Opportunities: August 2020

CFPs:

*Journal of Modern Slavery [info]
- Contributions sought for special issue on "The Impact of COVID-19 on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Solutions." Submit abstracts by 14 August 2020.

Frontiers in... [info]
- Contributions sought for a research topic on "Migration in the Time of COVID-19: Comparative Law and Policy Responses." Participating journals include Frontiers in Human Dynamics, Frontiers in Political Science & Frontiers in Sociology. Submission deadline is 15 August 2020.

Internal Displacement in a Changing Climate, IDMC [info]
- Background papers and presentations sought for IDMC's 2020 Annual Conference on Internal Displacement and 2021 Global Report on Internal Displacement on the a/m theme. Submit abstracts by 15 August 2020.

REMHU [info]
- Contributions sought for a dossier on "The Central America-Mexico-U.S. Migratory Corridor." Submission deadline is 15 August 2020.

Frontiers in... [info]
Contributions sought for a research topic on "Narrating Exile." Participating journals include Frontiers in Human Dynamics & Frontiers in Sociology. Submission deadline is 31 August 2020.

Verfassung und Recht in Übersee = World Comparative Law [info]
- Contributions sought for a special issue on "The Global Compact for Migration (GMC) in Comparative Perspective." "We particularly encourage voices and views from the Global South to join the debate." Submit abstracts by 31 August 2020.

Courses/webinars:

Call for participants: Advanced ELENA Course: Asylum in Europe: Ensuring Protection and Fundamental Rights Compliance, Marseille, 30-31 October 2020 [info]
- Register by 24 August 2020.

How the Pandemic Changed Migration Governance as We Knew It, Webinar, 25 August 2020 [info]

Job announcements:

Associate Protection Officer, UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok [info]
- Apply by 3 August 2020.

Consultant, Evaluation of the Rights Mapping Tool, UNHCR [info]
- Apply by 7 August 2020.

Consultancy, Evaluation of the Project “Caring for Refugees with Non-Communicable Disease,” UNHCR
- A team leader and a team member are sought for this consultancy. Apply by 7 August 2020.

Research Officer, Knowledge Ecosystems on Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa, LERRN [info]
- Apply by 7 August 2020.

Doctoral Researcher, TRUST: Attitudinal Impacts of Refugees on Host Communities in the Global South, PRIO [info]
- Apply by 10 August 2020.

*Senior Academic Network Coordinator, Maghreb Action on Displacement and Rights, Keele University [info]
- Apply by 18 August 2020.

Postdoctoral Researcher, "Borders, Global Governance and the Refugee, 1947-51" Project, RSC [info]
- Apply by 19 August 2020.

PhD Scholarship in Political Science, Everyday Humanitarianism in Tanzania Project, University of Dar es Salaam [info]
- Apply by by 30 August 2020.

Country Experts, Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) [info]
- Submit proposals by 31 August 2020.

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