LERRN Blog Series: Ethical, Methodological, and Political Challenges in Forced Migration Field
The 2024 LERRN Fieldwork Training and Cross-Cultural Research Course was hosted virtually in May, with 49 participants from around the world. The course covered research ethics, the politics of the global refugee regime, research methods, and knowledge mobilization. In this blog series, participants who completed the course reflect on the ethical, methodological, and political challenges of doing research into forced migration.
Call for Papers: Special issue on “Forming and transforming the IDP label: Categories, binaries and internal displacement”
Call for Papers: Special issue on “Forming and transforming the IDP label: Categories, binaries and internal displacement” Special issue editors: Megan Bradley (McGill University, Canada); …
Refugee research, policy and practice: some frequently asked questions
In this Blog Post, first published in May 2023, LERRN Co-Investigator Dr. Jeff Crisp answers crucial questions about refugee research outside of traditional academic spheres, …
Enough of the Books: Exploring Alternative Pathways of Knowledge Mobilization and Dissemination
By Emmanuel Yakass ‘Wisdom does not reside in the head of one’ – Ghanaian Proverb The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) course on fieldwork …
Untraditional Forms of Knowledge Dissemination in Forced Migration: Video Games and Children’s Books
By Kimiya Missaghi The traditional methods of knowledge dissemination in forced migration research, while valuable, often fail to reach populations that are outside of scholarly …
Intertwining Researcher’s Positionality and Intersectionality in Forced Migration Studies
By Andrea M Avelino Sánchez Knowledge production in the realm of forced migration is not immune to the influence of power structures and geopolitical interests, …
The Ethics of Conducting Community-Based Research with Forced Migrants as an Early Career Researcher
By Deepa Nagari In this blog post, I will reflect on conducting community-based participatory research (CBPR) with forced migrants as an emerging researcher in the …