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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

New Article: Being “resettlement-minded”: Intersectional Dimensions of Refugee Resettlement Strategies and Refusals in Jordan

We are proud to announce the publication of a new article in Ethnic and Racial Studies: Being “resettlement-minded”: Intersectional Dimensions of Refugee Resettlement Strategies and Refusals in Jordan By Sarah Nandi, Oroub El_Abed, Megan Bradley, and Hamzah Qardan Published: March 21, 2025 in Ethnic and Racial Studies This timely and... More

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Blog Post: Voices of Resilience. Inspiration and Challenges of Refugee Leadership in Kakuma

by Pascal Zigashane, LERRN Research Associate, Executive Director at Action pour le Progres (CBO) This blog builds on findings from the LERRN study “The Politics and Process of Refugee Leadership: A Comparative Analysis of Factors Conditioning Refugee Leadership in the Global South”, funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. As part of this... More

Monday, April 7, 2025

Webinar Report: High-Level Officials Meeting(HLOM): Lessons Learned from the GRF on Meaningful Refugee Participation

...cos de una participación significativa de los refugiados. Rez Gardi, co-directora gerente de R-SEAT, presentó las principales conclusiones del informe, que evaluaba la calidad de la participación de los refugiados en el GRF de 2023. El informe destacó un aumento... More

Friday, April 4, 2025

Bringing Refugee Issues to the UN in New York

On 1 April, LERRN’s Project Director James Milner, and R-SEAT’s Co-Managing Director Rez Gardi delivered a technical briefing on the global refugee regime at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in New York. The briefing was developed in collaboration with Leah Zamore from the Zolberg Institute at the New School of... More

Friday, March 28, 2025

Exploring the Implementation of the 2019 Global Refugee Forum Pledges by the Government of Kenya: A Case Study of the Dadaab Refugee Camps

LERRN is thrilled to share the results of a co-produced research on education in the Dadaab Refugee Camps with research partners with lived experiences of displacement residing in refugee camps in Kenya. This research was conducted by Goundo Diarra, and researchers from the Dadaab Response Association: Arte Dagane, Leomoi Ochan, Abdikadir Abikar,... More

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

New Publication: “The ‘Not Yet’ and ‘Never’ Resettled: Individual and Communal Waiting Strategies Among Refugees in Kenyan Camps”

We are excited to announce the release of a new publication titled: "The 'Not Yet' and 'Never' Resettled: Individual and Communal Waiting Strategies Among Refugees in Kenyan Camps" by Rachel McNally, Pascal Zigashane, Abdikadir Abikar, Arte Dagane, Mark Oyat Okello, and Ochan Leomoi, published in Ethnic and Racial Studies This study delves into... More

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

New Publication: Through the Localization Looking Glass: Seeing Subaltern Power in the Refugee Regime

We are thrilled to announce the release of the article titled "Through the Localization Looking Glass: Seeing Subaltern Power in the Refugee Regime" by Merve Erdilmen, James Milner, Megan Bradley published in Global Studies Quarterly There has been increased scholarly and policy attention to “localized” responses to displacement, in the hope... More

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Congratulations to Delphine Nakache

Congratulations to Delphine Nakache, Lead LERRN Protection Working Group, on her appointment to the University Research Chair (URC) in Migrant Protection and International Law at the University of Ottawa!   Professor Nakache is a leading voice on issues of refugee protection. She has dedicated her career to amplifying the voices of vulnerable... More

Monday, March 3, 2025

Nimo Bokore: Supporting Social Work in Somalia

LERRN celebrates the success of Professor Nimo Bokore’s dedication to helping create sustainable, locally led initiative’s that strengthen civil society and improve the well-being of all community members.    LERRN Co-Lead of the Training Working Group, and Associate Professor of Social Work at Carleton University, Nimo Bokore exemplifies... More

Friday, February 28, 2025

Webinar Report – The Politics and Process of Refugee Leadership: A Comparative Analysis of Factors Conditioning Refugee Leadership in Global South

Para la versión en español, desplácese hasta la parte inferior de esta página. On February 08, 2025, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) hosted a webinar to present and discuss the findings of a recently completed special research project on the Politics And Processes Of Refugee Leadership In The Global South, generously... More

Thursday, February 6, 2025

60 Years of Hosting Refugees: A Tanzanian Narrative Release

Tanzania Working Group is proud to announce the release of “the 60 Years of Hosting Refugees: A Tanzanian narrative”, an anthological collection of lived experiences of refugees and selected key actors in Tanzania. For six decades, Tanzania has opened its doors to refugees. How has this shaped communities and policies over time, and what... More

Friday, January 17, 2025

Don’t Rush to Send Syrians Back

  Despite the profound uncertainty surrounding Syria’s future, many governments in Europe and the Middle East appear to be forging ahead with plans to send refugees back.   Premature returns come with profound risks for refugees. Read the new analysis by Reva Dhingra and  Lama Mourad in Foreign Policy   ... More

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