02 September 2021

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

Algorithmic Fairness for Asylum-Seekers and Refugees (Hertie School, 2021) [info]
- See also related press release.

“An army of veterans and volunteers organizes online to evacuate Afghans, from thousands of miles away,” Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021 [text]

"Biometric data and the Taliban: What are the risks?," The New Humanitarian, 2 Sept. 2021 [text]

Contingency Planning in the Digital Age: Biometric Data of Afghans Must Be Reconsidered (PRIO Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

"From apps to air miles: 7 ways tech can help Afghans," Thomson Reuters Foundation News, 27 Aug. 2021 [text]

The Pursuit of Refugees’ Inclusion in Digital Connectivity (UNHCR Innovation Service, Aug. 2021) [text]

ReliefWeb's Early Days (ReliefWeb Blog, Aug. 2021) [text]

Reports:

Foundations for Belonging 2021 - Insights on Newly Arrived Refugees: Women and Digital Inclusion (Settlement Services International & Western Sydney Univ., Sept. 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Australia.

Towards decent work for young refugees and host communities in the digital platform economy in Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Egypt (ILO, Aug. 2021) [text]

Journal articles:

"Seeking Asylum in the Digital Era: Social-Media and Mobile-Device Vetting in Asylum Procedures in Five European countries," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 2 (June 2021) [full-text via VU IR]

"Social Media and Online Persecution," Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, vol. 35, no. 3 (Spring 2021) [full-text]
- Focuses on the US.

"Social Media in and Around a Temporary Large-Scale Refugee Shelter in the Netherlands," Social Media + Society, 25 June 2021 [open access]

"There’s an App for That: Context, Assumptions, Possibilities and Potential Pitfalls in the Use of Digital Technologies to Address Refugee Mental Health," Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 34, no. 2 (June 2021) [postprint]
- Note: Access to the text is embargoed until 19 Nov. 2022.

Multimedia:

The Politics of Digital Humanitarianism, 25 June 2021 [access]

Techno-humanitarianism: Rethinking the Securitisation and Victimisation of Refugees, 4 Feb. 2020 [access]
- Focuses on Greece. See also recently published related journal article

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