Browse LERRN Working Papers by Theme Knowledge Production Localization Refugee Education Meaningful Refugee Participation Policy and Legal Framework Intersectionality, Gender, Disability Wednesday, October 22, 2025The 2025/26 MDS Guest Speaker Series Event Report: The Tangled Web between Refugee Rights, Capitalism, Race and EducationOn 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... MoreFriday, September 5, 2025Barriers to Inclusive Education For Learners With Disabilities in Primary Schools in Hagadera Refugee CampWorking Paper 23 By Abdi Bishar Bashir, York University, Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Program Executive Summary This research investigates barriers to the implementation and provision of inclusive education for learners with disabilities in Hagadera Primary Schools. Inclusive education is an educational philosophy based on human... MoreWednesday, April 23, 2025Blog Post: Gender equality – More than just a women’s issueby 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... MoreWednesday, April 16, 2025Fieldwork Notes: Research with Migrant and Refugee LeadersTakeaways From the Fieldwork in Chile and Colombia by Constanza Lobos, Stephanie López Villamil As part of the project “The Politics and Process of Refugee Leadership: A Comparative Analysis of Factors Conditioning Refugee Leadership in Global South” our team of researchers from Colombia and Chile conducted fieldwork in both countries to... MoreWednesday, April 9, 2025Blog Post: Voices of Resilience. Inspiration and Challenges of Refugee Leadership in Kakumaby 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... MoreFriday, April 4, 2025Bringing Refugee Issues to the UN in New YorkOn 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... MoreWednesday, March 19, 2025New 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... MoreThursday, January 16, 2025Forced Displacement and Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy: What Is Missing?Working Paper 29 By Brianna Parent Long, Carleton University and Muzna Dureid, Concordia University Executive Summary Despite Canada's recognition as a global leader in refugee resettlement and the introduction of the FIAP under the Trudeau's administration, we identify a crucial oversight: the insufficient focus on forced displacement within its... MoreWednesday, November 27, 2024Access to Tertiary Education for Refugees with Disabilities in Dadaab Refugee CampsWorking Paper 26 by Abdi Omar Aden,York University Executive Summary This paper investigates higher education opportunities for refugees with disabilities in the Dagahaley refugee camp (Dadaab, Kenya) with an emphasis on inclusivity, parent support, resource availability, barriers, and recruitment processes. The study employed qualitative methods... MoreTuesday, November 26, 2024Refugee Welfare in Kenya: Challenges and SolutionsWorking Paper 28 by Abulogn Ojulu Okello, York University, Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Program Executive Summary This paper delves into the intricate terrain of refugee welfare in Kenya, exploring the challenges faced by refugees and the solutions devised to alleviate their plight. Kenya's experience in hosting refugees offers... MoreWednesday, August 28, 2024In The Meantime: Gender, Race, Nationality, and “Para- Solutions” for Refugees in Amman, JordanWorking Paper 27 Sarah Nandi, Department of Political Science, McGill University Oroub El Abed, International Migration and Refugee Studies, Birzeit University Megan Bradley, Department of Political Science, McGill University Hamzah Qardan, USAID, Jordan Executive Summary The three durable solutions, namely resettlement to a third country, local... MoreWednesday, August 28, 2024Role of Education in Protecting The Environment and Women’s Rights at Dagahaley Camp Dadaab, KenyaWorking Paper 24 By Dahabo Abdi Ibrahim Executive Summary Education promotes both individual and national development by contributing to increased productivity and a hope for the eradication of poverty, disease, and ignorance (Kigotho et al. 2016). Author, with a lived experience of displacement, offers an exploration of environmental education... MoreTuesday, January 16, 2024Forging the Path to Meaningful Refugee Participation: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Power, Agency, and ParticipationWorking Paper 22 By Beenish Khan, Carleton University Executive Summary Since the 2018 Global Compact on Refugees articulated the commitment to ensuring meaningful refugee participation, forced migration scholars have engaged considerably with the disparities in how meaningful participation is understood, the expected outcomes, and the standards... MoreTuesday, January 16, 2024Co-production of Knowledge in Forced Migration Studies: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Challenges and the Possibilities for the Emergence of Best PracticesWorking 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... MoreThursday, September 1, 2022Can Higher Education be a Pathway to Repatriation for Youth Living in Displacement? A Study of the Career Trajectories of Master of Education Students from Dadaab Refugee CampWorking Paper 19 By Abdikadir Bare Abikar, Master of Education Graduate, Dadaab Response Association Executive Summary This paper reports on the results of a research project conducted as part of a Fellowship with the Open Society University Network. In this paper, I asked how has participating in post-secondary education in the Dadaab refugee... MoreFriday, August 12, 2022The Impact of COVID-19 on Education and Youth Well-Being in the Dadaab Refugee CampsAvailable in عربي Français Español Working Paper 18 By Okello Oyat, Ochan Leomoi, Arte Dagane, Abdikadir Abikar, Dadaab Response Association Executive Summary The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in school closures globally, including in the Dadaab refugee camps. This study explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on... MoreFriday, August 12, 2022Historical Backgrounder: Lebanon’s 2014 Refugee Policy ShiftWorking Paper 17 Zahraa Al-Ahmad, Graduate of Carleton University, MA