03 October 2020

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

Biometrics, Refugees, and the Middle East: Better Data Collection for a More Just Future (MEI, Aug. 2020) [text]

Countries around the World are Using Border Surveillance Systems against Their Own Citizens (The Conversation, Aug. 2020) [text]

DHS Proposed Rule on Collection of Biometrics (ImmigrationProf Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

‘Health-proofing’ Human Mobility Systems and New Technologies of Border Control: An Opportunity to Advance the Rights of All Migrants? (Kaldor Centre, Aug. 2020) [text]

Machine-Readable Refugees (London Review of Books Blog, Sept. 2020) [text]

Supporting Refugee-led Innovation in Algeria (UNHCR Innovation Service, Sept. 2020) [text]

UNHCR Wins €1m Prize for Novel Water Tech in Refugee Camps (UNHCR, Sept. 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

"Education for Humanity: Higher Education for Refugees in Resource-constrained Environments through Innovative Technology," Journal for Refugee Studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (June 2020) [ResearchGate]

"Exclusion and Inclusion in Identification: Regulation, Displacement and Data Justice," Information Technology for Development, Latest Articles, 29 Aug. 2020 [open access]
- Focuses on Uganda and Bangladesh.

"Precarious Migrants, Migration Regimes and Digital Technologies: The Empowerment-control Nexus," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 29 Aug. 2020 [free full-text]
- Introduction to a forthcoming special issue.

"Re-assembling the Surveillable Refugee Body in the Era of Data-craving," Citizenship Studies, vol. 24, no. 5 (2020) [open access]
- Focuses on Syrian refugees in Jordan.

"'Refugees are not welcome': Digital Racism, Online Place-making and the Evolving Categorization of Syrians in Turkey," New Media & Society, OnlineFirst, 10 Sept. 2020 [open access]

*"Self-Sovereignty for Refugees? The Contested Horizons of Digital Identity," Geopolitics, Latest Articles, 4 Oct. 2020 [open access]

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