Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunities:

Webinar: Countering Misinformation Series, 6 July 2021 [info]

- This event "will explore the importance of refugee and migrant participation and civic engagement during Covid19."

Call for registration: International Summer Schools in Forced Migration, 20-24 September 2021 [info]

- This programme will be held online. Register by 12 August 2021.

Call for proposals: Journal of Refugee Studies [info]

- JRS is seeking proposals for special issues: "We welcome proposals from researchers from under-represented groups, including those from the Global South. When developing their proposals, we encourage guest editors to consider issues of representation and diversity, including in terms of career stage." The submission deadline is 31 August 2021.

CFP: Humanities [info]

- Contributions sought for special issue on "Ethics and Literary Practice II: Refugees and Representation." The submission deadline is 31 August 2021.

Blog posts & press:

Can Refugee Scholars Hold the Line? Why the theoretical line that separates forced migrants from other persons on the move may not be sustainable (Public Seminar, June 2021) [text]

Data visualization brings to light COVID-19’s threats to forcibly displaced women and children (UNHCR, July 2021) [text]

- See also related news story.

The Impact of Covid-19 on Migrants and Refugees (Protect Project Blog, June 2021) [text]

MIGNEX data collection is on a roll (MIGNEX News, June 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"The ethics of ethnographic methods in conflict zones," Journal of Peace Research, vol. 58, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

"Locked up under lockdown: The COVID-19 pandemic and the migrant population," Social Sciences & Humanities Open, vol. 3, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Las Migraciones: Evolucion, Evaluacion y Coyuntura," Revista Peruana de Derecho Internacional, vol. LXXI, no. 167 (Jan.-April 2021) [open access]

"Qualitative migration research ethics: a roadmap for migration scholars," Qualitative Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3 (2020) [ResearchGate]

Multimedia:

Co-producing research between academics, NGOs, and communities in humanitarian response, 16 June 2021 [access]

Countering Misinformation Webinar Series (International Rescue Committee) [access]

- Follow link for info and access to recordings of the first two webinars in this series.

Migrations: A World on the Move (Cornell Univ.) [access]

- Follow link to access previous episodes in and transcripts for this podcast series.

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2021/06/podcast-migrations-a-world-on-the-move.html

The Political Economy of Protracted Displacement, 24 June 2021 [access]

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (24 June 2021)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (24 June 2021)