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Friday, June 20, 2025

Congratulations to Ola G. El-Taliawi, the 2025 recipient of the Levine Award!

Each year, the Levine Prize is awarded under the auspices of the Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government (RC 27) of the International Political Science Association.   The prize honors the legacy of Charles H. Levine, a distinguished member of the committee and a former member of the editorial board of its... More

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Call for Proposals: The JRS Special Issues

The Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) is accepting proposals for special issues. JRS is a peer-reviewed journal featuring original, high-quality research related to diverse aspects of forced migration. We welcome proposals that engage with and significantly advance scholarly debates in the field of refugee and forced migration studies. Special... More

Monday, June 2, 2025

Now Published: 2024 – 2025 Newsletter

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Friday, May 23, 2025

Book Launch: The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South Webinar Event Report

On May 5, 2025, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) hosted a webinar to celebrate the launch of Dr. Ola El-Taliawi's book, “The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South.” Shifting the focus from sensationalist rhetoric about mass migration to the North, The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South provides... More

Friday, May 23, 2025

Call for Essays: Gunn Prize for Immigration History

The Gunn Prize celebrates excellence in historical research on immigration to and settlement in Canada. Jointly offered by the Canadian Immigration Historical Society (CIHS), the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN), and the Department of History at Carleton University, this annual award recognizes outstanding academic work by... More

Thursday, May 22, 2025

New Op-Ed: Falling Back into the Shadows? How to Keep Internal Displacement on the Humanitarian Agenda

We’re pleased to share a new op-ed by Megan Bradly and Jennifer Welsh published in The Conversation, which emphasizes the growing need to focus international attention on internal displacement, which often remains underrepresented in global humanitarian discourse. Despite rising numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) driven by conflict,... More

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Decolonising Knowledge Production in the Field of Refugee Education

By Cathrine Brun,  Cyrine Saab, Maha Shuayb We are thrilled to share a new research study report published by our partner Center for Lebanese Studies (CLS). This report provides an in-depth analysis of the knowledge production landscape in the field of refugee education, critically exploring how it continues to be shaped by colonial legacies... More

Monday, April 28, 2025

Congratulations to Dr. Deo Osmund Mwapingwa on His Appointment as Secretary General of FP-ICGLR

The Parliament of Tanzania and LERRN proudly congratulate Dr. Deo Osmund Mwapingwa on his appointment as Secretary General of the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR). His appointment was confirmed during the 15th General Assembly held on April 25, 2025, in Luanda,... More

Friday, April 25, 2025

Bibliometric Analysis of Refugee Policy Research: Mapping the Subfield

By: Ola G. El-Taliawi, Ph.D., Luiz Leomil, and James Milner Introduction Scholarship on refugee policy has grown substantially over the past decades, reflecting the increasing complexity of forced displacement and policy responses worldwide. This reflects the realization that state responses to refugees are not only shaped by legal and... More

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Blog Post: Gender equality – More than just a women’s issue

by Lavender Mboya "These displacements have made the people very vulnerable and especially the men, our most vulnerable people, although when you go to the organization for help they say no, we don’t help men we only help women and ladies, but I'm telling you, our men have become very vulnerable and this has led... More

Monday, April 21, 2025

Strengthening the Participation of Internally Displaced Persons

In December 2024, Megan Bradley and Jennifer Welsh convened a workshop at McGill on Strengthening the Participation of Internally Displaced Persons. The workshop was co-hosted with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs and UNHCR. It involved presentations from a group of nine IDP leaders from Iraq, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Colombia,... More

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

New Article: Being “resettlement-minded”: Intersectional Dimensions of Refugee Resettlement Strategies and Refusals in Jordan

We are proud to announce the publication of a new article in Ethnic and Racial Studies: Being “resettlement-minded”: Intersectional Dimensions of Refugee Resettlement Strategies and Refusals in Jordan By Sarah Nandi, Oroub El_Abed, Megan Bradley, and Hamzah Qardan Published: March 21, 2025 in Ethnic and Racial Studies This timely and... More

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