Education in perpetual motion: education, conflict, and the migration decision-making of Syrian young people in Lebanon

This study examines how education shapes migration decision-making among Syrian refugee youth in Lebanon. Drawing on qualitative research, it explores how young people navigate ongoing conflict, displacement, and constrained opportunities, highlighting that education is not a linear pathway but part of a dynamic process influencing mobility decisions. Prior research by the authors shows that refugee students face a gap between their imagined futures and the constrained realities of exile, shaped by social, political, and economic exclusions.