Thematic Focus: Education

Blog posts & press:

Creating Social Cohesion Through a Common Language (Refugee Research Online, Sept. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Turkey.

Italy: UNHCR launches 'school report card' to relocate refugee children (InfoMigrants, Aug. 2021) [text]

Why the oldest child in Syrian refugee families needs the most urgent support, and what schools can do (The Conversation, Aug. 2021) [text]

- Focuses on Canada.

Reports:

Situation analysis of children under temporary and international protection access to distance education during the COVID-19 process (Turkish Red Crescent, Sept. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Staying the Course: The Challenges Facing Refugee Education (UNHCR, Sept. 2021) [access]

- Follow link for report in English, French and Spanish. See also related news story.

Unlocking the Power of Digital Technologies to Support “Learning to Earning” for Displaced Youth (UNICEF, Aug. 2021) [access]

- Follow for text of full report and summary.

Journal articles:

"Addressing the educational needs of street children in Lebanon: A hotchpotch of policy and practice," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 27 Dec. 2020 [ResearchGate]

"Educating Palestinian Refugees: The Origins of UNRWA’s Unique Schooling System," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021) [postprint]

"Higher Education in the Context of Mass Displacement: Towards Sustainable Solutions for Refugees," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 2 (June 2021) [postprint]

- Note: Access to the text is embargoed until 6 November 2021.

"How a School Setting Can Generate Social Capital for Young Refugees: Qualitative Insights from a Folk High School in Denmark," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021) [postprint]

"The Influence of Refugee Students’ Personal Characteristics on Study Success in Online Education," Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 22, no. 3 (Sept. 2021) [open access]

"Integration of Recently Arrived Underage Refugees: Research Potential of the Study ReGES—Refugees in the German Educational System," European Sociological Review, Advance Articles, 30 Aug. 2021 [open access]

"Pity the Exiled: Turkish Academics in Exile, the Problem of Compassion in Politics and the Promise of Dis-exile," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 1 (March 2021) [postprint]

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