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Carolina Holland-Szyp

Carolina Holland-Szyp

Research Officer

Carolina is a Research Officer at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex. Her research experience and interests include children and youth, livelihoods, social protection and social change, using qualitative and participatory methods.

Since joining IDS, she has worked on projects specifically looking at addressing youth’s engagement in violent activities, navigating access to social assistance in protracted crises, children’s harmful work, youth engagement with the rural economy, and impacts of social protection interventions on youth employment outcomes. Before joining IDS, Carolina’s roles in academia and the private sector required a comprehensive range of cross-sector skills such as stakeholder engagement, operations, and analysis.

Research

Project

World Food Programme Knowledge Partnership

Social protection consists of policies and programmes aimed at preventing, and protecting people against, poverty, vulnerability, and social exclusion throughout their life cycle placing a particular emphasis on vulnerable groups (SPIAC-B, 2019, P-1). It plays a critical role in reducing poverty...

Project

Addressing Young People’s Engagement in Violent Activities

This project aims to generate practical insights on how WFP programming and practices could be adapted in ways that contribute to reducing young people’s involvement in violent activities. Focussing on contexts in Honduras and Mozambique affected by gang related violence and armed insurgency,...

Programme

Youth employment and politics

Over 40 percent of global populations are under 25 yet young people cannot secure work and increasingly face a crisis of citizenship. Youth Employment and Politics at IDS builds on decades of research to develop knowledge and evidence that contributes to effective interventions that supports,...

Programme

Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research

The intersection of conflict, displacement, and recurring climate shocks, combined with evolving humanitarian responses, poses challenges for effective social assistance in protracted crises. BASIC (Better Assistance in Crises) Research, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...

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Publications

Carolina Holland-Szyp’s recent work