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31 August 2021

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 Aug. 2021)

This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Articles are included if either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS. These references are organized by type of open access. Also listed are book chapters and complete issues of OA periodicals published in the global South. The OA items herein were previously referenced on this blog as of 1 August 2021.

Bronze OA:

- Author = Egypt

Diamond OA:

"Advancing Refugee Rights in Non-signatory States: The Role of Civil Society in Thailand," Forced Migration Review, no. 67 (July 2021)
- Authors (3) = Thailand (2, incl. lead), US (1)

"Alternative Protection in Jordan and Lebanon: The Role of Legal Aid," Forced Migration Review, no. 67 (July 2021)
- Authors (4) = Norway (lead), Jordan (2), Lebanon (1) 

"BRAC Humanitarian Play Lab Model: Promoting Healing, Learning and Development for Displaced Rohingya Children," Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 7, no. 1 (2021)
- Authors (3) = Bangladesh

"The Challenges We Face in a Non-signatory Country," Forced Migration Review, no. 67 (July 2021) 
- Author = Indonesia

"Collaboration in Times of Crisis: A Case-study from Mexico," Forced Migration Review, no. 67 (July 2021) 
- Author = Mexico

"Diasporic Palestinian Communities in Brazil and Hierarchies of Belonging," Revista Territórios e Fronteiras, vol. 13, no. 2 (2020)
- Authors (2) = US (lead), Brazil

- Authors (2) = Jordan

"Evaluating the Role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in the COVID-19 Era: Visualising the African Child in 2050," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (2021)
- Author = South Africa

- Authors (2) = Germany (lead), Bangladesh

"Home Visiting in the Middle East: Reflections on the Implementation of Reach Up and Learn," Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 7, no. 1 (2021)
- Authors (9) = US (3, incl. lead), Bangladesh (1), Jordan (2), Syria (2), Jamaica (1)

"Immigration, Disability and Healthcare Access in Brazil," Disability Studies Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2 (2021) 
- Authors (2) = Brazil

"Implementing a Humanitarian Needs Assessment Framework for Early Childhood Development: Informing Intervention Design for Displaced Rohingya Communities in Bangladesh," Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 7, no. 1 (2021)
- Authors (4) = US (lead), Bangladesh (3)

"A Proposal for Malaysia’s Asylum Act," Asian Journal of Law and Policy, vol. 1, no. 1 (July 2021) 
- Authors (5) = Malaysia

"Refugee Women in Liberia: Repairing Handpumps, Dispelling Myths," Forced Migration Review, no. 67 (July 2021)
- Author = Liberia

"Understanding Social Cohesion from the Perspective of the Host Community: Turkey Example," Journal of Economy, Culture and Society, no 63 (2021)
- Author = Turkey

"Work with the Community or Go Home: Local Engagement in Mozambique," Forced Migration Review, no. 67 (July 2021)
- Authors (4) = UK (lead), Mozambique (2), Italy (1)

Gold OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are generally offered by gold OA journals but the waiver status of the authors listed below is unknown.

"Access to Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Services among Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Relative to the Thai Population, 2019: A Case Study in Bangkok, Thailand," Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, vol. 14 (Aug. 2021)
- Authors (7) = Thailand
- APC = USD 2750

- Authors (2) = Bangladesh
- APC = USD 1200

"Entrepreneurship in Crisis: The Determinants of Syrian Refugees’ Entrepreneurial Intentions in Turkey," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 15 (Aug. 2021)
- Authors (4) = Turkey (2, incl. lead), Oman (1), France (1)
- APC = CHF 1900 

"Factors Affecting Child Marriage and Contraceptive Use among Rohingya Girls in Refugee Camps," The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, vol. 12 (July 2021)
- Authors (3) = Australia (lead), Bangladesh (2)
- APC = USD 3500

"How Does the Sense of Closeness to God Affect Attitudes toward Refugees in Turkey? Multiculturalism and Social Contact as Mediators and National Belonging as Moderator," Religions, vol. 12, no. 8 (July 2021)
- Author = Turkey
- APC = CHF 1200

"Influence of Housing Resettlement on the Subjective Well-Being of Disaster-Forced Migrants: An Empirical Study in Yancheng City," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 15 (July 2021)
- Authors = China
- APC = CHF 1900 

"Investigating the Resilience of Refugee Camps to COVID-19: A Case of Rohingya Settlements in Bangladesh," Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 4 (2021)
- Authors (4) = Bangladesh
- APC = USD 1910

"Perceptions Toward the Use of Digital Technology for Enhancing Family Planning Services: Focus Group Discussion with Beneficiaries and Key Informative Interview with Midwives," Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 23, no. 7 (July 2021)
- Authors (9) = Jordan (7, incl. lead), Lebanon (2)
- APC = USD 2950

"Refouling Rohingyas: The Supreme Court of India's Uneasy Engagement with International Law," Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, vol. 7, no. 2 (2021)
- Authors (2) = India
- APC = EUR 59

"Research on the Move: Exploring WhatsApp as a Tool for Understanding the Intersections between Migration, Mobility, Health and Gender in South Africa," Globalization and Health, 17:71 (July 2021)
- Authors (6) = South Africa (3, incl. lead), South Africa/UK (1), UK (2)
- APC = USD 2690

