11 August 2021

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Job announcement: Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow, Forced Displacement, HPG [info]
- Apply by 22 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 information sessions held on 12, 17 & 23 August 2021.

Blog posts & press:

A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

At the Olympics, Let ‘Refugee Athletes’ Be ‘Athletes’ (RI Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Forced displacement in 2021: much to commemorate, little to celebrate (OECD Development Matters, July 2021) [text]

UNHCR urges states to protect refugees’ rights, not to instrumentalize their plight (UNHCR, July 2021) [text]

New open access book:

Reporting on Migrants and Refugees: Handbook for Journalism Educators
(UNESCO, July 2021) [open access]
- "The handbook is intended for journalism educators and media practitioners worldwide. It is the first work that systematically combines the results of media research, political science and sociology, always building a bridge to journalistic practice. The aim of the handbook is to improve the quality of the public discourse on displacement and migration in countries of origin, transit and destination."

Reports & journal articles:

Answering the Call: Forcibly Displaced during the Pandemic - A World Bank-UNHCR Joint Data Center working paper on socioeconomic welfare of forcibly displaced people during COVID-19 (Joint Data Center, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Community-Based Interventions for the Treatment and Management of Conflict-Related Trauma in Low-Middle Income, Conflict-Affected Countries: A Realist Review," Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, Latest Articles, 25 June 2021 [open access]

Internal Displacement: An Agenda for Progress (Refugees International, Aug. 2021) [text]

"Justice and Internal Displacement," Political Studies, OnlineFirst, 29 April 2021 [open access]

Meeting the moment: 70 years after the Refugee Convention, how the US and EU can renew humanitarian leadership (International Rescue Committee, July 2021) [text]

Preliminary Outcomes of the Stocktaking on the Global Compact on Refugees (UNHCR, Aug. 2021) [access]
- Summaries of key findings are available by theme and by stakeholder group.

The Right to Protection of Forcibly Displaced Persons during the Covid-19 Pandemic (Institute of Development Studies, Aug. 2021) [text]

The road from refugee to resident: How working with displaced people can help create more inclusive and sustainable cities (IIED, June 2021) [text]

When land, knowledge and roots are lost: indigenous peoples and displacement (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Aug. 2021) [text]

Resource:

Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (OUP) [access]
- "Forcibly displaced people shape global politics, societies, and economics. To keep up-to-date with this complex and varied field of study, browse some of the leading research from Oxford University Press’ renowned publishing programme below. This collection covers a diverse breadth of regions and topics, including climate migrants, asylum policy in rich democracies, and the impact of COVID-19 on refugees. Explore the research collection for free online for a limited time."

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