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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

James Milner Appointed Co-Chair of Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN)

Original Source: Carleton Newsroom  As levels of forced displacement continue to grow around the world, Carleton University is contributing to improved responses through partnered research, teaching and community engagement at a global scale. Carleton’s James Milner, Associate Professor of Political Science has been appointed as co-chair of... More

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Forging the Path to Meaningful Refugee Participation: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Power, Agency, and Participation

Working Paper 22 By Beenish Khan, Carleton University Executive Summary Since the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees articulated the commitment to ensuring meaningful refugee participation, forced migration scholars have engaged considerably with the disparities in how meaningful participation is understood, the expected outcomes, and the standards... More

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Co-production of Knowledge in Forced Migration Studies: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Challenges and the Possibilities for the Emergence of Best Practices

Working Paper 21 By Parin Mistry, Carleton University Executive Summary Although 80% of the world’s refugees are hosted in the global South, the majority of research in forced migration studies is produced and disseminated by researchers and institutions in the global North. The asymmetry of power in knowledge production is not limited to the... More

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

A model of blended family(stepfamily) formation in Ethiopia: a constructivist grounded theory

A new article by Kumneger Fikre and Abebaw Minaye was published in the African Journal of Social Work Vol. 13 No. 6 2023. ABSTRACT This study aimed at developing a model that describes and explains blended family formation in Ethiopia. It is part of an ongoing dissertation entitled “Family functioning experiences of blended families... More

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Social media users’ online behavior with regard to the circulation of hate speech

A new article by Tadessa Megersa and Abebaw Minaye was published in Frontiers Journal. You can access it here and read the full article below. Abstract: Online hate speech is ripping Ethiopian society apart and threatening the values of democracy, human dignity, and peaceful coexistence. The current study argues that understanding people's... More

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Travailleurs sociaux libanais à l’épreuve de l’histoire et de l’altérité

A new article by Houwayda Matta, Rita Chouchani, and Maguy Salameh was published in Les Politiques Sociales 2023/3. You can access it here and read the full article below. Abstracts: FR: La pratique professionnelle des travailleurs sociaux auprès des populations migrantes expose ces professionnels à des dilemmes majeurs relevant de différents... More

Monday, December 18, 2023

Global Refugee Forum 2023: Brief Recap

Last week, LERRN partners attended the Global Refugee Forum 2023, which will steer the course of the refugee regime's agenda for the upcoming four-year period. LERRN was part of three linked events that were available in-person in Geneva and also online to all the attendants around the globe: The workshop, titled “Evidence-based implementation... More

Monday, December 11, 2023

Human Trafficking, Gender, and Agency

New publication by Prof. Paula Banerjee, IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement at the Asian Institute of Technology’s Gender and Development Studies (GDS) Program in the School of Environment, Resource, and... More

Friday, December 8, 2023

Call to Action on Climate Change and Forced Displacement IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement: 2023 Global Refugee Forum

The IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement is a community of twelve scholars based at universities in countries experiencing mass displacement. Together, they are reframing the narrative of forced displacement and transforming the field of forced migration studies to mainstream Global South perspectives, using evidence-based research... More

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Event Report: Access, Enrollment and Retention: The Case of Female Refugee Education in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Settlement

The third event of the 2023-2024 MDS Speaker Series took place on Monday, November 20th featuring Goundo Diarra, a master's candidate in Migration and Diaspora Studies at Carleton University. Goundo is currently a researcher with the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and a supporter of refugee education in the Middle East and East... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Global South Summit on Climate Displacement

AIRESS, in partnership with IDRC and Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit hosted the Global South Summit on Climate Displacement from November 1st to November 3rd at the UM6P Rabat Campus in... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Chair in Forced International Migration, Inclusion and Human Rights (MIFID Chair)

That all refugees, migrants and people in mobility situations have the opportunity to access a dignified life and respect and guarantee their rights. The Chair in Forced International Migration, Inclusion and Human Rights (MIFID Chair) arises from a financial grant awarded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of the government... More

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