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Monday, October 2, 2023
The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) at the University of Ghana, Legon, has initiated an IDRC project aimed at enhancing knowledge, evidence utilization, and leadership in the Global South regarding forced displacement, with a specific focus on Anglophone West African countries, including Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The overarching... More
Thursday, September 21, 2023
IDRC Research Chair, Nyi Nyi Kyaw, recently presented his paper titled "Migration, Citizenship, and Identity Documentation: Citizenship and Pseudo/Partial Citizenship of Myanmar Migrants in Thailand" at the Migration and Citizenship Pathways in Asia conference. This conference, hosted by the Asia Research Institute at the National University of... More
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Peru Chair Luisa Feline Freier writes about Venezuelan migration in the Global South, mostly in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the need for more focus on South-South displacement: Protegiendo a los refugiados en el sur global “De los 7,3 millones de venezolanos que se han visto obligados a abandonar su país, más del... More
Thursday, July 20, 2023
The Ethiopia Chair, Abebaw Minaye, assisted two PhD students to defend their dissertations on the behavior of left behind children as a result of parental migration and the psychosocial predictors of intention to migrate. The Chair also headed a qualitative research training in Gondar and was recognized as researcher of the year of 2022 by the... More
Monday, June 26, 2023
Authors: Xavier Aragall, Amal El Ouassif, Anna Ferro, Matías Ibáñez In the last decade, it has become very clear that climate change is not a problem of the future. This threat multiplier is causing severe natural disasters, rising sea levels, desertification, and rising temperatures in every continent, reminding us that it is not only... More
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The University of Dar es Salaam has launched a Research Chair on Forced Displacement (UDSM-RCFD) and reiterated its commitment to ensuring inclusivity and scholarly contribution to addressing the global challenge of forced migration. Speaking during the launch on 29th May 2023, the Acting Vice Chancellor, who is also the Deputy Vice... More
On May 30 and 31, in Dar es-Salaam Tanzania, something revolutionary happened. Twelve experts from some of the places most impacted by forced displacement gathered in person for the inaugural workshop of the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement. Funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre, and with support from... More
Paula Banjeree, IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement, has published the following handbook compiling and explaining key terms used in the multidisciplinary field of refugee and forced migration studies The handbook aims at a compilation and brief explication of key terms used in the multidisciplinary field of refugee and forced... More
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Research Chair, Fouad M. Fouad, from the American University of Beruit participated in a webinar on refugees in the Middle... More
The Tanzanian Chair, Opportuna Kweka, participated in a World Refugee Day event with university and government colleagues, including... More
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
The IDRC Research Chairs in Ghana and Burkina Faso have been officially selected. Mary Setrana Boatemaa, Director of the Centre for Migration Studies at the University of Ghana, Ghana, and Tiga Alain Ouedraogo of the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST) were appointed. The selection was celebrated at a launching... More
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Professor Fouad M. Fouad presented at an international conference organized by the World Bank, UNHCR and UK Aid, on health and forced displacement, including the findings of a study conducted with partners in Jordan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh and Colombia, presenting similarities and differences in the experiences of displaced... More
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