Una Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 2089266 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Una Murray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Una |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | MURRAY U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1038-0313 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Syndemic displacement
Ethiopia's internal displacement crisis reflects a syndemic of ethnicised conflict, climate insecurity, extractive development, and institutional fragmentation trapping populations in forced migration. Drawing on a systematic review of 69 peer-reviewed and grey literature sources (2018–2024), we apply the Syndemic Structural Vulnerability Framework, integrating syndemic theory, political ecology, and intersectional feminist analysis to examine di…
Enabling capabilities
This study examines the role of social capital in enabling migration in Hadiya and Wolaita, and among migrants in Addis Ababa, drawing on Sen’s capability approach. Using a mixed-methods design, including household and individual surveys, focus groups, and key informant interviews, we explore how bonding and bridging social capital convert mobility as a capability into meaningful choices, outcomes, and achieved functionings. Migration is a collec…
Understanding the climate, migration, social protection nexus from a youth mobility dimension
Climate change is a threat multiplier for human migration, with those reliant on rain-fed agriculture being particularly vulnerable to climate change. This can manifest as increased poverty and potentially as climate-induced migration to seek alternative livelihood options. The interactions between climate vulnerability and social protection policy, in particular how they shape migration patterns, are poorly understood. There is significant poten…
Managing two locations
Using design thinking and community development principles to optimise the interaction between informal and formal social protection systems
Informal social protection systems (ISPs) continue to play a significant role where government-sanctioned social security measures do not reach vulnerable populations. Despite their essence and utility, they remain marginalised in social policy, theory, and practice, and thus many call for their integration. However, research has often overlooked factors embedded in the integration process particularly how these can affect the future performance …
Reflections on government‐led social assistance programmes under Zimbabwe's National Social Protection Policy Framework
Social protection has gained global recognition for its role in addressing poverty, yet delivering social protection remains an intractable challenge for governments in the Global South. In this article, we assess the performance of government‐run social assistance in Zimbabwe. Our assessment begins in 2016 when the National Social Protection Policy Framework (NSPPF) was promulgated to maximize returns on social investments. Utilizing a systemati…
Turning climate justice into practice? Channeling loss and damage funding through national social protection systems in climate‐vulnerable countries
Despite the last‐minute breakthrough agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 to provide funding for climate‐related loss and damage for vulnerable countries, distribution mechanisms and funding sources remain up for debate. With rapid‐onset climate impacts intensifying and slow‐onset impacts further manifesting, loss and damage from climate change is already occurring. Thus, quick, effective, and transparent distribution of upcoming f…
Climate smart agriculture extension
Numerous extension efforts promote climate smart agriculture (CSA) in Sub-Saharan Africa. The need to focus on gender disparity within CSA is widely understood. Given the prominence of female agriculturalists in Malawi, such focus can make a large impact on the country's rural sustainable development. This study quantifies the impact of extension techniques, including lead farmers, NGO trainers, and farmer clubs, on men and women farmers in Malaw…
The forgotten half
Current research on cleaner cookstoves (CCS) is focused primarily on women, thus removing men from the cookstove adoption equation despite their decision making role in households. Very little is understood about what would motivate men to purchase CCS, and whether such motivations are key factors that influence a household’s decision to acquire CCS. There is a paucity of comparative analyses of men and women perspectives on this topic. This stud…
Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance
Index insurance is an agricultural risk management tool that can provide a safety net for smallholder farmers experiencing climate risk. While uptake and scale-out of index insurance may be slow among smallholders, we can learn from experiences that demonstrate where crop insurance can protect smallholders’ livelihoods from climate risk. Integrating gender into climate risk management is necessary to ensure that the benefits of index insurance ar…
Smallholder Farmers and Climate Smart Agriculture
Climate change and variability present a major challenge to agricultural production and rural livelihoods, including livelihoods of women smallholder farmers. There are significant efforts underway to develop, deploy, and scale up Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and technologies to facilitate climate change adaptation for farmers. However, there is a need for gender analysis of CSA practices across different farming and cultural system…
Smallholder Farmers and Climate Smart Agriculture
Climate change and variability present a major challenge to agricultural production and rural livelihoods, including livelihoods of women smallholder farmers. There are significant efforts underway to develop, deploy, and scale up Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and technologies to facilitate climate change adaptation for farmers. However, there is a need for gender analysis of CSA practices across different farming and cultural system…
