14 October 2021

Thematic Focus: General

Opportunities:

Course: Internal Displacement, Conflict and Protection [info]
- Free six-week course that is available as of 14 October 2021; participants can set their own schedules.

Panel discussion: World Food Day: Celebrating efforts to strengthen local food systems for displaced and host communities, 15 October 2021 [info]

Webinar: Types of Knowledge in Forced Migration: Whose Voices and Perspectives Frame Research?, 19 October 2021 [info]

CFP: Rethinking Knowledge Politics in Migration Research, Teaching & Practice, 3 December 2021 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 20 October 2021.

Webinar: Strengthening IDP health policy and programme responses: Suggesting ways forward, 3 November 2021 [info]

Call for proposals: Authors’ fellowship in residence programme, Migration Politics Journal [info]
- Submit proposals by 15 November 2021.

Blog posts & press:

5 Key Findings on Internal Displacement and Mental Health (IDMC Blog, Oct. 2021) [text

Accessing oversight information (UNHCR Inspector General's Office, Oct. 2021) [text]

UNHCR calls for equal access for refugees to quality mental healthcare (UNHCR, Oct. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Addressing the Issue of Internal Displacement (Jeff Crisp, Oct. 2021) [text]

"Complex post-traumatic stress disorder in asylum seekers and victims of trafficking: treatment considerations," BJPsych Open, vol. 7, no. 6 (2021) [open access]

"How refugees are interpreted in public debates in different countries: First results of a comparative project," Gesellschaft unter Spannung: Verhandlungen des 40. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 2020, vol. 40 (2021) [open access]

"The Stability of Immigration Attitudes: Evidence and Implications," Journal of Politics, vol. 83, no. 4 (Oct. 2021) [preprint]

"Visa Policies as Externalisation Practices in the Global South," E-International Relations, 2 Oct. 2021 [open access]

"Visual Portrayals of People in Need: The Impact of Refugee Depictions, Compassion, and Support for Humanitarian Aid," International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Advance Articles, 30 Aug. 2021 [preprint]
- See also related blog post.

Multimedia:

"World of Migration: Making Migration Policy in an Ever More Complex World" Podcast Series (Migration Policy Institute) [access]
- Currently, two episodes are available, with more coming each week.

Resources:

Introduction to Research Methods (E-International Relations) [access]
- "The resources below have been curated by the E-International Relations team to give a broad overview and introduction to the methods used in International Relations."

Researching Internal Displacement [access]
- A new platform that "connects researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, students, artists and people from displacement-affected communities with resources, events, cutting-edge research, analysis and creative materials on internal displacement." Also a central hub for five linked international research networks on internal displacement: Internal Displacement Research Programme (IDRP); Global Engagement Network on Internal Displacement in Africa (GENIDA); Middle East Research Network on Internal Displacement (MERNID); Latin American Network on Internal Displacement (LANID); and the Health and Internal Displacement Network (HIDN).

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