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Friday, June 14, 2024
Refugee researchers are typically included in research projects as assistants and data collectors rather than core or lead researchers. This can lead to exploitation and power imbalances between insider and outsider researchers in individual research projects and in the field of forced migration research. We use the term ‘insider researcher’... More
Monday, July 17, 2023
While we knew that refugee-led organisations were important actors in the refugee response ecosystem, their roles and scope of activity were poorly understood. How could we move from anecdote to evidence, to better understand the nature and scope of refugee-led responses to the needs of refugees? In response to this question, the Local Engagement... More
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Available in عربي Français Español Event details and recordings available here. On September 29, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) hosted a webinar to launch the report on Refugee-led Organizations (RLOs) in East Africa supported by LERRN and the Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH). The report and Executive Summary are... 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
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
The four lead researchers of the RLO study in East Africa - Abis Getachew (Ethiopia), Andhira Kara (Kenya), Uwezo Ramazani (Tanzania) and Mary Gitahi (Uganda) - and the Refugee-Led Research Hub's facilitator gathered in-person for the first time in Kampala for a 5-day analysis and writing retreat. During the week, the team will develop... More
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
This online interactive presentation explored the ongoing Evaluation of Refugee-Led Organisations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Given that the project is in its early stages of development, the researchers outlined the methodology and project timeline, as well as identified challenges and opportunities. It is expected that the mapping... More
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