How refugee entrepreneurs are supplying sustainable energy to the camps they live in

Thursday 27 Feb 2025
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Credit: Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen

Refugees are providing energy within camps home to millions of displaced people around the world, research by Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen, Research Associate, Refugee Studies Centre has found. There are now more than 120 million forcibly displaced people globally. Although United Nations humanitarian agencies provide firewood and small electric lanterns, these are often not enough for most families. To make up the shortfall, entrepreneurial refugees in the camps Sarah visited have become energy suppliers by establishing shops, phone charging stations, even cinemas.

Read more in The Conversation here

View Sarah’s presentation for the Oxford Energy Network Seminar Series here