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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
by Abdi Omar Aden,York University Executive Summary: This paper investigates higher education opportunities for refugees with disabilities in the Dagahaley refugee camp (Dadaab, Kenya) with an emphasis on inclusivity, parent support, resource availability, barriers, and recruitment processes. The study employed qualitative methods to uncover... More
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
by Abulogn Ojulu Okello, York University, Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Program Executive Summary: This paper delves into the intricate terrain of refugee welfare in Kenya, exploring the challenges faced by refugees and the solutions devised to alleviate their plight. Kenya's experience in hosting refugees offers a compelling... More
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Sarah Nandi, Department of Political Science, McGill University Oroub El Abed, International Migration and Refugee Studies, Birzeit University Megan Bradley, Department of Political Science, McGill University Hamzah Qardan, USAID, Jordan Executive Summary: The three durable solutions, namely resettlement to a third country, local integration,... More
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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, July 11, 2023
We are pleased to announce that the Lead Researchers of the RLO Evaluation: Middle East Project have published an article titled "Refugee mobilisation to support refugee rights in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey" in the June 2023 Special Issue of Forced Migration Review: Mobilising for rights in the MENA region. The article explores the research... More
Monday, June 19, 2023
LERRN Partner Megan Bradley has co-edited a new open-access collection entitled IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion. A brief description of the book, which features contributions from leading scholars of international law and international relations, is below. The book... More
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
In this Blog Post, LERRN Co-Investigator Dr. Jeff Crisp answers crucial questions about refugee research outside of traditional academic spheres, and the impact it can have on humanitarian agencies and... More
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Patterns of Refugees’ Organization Amid Protracted Displacement: An Understanding From Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey Oroub El-Abed, Watfa Najdi, and Mustafa Hoshmand from the Centre for Lebanese Studies just published a new article on the patterns of refugee organizations in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey in The Journal on Migration and Human... More
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The Migrant Vulnerabilities in the Canadian Protection System Workshop held at the University of Ottawa on Wednesday March 15, 2023, sought to bring together practitioners, community partners, and civil servants to discuss the various research findings of this project. In the morning session, 23 participants, consisting of both practitioners and... More
Friday, March 10, 2023
In this episode of (Un)Filtered hosted by Co-Director of R-SEAT Rez Gardi, LERRN Project Director James Milner talks about his research in the forced migration field throughout his career, the change in global refugee regime since the 90s, and meaningful refugee participation in the international refugee system. As with any paradigm shift, change... More
Monday, January 30, 2023
Available in عربي Français Español Event details and recordings available here. On January 16, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN), in collaboration with the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS), hosted a webinar to launch the Middle East results from the project Evaluation of Refugee-Led Organizations in East Africa and the... More
Friday, December 9, 2022
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
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