migration and environmental change in the West African Sahel

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Victoria van der Land is a sociologist with a research focus on climate change and migration. She has extensive work and field experience in West African countries, such as Benin, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. Currently, she works as a DAAD lecturer at the University of Bamako, Mali.

• Introduction: Climate change, environment and migration Livelihoods, environmental stress and mobility in Mali and Senegal Theoretical perspectives on the environment-migration nexus The role of environmental factors in shaping migration The migration decision: capabilities matter Aspirations for a better life Social transformation and its impact on the effects of of climate change on migration A migrant typology Migration in the "global North" and the "global South" Conclusion and outlook: Rethinking migration and environmental change in the West African Sahel

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Victoria van der Land is a sociologist with a research focus on climate change and migration. She has extensive work and field experience in West African countries, such as Benin, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. Currently, she works as a DAAD lecturer at the University of Bamako, Mali.

• Introduction: Climate change, environment and migration Livelihoods, environmental stress and mobility in Mali and Senegal Theoretical perspectives on the environment-migration nexus The role of environmental factors in shaping migration The migration decision: capabilities matter Aspirations for a better life Social transformation and its impact on the effects of of climate change on migration A migrant typology Migration in the "global North" and the "global South" Conclusion and outlook: Rethinking migration and environmental change in the West African Sahel

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