in Political Science Executive Summary While Lebanon has the largest per capita refugee population in the world, Lebanon’s protection of refugees has been controversial and limited. Lebanon’s complex politics have created an environment for contradictory policies, leaving... MoreWednesday, November 24, 2021Civil Society and the Politics of the Global Refugee RegimeWorking Paper 15 James Milner, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, and Project Director, LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network Amanda Klassen, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, and Project Officer, LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network... MoreWednesday, November 24, 2021Building Local Professional Learning Communities with and for Teachers in Refugee Camps – A Case Study on Hareed Primary School in DadaabWorking Paper 14 Abdikadir Bare Abikar, Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/dqZfugjBK_Q Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper for the Master of Education degree at York... MoreWednesday, May 26, 2021Repatriation as a Durable Solution: Refugee Perspectives on Repatriation Policies and Education in Dadaab Refugee CampWorking Paper 16 Abulogn Okello, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/DHHRNAqxb38 Executive Summary As a result of domestic terror attacks in the last decades, Kenyan government officials and media outlets have begun to frame refugee camps as hotbeds of terror... MoreThursday, May 13, 2021Investigating Corporal Punishment in Refugee Secondary Schools in Dadaab, KenyaWorking Paper 13 Okello Mark Oyat, Founding Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/mwsGPL3YRts Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper for the Master of Education degree at York University... MoreThursday, May 13, 2021The Causes of Female Student Dropout in a Secondary School in the Dadaab Refugee Camps of KenyaWorking Paper 12 Arte Saman Dagane, Member of the Dadaab Response Association, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Abdullahi Yussuf Aden, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/GqkEBifGB9M Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major... MoreThursday, May 13, 2021Exploring Examinations Dishonesty among Refugee Students in Secondary Schools in Dadaab, KenyaWorking Paper 11 Ochan Robert Leomoi, Graduate of the Master of Education, York University, Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Program https://youtu.be/8-x4n3W3D2Y Executive Summary This paper is a modified version of a Major Research Paper for the Master of Education degree at York University as part of the Borderless Higher... MoreTuesday, July 14, 2020The Impact of Resource Dependence on the Localization of Humanitarian Action: The Case of KenyaWorking Paper 10 Akalya Atputharajah, PhD Candidate, School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa Javans Wanga, Master of Arts in Forced Migration Student, Moi University, Kenya Executive Summary Localization is not a new agenda, but it re-emerged as a major area of focus for global refugee policy during the World... MoreMonday, June 1, 2020Is the Humanitarian-Development Nexus Leading to Solutions for Refugees?Working Paper 9 Angel Abbaticchio, Carleton University Executive Summary Though the global refugee regime was developed more than 70 years ago to find solutions for refugees, progress on truly sustainable solutions remains scarce. The international community recognizes the need to strengthen the humanitarian-development (HD) nexus or, in other... MoreThursday, May 21, 2020Opportunities and Challenges for Localization of Humanitarian Action in TanzaniaWorking Paper 8 Merve Erdilmen, McGill University Witness Ayesiga Sosthenes, University of Dar es Salaam Executive Summary The idea of strengthening local humanitarian actors’ capacities, and access to funding and information, as well as making local non-governmental organizations essential partners in strategic decision-making processes, has... MoreTuesday, May 5, 2020“To be a refugee, it’s like to be without your arms, legs”: A Narrative Inquiry into Refugee Participation in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Nairobi, KenyaWorking Paper 7 Mohamed Duale, PhD Candidate, Education, York University Executive Summary Although not a new concept, refugee participation, or the involvement of refugees in decision making and service-delivery for refugees, has been gaining currency as a result of a recent shift in global refugee policy from humanitarian towards neoliberal... MoreThursday, April 9, 2020Understanding Syrian and Jordanian Youth Transitions from Education to EmploymentWorking Paper 6 Yasmeen Shahzadeh, McGill University Executive Summary Syrian and Jordanian youth in Jordan are experiencing challenges with regards to their access to education, their employment, and the transitions between the two. Amidst rising costs, economic fragility, and political uncertainty, youth in the country are rendered increasingly... MoreMonday, March 16, 2020Tanzania’s National Legal Framework for RefugeesWorking Paper 5 Leonard Chimanda, University of Dar es Salaam Stéfanie Morris, University of Ottawa Executive Summary In the summer of 2019, Leonard Chimanda, a Masters candidate of Laws in Migration and Refugee Law at the University of Dar es Salaam and Stéfanie Morris, a researcher at the University of Ottawa were tasked to... MoreFriday, March 13, 2020Global 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... MoreTuesday, December 17, 2019Intersectionality and Other Critical Approaches in Refugee Research: An Annotated BibliographyWorking 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... MoreTuesday, December 17, 2019Durable Solutions and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Literature ReviewWorking 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... MoreTuesday, December 17, 2019Protection and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Literature ReviewWorking 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 Share: Twitter, Facebook Short URL: https://carleton.ca/lerrn/?p=3391
