Monday, July 15, 2024

Research Ethics in the Context of Securitization of Migration: A South American Perspective during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By César Castilla Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, nations across South America, including Peru and Ecuador, grappled with unparalleled challenges in regulating the influx of Venezuelan migrants amid a backdrop of health emergencies and economic turmoil. Concurrently, the imposition of stringent migration security measures has been observed. The... More

Monday, July 8, 2024

Reflecting on the LERRN Fieldwork Training and Cross-Cultural Research Course

By Celdric Payomo Taking the LERRN Fieldwork Training and Cross-Cultural Research Course has been a valuable learning opportunity that bolstered my knowledge on the complexities surrounding the global phenomenon. Learning about the various facets of the topic through seminar discussions and lectures by experts within the field was an engaging... More

Monday, June 17, 2024

Seeking Asylum During COVID-19 and What It Means Today

A new data story just got published by UNCHR Dava Visualization Platform. With the end of the global public health emergency, this data story takes a look back at how the world’s forcibly displaced were able to access protection during the crisis. We all remember the seemingly unprecedented restrictions on human mobility, with states... More

Friday, June 14, 2024

When displaced persons lead research: experience from East Africa

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, June 10, 2024

Job Opportunity: Research Network Coordinator

We are now recruiting for the position of Research Network Coordinator to support the planning and implementation of the next phase of the IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement. This is a full-time, grant-funded fixed term, based at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. The IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement is a... More

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Event Report: Migration Research in the Age of Messy Politics Roundtable

On March 25, 2024, Professor Laura Madokoro from Carleton moderated the roundtable “Migration Research in the Age of Messy Politics.” Three professors from different universities shared their thoughts in the discussion. Sarah Zell from the University of Winnipeg is a feminist political geographer who researches the housing experiences of... More

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Event Report: People Forced to Flee

On March 20, 2024, a thought-provoking panel discussion titled "People Forced to Flee" took place at Carleton University. The event, hosted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and supported by LERRN: The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network and the Migration and Diaspora Studies program at Carleton University,... More

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Now Published: 2023-2024 LERRN Newsletter

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Evidence-Based Implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees: What Role for Academia?

On 11 December 2023, Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer (FFVT), Geneva Graduate Institute, Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN), and Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) convened a workshop titled "Evidence-based Implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees: What Role for Academia?"... More

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

My Reflections on the Global Refugee Forum 2023

I was happy to represent the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada (RAN Canada) as the Refugee Advisor to the Canadian delegation to the GRF 2023. The selection process of the advisors by RAN Canada follows a tradition of selection based on expertise, experience, and rotation of participation. Proposing my name to the IRCC and... More

Monday, February 26, 2024

Global Refugee Forum Roundtable: Collaboration Between Academia and RLOs to Advance Refugee-led Advocacy

Impact Hub | 14th of December 2023| 13h-15h | Geneva, Switzerland On the 14th of December, at the R-Space (the alternative space to the Global Refugee Forum led by Refugee-led organizations in Geneva), the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table (R-SEAT) organized a roundtable to discuss... More

Monday, February 26, 2024

Commonwealth Scholarships: MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration

LERRN is excited to share the news that the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI ) at the University of London are partnering with Commonwealth Scholarships to offer 10 full scholarships for the October 2024 intake of the distance learning part-time MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration. The scholarships are for nationals of member countries... More

Monday, February 19, 2024

Webinar Report: Voices Rising: Refugee-Led Solutions

The Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) hosted the “The Voices Rising: Refugee-Led Solutions” webinar on February 9, 2024. It served as an illuminating recap of the Voices Rising: Refugee-Led Solutions Conference 2023, a landmark event hosted in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. Organized by refugees themselves, this conference... More

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

James Milner Appointed Co-Chair of Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN)

Original Source: Carleton Newsroom  As levels of forced displacement continue to grow around the world, Carleton University is contributing to improved responses through partnered research, teaching and community engagement at a global scale. Carleton’s James Milner, Associate Professor of Political Science has been appointed as co-chair of... More

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Forging the Path to Meaningful Refugee Participation: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Power, Agency, and Participation

Working 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... 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

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

A model of blended family(stepfamily) formation in Ethiopia: a constructivist grounded theory

A new article by Kumneger Fikre and Abebaw Minaye was published in the African Journal of Social Work Vol. 13 No. 6 2023. ABSTRACT This study aimed at developing a model that describes and explains blended family formation in Ethiopia. It is part of an ongoing dissertation entitled “Family functioning experiences of blended families... More

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Social media users’ online behavior with regard to the circulation of hate speech

A new article by Tadessa Megersa and Abebaw Minaye was published in Frontiers Journal. You can access it here and read the full article below. Abstract: Online hate speech is ripping Ethiopian society apart and threatening the values of democracy, human dignity, and peaceful coexistence. The current study argues that understanding people's... More

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Travailleurs sociaux libanais à l’épreuve de l’histoire et de l’altérité

A new article by Houwayda Matta, Rita Chouchani, and Maguy Salameh was published in Les Politiques Sociales 2023/3. You can access it here and read the full article below. Abstracts: FR: La pratique professionnelle des travailleurs sociaux auprès des populations migrantes expose ces professionnels à des dilemmes majeurs relevant de différents... More