"Under-five Malnutrition among Palestine Refugee Children Living in Camps in Jordan: A Mixed-Methods Study," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 8 (Aug. 2021)
- Authors (5) = Jordan (2, incl. lead), US (2), US/Guatemala (1)
- APC = GBP = 3000

"Who is Watching? Refugee Protection during a Pandemic - Responses from Uganda and South Africa," Comparative Migration Studies, 9:37 (Aug. 2021)
- Authors (3) = South Africa (lead), Uganda (1), Germany (1)
- APC = USD 1180

Green OA: 

"Fighting for Family Reunification: The Congolese Experience in São Paulo, Brazil," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 21 Dec. 2020
- Postprint version of article deposited in Univ. College London IR; currently under embargo
- Author = Brazil/UK [Note: The author was based in Brazil when the article was first published; after the author transferred to UCL in the UK, the postprint was then deposited in the university's repository.] 

"The Legacy of Conflict: Reconstruction and Migration in the Aftermath of Civil War in Tajikistan," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 3 Aug. 2021
- Preprint version of article posted on SocArXiv
- Author = United Arab Emirates

"On the Coattails of Globalization: Migration, Migrants and COVID-19 in Asia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 1 (2021)
- Eprint version of article deposited in National Univ. of Singapore IR (not clear if preprint or postprint)
- Authors (8) = Lao PDR (3, incl. lead), UK (1), Singapore (3), Canada (1)

Hybrid OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs.

"'No One Should Be Terrified Like I Was!' Exploring Drivers and Impacts of Child Marriage in Protracted Crises among Palestinian and Syrian Refugees," European Journal of Development Research, Online First, 26 July 2021 
- Authors (5) = Palestine (2, incl. lead), US (2), Jordan (1)
- APC = USD 2780

"Refugee Commodification: The Diffusion of Refugee Rent-seeking in the Global South," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 13 Aug. 2021
- Authors (3) = Peru (lead), US (1), UK (1)
- APC = USD 3500

"Welcoming Immigrants in Istanbul: Gendering Faith-based and Professionalised Hospitality," Journal of Sociology, vol. 57, no. 3 (2021)
- Authors (2) = Turkey (lead), Sweden
- APC = USD 3000

Books:

Architecture as a Way of Seeing and Learning: The Built Environment as an Added Educator in East African Refugee Camps (UCL Press, Aug. 2021) 
- Author = Uganda


Regional Focus: Americas

Opportunity:

Call for proposals: Establishing research chairs on forced displacement in South and Southeast Asia, and Central and South America [info]
- The submission deadline is 30 September 2021.

Blog posts & press:

COVID-19 Vaccines for Displaced People in Latin America and the Caribbean (RI Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Migrants Disappearing, Dying as US-Mexico Border Remains Closed (InSight Crime, July 2021) [text]

Refugees are at high risk of COVID-19 infection, but low priority for vaccines  (The Conversation, July 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Venezuelans.

Reports & journal articles:

Caracterización de la Migración Internacional en Guatemala (IOM, UNFPA & USAID, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Diasporic Palestinian Communities in Brazil and Hierarchies of Belonging," Revista Territórios e Fronteiras, vol. 13, no. 2 (2020) [open access]

"Fast Refugee Protection: Temporality and Migration Control," Social & Legal Studies, OnlineFirst, 10 May 2021 [open access]
- Focuses on Canada.

"Gang Membership in Central America: More Complex than Meets the Eye," Migration Information Source, 26 Aug. 2021) [text]

Humanitarian Protection in the Region: A State of Emergency (North and Central American Task Force on Migration, July 2021) [text]
- See also Spanish version

"Mirrored Social Representations of Canadian Caseworkers with Migratory Paths Intervening with Refugees in the Host Country," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 16 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

No tengo donde ir: Migrantes y refugiados en asentamientos irregulares (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit & Comité Permanente por la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos, 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Pies para qué tengo: Testimonios de personas venezolanas refugiadas y migrantes (UNHCR & Red CLAMOR, Nov. 2020 [text]

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

American religious groups have a history of resettling refugees – including Afghans (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

Locally-Led Initiatives in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement: A Pathway to Local Integration for Refugees in Uganda? (RLI Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Resistance to Afghan refugee resettlement in US (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

We studied Afghan refugees for 3 years to find out what life is like for them in Australia (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

Reports:

*In Search of a Durable Solution: Examining the Factors Influencing Postconflict Refugee Returns (RAND, Aug. 2021) [text]

Local Governments and the Sustainable Integration of Refugees in Ethiopia, Discussion Paper, no. 21 (German Development Institute, 2021) [text]

Strengthening Connections: Why social cohesion matters for the Rohingya and host Bangladeshi communities (International Rescue Committee, Univ. of Dhaka & Norwegian Refugee Council, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Cultivating problems for the future: Integration supports for resettled and spontaneous refugees in Ireland," Migration Studies, vol. 9, no. 2 (June 2021) [free full-text]

"An Ethnographic Perspective of Well-Being, Salutogenesis and Meaning Making among Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Gambia and the United Kingdom," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 9 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Integration, cultural preservation and transnationalism through state supported immigrant organizations: a study of Sweden’s national ethnic associations," Comparative Migration Studies, 9:35 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Integration or Isolation? Refugees’ Social Connections and Wellbeing," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021) [postprint]
- Focuses on the UK.

