29 April 2021

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities: 

Seminar series: ‘Localising’ Refugee Research and Practice, 5 May - 16 June 2021 [info]
- "Through a blend of practically-, methodologically-, and theoretically-focused seminars, this series aims to present current research designs and methodologies involving refugee and local researchers, and the challenges and opportunities that lie therein, as well as theoretical work reflecting on issues of ethics and power." The first seminar is on "The rise of the refugee research industry: some reflections," 5 May 2021.

Seminar: Policy-relevant Scholarship and the Disciplining of Migration, 7 May 2021 [info]

Job announcement: Data Analysis Consultant, Humanitarian Accountability & Protection in Forced Displacement Contexts (RECAP) [info]
- Apply by 16 May 2021.

Call for submissions: Short Essay Competition – Alternative Voices [info]
- Follow link for the call in English, French and Spanish. "The competition is open to writers from and based in Asia, Africa and Latin American countries who are 30 years of age or younger." Send abstracts by 17 May 2021.

Report launch:  2021 Global Report on Internal Displacement, 20 May 2021 [info]

- See many more opportunities listed in this recent blog post.

Blog posts & press:

12 months and counting: 8 severe consequences of Covid-19 for refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers (Protect Project Blog, April 2021) [text]

The coming refugee crisis: how COVID-19 exacerbates forced displacement (OUP Blog, April 2021) [text]

Global campaign boosts COVID-19 prevention among refugees (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Estimating Poverty for Refugees in Data-scarce Contexts, Working Paper, no. 2021-578 (Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, April 2021) [text]

*"A Foucauldian Reading of the Global Compact for Migration," Chapter in Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights (E-International Relations, Forthcoming 2021) [open access]

Health and Internal Displacement: Virtual Workshop, 4 & 11 February 2021 [text]
- See also related policy brief.

How Charter Cities Can Create Better Refugee Responses (Charter Cities Institute, April 2021) [text]

Leave No Migrant Behind: The 2030 Agenda and Data Disaggregation (IOM, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Locating Agency for Refugees," Peace Policy, 25 March 2021 [text]

One Year On: The state of refugee inclusion in the World Bank’s response to COVID-19 (International Rescue Committee, April 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Prevalence of Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Professionals and Volunteers Working with Forcibly Displaced People: A Systematic Review and Two Meta‐Analyses," Journal of Traumatic Stress, Early View, 27 March 2021 [open access]

"Uncertainty, exhaustion, and abandonment beyond South/North divides: Governing forced migration through strategic ambiguity," Political Geography, vol. 88 (June 2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

70 years UNHCR - still fit for purpose? Lecture from Erika Feller, 5 March 2021 [access]

COVID-19 and Forced Displacement in the Global South: Evidence from High Frequency Phone Surveys [access]
- Follow link to access three videos of webinars in this series. The first webinar focused on findings from surveys undertaken with refugee populations in Kenya, Uganda and Bangladesh, the second on Syrians refugees in Jordan; and the third on surveys conducted in Ecuador, Yemen and Ethiopia.

Enabling Health Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons, 19 April 2021 [access]
- Note: This event also marked the launch of the "Health and Internal Displacement Network."

Forced Migration, the Antinomies of Mobility, and the Autonomy of Asylum, 14 April 2021 [access]

Localizing Knowledge Production: Shifting Power in Forced Migration Studies, 20 April 2021 [access]

Refugee-Host community relations during Covid-19 and beyond: Lessons from the Middle East and Southern Africa, 19 April 2021 [access]

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