Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

Collecting DNA from Asylum Seekers at the Border Raises Privacy Concerns (Immigration Impact Blog, June 2021) [text]

- Focuses on the US.

Exploring machine learning workflows to filter out internal displacement events on Twitter (IDMC Blog, June 2021) [text]

"In post-pandemic Europe, migrants will face digital fortress," AP News, 31 May 2021 [text]

UNHCR Partners, CHAMS and Na’amal, launch two new coding bootcamps to support dignified digital livelihoods for refugees (UNHCR, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Focuses on Jordan.

Reports:

Connecting with Confidence: Managing Digital Risks to Refugee Connectivity (UNHCR Innovation Service, March 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda and Kenya.

From Silos to Solutions: Toward Sustainable and Equitable Hybrid Service Delivery in the Immigrant & Refugee-Serving Sector in Canada (AMSSA, April 2021) [text]

Misinformation and migration during the COVID-19 pandemic: From the migrant caravan in Honduras to the Filipino diaspora, Migration Research Series Paper, no. 67 (IOM, May 2021) [text]

UN Shared Rohingya Data Without Informed Consent (Human Rights Watch, June 2021) [text]

- See also related UNHCR press release, New Humanitarian article & ODI Insight.

Journal articles:

 

"Artificial intelligence for a reduction of false denials in refugee claims," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 7 May 2021 [free full-text]

"Building Responsible Innovation in International Organizations through Intrapreneurship," Journal of Management Studies, Early View, 24 May 2021 [open access]

- Note: The study includes several refugee-related initiatives in its analysis. See also related press release.

*"The conventions and politics of migration data visualizations," New Media & Society, OnlineFirst, 4 June 2021 [open access]

- See also related blog post.

"Digital Humanitarianism and the Visual Politics of the Refugee Camp: (Un)Seeing Control," International Political Sociology, vol. 15, no. 1 (March 2021) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan.

"Digital identity as a platform for improving refugee management," Information Systems Journal, Early View, 15 June 2021 [open access]

"Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 19 June 2021 [open access]

- Focuses on Malaysia.

Multimedia:

Digital methodologies in forced migration & refugee research, 2 June 2021 [access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (29 May 2021)