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Friday, September 30, 2022
Megan Bradley, Lead of LERRN's Solutions Working Group, has published Colonial continuities and colonial unknowing in international migration management: the International Organization for Migration reconsidered in the Journal of Ethnic and Migrations Studies (JEMS). The full article is available online from JEMS: Abstract The International... More
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Heather Alexander, Carleton University Maysa Baroud, American University of Beirut Kiya Gezahegne, Addis Ababa University Kassem Kassak, American University of Beirut Yara Mourad, American University of Beirut Nadia Nameh, American University of Beirut Dulo Nyaoro, Moi University Linda Oucho, African Migration and Development Policy Centre Zein... More
Friday, August 12, 2022
Okello Oyat, Ochan Leomoi, Arte Dagane, Abdikadir Abikar, Dadaab Response Association This blog post is part of a broader study led by the Dadaab Response Association on the impact of COVID-19 on life in the Dadaab refugee camps. Please see the new working paper for more information about the study and about the impact... More
Available in عربي Français Español Okello Oyat, Ochan Leomoi, Arte Dagane, Abdikadir Abikar, Dadaab Response Association Executive summary: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in school closures globally, including in the Dadaab refugee camps. This study explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in the Dadaab... More
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Details courtesy of University of Cambridge Faculty of Education LERRN Partner and Centre for Lebanese Studies Director Maha Shuayb was appointed as the British Academy Bilateral Chair in Education in Conflict. The chair is based at the Centre for Lebanese Studies at the Lebanese American University - LAU and Faculty of Education, University of... More
Friday, July 29, 2022
In this article, LERRN Partner Jeff Crisp takes a critical look at the UN's refugee agency, identifying the key characteristics of its organizational culture and providing advice to individuals and organizations who are endeavouring to influence the agency's positions, policies and programmes. Introduction As a former and long-term UNHCR... More
Saturday, June 25, 2022
LERRN partners Linda Oucho, Mark Oyat, Pascal Zigashane, Dulo Nyaoro and Kiya Gezahegne, along with LERRN Research Officer Heather Alexander, presented on refugee led organizations and localized knowledge ecosystems at the Research and Evidence Facility Second International Conference on Migrants and Forcibly Displaced Persons: Towards Greater... More
Saturday, April 30, 2022
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
Sunday, April 10, 2022
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, March 31, 2022
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
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
Friday, March 11, 2022
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
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