Monday, December 18, 2023

Global Refugee Forum 2023: Brief Recap

Last week, LERRN partners attended the Global Refugee Forum 2023, which will steer the course of the refugee regime's agenda for the upcoming four-year period. LERRN was part of three linked events that were available in-person in Geneva and also online to all the attendants around the globe: The workshop, titled “Evidence-based implementation... More

Monday, December 11, 2023

Human Trafficking, Gender, and Agency

New publication by Prof. Paula Banerjee, IDRC Research Chair on Gender and Forced Displacement at the Asian Institute of Technology’s Gender and Development Studies (GDS) Program in the School of Environment, Resource, and... More

Friday, December 8, 2023

Call to Action on Climate Change and Forced Displacement IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement: 2023 Global Refugee Forum

The IDRC Research Chairs Network on Forced Displacement is a community of twelve scholars based at universities in countries experiencing mass displacement. Together, they are reframing the narrative of forced displacement and transforming the field of forced migration studies to mainstream Global South perspectives, using evidence-based research... More

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Event Report: Access, Enrollment and Retention: The Case of Female Refugee Education in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Settlement

The third event of the 2023-2024 MDS Speaker Series took place on Monday, November 20th featuring Goundo Diarra, a master's candidate in Migration and Diaspora Studies at Carleton University. Goundo is currently a researcher with the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN) and a supporter of refugee education in the Middle East and East... More

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Localization: A journey out of a research funder’s comfort zone

IDRC recently launched a network of research chairs based in 12 universities across three continents. The IDRC Research Chairs on Forced Displacement will strengthen the institutional base of knowledge production locally by developing context-relevant knowledge that enables more effective, sustainable and rights-based solutions to forced... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Global South Summit on Climate Displacement

AIRESS, in partnership with IDRC and Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit hosted the Global South Summit on Climate Displacement from November 1st to November 3rd at the UM6P Rabat Campus in... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Chair in Forced International Migration, Inclusion and Human Rights (MIFID Chair)

That all refugees, migrants and people in mobility situations have the opportunity to access a dignified life and respect and guarantee their rights. The Chair in Forced International Migration, Inclusion and Human Rights (MIFID Chair) arises from a financial grant awarded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of the government... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Revolutionary resistance against full autocratization. Actors and strategies of resistance after the 2021 military coup in Myanmar

Authors: Kristian Stokke, Nyi Nyi Kyaw Abstract Resistance against autocratization is an important contemporary issue that calls for increased scholarly attention. The global wave of autocratization has generated a proliferation of research on the drivers of autocratization, but fewer studies on the possibilities, strategies, spatialities, and... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

In the Name of Standards: Challenges of Achieving Local-local Content(s) in Natural Gas Investments in Lindi and Mtwara Regions in Tanzania

Author: Opportuna Kweka Abstract Recent literature has shown that resource curse can occur at the subnational level, and in some cases without resources. This paper  draws from the literature on subnational resource curse and local-local content. It presents evidence from a study on processes in which  investments are implemented and negotiated... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Webinar on Gender, Climate Change and Force Migration

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Center on Gender and Forced Displacement (CGFD) at AIT organizes Seminar on Climate-Induced Displacement and Gender Equality

The Asia and Pacific region, home to the majority of the world’s population, also bears the brunt of disaster-induced displacements. Environmental catastrophes, ranging from large-scale tropical storms and floods to tidal surges, tsunamis, earthquakes, droughts, and volcanic eruptions, annually uproot millions of people in the region. South and... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Social Categorization and Local Humanitarian Help: The Limitations of Legal Categories for Refugees

Author: Opportuna L. Kweka Abstract The legal categorization of refugees in Tanzania has resulted in the requirement that they maintain residence in camps, and in the restriction of their movements. Refugees residing in designated camps are supposed to receive full support through humanitarian aid. However, the protracted nature of refugees’... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Localization: A journey out of a research funder’s comfort zone

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Myanmar’s military reaches into migrant pockets

Written by Nyi Nyi Kyaw, Chiang Mai University Tougher times await Myanmar migrant workers in Southeast Asia. Two recent orders issued by Myanmar’s junta State Administration Council (SAC) in September will result in higher costs of moving, living and working abroad for migrant workers and a fall in their disposable income and savings. The... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

IDRC Chair Nyi Nyi Kyaw has been elected to International Advisory Board of the Academy in Exile in Germany

We are thrilled to announce that IDRC Chair on Forced Displacement in Southeast Asia, Dr. Nyi Nyi Kyaw has achieved another remarkable milestone by being elected as a distinguished member of the International Advisory Board of the Academy in Exile in Germany! We look forward to witnessing the positive impact of Dr. Nyi Nyi... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

The search for protection: A snapshot of Latin American legal protection frameworks

Main writers of the report: Marta Castro Padrón and Luisa Feline Freier The Latin America region is facing several complex emergencies, including the internal and regional impacts of the crisis in Venezuela, the humanitarian consequences of the resurgent armed conflict in Colombia, persistent high levels of generalised violence across Central... More

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