06 March 2020

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Events & opportunities:

Request for info: Podcast Series, Transnational Institute [info]
- Seeks contributors to topic on "alternatives to border militarisation and anti-migrant hostility." No deadline indicated.

Meeting: Internal Displacement in the Context of Disasters and the Adverse Effects of Climate Change: Prevention, Protection and Solutions, Geneva, 9 March 2020 [info]

Speaker series: Bridging the Gap between Public Policy and Refugee Studies, Ottawa, 11 March 2020 [info]

Course: Researching Country of Origin Information [info]
- A blended learning course with online training from 23 March-17 April 2020 and a face-to-face meeting on 21 April 2020 in Vienna. Apply by 13 March 2020.

Webinar: Attitudes Towards Migration and Effectively Communicating on Migration, 18 March 2020 [info]

Course: 2020 Summer Course on Refugees and Forced Migration, Toronto, 4-8 May 2020 [info]
- Apply by 1 April 2020.

CFP: "Forced Migration," 3rd Cross-Institutional PhD Colloquium on Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Migration Research, Colchester, UK, 17-18 June 2020 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 5 April 2020.

CFP: Beyond 'Deficits and Dividends': Interdisciplinary and Critical Perspectives on Migration-driven Superdiversity, Birmingham, UK, 9-11 September 2020 [info]
- Submit paper & panel proposals by 15 April 2020.

Call for hosts: IASFM20 Conference in 2024 [info]
- Submit letter of intent by 17 April 2020.

Call for registration: Research Methods and Ethics in Migration Studies, 10th MiReKoc International Summer School in Collaboration with IMISCOE, Istanbul, 6-17 July 2020 [info]
- Apply by 20 April 2020.

Seminar: Compacts, Complexity and Coherence: Responding to Mixed Movement through the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration, London, 25 April 2020 [info]

Call for registration: International Summer School in Forced Migration, Oxford, 5-17 July 2020 [info]
- Apply by 30 April 2020.

Update on UN SG's High-level Panel on Internal Displacement:

Press Release by Co-Chairs of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement on Commencement of the Panel’s Work (UN, 18 Feb. 2020) [text via PDD]

"UN Panel to Rally Global Political Will to Tackle Internal Displacement Crisis," UN News, 25 Feb. 2020 [text]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Inaugurates Work of High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement (UN, 25 Feb. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

NGO Recommendations for the High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement (InterAction et al., 25 Feb. 2020) [text]

Statement from the Members of ICVA at the Inaugural Meeting of the High-level Panel on Internal Displacement (ICVA, 25 Feb. 2020) [text]
- See also ICVA's written statement and notes.

UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Internal Displacement Concludes Its First Meeting (UN, 28 Feb. 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

Follow the panel's Twitter feed for more info.

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