29 July 2023

Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies

Short pieces:

Exploring blockchain to connect displaced communities in Ecuador (UNHCR Innovation Service, July 2023) [text]

GP Opinion Blog Series (July 2023) [1st post] [2nd post]
- Features blog posts that "reflect on how the [humanitarian] sector grapples with the challenges and opportunities of AI." 

‘Refugee connectivity – a bold approach to connect millions forced to flee’: UNHCR – ITU Joint Press Release (UNHCR, July 2023) [text]

Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data (The Conversation, July 2023) [text]
- See also related New Humanitarian article.

Reports & journal articles:

"Learning Technology Systems in Everyday Life: Women’s Experiences Navigating Refugee Resettlement in the United States," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 21 July 2023 [open access]

"Making sense of hate: young Muslims’ understandings of online racism in Norway," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 6 July 2023 [open access]

"Online social integration of migrants: Evidence from Twitter," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 5 July 2023 [open access]
- Focuses on the US.

"Smartphone-delivered mental health care interventions for refugees: A systematic review of the literature," Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, vol. 10 (2023) [open access]

"Technology Can Be Transformative for Refugees, but It Can Also Hold Them Back," Migration Information Source, 27 July 2023 [text]

"The Urgent Need to Reimagine Data Consent," Stanford Social Innovation Review, 26 July 2023 [text]

Use of social media among Nigerian refugees and migrants on mixed migration routes: risk or protection factor? (Mixed Migration Centre, July 2023) [text]

"What Can Data Justice Mean for Asylum Governance? The Case of Smartphone Data Extraction in Germany," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 22 July 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

Technology and Surveillance on Migrants (It Could Happen Here Podcast, July 2023) [Part 1] [Part 2]
- Focuses on the US.

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