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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

LERRN Stands in Solidarity with our Partners in Syria and Turkey

On Monday, 06 February, a devastating earthquake took lives and displaced thousands of people in Turkey and Syria. Many lost their homes in communities that are already in... More

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Video: ECOS en transito-Migrante venezolano

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Monday, January 30, 2023

Report Launch: Refugee Communities Mobilising in the Middle East

Event details and recordings available here. On January 16, the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN), in collaboration with the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS),... More

Friday, January 20, 2023

Upcoming UDSM Seminar: The Meanings of Epistemological Decolonization and Decoloniality Tasks of the 21st Century

LERRN is pleased to share the following details on an upcoming online seminar hosted by the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) College of... More

Monday, January 16, 2023

Executive Summary – Refugee Communities Mobilising in the Middle East: Refugee-led Organisations in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey

This Executive Summary presents key findings from the Middle East portion of the project "Evaluation of... More

Monday, January 9, 2023

Call for Applications: Establishing Research Chair in Forced Displacement in East Africa

Call for Applications for Postdoctoral, PhD, Master’s and Undergraduate Student Interns at the University of Dar es Salaam Research Chair... More

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Upcoming Event: Listening to all voices? The politics of ‘lived experience’: concerns, contradictions, and challenges

LERRN is pleased to announce the following event on behalf of the Social Policy... More

Friday, December 9, 2022

Understanding RLO Impact Report by Diana Essex-Lettieri

In 2022, Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (RRLI) commissioned an independent external evaluation of refugee-led organizations’ overall impact. You can read the metasynthesis of... More

Friday, December 9, 2022

Meaningful Refugee Participation: An Emerging Norm in the Global Refugee Regime

James Milner, LERRN Project Director, Mustafa Alio, R-SEAT Managing Director, and Rez Gardi, R-SEAT Co-managing Director, have co-authored Meaningful Refugee Participation: An... More

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Supporting Mental Health Not Just at an Individual Level but at a Structural Level: Interviews with LERRN Partners, Pascal Zigashane and Michaela Hynie

Refugees experience extreme stress factors at every stage of their displacement: experiences of conflict and... More

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Participation au colloque RISE 2022 – Le réseau des chaires de recherche du CRDI sur le déplacement forcé

English version below Participation au colloque RISE 2022 - Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Deuxième colloque annuel organisé par... More

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Participation in the RISE 2022 Conference – IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement

As part of the 2nd edition of the RISE 2022 Colloquium held at the USJ on November 28 and 29, 2022, on the theme “Organization... More

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Leveraging Collective Intelligence to hear voices of displaced populations in Iraq

Dr Prithvi Hirani and Robert Trigwell Please find the full version of the study on the IOM website The expansion of digital technology and... More

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Abstracts: Peer Writing Workshop for Displaced PhD and Early Career Researchers

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. The Citizenship and Migration Research Network (CMRN) at the... More

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

CARFMS Lived Experiences of Displacement Essay Award

The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), in collaboration with the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and the Borderless Higher Education... More

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

[CLOSED] 2023 Cross-cultural Fieldwork Training Course in Forced Migration Studies

PLEASE NOTE: The registration period for 2023 has closed. This 12-unit online training program engages with the theory and practice of... More

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Conducting Research “With” Not Only “About” Refugees

Saleh Aljadeeah Why are refugees often not involved in research that directly pertains to them? In this blog post, I will answer this question by reflecting on my experience with... More

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Event Report | From Accountability to Meaningful Participation: Refugees & the Governance of International Refugee Responses

  On October 3rd, 2022, the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations and R-SEAT (Refugees... More

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Report Launch: Refugee-led Organizations in East Africa

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)... More

Friday, October 14, 2022

Online Launch: Forced Migration Review Issue 70 on Knowledge, Voice and Power

On Wednesday, 28 September 2022, more than 110 participants from 20 countries came together for the online launch of Forced Migration Review (FMR)’s 70th Issue on Knowledge,... More

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

New Initiative Builds Research Networks in Global South to Shift the Way Forced Migration Policy is Made

External Link: Carleton University Research... More

Friday, September 30, 2022

Colonial continuities and colonial unknowing in international migration management: the International Organization for Migration reconsidered

Megan Bradley, Lead of LERRN's Solutions Working Group, has published Colonial continuities and colonial... More

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Moments of Negotiated Independence: Localized Knowledge Ecosystems on Forced Migration in East Africa and the Middle East

Heather Alexander, Carleton University Maysa Baroud, American University of Beirut Kiya Gezahegne, Addis... More

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Can 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 Camp

Abdikadir Bare Abikar, Master of Education Graduate, Dadaab Response Association Executive summary: This... More

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Applications: Establishing Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement in Asia

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed. Recruitment of IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement... More

Friday, August 12, 2022

Report from the Dadaab Response Association: Challenges for Refugee Businesses from the Pandemic to Devastating Fires

Okello Oyat, Ochan Leomoi, Arte Dagane, Abdikadir Abikar, Dadaab Response Association This blog post is part of a broader study led by the... More

Friday, August 12, 2022

The Impact of COVID-19 on Education and Youth Well-Being in the Dadaab Refugee Camps

Okello Oyat, Ochan Leomoi, Arte Dagane, Abdikadir Abikar, Dadaab Response Association Executive summary: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic... More

Friday, August 12, 2022

Historical Backgrounder: Lebanon’s 2014 Refugee Policy Shift

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... More

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Dr. Maha Shuayb appointed as the British Academy Bilateral Chair in Education in Conflict

Details courtesy of University of Cambridge Faculty of Education LERRN Partner and Centre for Lebanese Studies Director Maha Shuayb was... More

Friday, July 29, 2022

Protected? UNHCR’s organizational culture and its implications for refugee advocates and activists

In this article, LERRN Partner Jeff Crisp takes a critical look at the UN's refugee agency, identifying the key characteristics of its... More

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

[CLOSED] Call for Proposals: Establishing research chairs on forced displacement in North and West Africa

PLEASE NOTE: The application period for this opportunity has closed.   Establishing research chairs on forced displacement in North... More

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Now Published: LERRN July 2022 Newsletter

Hot Off the Presses! LERRN has just published our July 2022 newsletter, filled with details of our Partners' new and upcoming publications, refugee participation through RAN Canada and R-SEAT, LERRN Working Group activities,... More

Saturday, June 25, 2022

LERRN Partners Present at REF Conference 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... More

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Celebrating LERRN Student Graduates!

Congratulations to Kail, Stephanie, and Rawan! Celebrating your success and wishing you a wonderful journey... More

Monday, June 20, 2022

World Refugee Day: LERRN Celebrates Refugee Leadership

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