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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Call for Papers – The Rise of International Asylum Coordination: Understanding the Evolution and Impact of Safe Third Country Policies

This project examines the law, politics, and consequences of safe third country agreements and broader asylum coordination mechanisms. The organizers are seeking papers that explore the legal, political, and social dimensions of these policies from diverse disciplinary and regional perspectives. With the support of the Sallows Chair of Human... More

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Protected: Early Career Researchers

To be led by the project’s postdoctoral fellow each year, this group allows Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in the project to connect, reflect on the project, and present their research and receive mentorship from established scholars. According to SSHRC, an Early Career Researcher (ECR) is a researcher within five years of their first... More

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Protected: Pedagogy

Led by Lama Mourad at Carleton University, this group helps bring the results of our research into our classrooms, including through experiential learning opportunities. This group explores the possibility of class-based research projects that would respond to priorities of our refugee-led partner organizations, while also thinking about the... More

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Protected: Mentorship Programs

Co-led by Daniel Ghezelbash and Tristan Harley at the University of New South Wales, this group develops and expands mentorship programs for emerging scholars who have been affected by displacement to support the publication of their research in leading peer-reviewed outlets in the field and in other forms that are identified as important to... More

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Protected: Advocacy Training

Co-led by Rez Gardî at R-SEAT and Martina Ranieli at the International Institute for Humanitarian Law, this group will expand the R-SEAT advocacy training program for forced migrants engaged in policy processes, especially in Geneva and New York.  Leads... More

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Protected: Methodology Course

Led by Nimo Bokore at Carleton University, this group will be responsible for offering LERRN’s online research ethics and methodology course and developing a proposal for the course to become a permanent on-line course.   Leads... More

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Protected: Regional Summer Schools

Led by a representative of the partner organization hosting the summer school that year, starting in Year 2 with Roberto Yamato at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, this group will plan regional summer schools on forced migration to provide training and community-building opportunities for members of the research, policy... More

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Protected: Language Translation

Led by Majid Komeili at Carleton University with the active support of Fatemeh Azadi and Jackie Lo at the National Research Council (NRC), this group works to enhance commercially available tools to address the specificities of forced migration so we can effectively publish results in the four gateway languages of Arabic, English, French and... More

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Protected: Open Access Publications

Co-led by Megan Bradley at McGill University and James Milner at Carleton University, this group supports new strategies to support Open Access publications of articles in significant academic journals, titles in the McGill-Queen’s University Press Refugee and Forced Migration Studies Series, a special issue in Forced Migration Review,... More

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Protected: Knowledge Translation

Co-led by Dina Taha at the Doha Institute and James Milner at Carleton University, this group supports translating knowledge into non-academic resources, such as policy briefs and plain-language research summaries for local, national and global policy actors; guidelines for practitioners; materials to influence and motivate wider publics; and... More

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Protected: Impact Assessment

Led by Michaela Hynie at York University with the active support of Nadiya Ismaeva, LERRN’s Director of Operations and Assessment, this group will develop and implement new approaches to assessing the impact of our project, including the work of refugee-led partner organizations.   Lead... More

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Protected: RLO Archives

Co-led by Laura Madokoro and Chris Trainor at Carleton University, this group will explore the process of developing archives and oral histories based on requests from refugee-led partner organizations to ensure the permanent preservation of their activities and insights. Leads... More

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