Strangeness- and Rapidity-Dependent Studies in Small Systems with ALICE at the LHC

We report about recent studies of strange hadron production in p–Pb at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{{NN}}}$ = 5.02, 8.16 TeV and in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7, 13 TeV. The transverse momentum ($p_\mathrm{{T}}$) integrated yields and particle ratios as a function of charged-particle multiplicity are reported to study the particle production mechanism and the strangeness enhancement. The rapidity asymmetry ($Y_\mathrm{{asym}}$) for $\phi $ and K*$^{0}$ is measured in p–Pb collisions to explore possible nuclear effects. The $Y_\mathrm{{asym}}$ is measured as a function of transverse momentum ($p_\mathrm{{T}}$) in various multiplicity classes and are compared with EPOS and HIJING model predictions.