YARMOUK UNIVERSITY

Their core work

Yarmouk University is a Jordanian public university in Irbid that contributes Middle Eastern and refugee-hosting-country expertise to European research on forced displacement, migration, and social inclusion. Their H2020 work focuses on understanding protracted refugee situations — a topic where Jordan's direct experience hosting large displaced populations makes them an essential ground-level research partner. They bring fieldwork capacity in vulnerability assessment, community-adapted research methods, and de-radicalisation studies in contexts outside Europe.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Yarmouk's H2020 involvement began in 2019 with a clear focus on protracted refugee situations, transnational mobility networks, and humanitarian policy — reflecting Jordan's frontline experience with Syrian and other refugee populations. By 2020, their work shifted toward more technology-informed approaches: AI, data mining, and geographic spatial analysis appeared alongside continued social inclusion research. This suggests a move from purely qualitative migration studies toward mixed-methods research integrating digital tools.

Yarmouk is evolving from a traditional social sciences contributor toward integrating AI and data-driven methods into migration and security research — making them increasingly relevant for projects combining technology with humanitarian challenges.

How they like to work

Yarmouk University participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator, joining large international consortia (35 unique partners across 24 countries in just 3 projects). This points to a role as a regional knowledge provider — they bring Jordanian and Middle Eastern fieldwork access and contextual expertise that European-led consortia need for global relevance. They are a broad networker rather than a repeat-partner organization.

Despite only 3 projects, Yarmouk has connected with 35 partners across 24 countries — an unusually wide network reflecting the large, multi-country consortia typical of migration and security research. Their reach spans Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

What sets them apart

Yarmouk University offers something most European institutions cannot: direct, on-the-ground research capacity in one of the world's largest refugee-hosting countries. Jordan hosts over 700,000 registered refugees, making Yarmouk an authentic voice and fieldwork base for displacement, inclusion, and radicalisation research. For any consortium needing a credible non-European partner in migration or security topics, Yarmouk provides both academic rigour and geographic legitimacy.

Highlights from their portfolio

• RAISD
  Largest funded project (EUR 235,062) focused on developing personalised inclusion strategies for forcibly displaced people using community-adapted action research.
• D.Rad
  Represents Yarmouk's expansion into AI and security research, applying artificial intelligence to de-radicalisation across European and non-European contexts.