Archives: IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Social Categorization and Local Humanitarian Help: The Limitations of Legal Categories for Refugees

Author: Opportuna L. Kweka Abstract The legal categorization of refugees in Tanzania has resulted in the requirement that they maintain residence in camps, and in the restriction of their movements. Refugees residing in designated camps are supposed to receive full support through humanitarian aid. However, the protracted nature of refugees’... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Localization: A journey out of a research funder’s comfort zone

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Myanmar’s military reaches into migrant pockets

Written by Nyi Nyi Kyaw, Chiang Mai University 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... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

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, December 5, 2023

The search for protection: A snapshot of Latin American legal protection frameworks

Main writers of the report: 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... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Climate change and Migration: Understanding factors, developing opportunities in the Sahel Zone, West Africa and the Maghreb

Written by Xavier Aragall, Amal El Ouassif, Anna Ferro, Matías Ibáñez This report was originally published on iemed.org 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... More

Thursday, February 16, 2023

[CLOSED] Call for Applications: Establishing Lead Research Chair on Forced Displacement

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. Call for Applications for PhD University Professor as Lead Chair on Forced Displacement at the Faculty of Governance, Economics and Social Sciences (FGSES) of the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P). LERRN is pleased to announce the following Call for Applications from the... More

Monday, February 13, 2023

Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara 2023

Español | English | Français La Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara es la reunión editorial más importante de Iberoamérica y un extraordinario festival cultural. Fundada hace 37 años por la Universidad de Guadalajara, es una feria para profesionales donde el público es bienvenido, lo que la distingue del resto de las principales... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Video: ECOS en transito-Migrante venezolano

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Friday, January 20, 2023

Upcoming UDSM Seminar: The Meanings of Epistemological Decolonization and Decoloniality Tasks of the 21st Century

LERRN is pleased to share the following details on an upcoming online seminar hosted by the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) College of Social Sciences Department of Geography entitled The Meanings of Epistemological Decolonization and Decoloniality Tasks of the 21st... More

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Participation au colloque RISE 2022 – Le réseau des chaires de recherche du CRDI sur le déplacement forcé

English version below Participation au colloque RISE 2022 - Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Deuxième colloque annuel organisé par l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth et NODE-Network of Organizational Development Expert, lundi 28 et mardi 29 novembre 2022 Dans le cadre de la 2ème édition du colloque RISE 2022 tenu à l’USJ le 28 et... More

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Participation in the RISE 2022 Conference – IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement

As part of the 2nd edition of the RISE 2022 Colloquium held at the USJ on November 28 and 29, 2022, on the theme “Organization Development as Explicit or Implicit Practice”, the Research Chair on Forced Displacement in the Middle East participated, on November 29, 2022, in a professional development workshop organized by the Lebanese School... More

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