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06 January 2021

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

2021 Model UN Refugee Challenge [info]
- "MUN organizers should register for the Challenge at least 6 weeks before the start of their MUN conference."

CFP: The 2021 Forced Displacement Workshop for Junior Scholars [info]
- Submit abstract by 8 January 2021.

Call for registration: 70 Years Protecting People Forced to Flee: Virtual Conference on the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 18, 19, 21, 27 January 2021 [info]

Call for participation: Information Session on "Tomorrow’s Leaders Graduate Students Program," 21 January 2021 [info]
- Note: This initiative "offers students from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) a unique opportunity to pursue higher education and earn a master degree at The American University in Cairo" in several graduate programs including Migration and Refugee Studies.

Launch: Special Issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly on Internal Displacement, 21 January 2021 [info]

CFP: Bridging the Gap between Public Policy and Refugee Studies: Tools, Concepts and Frameworks for the Study of Refugee Policy, Panel at International Conference on Public Policy, Barcelona, 6-8 July 2021 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 29 January 2021.

Call for applications: MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, Refugee Law Initiative [info]
- The next application deadline for this distance study programme is 1 February 2021. Note that there are various scholarship and bursary offerings to support participation, including a new one available to current UNHCR staff members. 

Call for applications: PhD Scholarship, Creating Accountability: Improving Responses to Forced Displacement Crimes, Univ. of Wollongong, Australia [info]
- Apply by 5 February 2021.

Blog posts:

Solidarity in Action: One Year on from the Global Refugee Forum (UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text]

Vaccine Authorization is Just the Beginning of the Journey to Protecting Displaced Populations from COVID-19 (RI Blog, Dec. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

The IDP Initiative: Quarterly Update (UNHCR, Dec. 2020) [text]

"(Im)mobility in the Age of COVID-19," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 5 Jan. 2021 [free full-text]

"Migraciones hacia Estados Unidos y la UniĆ³n Europea en el contexto de la seguridad e inseguridad humana en el siglo XXI," OASIS, no. 33 (Enero-Junio 2021) [open access]

"Prevention of Radicalization to Terrorism in Refugee Camps and Asylum Centers," Chapter 9 in Handbook of Terrorism Prevention and Preparedness (ICCT Press, 2020) [text]

Multimedia: 

By Refugees, For Refugees: Refugee leadership beyond the pandemic, 15 Dec. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for summary and recording.

The Critical Role of Ethics in Forced Migration Research: Refugee Participation, Do No Harm, and the IASFM Code of Ethics, 10 Dec. 2020 [access]
- Follow link for recording.

Refugees as Central Dialogue Partners for Displacement Solutions, 16 Dec. 2020 [access]

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