Managing two locations
The forgotten half
Current research on cleaner cookstoves (CCS) is focused primarily on women, thus removing men from the cookstove adoption equation despite their decision making role in households. Very little is understood about what would motivate men to purchase CCS, and whether such motivations are key factors that influence a household’s decision to acquire CCS. There is a paucity of comparative analyses of men and women perspectives on this topic. This stud…
Smallholder Farmers and Climate Smart Agriculture
Climate change and variability present a major challenge to agricultural production and rural livelihoods, including livelihoods of women smallholder farmers. There are significant efforts underway to develop, deploy, and scale up Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and technologies to facilitate climate change adaptation for farmers. However, there is a need for gender analysis of CSA practices across different farming and cultural system…
Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance
Index insurance is an agricultural risk management tool that can provide a safety net for smallholder farmers experiencing climate risk. While uptake and scale-out of index insurance may be slow among smallholders, we can learn from experiences that demonstrate where crop insurance can protect smallholders’ livelihoods from climate risk. Integrating gender into climate risk management is necessary to ensure that the benefits of index insurance ar…
Climate smart agriculture extension
Numerous extension efforts promote climate smart agriculture (CSA) in Sub-Saharan Africa. The need to focus on gender disparity within CSA is widely understood. Given the prominence of female agriculturalists in Malawi, such focus can make a large impact on the country's rural sustainable development. This study quantifies the impact of extension techniques, including lead farmers, NGO trainers, and farmer clubs, on men and women farmers in Malaw…
The forgotten half
Current research on cleaner cookstoves (CCS) is focused primarily on women, thus removing men from the cookstove adoption equation despite their decision making role in households. Very little is understood about what would motivate men to purchase CCS, and whether such motivations are key factors that influence a household’s decision to acquire CCS. There is a paucity of comparative analyses of men and women perspectives on this topic. This stud…
Turning climate justice into practice? Channeling loss and damage funding through national social protection systems in climate‐vulnerable countries
Despite the last‐minute breakthrough agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 to provide funding for climate‐related loss and damage for vulnerable countries, distribution mechanisms and funding sources remain up for debate. With rapid‐onset climate impacts intensifying and slow‐onset impacts further manifesting, loss and damage from climate change is already occurring. Thus, quick, effective, and transparent distribution of upcoming f…
Using design thinking and community development principles to optimise the interaction between informal and formal social protection systems
Informal social protection systems (ISPs) continue to play a significant role where government-sanctioned social security measures do not reach vulnerable populations. Despite their essence and utility, they remain marginalised in social policy, theory, and practice, and thus many call for their integration. However, research has often overlooked factors embedded in the integration process particularly how these can affect the future performance …
Reflections on government‐led social assistance programmes under Zimbabwe's National Social Protection Policy Framework
Social protection has gained global recognition for its role in addressing poverty, yet delivering social protection remains an intractable challenge for governments in the Global South. In this article, we assess the performance of government‐run social assistance in Zimbabwe. Our assessment begins in 2016 when the National Social Protection Policy Framework (NSPPF) was promulgated to maximize returns on social investments. Utilizing a systemati…
Understanding the climate, migration, social protection nexus from a youth mobility dimension
Climate change is a threat multiplier for human migration, with those reliant on rain-fed agriculture being particularly vulnerable to climate change. This can manifest as increased poverty and potentially as climate-induced migration to seek alternative livelihood options. The interactions between climate vulnerability and social protection policy, in particular how they shape migration patterns, are poorly understood. There is significant poten…
Managing two locations
Syndemic displacement
Ethiopia's internal displacement crisis reflects a syndemic of ethnicised conflict, climate insecurity, extractive development, and institutional fragmentation trapping populations in forced migration. Drawing on a systematic review of 69 peer-reviewed and grey literature sources (2018–2024), we apply the Syndemic Structural Vulnerability Framework, integrating syndemic theory, political ecology, and intersectional feminist analysis to examine di…
Enabling capabilities
This study examines the role of social capital in enabling migration in Hadiya and Wolaita, and among migrants in Addis Ababa, drawing on Sen’s capability approach. Using a mixed-methods design, including household and individual surveys, focus groups, and key informant interviews, we explore how bonding and bridging social capital convert mobility as a capability into meaningful choices, outcomes, and achieved functionings. Migration is a collec…
Economics (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (4 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (3 works)