07 February 2022

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Blog posts & press:

*2021 for UNHCR’s Microdata Library: What did we achieve? (UNHCR Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

How refugees are creatively countering misinformation (UNHCR Innovation Service, Feb. 2022) [text]

The Remote Work Loophole for Refugees in Jordan: An Incentive Towards Digital Skills Training? (LSE Middle East Centre Blog, Feb. 2022) [text]

Sophisticated cyber-attack targets Red Cross Red Crescent data on 500,000 people (ICRC, Jan. 2022) [text]

Reports:

A content and frame analysis of the social media discourse on refugees and migrants, in the context of the United Nations and the European Union, 2015-2019 (PROTECT Project, Jan. 2022) [text]

Digitalisation in humanitarian aid: opportunities and challenges in forgotten crises (European Centre for Development Policy Management, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Digitalisation of Asylum Procedures: Risks and Benefits (AIDA, Jan. 2022) [text]

Do Policy Actors Influence Political Communication on Refugee Protection in Social Media? A Comparison of the UNHCR and the EU on Twitter (PROTECT Project, Jan. 2022) [text]

Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Management for Off-grid Solar Solutions in Displacement Settings (NORCAP & UNITAR, Jan. 2022) [text via ReliefWeb]

Promoting international solidarity: international handling public opinion and social media pressure on policymaking on protection, Policy Brief, no. 2 (PROTECT Project, Jan. 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Advocating 'Refugees' for Social Justice: Questioning Victimhood and Voice in NGOs' Use of Twitter," International Journal of Communication, vol. 16 (2022) [open access]

Harvard Data Science Review, no. 4.1 (Winter 2022) [open access]
- Includes a special theme on "World Migration and Displacement: Data, Disinformation, and Human Mobility."

"Mobile Learning Applications for Refugees: A Systematic Literature Review," Education Sciences, vol. 12, no. 2 (Jan. 2022) [open access]

Multimedia:

Machine-Readable Refugees: Navigating biometric systems in Kenya, 2 February 2022 [access]

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