Estella Carpi is a social anthropologist who loves researching places that are part of her life. She is an instructor and researcher in the Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction at University College London (UCL).
Pundits have predictably used the fall of Assad to pontificate about geopolitical determinism, rather than to celebrate Syrian agency, argues Estella Carpi.
In-depth: As millions of Ukrainian refugees flee to host cities in neighbouring Poland, reassessing the experience of Syrian refugees in the Middle East can provide vital lessons for sustainable resettlement.
