05 June 2020

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Job: Research Assistant for Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarian Policy (MDHP), Center for Global Development [info]
- No application deadline indicated.

*CFP: E-International Relations [info]
- Contributions for an edited volume are sought on the theme of "Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights." Submit abstracts by 30 June 2020.

Blog posts & commentaries:

"Commentary: Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception at the Times of Covid‐19," International Migration, vol. 58, no. 3 (June 2020) [free full-text]

"Commentary: When Hospitality Turns into Hostility in Prolonged Forced Migration," International Migration, vol. 58, no. 3 (June 2020) [free full-text]

A Conversation With U.N. Special Rapporteur E. Tendayi Achiume: COVID-19, Racism, and Xenophobia (Just Security Blog, May 2020) [text]

Die Folgen von COVID-19 für Flucht und Geflüchtete: Eine neue Reihe auf dem FluchtforschungsBlog = The Consequences of COVID-19 for Forced Migration and Refugees: A New Series on the FluchtforschungsBlog (May 2020) [text]
- Follow link for introductory post provided in both German and English; submissions are welcome.

Reports & journal articles:

"The Alleged Tension between the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and State Sovereignty: ‘Much Ado about Nothing’?," Leiden Journal of International Law, First View, 27 May 2020 [free full-text]

Forced Displacement Literature Review: 2019-2020 (World Bank, March 2020) [text]
- See also monthly updates published in April 2020 and May 2020.

Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees and Migrants, COVID-19 Global Update #3 (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2020) [text]

Outcomes of the Global Refugee Forum 2019 (UNHCR, 2020?) [text]

The Politics of Information and Analysis in Famines and Extreme Emergencies: Synthesis of Findings from Six Case Studies (Feinstein International Center & Centre for Humanitarian Change, May 2020) [access]
- Follow link for both synthesis report and case studies.

Policy Brief: COVID-19 and People on the Move (United Nations, June 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related UN press release and UNHCR comment.

Reducing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Internally Displaced People (IDPs) (IFRC & ICRC, May 2020) [access]
- Follow link for report in English, French and Spanish.

"Reimagining Migration Narratives," Oxford Migration Conference, 29 May 2020 [access]
- "This year [in collaboration with Routed Magazine], the Conference is adopting a new digital format. Below you will find articles, photos, and videos, created by researchers, practitioners and artists, revolving around the five main topics of the Conference."

*Renewing the Migration Debate: Building Disciplinary and Geographical Bridges to Explain Global Migration (Intl. Migration Institute & Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, May 2020) [text]

"The Third Wave: The International Financial Crisis and Refugees," Chapter in Neo-Nationalism: The Rise of Nativist Populism (Springer, May 2020) [free full-text]

Towards a Holistic Migration Research Strategic Agenda: Integration, Partnerships, and Impact (SOAS LIDC-MLT, May 2020) [text]
- See also related video of launch event.

*"Writing about Displaced People in the Time of Coronavirus," e-International Relations, 14 May 2020 [text]

*UPDATED

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