Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Events & opportunities:

Seminar: A Human Right to International Freedom of Movement, Oxford, 6 November 2019 [info]

Workshop: Stay, Move-on, Return: Dynamics of Mobility Aspirations in Contexts of Forced Displacement, Amsterdam, 6-7 November 2019 [info]

Job announcement: Principal Communications Adviser, UNHCR [info]
- Apply by 11 November 2019.

Workshop: Addressing Refugee Challenges: A Workshop on Research Around the Objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees, Geneva, 13 November 2019 [info]
- Note: This is a preparatory workshop held in advance of the official launch of the Global Academic Interdiscipinary Network (GAIN) at the Global Refugee Forum in December. See also related information note.

Global Refugee Forum: Third Preparatory Meeting, Geneva, 14 November 2019 [info]
- Follow link for organizational note. Note: This meeting is private and will not be webcast.

Call for nominations: 2020 Oak Human Rights Fellowship [info]
- Submit nominations by 30 November 2019.

Blog posts & press:

‘How is your research going to benefit me?’: Bringing Findings Back to Communities in Ghana (ODI Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

"McMaster Doc Says Academic Research Needs to be More Accessible," The Hamilton Spectator, 24 Oct. 2019 [text]
- "Hamilton study finds governments didn’t use research evidence in Syrian refugee policies."

Refugee Stories Could Do More Harm Than Good (openDemocracy, Nov. 2019) [text]

ReliefWeb, a Trove of Resources for the Academic Community (ReliefWeb Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

Secretary-General's Statement Announcing the Establishment of a High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement (UN, Oct. 2019) [text]

Waking Up to the Millions of People Displaced within Their Own Countries (IDMC Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

"What We Owe Refugees Fleeing Persecution Around the Globe," America: The Jesuit Review, 21 Oct. 2019 [text]

World Bank and UNHCR: Using Open Data to Drive Evidence-based Responses to Support Refugees and Their Hosts (Development for Peace Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]

Resource:

Migration Research Hub [access]

- "[T]he Migration Research Hub collects research on migration and organizes it to be easily searchable and shareable, and its open access nature means that everyone can consult and add to the body of research. For the first time, information on publications, research projects, datasets and experts has been brought together in one fully-searchable database, underpinned by a taxonomy created and refined by experts in migration from a wide range of angles. The Migration Research Hub stresses the collaborative and cross-disciplinary nature of migration research, and invites researchers in all related fields and disciplines to provide feedback and contributions towards a better and more useful research tool for all." One clarification re. the database component: Even though the research hub itself is open access, the content that the bibliographic records in the publications database link to is not necessarily freely available.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (14 Oct. 2019)
- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (14 Oct. 2019)

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