Archives: Research Chairs

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Displacement from Myanmar: How We Got Here and What More Can Be Done

Authors: Nyi Nyi Kyaw and Caitlin McCaffrie Executive Summary Myanmar has long been the primary source of displacement in Southeast Asia, with waves of conflict forcing people of different ages, genders and ethnicities to flee from their homes over decades. Refugees and people seeking asylum from Myanmar live across Southeast and South Asia, often... More

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Cátedra en Migración Internacional Forzada-UdeG – Boletín informativo #3

Los temas más relevantes sobre la movilidad humana ocurridos en el último... More

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Internal Displacement and Solutions Conference

The online "Internal Displacement and Solutions" conference took place from March 14-15, 2024 and marks the culmination of five years of increasing international engagement with the pressing challenge of ‘solutions’ to internal displacement. In 2024, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement will wrap... More

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Gender, Geopolitics and Forced Migration conference at AIT, Thailand

The international conference on "Gender, Geopolitics, and Forced Migration" took place on March 4-5, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. Aligned with International Women’s Month 2024's theme of "Inspire Inclusion," the conference aimed to advocate for Gender Equality through advocating for a gender-sensitive approach to geopolitics in international... More

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Roundtable Discussion and Workshop: Promotion of Solutions for Displaced People and Migrants

"Towards a Network of Academic Researchers in East, Horn and Great Lakes Region of Africa for the Promotion of Solutions for Displaced People and Migrants" is a roundtable discussion and workshop hosted by Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia from February 15-16,... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Global South Summit on Climate Displacement: “We Need a Holistic Approach”

IDRC Research Chairs call for an end to the silos that divide climate change policy from displacement solutions. Following their inaugural workshop in Dar es-Salaam in May, five of the IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement (Desiree Del Rosario, Abebaw Minaye, Tiga Alain Ouedraogo, Opportuna Kweka, Amal El Ouassif, and Paula Banerjee)... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Revolutionary resistance against full autocratization: Actors and strategies of resistance after the 2021 military coup in Myanmar

Authors: Kristian Stokke, Nyi Nyi Kyaw Abstract Resistance against autocratization is an important contemporary issue that calls for increased scholarly attention. The global wave of autocratization has generated a proliferation of research on the drivers of autocratization, but fewer studies on the possibilities, strategies, spatialities, and... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Luisa Feline Freier: A snapshot of Latin American legal protection frameworks

Authors: Marta Castro Padrón and Luisa Feline Freier The Latin America region is facing several complex emergencies, including the internal and regional impacts of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the resurgent armed conflict in Colombia, persistent high levels of generalised violence across Central America and Mexico,... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Asian Institute of Technology & Canada’s IDRC Launch Center on Gender and Forced Displacement

To strengthen knowledge, evidence-based application and leadership in the Global South on the forced displacement issue, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Gender and Development Studies (GDS) program at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand have teamed up to launch a new Research Chair and Center on Gender... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Localization: A Journey out of a Research Funder’s Comfort Zone

Author: Roula El-Rifai, Senior program specialist, IDRC IDRC recently launched a network of research chairs based in 12 universities across three continents. The IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement will strengthen the institutional base of knowledge production locally by developing context-relevant knowledge that enables more effective,... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

IDRC Chair Nyi Nyi Kyaw has been elected to International Advisory Board of the Academy in Exile in Germany

We are thrilled to announce that IDRC Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia, Dr. Nyi Nyi Kyaw has achieved another remarkable milestone by being elected as a distinguished member of the International Advisory Board of the Academy in Exile in Germany! We look forward to witnessing the positive impact of Dr. Nyi Nyi... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Myanmar’s Military Reaches into Migrant Pockets

Author: Nyi Nyi Kyaw Tougher times await Myanmar migrant workers in Southeast Asia. Two recent orders issued by Myanmar’s junta State Administration Council (SAC) in September will result in higher costs of moving, living and working abroad for migrant workers and a fall in their disposable income and savings. The first is the order... More

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