"Motivations to Help: Local Volunteer Humanitarians in US Refugee Resettlement," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (June 2020) [ResearchGate]

"Once arrived: A qualitative study of refugees and service providers in the first six months of resettlement," Journal of Social Work, vol. 21, no. 4 (2021) [free full-text]
- Focuses on Iceland.

"Refugee-Integration-Opportunity Structures: Shifting the Focus from Refugees to Context," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 2 (June 2021) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 12 March 2022.

*UPDATED

Related post:

30 August 2021

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

Journal articles (cont.):

*"Causes of family separation and barriers to reunification: Syrian refugees in Jordan," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (2020) [ResearchGate]

"Evaluating the role of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in the COVID-19 era: Visualising the African child in 2050," African Human Rights Law Journal, vol. 21, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Factors affecting child marriage and contraceptive use among Rohingya girls in refugee camps," The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, vol. 12 (July 2021) [open access]
- See also related commentary.

"Far from home, far from safe: state violence against unaccompanied refugee children seeking asylum in Kenya," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 29 July 2020 [ANU IR]

"Fighting for Family Reunification: the Congolese Experience in São Paulo, Brazil," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 21 Dec. 2020 [postprint]
- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 22 Dec. 2022.

Migration Studies, vol. 9, no. 2 (June 2021) [contents]
- This issue includes a special section on children's books.

"Navigating a Limited ‘World of Possibilities’: Refugee Journeys of Jewish Children and Youth in the Aftermath of the Holocaust," Contemporary European History, FirstView, 16 July 2021 [open access]
- Focuses on Jewish children who went to Canada.

"Prevalence of child marriage among Yemeni and Somali refugee and host communities in Djibouti, 2019," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 6 Feb. 2021 [free full-text]

"Under-five malnutrition among Palestine refugee children living in camps in Jordan: a mixed-methods study," BMJ Global Health, vol. 6, no. 8 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Course: Learn Live: Migration in Literature [info]
- "This four-week online course explores how literature for children and young people depicts themes of migration, displacement, and refugeedom." Course dates are Tuesdays 7, 14, 21 and 28 September 2021. Note that "a limited number of free places are available to people who are asylum-seekers or refugees and for whom the cost of the course is a barrier to attending."

Reports:

Families of Missing Migrants: Their Search for Answers, the Impacts of Loss and Recommendations for Improved Support - Country Report: Zimbabwe (IOM, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Increasing Numbers of Unaccompanied Alien Children at the Southwest Border (Congressional Research Service, updated Aug. 2021) [text]

Uncertain Pathways: How gender shapes the experiences of children on the move (UNICEF, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also related UN News story.

Where are they? Searching for missing persons and meeting their families’ needs (Institute for Security Studies & ICRC, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Africa. See also French version.

Journal articles (Europe):

"Exploring Parenting Narratives in Asylum Seeking Populations in Sweden," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 April 2021 [postprint]
- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 23 April 2023, but individual copies may be requested.

"Family separation and everyday (in)security in the lives of unaccompanied refugee minors," Oñati Socio-Legal Series, vol. 11, no. 4 (2021) [open access]
- Focuses on refugees in Finland.

"Fathering Practices in Sweden During the COVID-19: Experiences of Syrian Refugee Fathers," Frontiers in Sociology, 11 Aug. 2021 [open access]

"'Home Means Everything to Me …': A Study of Young Syrian Refugees’ Narratives Constructing Home in Greece," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no 1 (March 2021) [ResearchGate]

"Traversing: familial challenges for escaped North Koreans," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 23 March 2021 [postprint]
- Focuses on the UK. Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 23 March 2023.

Related post:


News: 60th Anniversary of the 1961 Statelessness Convention

The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness turned 60 today. For more information about this international treaty and the role it has played in addressing statelessness around the world, please visit the following resources:
  • Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, New York, 30 August 1961 (UN Audiovisual Library of International Law, 2011) [access]
  • Factsheet: The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [access the text in EN, FR, SPA & AR]
  • Preventing and Reducing Statelessness: The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (UNHCR, 2014) [access the text in multiple languages]
UNHCR has also issued the following legal guidance relating to the 1961 convention:
  • Guidelines on Statelessness No. 4: Ensuring Every Child's Right to Acquire a Nationality through Articles 1-4 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (UNHCR, 2012) [text]
  • Guidelines on Statelessness No. 5: Loss and Deprivation of Nationality under Articles 5-9 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (UNHCR, 2020) [text]

