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Friday, May 13, 2022

GAIN Webinar Series: Translating Academic Research into Effective Responses to Forced Displacement

LERRN is pleased to announce our participation in the upcoming webinar series from the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN): Translating Academic Research into Effective Responses to Forced Displacement. Join us for a series of online discussions in which we will explore how academic findings and initiatives that can support... More

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Meaningful Refugee Participation: An Emerging Norm in the Global Refugee Regime

James Milner, LERRN Project Director, Mustafa Alio, R-SEAT Managing Director, and Rez Gardi, R-SEAT Co-managing Director, have co-authored Meaningful Refugee Participation: An Emerging Norm in the Global Refugee Regime in Refugee Survey Quarterly, the peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal from Oxford University Press. The full article is... More

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Protected: Who has published in the Journal of Refugee Studies? Examining author affiliation and geographic representation in articles and book reviews

By Lilly Neang, Rachel McNally, and Nadeea Rahim Original version published 25 March 2020. Revised version published 12 May 2022. Introduction In 2019, the editors of the journal Migration Studies embarked on a self-reflection process about the geography of submissions to the journal, resulting in a blog post asking the critical question: Does the... More

Saturday, April 30, 2022

LERRN Congratulates Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees on its 40th Anniversary!

Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees marked its 40th anniversary as a journal dedicated to the study of forced migration with the publication of its spring (38.1) issue on 29 April 2022. Refuge is edited by LERRN Partner and Protection Working Group member Dagmar Soennecken of York University. In addition to Refuge's general articles, book... More

Thursday, April 28, 2022

TRAFIG Final Conference: Understanding Protracted Displacement and Peoples’ Own Responses

LERRN Partner Janemary Ruhundwa, Lead of the Tanzania Working Group and Executive Director of Dignity Kwanza, will be participating in the TRAFIG Final Conference as a panelist in Panel 1 - Moving forward: Improving responses to protracted displacement in major host... More

Thursday, April 28, 2022

New Partnership Supports Student Research on Canada’s Immigration History

Written by Nick Ward, Communications & Content Editor, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS), Carleton University. To view this article on the FASS website, Click Here. The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN), the Department of History at Carleton University, and the Canadian Immigration Historical Society (CIHS) are... More

Friday, April 22, 2022

Call for Applications: Journal of Refugee Studies – Reviews Co-editor

LERRN is pleased to announce the following opportunity from The Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS). The Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal featuring original, high-quality research related to diverse aspects of forced migration, as well as Field Reflections and Reviews. In addition to reviews of recent... More

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Refugee Advisory Network of Canada: Call for Applications 2022

The Refugee Advisory Network of Canada (RAN Canada) is now accepting applications for three new Advisors to join the Network. Do you currently reside in Canada and have held refugee status, sought asylum or experienced displacement within the past 10 years? Do you have demonstrated leadership experience in a refugee-led or refugee-serving... More

Sunday, April 10, 2022

LERRN-RRN Webinar | Changing the Structures of Forced Migration Research

Event details and recordings available here. The last webinar in a series on Ethics in Forced Migration Research, co-hosted by the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the Refugee Research Network (RRN), focused on funding structures for research on forced migration. Panelists spoke of the ways individual researchers can... More

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Upcoming Virtual Roundtable: Ukraine’s Refugees in Europe – Needs, Policies, Responses

External Link: LERRN is pleased to be participating in the following event to be held by the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University: Ukraine’s Refugees in Europe – Needs, Policies, Responses A virtual... More

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Launch of Reflection Paper: Beyond Consultation

LERRN is pleased to be participating in the following event to be held by the European Chapter of the GRN (the European Coalition of Migrants and Refugees, EU-COMAR), in collaboration with New Women Connectors and Oxfam International: Launch of a Reflection Paper: Beyond Consultation: Unpacking the Most Essential Components of Meaningful... More

Monday, March 21, 2022

LERRN-RRN Webinar | Haunted by Violence

Please note: this webinar was held as a meeting; no video recording will be made available.   Event details available here. On March 11, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the Refugee Research Network (RRN) hosted their second webinar of the year, featuring three anthropologists who reflected on their unique personal... More

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