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Thursday, May 12, 2022

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

[CLOSED] New Partnership Supports Student Research on Canada’s Immigration History

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. This Post courtesy of 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... More

Friday, April 22, 2022

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

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. 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... 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

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Refugee Advisory Network of Canada: Public Statement on Ukrainian Refugees

Today, the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada (RAN Canada) issued the following statement on the Ukrainian refugee situation:  ... More

Friday, March 11, 2022

Whither the Refugees? International Organisations and “Solutions” to Displacement, 1921–1960

LERRN Partners Megan Bradley and Laura Madokoro, together with PhD students Merve Erdilmen and Christopher Chanco, have published Whither the Refugees? International Organisations and “Solutions” to Displacement, 1921–1960 with the support of LERRN funding as the lead article in Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 41, Issue 2, June 2022. The... More

Friday, March 11, 2022

From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy

Amanda Klassen, LERRN Project Officer and PhD Candidate in Political Science at Carleton University, has published From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy in Laws, the open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI. The full article is available for download here: Abstract The... More

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