Archives: Knowledge Production

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

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

Friday, March 13, 2020

Global Research Partnerships: Beyond the North-South Divide?

Working Paper 4 Salma Essam El Refaei, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, Carleton University Executive Summary In the recent years, collaborative partnerships between research centres in the Global North and the Global South became one of the central spaces for producing knowledge on refugee issues. In this literature review, Salma... More

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Intersectionality and Other Critical Approaches in Refugee Research: An Annotated Bibliography

Working Paper 3 Dina Taha, PhD Candidate, York University Executive Summary This literature review highlights migration and refugee research engaged with intersectionality as a critical framework that challenges homogenizing experiences and categories in the global refugee context. Intersectionality seeks to enable the analysis of multiple... More

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Durable Solutions and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Literature Review

Working Paper 2 Merve Erdilmen, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, McGill University Executive Summary This paper provides a brief review of the literature on the link between humanitarian and development approaches to durable solutions for refugees. By shedding light on the meaning, scope, and timing of durable solutions; strengths and... More

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Protection and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Literature Review

Working Paper 1 Midori Kaga, PhD Candidate, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa Delphine Nakache, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa Executive Summary Attempts to bridge the Humanitarian-Development (HD) nexus are not new, but in recent years this idea has received renewed interest in... More

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