27 August 2021

New Issue of JRS

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) has been published  - and it is another mammoth one! The contents of vol. 34, no. 2, June 2021 begin with a special section on "Displaced Syrians," with the following articles: 
  • Introduction to Special Issue: Displaced Syrians [open access]
  • Syrians in Sweden: Constructing Difference Regarding Gender and Family [open access]
  • On the Making of the German ‘Refugee Crisis’: Securitizing Muslim Immigrants in 2015 and Beyond [abstract]
  • Palestinians and Europe’s ‘Refugee Crisis’ Seeking Asylum in France in the Wake of the Syrian War [abstract]
  • Refugee Solidarity Along the Balkan Route [abstract]
  • ‘Do Like You Did in Aleppo’: Negotiating Space and Place Among Syrian Musicians in Istanbul [open access]
  • Brothers, Workers or Syrians? The Politics of Naming in Lebanese Municipalities [abstract]
  • Refugees’ Transnational Livelihoods and Remittances: Syrian Mobilities in the Middle East Before and After 2011 [open access]
  • Refugees but not Refugees: The UAE’s Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis Viewed through the Lived Experience of Syrians in Abu Dhabi [open access]
  • The Syrian Emergency: A Catalyst for Change in the International Refugee Regime [open access]

The General Articles section has too many entries to list! Included are another 45 articles (seven of which are open access), a "refugees voices" contribution, and nine field notes.

All open access articles can be viewed via my JRS page.

Check out the editorial to learn more about the new forthcoming "Reviews" section.

Tagged Periodicals.

Regional Focus: Asia

Opportunities:

*Job announcement: Project Officer, Hong Kong, PILnet [info]
- Apply by 6 September 2021.

Call for proposals: Establishing research chairs on forced displacement in South and Southeast Asia, and Central and South America [info]
- The submission deadline is 30 September 2021.

Journal articles:

"Access to Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Services among Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Relative to the Thai Population, 2019: A Case Study in Bangkok, Thailand," Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, vol. 14 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

"Influence of Housing Resettlement on the Subjective Well-Being of Disaster-Forced Migrants: An Empirical Study in Yancheng City," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 15 (July 2021) [open access]

"Relocation and dislocation: civilian, refugee, and military movement as factors in the disintegration of postwar China, 1945-49," Itinerario (Forthcoming, 2021) [postprint]

"Renegotiating Identity and Agency in Everyday Oppression: Experiences of Forced Migrant Youth in Malaysia," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 8 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

Focus on Afghans:

Afghanistan: Humanitarian impact and trends analysis (ACAPS, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Afghanistan: Joint Operating Principles - Ensuring the Delivery of Principled Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA, revised Aug. 2021) [text]

Afghanistan: what responsibility do other nations have towards people fleeing the Taliban? (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

*Confronting the Crisis in Afghanistan: Eight Priorities for the International Community (World Refugee & Migration Council, Aug. 2021) [text]

Europe: Lead Efforts to Protect At-Risk Afghans (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2021) [text]

The Humanitarian and Policy Challenges of U.S. Sanctions on the Taliban: Avoidable consequences for Afghan civilians (Just Security Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: How Could Europe Respond to Growing Displacement?, 24 Aug. 2021 [access]
- Follow link for audio & video recordings.

"I hope the focus on Afghanistan will continue. UNHCR is here for the long run" (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text]

*"'Unprecedented' numbers crossing from Afghanistan to Pakistan," The Guardian, 27 Aug. 2021 [text]

*Where do Afghanistan’s refugees go? (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

Focus on Rohingya:

Bangladesh: Fleeing Rohingya Die at Sea (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2021) [text]

Briefing Note: Humanitarian priorities in post-coup Myanmar (Asia Displacement Solution Platform, June 2021) [text]

"Choosing sides: Five local takes on aid neutrality in Myanmar," The New Humanitarian, 25 Aug. 2021 [text]

"Effectiveness of waste plastic bottles as construction material in Rohingya displacement camps," Cleaner Engineering and Technology, vol. 3 (2021) [open access]

Four years on, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are losing hope (ODI Insights, Aug. 2021) [text]

Left Adrift at Sea: Dangerous Journeys of Refugees Across the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea - January 2020--June 2021 (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"The Rohingya: A humanitarian emergency decades in the making," The New Humanitarian, 25 Aug. 2021 [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:



26 August 2021

Mini Round-up: Research Process

New open access book:

Visual Methodology in Migration Studies: New Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and Ethical Questions (Springer, July 2021) [open access]
- "This open access book explores the use of visual methods in migration studies; presents a practical use of various visual methods in researching migrants; and tackles the question of representation of migration in public discourses." 

Reports & journal articles:

"A critical self-reflexive account of a privileged researcher in a complicated setting: Kakuma refugee camp," Research Ethics, 31 July 2021 [open access]

"(De)constructing Refugee Vulnerability: Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Ethnographic Research with Refugee Communities," Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, OnlineFirst, 20 July 2021 [open access]
- Focuses on Canada.

"The Ethical and Practical Challenges of Archiving Refugee Accounts: Reflections from Two Research Projects in the UK," Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique, vol. 150, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

*"Identity in context: Reflections on research with refugees," Clinical Psychology Forum, no. 342 (2021) [postprint]

Internationalisation in Forced Migration and Refugee Research, FFVT Briefing Note, no. 1 (2021) [text]

*"Notes from the Field: Conducting Research with Resettled Refugee Women," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021) [ResearchGate]

"Post-abyssal ethics in education research in settings of conflict and crisis: Stories from the field," British Educational Research Journal, vol. 47, no 4 (Aug. 2021) [open access]

*"Sampling on the dependent variable: An Achille's heel of research on displacement?," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 24 Feb. 2021 [postprint]
- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 23 Feb. 2023.

"Short Take: Walking Interviews with Refugee-background Women," Field Methods, vol. 33, no. 3 (2021) [free full-text]

"Walls, Cracks and Change: The Challenges and Opportunities of Critically Engaged Research Within Current Academic and Refugee Research Structures," Critical Sociology, OnlineFirst, 16 Aug. 2021 [open access]

*UPDATED

Related post:


Thematic Focus: General

Blog posts & press:

Countries that are more compassionate towards refugees have lower levels of violence – new research (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

Mayday: histories of maritime rescue and repulsion (Refugee History Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Profiling the Needs of Displaced People While Protecting Their Privacy (UNHCR Innovation Service, Aug. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement Strategy with Focus on 2021-2023: Supporting Evidence for Protection and Well-Being (Joint Data Center, June 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Looking for Agency in Transnational Refugee Trajectories during the Second World War," Itinerario, vol. 45, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

Refugee Protection: "Here" or "There"?, Working Paper, no. RSC 2021/64 (Migration Policy Centre, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Refugee commodification: the diffusion of refugee rent-seeking in the Global South," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 13 Aug. 2021 [open access]

"The right of minority-refugees to preserve their cultural identity: An intersectional analysis," Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, OnlineFirst, 23 Aug. 2021 [open access]

*"Threats, deportability and aid: The politics of refugee rentier states and regional stability," Security Dialogue, OnlineFirst, 26 Aug. 2021 [open access]

Toward Equitable and Predictable Responsibility Sharing: An Analysis of State Pledges at the Global Refugee Forum (InterAction, April 2021) [text]

Multimedia:

Bearing Witness: Journalism and Forced Migration, 1 March 2021 [access]

Decolonizing Forced Migration Studies: Lessons from Borderlands, 12 May 2021 [access]

Resource:

Emerging Scholars Network Database (Kaldor Centre) [access]
- Provides contact details and information on research interests. More information about the network is available here.

*UPDATED

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24 August 2021

Updated List of Opportunities

This is just an FYI that I updated my recent listing of events & opportunities. New additions are indicated with an asterisk. 






23 August 2021

New Issues of Br. Educ. Res. J., Disasters, GILJ, IMR, JEMS, JHSS, J. Migr. & Health, J. Urban Aff., JEiE, Nordiques, Stateless. & Citiz. Rev.

British Educational Research Journal
, vol. 47, no. 4 (2021) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugee Education"; two articles are open access. 

Disasters, vol. 45, no. 1 (Jan. 2021) [contents]
- Note: This issue is now freely available.

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35 (2020-2021) [access]
- Follow the link to access the full-text contents of all three issues in this volume. Most articles discuss US-related immigration and asylum issues, but several are more broadly focused.

*International Migration Review, vol. 55, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [contents]
- Includes sub-sections on "COVID-19, Mobility, and Policies"; "Social Contact, Values, and Symbolic Boundaries"; "Social Outcomes, Integration, and European Migrations"; and "Migration Journeys, Migrant Desires, and the Middle East." Six articles are open access, while one other article and all book reviews are freely available.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 13 (2021) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with two that are open access.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 14 (2021) [contents]
- Special issue on "Migration Trajectories and Transnational Support." The introduction is freely available and four articles are open access.

Journal of Human Security Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 (2021) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Refugees/Migrants and Work and Education." Most articles focus on Japan. 

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 22, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [contents]
- Mix of articles, with eight that are open access.

Journal of Migration and Health, vol. 4 (2021) [open access]
- Note: This issue is still in progress, but a number of articles have already been posted.

Journal of Urban Affairs, vol. 43, no. 6 (2021) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugees and the City." One article is open access.

Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 7, no. 1 (June 2021) [open access]
- Special issue on "Early Childhood Development in Emergencies," with two research articles, five field notes, three commentaries, and two book reviews.

Nordiques, vol. 40 (2021) [open access]
- Features a dossier on "Territoires de la migration dans les pays nordiques et baltes," with six articles in either English or French. 

Statelessness and Citizenship Review, vol. 3, no. 1 (2021) [open access]
- General issue with three articles, three case notes, one commentary, two book reviews, and a symposium on statelessness and COVID-19, with five contributions.

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited immediately after publication! Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information.

Related post:

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Education

Opportunities:

Request for proposals: Situational Analysis on the Situation of Refugee and Migrant Children and Families in Uganda, Sesame Workshop [info]
- Apply by 3 September 2021.

Call for proposals: Inaugural Conference of the Collective on Education, Decoloniality & Emergencies (CEDE!), Online, 15-21 November 2021 [info]
- The focus will be on "Education in Emergencies." Submit proposals by 26 September 2021.

Call for proposals: E-Cubed Research Fund [info]
- Proposals accepted until 3 October 2021.

Blog posts:

Creative animation highlights how refugee education can rebuild lives (NCHS Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Understanding Venezuelan Immigration and Education in Colombia (REACH@Harvard Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Dynamics and Dilemmas within the Education in Displacement Ecosystem (Porticus, July 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Listening to the Voices of Internally Displaced Communities to Achieve Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education (INEE, July 2021) [text]

Researching the Impact of School Closures on Children in Humanitarian Settings: A Multi-Country Study (Proteknôn Foundation for Innovation and Learning, Aug. 2021) [access]

School-based Support for Syrian Refugee Pupils in Northern Ireland (Stranmillis University College, May 2021) [text]

Talent on the Move: Listening to children and young people on the move to unlock their potential (UNICEF, July 2021) [text]

Teacher Professional Development & Play-based Learning in East Africa: Strengthening Research, Policy, and Practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda (Teachers College, July 2021) [text via INEE]

The Value of Formal Host-Country Education for the Labour Market Position of Refugees: Evidence from Austria, CESifo Working Paper No. 9241 (CESifo, 2021) [text]
- Analysis focuses on displaced Bosnians who arrived in Austria during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war.

Journal articles:

British Educational Research Journal, vol. 47, no. 4 (2021) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugee Education"; two articles are open access.

"Increasing Access to Higher Education for Asylum Seekers," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35, no. 3 (Spring 2021) [full-text]

Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 7, no. 1 (June 2021) [open access]
- Special issue on "Early Childhood Development in Emergencies."

New Directions for Higher Education, vol. 2020, no. 191 (Fall 2020) [contents]
- Special issue on "Refugee Students and Postsecondary Realities,"

"Psychological distress, resettlement stress, and lower school engagement among Arabic-speaking refugee parents in Sydney, Australia: A cross-sectional cohort study," PLoS Medicine 18(7): e1003512 (July 2021) [open access]

"Toward Cognitive and Temporal Mobility: Language Considerations in Refugee Education," Modern Language Journal, vol. 105, no. 2 (July 2021) [preprint]

"What the EdTech Experience in Refugee Camps Can Teach Us in Times of School Closure: Blended Learning, Modular and Mobile Programs are Key to Keeping Disadvantaged Learners in Education," Challenges, vol. 12, no. 2 (July 2021) [open access]
- "A small scale, explorative, qualitative study was conducted with educators in refugee camps and urban settings, in Greece, Jordan, Kenya and Rwanda, prior to the pandemic."

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22 August 2021

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Blog posts & press:

"Refugee resettlement numbers yet to recover amid pandemic," UN News, 5 Aug. 2021 [text]

Workshop on National Durable Solutions Strategy and Action Plan for South Sudan Initiative concludes in South Sudan (UNHCR, July 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Beyond integration: football as a mobile, transnational sphere of belonging for refugee-background young people," Leisure Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Aug. 2021 [open access]
- Studies were conducted in the UK, Australia, and the Netherlands.

Factsheet: Australia–United States Resettlement Arrangement (Kaldor Centre, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Implementing and interpreting refugee resettlement through a veil of secrecy: A case of LGBT Resettlement from Africa," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 12 Aug. 2021 [abstract]
- Note: This open access article has been provisionally accepted but the final formatted text is not yet available.

"On Critical Localism and the Privatisation of Refuge: The Resettlement of Syrian Newcomers in Canada," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 23 June 2021 [ResearchGate]

"Refugee Settlement and Decision-Making Venue: Does Public Concern Instigate Preferences for Local Referendums? Experiences from Norwegian Cities," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 18 Aug. 2021 [open access]

"The Role of Hospitable and Inhospitable States in the Process of Refugee Resettlement in the United States," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021) [preprint]

UK Refugee Resettlement: Policy Guidance (Home Office, Aug. 2021) [text]
- See also related Twitter thread assessing the updated guidance. 

"Understanding Social Cohesion from the Perspective of the Host Community: Turkey Example," Journal of Economy, Culture and Society, no 63 (2021) [open access]
- Note: Another article in this issue also focuses on social cohesion in Turkey, but is only available in Turkish. However, an extended English-language abstract is provided.

"What Makes Me Want You Here? Refugee Integration in a Zambian Settlement Setting," Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 15 (July 2021) [open access]

Multimedia/resources:

Information on Resettlement of Afghan Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (ICMC, Aug. 2021) [access]

Investing in refugee networks to strengthen complementary pathways, 29 June 2021 [access]

Movilizando una Solución Internacional para Apoyar a Migrantes y Refugiados Venezolanos, 3 Aug. 2021 [access]

Part of a New Community: The Integration of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees in South America, 29 July 2021 [access]

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Round-up: Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan

Opportunity:

Webinar: Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: How Could Europe Respond to Growing Displacement?, 24 August 2021 [info]

Blog posts & press:

*3 things to know about getting Afghan refugees to safety (Kaldor Centre, Aug. 2021) [text]

Afghan refugees can no longer wait — Australia must offer permanent protection now (Kaldor Centre, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Afghan Refugees Expected in Uganda," VOA News, 21 Aug. 2021 [text]

The Afghanistan crisis: Guy Goodwin-Gill interview (Kaldor Centre, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Afghanistan's neighbor Uzbekistan not opening doors to refugees," CS Monitor, 18 Aug. 2021 [text]

APRRN calls for concerted efforts to ensure protection during displacement in and from Afghanistan (APRRN, Aug. 2021) [text]

As New Zealand mobilises to help in Afghanistan, its rescue response faces serious challenges (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

As the Taliban's grip on Afghanistan tightens, New Zealand must commit to taking more refugees (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

Austria Constitutional Court suspends deportation of Afghan national seeking asylum (The Jurist, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Desperate crowds, empty flights and rage in Afghanistan at governments who failed to plan," The Guardian, 20 Aug. 2021 [text]

The EU-Afghanistan Cooperation and a New Afghan Exodus (FluchtforschungsBlog, Aug. 2021) [text]

"India Must Champion the Cause of Afghan Refugees More Inclusively," The Diplomat, 17 Aug. 2021 [text]

"Infographic: How many people evacuated from Afghanistan so far?," Al Jazeera, 22 Aug. 2021 [text]

*The International Community Must Develop a Well-Coordinated Protection Strategy for Afghan Refugees (Migration Policy Institute, Aug. 2021) [text]

No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come 'the right way': Morrison (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

Special Immigrant Visas for the United States' Afghan Allies: Lessons Learned from Promises Kept and Broken (Lawfare Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on Afghanistan (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text]

Turkey’s Borders (LRB Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

"UK plans offshore asylum centres in Pakistan and Turkey for Afghans," The Guardian, 22 Aug. 2021 [text]

UNHCR warns that humanitarian needs in Afghanistan cannot be forgotten (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text]

"US announces new destinations for evacuees as Kabul airport confusion continues," CNN, 20 Aug. 2021 [text]

*We can’t compare Australia’s intake of Afghan refugees with the post-Vietnam War era. Here’s why (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Where does the world stand on Afghan refugees?," Al Jazeera, 18 Aug. 2021 [text]

Resources:

Find Resources for Assisting Afghan Clients (AILA) [access]

Help for refugees and asylum-seekers (UNHCR Afghanistan) [access]

Information on Resettlement of Afghan Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (ICMC) [access]

List of Resources for People at Risk in Afghanistan (Asylum Access) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

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20 August 2021

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunities:

CFP: Forced Migration Review [info]
- Contributions sought for a themed issue on "Climate crisis and displacement: from commitment to action." Submission deadline is 25 October 2021.

CFP: Intervention [info]
- Contributions sought for a special section on "Mental health and psychosocial support and the global climate crisis." Submission deadline is 31 October 2021.

Blog posts & press:

Climate mobility in Africa: Taking the next steps for research and collaboration (Kaldor Centre, June 2021) [text]

Displaced Somalis and refugees struggle to recover as climate change brings new threats (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [text]

Forced displacement and (im)mobility: what’s climate change got to do with it? (Mixed Migration Centre, June 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Climate and Migration in East and the Horn of Africa: Spatial Analysis of Migrants’ Flows Data (IOM & Harvard Univ., Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

*"Climate Displacement and the Legal Gymnastics of Justice: Is It All Political?," Ethics & International Affairs, vol. 35, no. 2 (2021) [free full-text]

"Climate Mobility and Development Cooperation," Population and Environment, Latest Articles, 17 July 2021 [open access]

"Deciphering Impacts and Human Responses to a Changing Climate in East Africa," Frontiers in Climate, 3 Aug. 2021 [open access]
- See also related press release and Twitter thread that comments on the article's findings.

In the Same Canoe: Building the Case for a Regional Harmonisation of Approaches to Humanitarian Entry and Stay in ‘Our Sea of Islands’ (Platform on Disaster Displacement, March 2021) [text]
- Focuses on the Pacific.

Risk Profile: Sudden-Onset Hazards and the Risk of Future Displacement in … (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, July 2021)

The State of Production, Dissemination, and Use of Disaster-Related Statistics in Selected Countries in Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP, July 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Task Force Report to the President on the Climate Crisis and Global Migration: A Pathway to Protection for People on the Move (Refugees International, July 2021) [text]
- See also related blog post.

Multimedia/resources:

What a changing climate means for human mobility in the Pacific, 16 June 2021 [access]
- Follow link for video recording.

Workshop series: Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa [access]
- This series took place between April & July 2021. Video recordings are available for the opening and closing plenaries, and background documents/resources have been posted for the various thematic working group sessions.

*UPDATED

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Regional Focus: Europe

Opportunities:

Job announcement: National Expert in Germany, Asylum Information Database (AIDA) [info]
- Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Job announcement: Research and Project Assistant, Odysseus Academic Network [info]
- Apply by 31 August 2021.

Call for applications: Training Seminar on EU advocacy, Brussels, 4-5 November 2021 [info]
- Apply by 19 September 2021.

Blog posts & press:

70th Anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention in the Wake of Pushbacks and Border Violence (Protect Project Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

"As migration is rising, so are border barriers," DW, 13 Aug. 2021 [text]

Conference on the Future of Europe: Migration (EPRS, Aug. 2021) [text]

The E.U. is furious that Belarus allowed more than 4,000 migrants to cross into Europe (Monkey Cage, Aug. 2021) [text]

The first steps of Frontex accountability: Implications for its Legal Responsibility for Fundamental Rights Violations (EU Immigration & Asylum Law & Policy Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

More Power, Less Accountability: The Need for Reform of Frontex Procedures on the Treatment of Asylum-Seekers (RefLaw Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

UK government rejected more than 32,000 Afghan asylum seekers (openDemocracy, Aug. 2021) [text]
- Note: As of 2001.

Reports & journal articles:

"All quiet on the ‘Eastern front’? Controlling transit migration in Latvia and Lithuania," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 47, no. 1 (2021) [postprint]

The EU and Offshore Asylum Processing: Why Looking to Australia Is Not a Way Forward (PRIO, Aug. 2021) [text]

Housing for IDPs in Ukraine: steps towards durable solutions (Norwegian Refugee Council, Aug. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

"How Transnationally Effective are the UK Migration Policies in Relation to Missing Migrants?," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 54, no. 2 (2021) [full-text]

"Politics of adjustment: rural mayors and the accommodation of refugees," Territory, Politics, Governance, Latest Articles, 18 Aug. 2021 [open access]
- Focuses on Austria, France, Germany and Italy.

Responses to long-term irregularly staying migrants: practices and challenges in the EU and Norway (European Migration Network, July 2021) [access]
- Follow link for report, Flash and Inform.

[UNHCR Regional Dialogues with NGOs]
- Here are the minutes from various virtual consultations between UNHCR and NGOs that took place between July 2020 and May 2021: 6 July 202024 Nov. 20208 Dec. 2020; 18 Feb. 2021; 27 May 2021.

"Urban planners as boundary spanners: Steering perceptions of asylum seeker accommodations in Germany," Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, OnlineFirst, 9 Aug. 2021 [open access]

"Welcoming immigrants in Istanbul: Gendering faith-based and professionalised hospitality," Journal of Sociology, vol. 57, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

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17 August 2021

Opportunities: More Aug. & Sept. 2021

Note: This post has been updated; new entries are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Webinar: Humanitarian and Protection Issues of Rohingya Refugees in India during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 20 August 2021 [info]

Job announcement: Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow, Forced Displacement, HPG [info]
- Apply by 22 August 2021.

Webinar: Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan: How Could Europe Respond to Growing Displacement?, 24 August 2021 [info]

*Webinar: Localisation in Refugee Response: Gaps, Challenges & Opportunities - Perspectives from East Africa, 25 August 2021 [info]

*Job announcement: National Coordinators in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, IGAD [info]
- Candidates sought to "support the day-to-day implementation of migration and forced displacement activities in respective member states." Apply by 27 August 2021.

Job announcement: Research Assistant, Univ. of Melbourne [info]
- Candidate sought for project that will explore the impact of COVID-19 on people seeking asylum. Apply by 27 August 2021.

Call for applications: RSC-BIEA Fellowship in Refugee Studies [info]
- New 12-month fellowship for 12 aspiring researchers with a displacement background and mainly based in East Africa. Submit applications by 30 August 2021. Note: Learn more via the information session that will be held on 23 August 2021.

*Job announcement: MMC Research Officer, Tunis [info]
- Apply by 30 August 2021.

Call for applications: Executive Master in European Law on Migration and Asylum, Brussels/Online, 15 September 2021-15 July 2022 [info]
- Apply by 31 August 2021.

*Job announcement: Programme Coordinator, APRRN [info]
- Apply by 31 August 2021

Job announcement: Research and Project Assistant, Odysseus Academic Network [info]
- Apply by 31 August 2021.

Job announcement: Research Fellows, Protection without Ratification? International Refugee Law beyond States Parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention (BEYOND) Project, Univ. of Oslo [info]
- Candidates are sought for three positions: two postdocs focusing on Turkey and Pakistan, respectively, and a PhD focusing on Bangladesh. The deadline for applications is 1 September 2021.

Call for registration: Can the Global Compact for Migration Strengthen the International Protection Regime?, PROTECT Expert Forum 2021, 10 September 2021 [info]

*CFP: Forced Migration and Dynamics of Political Mobilisation: conceptual approaches, comparative and case studies, FFVT Scholarly Workshop, 7 December 2021 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 13 September 2021.

Call for registration: Learning from disruption: evolution, revolution or status quo?, 2021 ALNAP Meeting, Online, 19-21 October 2021 [info]
- Early bird registration deadline is 15 September 2021.

Call for registration: Protection Issues and Solutions for LGBTIQ+ People in Contexts of Forced Displacement, PROTECT Expert Forum 2021, 15 September 2021 [info]

Call for applications: Training Seminar on EU advocacy, Brussels, 4-5 November 2021 [info]
- Apply by 19 September 2021.

Call for registration: Exploring the Boundaries of International Protection and Human Rights Instruments in South(ern) Africa, PROTECT Expert Forum 2021, 22 September 2021 [info]

Call for registration: Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Online, 27-27 September 2021 [info]
- Registration deadline is 23 September 2021.

Call for applications: Statelessness Intensive Course, Online, 16-22 February 2022 [info]
- Apply by 30 September 2021.

Call for proposals: Establishing research chairs on forced displacement in South and Southeast Asia, and Central and South America [info]
- The submission deadline is 30 September 2021.

*UPDATED

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