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Thursday, October 20, 2022

Report Launch: Refugee-led Organizations in East Africa

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... 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

Available in عربي Français Español Okello Oyat, Ochan Leomoi, Arte Dagane, Abdikadir Abikar, Dadaab Response Association Executive... 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

New video published by CLS on empowering RLOs

LERRN's Partner Organization, the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS), has published a new video entitled "Refugee-led organizations are locked in a vicious cycle. How can we break it?"... 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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Monday, June 20, 2022

East Africa RLO Evaluation: Nairobi Writing Retreat

Members of the Dadaab Response Association (DRA), together with other lead researchers, participated in a writing retreat from 11 to 12 June 2022 in Nairobi. The event was hosted at the... More

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

East Africa RLO Evaluation: Kampala Analysis & Writing Retreat

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... More

Friday, May 13, 2022

GAIN Webinar Series: Translating Academic Research into Effective Responses to Forced Displacement

LERRN is pleased to announce our participation in the upcoming webinar series from the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN):... More

Thursday, May 12, 2022

Who has published in the Journal of Refugee Studies? Examining author affiliation and geographic representation in articles and book reviews

By Lilly Neang, Rachel McNally, and Nadeea Rahim Original version published 25 March 2020. Revised version... More

Saturday, April 30, 2022

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Report Launch: Refugee-led Organizations in East Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Historical Backgrounder: Lebanon’s 2014 Refugee Policy Shift

New video published by CLS on empowering RLOs

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

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

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

Now Published: LERRN July 2022 Newsletter

LERRN Partners Present at REF Conference 2022

Celebrating LERRN Student Graduates!

World Refugee Day: LERRN Celebrates Refugee Leadership

East Africa RLO Evaluation: Nairobi Writing Retreat

East Africa RLO Evaluation: Kampala Analysis & Writing Retreat

GAIN Webinar Series: Translating Academic Research into Effective Responses to Forced Displacement

Who has published in the Journal of Refugee Studies? Examining author affiliation and geographic representation in articles and book reviews

LERRN Congratulates Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees on its 40th Anniversary!

TRAFIG Final Conference: Understanding Protracted Displacement and Peoples’ Own Responses

[CLOSED] New Partnership Supports Student Research on Canada’s Immigration History

[CLOSED] Call for Applications: Journal of Refugee Studies – Reviews Co-editor

[CLOSED] Refugee Advisory Network of Canada: Call for Applications 2022

LERRN-RRN Webinar | Changing the Structures of Forced Migration Research

Upcoming Virtual Roundtable: Ukraine’s Refugees in Europe – Needs, Policies, Responses

Launch of Reflection Paper: Beyond Consultation

LERRN-RRN Webinar | Haunted by Violence

Refugee Advisory Network of Canada: Public Statement on Ukrainian Refugees

[CLOSED] Call for Applications: Research Chair on Forced Displacement in the Middle-East and East Africa

Whither the Refugees? International Organisations and “Solutions” to Displacement, 1921–1960

From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy