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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
On 10 September 2025, the Migration and Diaspora Studies (MDS) program launched its Guest Speaker Series for the 2025-2026 academic year. The event welcomed MDS students into a thought-provoking dialogue with Dr. Ritesh Shah, LERRN partner, a distinguished scholar in the political economy of education and Co-Director of the Centre for Asia Pacific... More
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
We’re proud to share that the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has recognized our work through LERRN partnership – the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network – by naming James Milner a finalist for the 2025 SSHRC Impact Partnership Award. These awards are among Canada’s highest honours in the social sciences and... More
Friday, September 5, 2025
Congratulations to Professor Delphine Nakache on Her Induction into the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists! Through her groundbreaking scholarship and tireless advocacy, Professor Delphine Nakache has emerged as a global leader in migration law. Her work ensures that the lived experiences of migrants and... More
Thursday, July 31, 2025
by Dr. Bonaventure Rutinwa and Dr. Khoti Kamanga, The Centre for the Study of Forced Migration, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania In 2003, the Centre for the Study of Forced Migration at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania conducted a study on the impacts of the presence of refugees in Northwestern... More
Friday, June 20, 2025
Each year, the Levine Prize is awarded under the auspices of the Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government (RC 27) of the International Political Science Association. The prize honors the legacy of Charles H. Levine, a distinguished member of the committee and a former member of the editorial board of its... More
Friday, May 23, 2025
On May 5, 2025, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) hosted a webinar to celebrate the launch of Dr. Ola El-Taliawi's book, “The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South.” Shifting the focus from sensationalist rhetoric about mass migration to the North, The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South provides... More
Thursday, May 22, 2025
We’re pleased to share a new op-ed by Megan Bradly and Jennifer Welsh published in The Conversation, which emphasizes the growing need to focus international attention on internal displacement, which often remains underrepresented in global humanitarian discourse. Despite rising numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) driven by conflict,... More
By Cathrine Brun, Cyrine Saab, Maha Shuayb We are thrilled to share a new research study report published by our partner Center for Lebanese Studies (CLS). This report provides an in-depth analysis of the knowledge production landscape in the field of refugee education, critically exploring how it continues to be shaped by colonial legacies... More
Monday, April 28, 2025
The Parliament of Tanzania and LERRN proudly congratulate Dr. Deo Osmund Mwapingwa on his appointment as Secretary General of the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR). His appointment was confirmed during the 15th General Assembly held on April 25, 2025, in Luanda,... More
Friday, April 25, 2025
By: Ola G. El-Taliawi, Ph.D., Luiz Leomil, and James Milner Introduction Scholarship on refugee policy has grown substantially over the past decades, reflecting the increasing complexity of forced displacement and policy responses worldwide. This reflects the realization that state responses to refugees are not only shaped by legal and... More
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
by Lavender Mboya "These displacements have made the people very vulnerable and especially the men, our most vulnerable people, although when you go to the organization for help they say no, we don’t help men we only help women and ladies, but I'm telling you, our men have become very vulnerable and this has led... More
Monday, April 21, 2025
In December 2024, Megan Bradley and Jennifer Welsh convened a workshop at McGill on Strengthening the Participation of Internally Displaced Persons. The workshop was co-hosted with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs and UNHCR. It involved presentations from a group of nine IDP leaders from Iraq, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Colombia,... More
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